The December Flatlanders meeting was my first as an actual member. The meeting started out with a little Christmas party. Everyone brought finger food and we sat around eating and talking for the first 45 minutes or so. We took…
Briggs Jeep Jamboree, 12 October 1997 near Manhattan, KS
On Sunday, 12 Oct 97, I joined 128 other Jeeps for the 8th annual Briggs Jeep Jamboree (not affiliated with the Chrysler jamborees). Unfortunately, it poured rain from 10pm Saturday til 4pm Sunday, so the ORV area was soup. We…
13-14 September 1997 near Manhattan, KS
My wife and I spent the weekend of 13-14 September wheeling down near Manhattan, KS (about two hours due south of Lincoln). The original reason was to see the Durabak setup that Nick Falcetto seemed like a good excuse to…
Aftermarket YJ Cruise Control Installation
During the first two years I owned my ’95 YJ, I put on nearly 5000 highway miles. That’s not much for a normal family car, but keep in mind that a YJ is a purpose-built vehicle, and that purpose is…
On-Board Air Compressor Tips
This is a collection of useful comments that people on the various Jeep newsgroups and mailing lists have made about converting York (or similar) air conditioning compressors for use as on-board air compressors. From: Fieldsj@uwwvax.uww.edu (Jerry Fields) Date: 19 Dec…
Old CJ/Wrangler Hard Top Hanger & Hoist
For the first two summers that I had my ’95 YJ, the hard top had to sit on a wooden palette on my lawn whenever it wasn’t on the Jeep. Not only was it unprotected from the elements and vandals,…
How to Avoid ARB Compressors
From: Jim.Bailey@sv.sc.philips.com (Jim Bailey) Subject: Onboard Air and ARBs Date: 24 Jul 97 05:29:58 GMT Sender: jeeptech@off-road.com Obi-Wan wrote: All this talk recently of onboard air has got me wondering. I know you can use an ARB’s compressor to fill…
4 July 1997 in Laramie, WY
My new wife & I decided to take our first family “vacation” (a 3-day weekend) to visit some friends in Laramie, WY. Pete & Cindy Vasek (parents of one of my groomsmen, Nate) enjoy hunting & 4-wheeling in the Snowy…
Wedding Day
26 April 1997. My wedding, my Jeep, and my Mountain Dew. Life just doesn’t get any better than this. OK, so it’s not really a trip report.
1997 Moab Easter Jeep Safari
I was fortunate enough to make it to the 31st Annual Easter Jeep Safari in Moab, Utah this year. I finally finished the trip report, and will be putting up photos as soon as I have time to scan them…