It's On the Road...

Took my Jeep down the road today with tags on it for the first time. Since my wife has had to put up with my working on it and being a jeep widow for a while, I made sure she was on the maiden voyage. It runs great. I need to adjust the emergency brake, and a few other tweaks, but it is good!! Now I need to get it in the hills and see what it will do. The carb seems to work very well, but the highway and off-road are two different things.

 

Cool!

 

Bon Voyage!

 

Safe Travels! That first drive is always so exciting. Of course, in an old Jeep, they are always exciting.

 

Congrats!!! Still got the grin on your face??

 

Thanks for the cheers, guys. I appreciate it. We have all been there, and yes, Garageguy, the smile is still on my face. I stopped at an auto parts place to get a pan to change the oil, and had two guys ask me on the spot if I was interested in selling it. I politely told them that they didn't have enough money. But you know what is strange? We live near a high school and when the kids are walking by, the girls stop and look at it and point as they talk about it. The guys never do. Any ideas? I know my daughter wanted a Suzuki Samurai when she was growing up, but due to the rollover rate on those things, I told her no.

 

I blame "the wussification of the American male".

The ladies still know where it's at.

 

men wil be jealous and women will admire you.

i am not making that up. enjoy it!

Congratulations!

 

x2.......enjoy the grin!!!

 

Good travel and bon voyage, take care in the curbs, I was driving a little bit fast on my first trip.
About young people, I see interest in the eyes of boys and girls, they say hello nicely.
The only problem is, if you have a military look, with some people coming from countries where French army Jeeps had a role long ago, but this concerns very few people now.

 

I get more thumbs up from women when I am out in the 3B and all of the guys in newer jeeps try to avoid eye contact.
On a trail, others stop me and ignore the later Jeeps.

 

Congrats!

 

Nice. Next trip a three hour tour?

 

Awesome! One of many to come.

 

The Solex didn't work well at all. It was a mess and had no consistency to its performance. It would be good one day and the next day, it would hardly keep the engine running. Once I put the Weber on, I have had no issues. I thought the backfiring issue was possibly a carb problem but that turned out to be a retarded timing issue due my setting the timing incorrectly because what I thought was the timing mark on the pulley was not, and the stationary pointer was bent. Works fine now.