I wouldn’t have a Jeep unless it was manual transmission. If you have an automatic transmission, it might as well just be a show Jeep with all the accesories on it and shiny clean like it just came off the showroom floor, which is what all newer looking jeeps look like.
Yep, you are correct. In Austin you have all these Yuppies driving around in monster trucks, 4 wheel drives, etc. It is all show. They know nothing about off road driving. Their trucks are always clean and shiny. It is all about status with those assholes. I drive a simple RAM 1500 work truck and it has the dents and scratches of such. However, I maintain it mechanically 100% okay. A truck is a work vehicle. If not it is a silly status symbol. Oddly on trips we take my Ram 1500 as it is more comfortable to ride long distance than my wife's Nissan Rouge which is a fine vehicle. The road noise in the Nissan is greater than my Ram 1500. The Nissan does get much better gas mileage.
I have a CJ7 (still some assembly required) that I tried at one time to find a transmission and transfer case to fit a 304 I got.
The original I6 was blown.
Anyway I haven’t done much of anything with it in a few years. After my ruptured colon and months long recovery, the hospital bills and generally losing desire to turn a wrench, I have tried to sell the project jeep.
No dice.
A northern tool gantry crane comes with it.