1973 Wagoneer - Full Size Camping Goodness

[Dr. Marneaus]

Had a nearly 500 mile weekend in the old girl, about 60 miles of dirt and trails. Headed out to Austin, NV to camp on some National Forest land, and do some backroading.

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Pretty much all a man needs is right in this picture:
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Sorry I dont have a titanium spork, just vintage plates and collapsible wine glasses.
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Some of the more basic stuff: A Dorr-Oliver Rotary Drum Filter at the Yankee Blade mine

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We saw lots of ruins and old mining buildings:

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Lots of "two-tracks" if you can even call them that anymore, that hadnt been driven on in quite some time:

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Drove south a little ways to see how far up the pass to Kingston we could get, which was still snowed in, eventually turned around:

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Overall, a decent little trip. Jeep drove well, but something was leaking from underneath and splattered the trailer the whole way home. I'll have to see if I can figure out that that was.

 

[Zeep]

Some of those shots you take look awesome. Reminds me of a old sales brochure.
What kind of camera are you using?

 

[Dr. Marneaus]

Some of those shots you take look awesome. Reminds me of a old sales brochure.
What kind of camera are you using?

Thanks. It’s just an iPhone 7 ;-)

 

[Dr. Marneaus]

A little video the wife put together.

 

[El Gordo]

Love the truck & trip pics. I love full size rigs, I have a suburban I'm working on. We took a bunch of kids from church to Busch Gardens some years back. Had them stacked like cordwood in the back for the trip home! It was great.

 

[uberhahn]

Its been really fun to watch you build this truck and confidence in driving it to remote places. As I'm working on my Wagoneer, I turn to this page occasionally as inspiration.

Don't sell it. You don't have to use it, but don't sell it.

 

[Dr. Marneaus]

Its been really fun to watch you build this truck and confidence in driving it to remote places. As I'm working on my Wagoneer, I turn to this page occasionally as inspiration.

Don't sell it. You don't have to use it, but don't sell it.

Well, I mean, theres no reason to own it and insure it if I dont use it. We'll see what happens.

 

[Dr. Marneaus]

Sooooooo, we kinda did a thing on Saturday. Don’t worry, still have the wag and there are no immediate plans to get rid of it, but we’ll see what the future brings.

 

[NORDFORD]

Sweet! I just put a Rusty’s winch plate and Smittybilt winch on my bosses JL. Easy peasy. Those jeeps are just plain awesome. Seriously though, if you sell the wag, pm me.

 

[Copperhead14]

Nice. I just sold a RZR and looking for a tj. I really miss my 14 JKUR in copperhead. Great looking Jeep.

 

[50 fiver]

Wow, awesome pics Marn, you live in beautiful country. Congrats on the new Jeep. The trailer looks great also.

 

[Dr. Marneaus]

Thanks, looking forward to all the future adventures in the new jeep, and maybe, just maybe, some adventures in the Wagoneer....

 

[Copperhead14]

I am in a dilemma. I sold my Unlimited Rubicon when we had our twins. Looking at TJ’s here in Indiana is rough trying to find rust free. I am very tempted to downsize our camper, sell our Cummins mega cab and buy a Gladiator Rubicon.

 

[Dr. Marneaus]

I am in a dilemma. I sold my Unlimited Rubicon when we had our twins. Looking at TJ’s here in Indiana is rough trying to find rust free. I am very tempted to downsize our camper, sell our Cummins mega cab and buy a Gladiator Rubicon.

I'm still not sold on the gladiator, its not "much" of a truck, and its really long for a jeep. Thats why we now own a jeep, and a 3/4 ton (in reality, its a 1.5 ton) pickup. I have a ************ beat up truck for ************ beat up truck stuff, and a jeep for jeep stuff.

 

[Umnak]

I've been lurking on your thread for a while and have been so impressed with your ideas and work. It would be interesting to read how you decided to make the transition from the Wagoneer to the Rubicon. I imagine there are a lot of folk wrestling with the same decision. Probably as many as would want a chance to pick up the Wagoneer.