So I was thinking.... since I decided to build, rebuild rather, a 1966 jeep CJ I should probably blog about it as well. I have been documenting the rebuild on a great CJ forum at Jeep-CJ.com but wanted my friends to be able to check in on me once in a while and they won't be on many jeep forums so this seemed like the right place to go.
So have wanted to replace the Buggy with a Jeep for a while. We looked around a bit but nothing we had to have. Some good friends of ours picked one up to tow behind the RV and we thought that was a great idea.
So we searched around, did some research, and I wanted something Pre-Smog, not too fancy, something to kick around the foothills and the coast in. As most of you know we have a big dog, Great Dane for those of you that don't know, and we had to make sure she fit in as well.
As we are searching we found the Jeep CJ 6. Somewhat of a rare bird only about 55,000 made and most were sold outside the US. Well I really liked the 6, it has a 20" longer wheelbase the the CJ 5 otherwise it is mostly the same as the 5. So we searched the web for the right one and found a few, some way over priced already fully restored, some in pieces, then we found one close to home that fit the bill. We found it on Craig's List and you know how some of those deals go down. It took over a month from first contact to exchange of cash but we got it done. 
We met a nice young couple down in St. Helena and decided to take a road trip to check it out. This is where it starts to get interesting, and turns into a bit of an adventure. As it turns out a lot of things that have to do with the CJ turn into an adventure...
