My name is Scott McEwen and i have been an avid JEEPNUT since forever. I am by trade a welder/fabricator, mechanic, but at this time I'm driving truck hauling oversized loads. I have owned 2 willy's overlands a 55 and a 53 which i drove 1700mi from AZ to TN pulling a trailer full of furniture. A 69 J2000 p/u w/ buick 350 3spd on 33's, stock 1980 CJ5 on 33's amc 304 3spd, 93 CHEROKEE 2wd,( ROCKGOBLIN was my 86 CJ7 rockcrawler that started out stock on 33's and I customized it with a 4" U channel front bumper w/ stinger and warn 8274 winch made from a semi trl bumper 2" reciever and aircraft landing lights, rocksliders, 8pt cage, swingout tire carrier w/ gear rack, rear security box behind rear seat with hilift mount on top and ammo can rack for tools and parts underneath, 2" reciever and d-rings on rear bumper mildly built AMC 360 w dual batteries in custom battery tray, 2bbl, dual electric fans 1 puller 1 pusher for offroad rides, full set of eqious guages and tach, 4spd tranny out of a 78 wagoneer mdl 20 transfercase that I customized a twin stick set up for and rear cv driveshaft, dana 30 front w disc brakes,dana 44 rear with disc brakes and lincoln locked, both with 3.73 gears was also my daily driver and w/ granny low tranny really didn't need lower gears, made custom lift shackles and custom made spring packs w extra main leaf and it is still spring under it clears 36" superswampers on steel spokes, body mods included flat fenders and removed flares, full safari top, custom tube doors for wheeling 3" lapbelts eclipse bucket seats on custom frames, steelhalf doors w/ soft uppers soft top, light mounts on mirror brackets, CB, am fm cd radio 250watt amp 6 speakers, glowing goblin shift knob w/ green lights and green lights in guages and interior (wicked at night) rock lights underneath. I fabricated everything on this jeep, I sold do to finances. I Organized an offroad toy ride for Christmas before i finished the final build still had 3spd and 35's no 1st gear and open diffs, I was on rescue duty by pulling 3 fullsize chevy's out of mud, off trees and rocks and welding duty when our trail leader broke a ujoint trying to pull a blazer off a tree in his wrangler. It was a successful ride raising over a $1000 dollars in toys and cash for the local rescue squad toy drive, 15 buisiness sponsered door prizes and services and 30 rigs showed up from stock to extreme. Next was a 1987 JEEP Commanche p/u on 33's with a rancho lift 4.0fi 5spd, I installed eqious guages in dash w/ aluminum diamond plate inserts, I traded it for my current project a 1993 GRAND CHEROKEE LOREDO w/ 4.0 4spd auto fully loaded w/ 30" federal mud terrains on centerlines, I have started customizing a little by installing eqious guages in a custom aluminum bracket and cutting the front bumper and installing coil spring spacers to clear tires. Future plans for this is a custom 4 link front and rear w dana 60's, atlas case, and 38" Grapplers, as the saying goes IT'S A JEEP THING YOU WOULDN'T UNDERSTAND! IT"S a JEEP life for me.