Ole Cowboy
Well-Known Member
My BIL had a beautiful Chevy Blazer, its the model with the removal roof, one cool vehicle. he bought to Mud in. Dropped in a 454 crate 500hp motor, B&M special trans for $2k and when the dust settled he dropped over $80k in the rig and this was in 1982 dollars. This also led to his divorce from my sister.
The truck was unbeatable and unstoppable. But the maintenance on it from Mudding every weekend. Sister is doing some serious housekeeping one weekend he is gone Mudding and discovers 2 shoeboxes on the upper shelf of his closet and in the boxes are his receipts for all the work on his truck. He is rebuilding the trans and axles almost once a month, going thru u joints like a kid eating jellybeans, same for brake rotors and pads, engine had been rebuilt once for something like $7k all total he had dropped over $150k on the rig not counting what he paid for it. Well Sis exploded she did not even know about the money. So he tries to make it up to her by taking her on a ski vacation at some upscale resort in Colorado. The arrive in the middle of the day and there is a 4x4 trail they you can drive up the mountain and he sees the sign, they have not even checked in and he wants to take her on the 4x4 trail. He goes 4x4, low range and takes off and is less than 50 yards into the trail and he sees FLAMES. Not sure what cause it but Sis said showing off he hit a big log trying to go over it and hit it hard!. He jumps out and opens the hood and BALOOM huge fireball! He scream at Sis to get out...Chevy Blazer goes down in a blaze and burnt to the ground with everything they had brought still in it. They hand nothing but the clothes they had on.
Sis flies back home to Dallas the next day, sees a lawyer the next day.
Word to the wise, Mud destroys your vehicle which why your dealer did what they did and told Jeep about it which killed you warranty 100%
The truck was unbeatable and unstoppable. But the maintenance on it from Mudding every weekend. Sister is doing some serious housekeeping one weekend he is gone Mudding and discovers 2 shoeboxes on the upper shelf of his closet and in the boxes are his receipts for all the work on his truck. He is rebuilding the trans and axles almost once a month, going thru u joints like a kid eating jellybeans, same for brake rotors and pads, engine had been rebuilt once for something like $7k all total he had dropped over $150k on the rig not counting what he paid for it. Well Sis exploded she did not even know about the money. So he tries to make it up to her by taking her on a ski vacation at some upscale resort in Colorado. The arrive in the middle of the day and there is a 4x4 trail they you can drive up the mountain and he sees the sign, they have not even checked in and he wants to take her on the 4x4 trail. He goes 4x4, low range and takes off and is less than 50 yards into the trail and he sees FLAMES. Not sure what cause it but Sis said showing off he hit a big log trying to go over it and hit it hard!. He jumps out and opens the hood and BALOOM huge fireball! He scream at Sis to get out...Chevy Blazer goes down in a blaze and burnt to the ground with everything they had brought still in it. They hand nothing but the clothes they had on.
Sis flies back home to Dallas the next day, sees a lawyer the next day.
Word to the wise, Mud destroys your vehicle which why your dealer did what they did and told Jeep about it which killed you warranty 100%
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