Garage Projects

1998 XJ – The purpose bought vacation mobile

I’ve had mixed luck with purchasing vehicles for the sole purpose of running out west on vacation in. The last time we did this was in 2009 (Click Here) in on of the 1992 XJ’s (Click Here) I purchased for the task.

In 2012, we decided to roll the dice again with another XJ. So one month to the day before we left, I came across this guy on Craigslist:
Sara L.: 1998 XJ &emdash;

The janky lift blocks and spacers were immediately removed, and some fresh 30×9.50 Falkens were put on for the trip:
Sara L.: 1998 XJ &emdash;

The thing was pretty nice for the price:
Sara L.: 1998 XJ &emdash;

It was not without its gremlins though, the AC died on it two blocks from leaving our house on our trip west. So it was windows down the whole way. Also, the Passenger side window got stuck down on the way home halfway across Kansas… in a windstorm. But other than that, it performed perfectly!
Sara L.: 1998 XJ &emdash;

Sara L.: 1998 XJ &emdash;

Sara L.: 1998 XJ &emdash;

Click here for the post(s) on that trip.

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