Thank heavens, finally forum where i feel inspired to start a thread and show mine off. this won't be the most cutting edge or interesting thread by any stretch of the imagination, but i'm stoked about it.
Adding our latest toy to our collection has brought me a ton of happiness, more than i would have ever thought. i never saw myself owning an antique jeep, it just sort of happened.
So last April, i moved out of Chicago Illinois and landed myself in Louisville, CO, just outside of Boulder. To make a long story short, i've been heading out this was for years for the climbing, biking and skiing, and i'd always crash at my friend Ambers house. eventually Amber moved on from climbing partner, to girlfriend, to fiance, and we had to decide which one of us would relocate.
I didn't put up much of a fight with her, but it took awhile to convince the corporate headquarters down in Dallas that we needed a front range branch office for our exterior facade consulting firm. fortunately, the economy tanked, the workload in Chicago evaporated, and convincing them that we best expand into other markets got easier.
So, with our newly combined household, our toy collection was pretty well rounded out. 10 top of the line mountain bikes, enough climbing gear to cover El Cap, The Diamond, K2, Moab and everything in between, and we found ourselves punishing our general adventure mobile a little bit harder than i'm sure Ford ever intended. Our little Ford Escape has done more wheeling around Utah and Colorado than most peoples Jeeps ever do, so the next logical step was that we add a Jeep to our collection.
In beginning my research, I was pretty well set on an LJ, but knowing it would take awhile to get the business off the ground, this was going to be a distant goal.
Then Amber solved that problem. Unbeknown to me, she was harboring a fascination for something a little more vintage.
So we were out and about, climbing around up in RMNP and took the scenic road out to Nederland on the way to home to stop for some pork and beers, coming through the roundabout she spotted this:
Amber was quite clear that this was pretty much what she had in mind. i was a bit skeptical as i knew NOTHING about jeeps of that vintage. I vowed to do some research, and we'd talk about it. As i learned more, i became a bit obsessed and determined we had to have it, if ka willed it so. we were both pretty busy with travels and the wedding, and decided to shelve the idea for a month or so until things calmed down a bit.
3 months later, it was still there. I called up the guy and made an offer, one quite lower than his asking price, but fair a round number that Amber and I could split 50/50 out of pocket without much damage. To my surprise, he readily accepted and even towed home for me.
My bride is obviously stoked about our first piece of common property.
I'll elaborate some more, but at the moment i must be off to the airport. Here she is as of last friday:
Adding our latest toy to our collection has brought me a ton of happiness, more than i would have ever thought. i never saw myself owning an antique jeep, it just sort of happened.
So last April, i moved out of Chicago Illinois and landed myself in Louisville, CO, just outside of Boulder. To make a long story short, i've been heading out this was for years for the climbing, biking and skiing, and i'd always crash at my friend Ambers house. eventually Amber moved on from climbing partner, to girlfriend, to fiance, and we had to decide which one of us would relocate.
I didn't put up much of a fight with her, but it took awhile to convince the corporate headquarters down in Dallas that we needed a front range branch office for our exterior facade consulting firm. fortunately, the economy tanked, the workload in Chicago evaporated, and convincing them that we best expand into other markets got easier.
So, with our newly combined household, our toy collection was pretty well rounded out. 10 top of the line mountain bikes, enough climbing gear to cover El Cap, The Diamond, K2, Moab and everything in between, and we found ourselves punishing our general adventure mobile a little bit harder than i'm sure Ford ever intended. Our little Ford Escape has done more wheeling around Utah and Colorado than most peoples Jeeps ever do, so the next logical step was that we add a Jeep to our collection.
In beginning my research, I was pretty well set on an LJ, but knowing it would take awhile to get the business off the ground, this was going to be a distant goal.
Then Amber solved that problem. Unbeknown to me, she was harboring a fascination for something a little more vintage.
So we were out and about, climbing around up in RMNP and took the scenic road out to Nederland on the way to home to stop for some pork and beers, coming through the roundabout she spotted this:
Amber was quite clear that this was pretty much what she had in mind. i was a bit skeptical as i knew NOTHING about jeeps of that vintage. I vowed to do some research, and we'd talk about it. As i learned more, i became a bit obsessed and determined we had to have it, if ka willed it so. we were both pretty busy with travels and the wedding, and decided to shelve the idea for a month or so until things calmed down a bit.
3 months later, it was still there. I called up the guy and made an offer, one quite lower than his asking price, but fair a round number that Amber and I could split 50/50 out of pocket without much damage. To my surprise, he readily accepted and even towed home for me.
My bride is obviously stoked about our first piece of common property.
I'll elaborate some more, but at the moment i must be off to the airport. Here she is as of last friday: