Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 21:26:21 -0500 (CDT) From: chrissy saltsgaver <chrissys-at-midwest.net> Subject: Re: Ford Explorer Offroad > I'm sure your right. AMC did not have higher standards than Ford does now and >hence no assembly line bondo. You can't get away with poor fit & finish today >like the auto manufacturers did in the '70s and '80s. If Ford made a vehicle >today that you could see the spot welds at the bottom of the tailgate, the >auto journalists would have a field day. > > I'd be curious to know if Jeep ever started using body filler to hide the >spot welds at the bottom of the tailgate? Heck, in the late '70s you were >lucky if Jeep just filled all the body gaps with sealer when they made your >FSJ! The two door Cherokees are particularly bad when it comes to the long >quarter panels being straight. Most of them have some ripples and waves in >them. Most of the Wags. are much better due to shorter body pieces. > He worked in the body shop & his main job was aligning drip rails & upper door window frames. They had large slide hammers w/ hooks & leather hammers to smooth out the panels. When the corners of doors stuck out a little, they'd just bend the corner in to bring them closer together (I've seen this trick on a lot of fsj's). > Now I haven't seen very many '80 & up FSJs and AMC did do a better job of >building them so... > I like the looks of the Eagle Premier (I got kidded to death at work when consumers reports rated it the No.1 car to stay away from). Mike Saltsgaver. I used to work with a guy who had worked at Kenosha during the late sixties.[Back to Top]
Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 21:41:08 -0500 (CDT) From: chrissy saltsgaver <chrissys-at-midwest.net> Subject: Re: fsj parts for sale At 02:24 PM 5/20/97 -0700, you wrote: >mike, where in the US r these? >can u call to see if the 'jeep station wagons' are Wagoneers >or not? >and could u ask if the trany in them is a manual or an AT? > Ken, it was an automatic. He didn't know which model (he couldn't even tell me if it was a 2 or 4 door). I might get to go look at the pair sometime soon. There's someone near him with some 31" tires that I'm interested in. Maybe I can do both in one trip. Let me know if interested. These are near Carbondale Illinois (home of Souther Illinois University- party school of America:). Mike Saltsgaver.[Back to Top]
Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 21:48:08 -0500 (CDT) From: chrissy saltsgaver <chrissys-at-midwest.net> Subject: Re: any torque converters??? At 04:21 PM 5/20/97 -0400, you wrote: > >> Send your checks to: >> Mike Saltsgaver >> R5 box 531 >> Fairfield, Il 62837 >> >> Remember, like JC Whitney, it's satisfaction or your money back >> (sometimes);) > >Does that include drive train parts? > Affirmative! (I would have used the word "ditto", but I don't like Rush. It's bad enough Sonya IS a ditto-head:). Mike Saltsgaver.[Back to Top]
Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 22:02:22 -0500 (CDT) From: chrissy saltsgaver <chrissys-at-midwest.net> Subject: Re: Tires for sale At 07:07 AM 5/20/97 -0700, you wrote: >Mike, > >Heck why not just put the small gladiator grille on the front of the J-Trucks >to give em that Studebaker look :-) > Actually, Brooke Stevens DID design both the fsj's and Studebakers. The GT Hawks & '62 & later Larks were Brooke's work. If you compare the looks of a '63 lark wagon (the sliding roof version was called "wagonair") and the '63 wagoneer the similarities are amazing. Mike Saltsgaver.[Back to Top]
Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 20:05:29 +0000 From: "William S. McBride" <wmmcb-at-televar.com> Subject: Re: It's a mystery Ken- My 68 has 8 leaves on the front and 5 in the rear. I have a dealer installed Warn-Bellview winch with a bumper extension up front. Bill McBride[Back to Top]
Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 22:17:37 -0500 From: Joe Sego <jsego-at-mindspring.com> Subject: Re: any torque converters??? >Affirmative! (I would have used the word "ditto", but I don't like Rush. >It's bad enough Sonya IS a ditto-head:). > >Mike Saltsgaver. > Good for Sonya!!!!! It's an unwritten fsj rule, no Rush bashing :-) C'ya Joe-[Back to Top]
Date: Tue, 20 May 1997 23:30:01 -0400 From: "John Jacobs" <jabobsj-at-flash.net> Subject: Picture Day.. now Internet day! Well, I got the pictures back and I scanned them in at work today. I just finished up my web site, so feel free to stop by there and take a look at my Wag. (err.. I mean that in the most harmless of ways.) The final picture was created by a guy I work with. He saw the pictures I scanned and could not resist. I just have to say: It could happen. (Guess you'll just have to see it to know what I'm talking about.) Anyway, if there is anything from the page you want let me know, feel free to take it without asking. (But please let me know so I can follow my Wag through the web.) Or if it offends you or whatever.. (I will also add anybody's link if you just let me know, if you don't want your link on my page also let me know..) Ok, enough hype -- here's the site: www.flash.net/~jabobsj John Jacobs -+- jabobsj-at-flash.net 75 Wagoneer Royal Oak, Michigan[Back to Top]
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