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SOLD: 1982 Jeep CJ8, " ROKHUGR", rattle can desert sand and nutmeg. http://reno.craigslist.org/cto/4938449259.html for pictures. If you buy it, and live in CA, you can have the license plate too. These are getting scare. This was a state-of-the-art Rock Crawler in 1996. It runs the best it...

Haven started this thread 3 years ago and we only have very few examples that claim they are customized enough to be an overlander. How many on here have looked over and over expecting to find some newer examples? The fact is most of the customizing takes place in the truck platform, not the...

Below is a link to a trip report to the outback of Death Valley. The rigs were a good comparo: 1. 1999 Ford 2 series, diesel, 6 speed manual, long bed, 9.5 foot OUTFITTER! pop up. 2. 2001 Dodge 2 series, Cummins, 6 speed manual, short bed, 8.5 foot Lance Lite hard side. The trip was a lot more...

I ran across a '95, M-1078, S&S, surplus sales in my area a couple days ago. I live a couple miles from Marc, the guy who owns and builds XP campers in Grass Valley, CA. I have a tricked-out, getting rare, '82 Jeep CJ-8 I would like to sell or trade:(my rock crawling days are over) Jefe's...

A good comparo with a long, low, 9.5' OUTFITTER! pop up on a 2 series '99 Ford vs. a short, taller, lighter Lance hardside, on a 2 series '01 Dodge. The Bro's dancing the XTC in the Valley of Death...

I think I am the 'jeff' mentioned above. my friends call me jefe (Hay'-fay). If you control the sway and add some suspension help on the back, you should be O.K. with a hard side. Since you live in So. Cal, my advice is to get a pop up camper. It will glide under the trees easier and have a...

Pardon the cross posting. I just don't want to do it all over for a different forum. You get to see both hard and soft sides, long and short on the trail. There was some G-narl factor. http://www.rv.net/forum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/28246703/gotomsg/28246703/p/1.cfm#28246703 Our attempt...

This is eastbound just downhill from Mengel Pass in Death Valley last week. I wouldn't want to go uphill on these rocks. Since my post of now a year ago, I have added an add-a-leaf to the rear bringing the packs up to 8 leaves(it lifts the rear up 3 inches to match the front); replaced the...

jefe here. This is the second time in 3 years I've been forced into reading this entire thread. It is, and remains awe-inspiring. I've seen, firsthand enough of the 3-and-4 point diamond pivoting mounts for camper boxes and have a pretty good handle on all the derivations and 'covert' mounting...

demi, I see time has marched on for you too. It's good to see others are going for more space and luxury over time. We started with a 1949 Jeep Ute Wagon (with stuff) forty-nine years ago and eleven really wacky 4WD's later we have progressed to a Lance on a Dodge/Cummins. regards, as always, jefe

Will this fit the stock Dana 44a pig? My son has a D-44a he would like to reduce the gearing on, in his WK with big tires. 3.73 to 4.11 is not much of a reduction in gearing. I would think 4.27 or 4.30 would be more appropriate, depending on your tire diameter and unsprung weight. And depending...

Pappa, The MJ is the midsized jeep pickup built in the late 80's that actually did have a frame. There were a couple variants on this. My friend had an '88, long WB, one metric ton model. Yes, 2200 pound capy. It has a hybrid 6" lift kit. Front part from RE, rr as an SOA. It had a thick tube...

After reading over this thread, and without trying to grenade your intentions, I had a couple more thoughts. It may be way too late but, 1. Do you have room for a truly big block motor? Our daughter rented a 26' MoHo, class C, Ford F-450 chassis, V-10. We put 1800 miles on the RV with about 11...

Time marches on whether we're there or not It is rare for me to visit the Jeep forum, even though I've owned 7 or them. 1. '49 Willys Ute Wagon 2. 1982 Scrambler-CJ8 still have it. 3. 1990 XJ (rolled it off a cliff in Telluride) 4. 1989 XJ Limited (replacement for '90) 5. 1973 J4700 Glad for...

In the dim, dark past I had a love affair with a couple LC's I almost never visit this site. I have moved on through Jeeps, IH's, more Jeeps, and finally a truck camper as my 12th 4WD: However, it's time to see where we were 45 years ago with Gland Bruisers. I put about 85K miles on my 1966...

We suddenly have a lot of captains around here! (I only attained E6 in the 562d USAF band) PJ, Don't let the 'expedition' part fool you, these are regular folks with a vision of going to terra incognita and back, just not on the main road, and maybe just down the street and back, or just...

My bro runs a 10 foot OUTFITTER! on his '99 Ford F2, long bed and he loves it. Insulation, or lack of it seems the only con. It is heavier than my Lance hard-side, 165-s.

Good progress here, Bryon. I did not think there was a snowball's chance in Hell that you would finish in time for EXPO. I'm the guy you met at XP one day with the same exact truck, and the same exact foibles. Good to see you on the road again doing what you do. Remember, change that lift...

I'll be following your project. It looks like a classic base upon which to start. Upon what truck will this 11 foot camper reside? regards, as always, jefe

Julius, I would hate to be the first one to respond to all this tech talk. Wait! I am. My eyes are still rolling around. We use a 1998 hard-side Lance Lite 8'6", narrow, 165-s extended cab truck camper. Bought it 3 yrs. used for $6500. It is pretty basic but has all the stuff we need for...