WrenchMonkey is Famous!

coachholland · 09-19-2013, 08:58 PM

Latest issue of Petersen's 4-Wheel & Off-Road, he got his letter to the editor published... and Rick agreed with him

Cool stuff!

WrenchMonkey · 09-19-2013, 09:23 PM

Ha! No ****?!?

I gotta check my mailbox!

comanchedude · 09-19-2013, 09:48 PM

Yup just read that.. Robert was fired up it seems.. ha ha

WrenchMonkey · 09-19-2013, 11:48 PM

Yeah, I don't remember using that many exclamation points. I guess there's a good chance I mighta been drinking...

Coppertop · 09-20-2013, 07:56 AM

Hmm,guess I'll pick one up today and see what it's about.

Nick

WrenchMonkey · 09-20-2013, 02:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Coppertop

Hmm,guess I'll pick one up today and see what it's about.

Nick

You gotta read the original article, Cheap Truck Challenge, from a couple issues ago:
Intro
93 LandCruiser
89 XJ
77 F150
Head to head

Basically, they gave each guy $2013 to buy a rig, $2013 to fix it up, and ran em head to head. The XJ (of course) cleaned everybody's clock. But to be nice about it, they basically said "Everybody's a winner!" like we were hangin out with Barney or something.

I called em on it!

Quote:

Pfft. You guys suck! That touchy-feely, everybody's-a-winner BS is for hippies. Contests have winners! Call one!

The pay-way ecks-jay took two out of three challenges, and was the only rig that actually got itself to the trail. How "cheap" is it to budget a towrig and trailer?

Yeah, the Ford is cool looking, but if that's what mattered most, you coulda held the "challenge" at the mall!

XJ for the win.

09-19-2013, 08:58 PM	#1
coachholland Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Winchester, KY Posts: 68	WrenchMonkey is Famous! Latest issue of Petersen's 4-Wheel & Off-Road, he got his letter to the editor published... and Rick agreed with him Cool stuff! __________________ Just another three linked stretched '95 YJ on 38s with a bunch of stuff scattered on the garage floor.

09-19-2013, 09:23 PM	#2
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09-19-2013, 09:48 PM	#3
comanchedude COMANCHE NUT Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Ross Twp Posts: 166	Yup just read that.. Robert was fired up it seems.. ha ha __________________ just don’t get stupid and stick a Chevy engine in your Jeep. Man I hate that

09-19-2013, 11:48 PM	#4
WrenchMonkey Mechanical Animal - CORE Member - - Moderator - Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Beechmont Posts: 1,883	Yeah, I don't remember using that many exclamation points. I guess there's a good chance I mighta been drinking... __________________ DIRTY DEEDS, DONE DIRT CHEAP Whatever doesn't kill you makes you stranger

09-20-2013, 07:56 AM	#5
Coppertop XJWHEELING Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Colerain Township Posts: 837	Hmm,guess I'll pick one up today and see what it's about. Nick __________________ Just a 200 dollar cherokee that wouldn't start .. Ten years later same chrome grille ..