Jeeper479
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- First Name
- Barry
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- Aug 4, 2022
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- Location
- Arkansas
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- 2021 JT Mojave
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- Engineer
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This has been a slow build, but I'm taking my time and trying to add functional items as I go and spend more of my time enjoying the Jeep. I continue to be amazed at just how capable these Gladiators are right off the showroom floor with minimal upgrades and modifications. I'm building this Jeep to use for overlanding in my home state of Arkansas as well as to take on road trips out west and to other regions of the United States to enjoy trails and camping.
Some funny/interesting history of my past vehicles. I have always been a die hard Toyota guy (except my first truck which was a Jeep J-Series truck lol), but lets be honest like most I always had this deep down dirty jealously towards Jeep owners who could out wheel most other rigs with minimal mods and also remove their top and doors!
So in spring of 2022 unknown to me my life would change forever! My wife had a VW Beetle as a second car that she really enjoyed, but with two toddlers it was not practical for us because there was no chance of fitting two car seats in the back seat. So she finds a 2 door JK and sells her Beetle and buys the Jeep. At the time I was driving a Tundra and laughed it off thinking that I would never be caught dead in a Jeep. Then we decided to take the doors off one weekend and go on an adventure through the national forest and the rest is history! I fell in love and I knew my life had been changed forever!
After having the 2 door JK for a month we realized it was still a pain trying to get two car seats in the back seat of this thing, so we sold the 2 door for a 4 door JKU. I then began to realize that my Tundra had set in the garage for 2 months and not moved, but I was very hesitant to not have a truck for hauling and moving things. So my wife had this crazy thought of selling the JKU and buying a Gladiator which seemed to be the best of both worlds. As we debated on this for a few weeks it just so happened one of her previous coworkers had a 2021 Gladiator Mojave in Sting Gray he was selling. My wife was on board so I jumped at the chance to buy this dream truck, so we sold the JKU and Tundra and bought the Gladiator.
Just for enjoyment below is a picture of the Jeep J-Series truck and my FJ40 Land Cruiser I drove long ago!
And a picture of the day I brought the Gladiator home!
I will go into more details on the following post about what my plans are for the Gladiator and what has been done so far to the Gladiator!
Some funny/interesting history of my past vehicles. I have always been a die hard Toyota guy (except my first truck which was a Jeep J-Series truck lol), but lets be honest like most I always had this deep down dirty jealously towards Jeep owners who could out wheel most other rigs with minimal mods and also remove their top and doors!
So in spring of 2022 unknown to me my life would change forever! My wife had a VW Beetle as a second car that she really enjoyed, but with two toddlers it was not practical for us because there was no chance of fitting two car seats in the back seat. So she finds a 2 door JK and sells her Beetle and buys the Jeep. At the time I was driving a Tundra and laughed it off thinking that I would never be caught dead in a Jeep. Then we decided to take the doors off one weekend and go on an adventure through the national forest and the rest is history! I fell in love and I knew my life had been changed forever!
After having the 2 door JK for a month we realized it was still a pain trying to get two car seats in the back seat of this thing, so we sold the 2 door for a 4 door JKU. I then began to realize that my Tundra had set in the garage for 2 months and not moved, but I was very hesitant to not have a truck for hauling and moving things. So my wife had this crazy thought of selling the JKU and buying a Gladiator which seemed to be the best of both worlds. As we debated on this for a few weeks it just so happened one of her previous coworkers had a 2021 Gladiator Mojave in Sting Gray he was selling. My wife was on board so I jumped at the chance to buy this dream truck, so we sold the JKU and Tundra and bought the Gladiator.
Just for enjoyment below is a picture of the Jeep J-Series truck and my FJ40 Land Cruiser I drove long ago!
And a picture of the day I brought the Gladiator home!
I will go into more details on the following post about what my plans are for the Gladiator and what has been done so far to the Gladiator!
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