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"gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee" (gogmorgo) 05/19/2018 at 22:48 • Filed to: Jeep, save the manuals

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It’s been a while guys. Like, a long while. Cause Kinja mobile sucks and won’t let me post anything until now it seems. I’m not expecting this to post. But whatevs. Edit: seems it actually posted. Cool.

Last night I picked up a ‘93 Grand Cherokee. Base model. 4x4. Manual locks. Manual windows. Manual transmission. From the factory.

Needs a little love (and likely some light unbuilding) but this will soon be replacing Saint Jimmy as my daily. Good riddance. More to follow eventually maybe.

BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee 05/19/2018 at 22:58

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Plot twist: it posted

sony1492 > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee 05/19/2018 at 23:07

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What is this Saint Jimmy of which you speak.

Tristan > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee 05/19/2018 at 23:09

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If it weren’t for the rusty rockers I’d be beating down your door and begging you to sell this to me. I’ve only ever seen one other manual ZJ!

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > sony1492 05/19/2018 at 23:47

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The patron saint of the denial and a bunch of other stuff.

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > Tristan 05/19/2018 at 23:50

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I’ve seen them online but that’s it. I missed out on one I saw on kijiji in southern SK about five years ago by a couple hours, and didn’t want this one gone. This one was up in Grande Prairie, AB, about 400km north from here. But totally worth the trip.

The rockers aren’t all that bad. The innerspring could use cleaned up a bit and POR 15'ed but there’s only a few bad spots in the outer, which has largely been mitigated. Or at least had the bad spots cut out and treated with some kind of rust converter. I suspect there may have been some deliberate trimming too, as the guy had some procomp 33x12.5 MT’s on it, which I didn’t want all that much in a daily, and which I don’t think would’ve fit on the UHaul trailer.

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > BlueMazda2 - Blesses the rains down in Africa, Purveyor of BMW Individual Arctic Metallic, Merci Twingo 05/19/2018 at 23:51

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I was shocked too. As recently as earlier this week I still couldn’t even post comments.

M.T. Blake > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee 05/20/2018 at 00:25

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Whoa. A base version of the luxury version of the base version. Crazy.

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > M.T. Blake 05/20/2018 at 01:38

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I still just see the ZJ as a second-gen XJ, like AMC intended. Chrysler just got weird and luxobargy with it.

gmctavish needs more space > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee 05/20/2018 at 05:59

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Ooohh. Want.

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee 05/20/2018 at 07:31

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Wow...

RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee 05/20/2018 at 07:32

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Hey! Welcome back sir! Awesome find on the Jeep! That is the longest shift lever in the universe! :P

Also...NIVA UPDATES? :O

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 05/20/2018 at 10:36

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Haven’t really done much on the Niva. Still needs mirror glass before an out-of-province inspection. I won’t say I’ve lost motivation on it but it hasn’t been that far up my list of priorities, no. I’ve sorta been dragging my ass cause I know I’m gonna get hell when I go for inspection.

Re: the gear lever, it looks long, yeah, but it’s pretty typical for a truck or SUV. It does alright, throw is pretty similar to the XJ and Niva from memory. Doesn’t seem awkward at all.

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > RallyDarkstrike - Fan of 2-cyl FIATs, Eastern Bloc & Kei cars 05/20/2018 at 10:37

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The Saint was my Lemons Rally ride. Soon to be a Gambler 500 ride. It’s also my only registered vehicle right now... lol.

sony1492 > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee 05/20/2018 at 11:55

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I distinctly remember this from earlier posts now.

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > sony1492 05/20/2018 at 12:36

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Pretty memorable, yeah.

Jason Spears > gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee 05/20/2018 at 14:13

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I don’t Jeep, but that golden hour light makes this beautiful somehow.

gogmorgo - rowing gears in a Grand Cherokee > Jason Spears 05/20/2018 at 16:20

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Oh yeah, that was deliberate. I stomped on the brakes to take the picture right next to the only break in the trees for what seemed like ten miles so I could get that. We don’t get golden sunsets in the mountains that often.