Misc. Who do you wrench with?
I joined this forum many years ago. But as social media ie... FB came about I joined that way of connecting with people. Joined many group pages, even created my own called Built By Jeepers. This came about because the main Jeep group was mainly JKU people asking about what car wash is the best. So a guy I connected with on there and I wanted a place to talk with people who actually work on their own Jeeps. And even fab up what they were trying to accomplish. Well as with most things, people moved on to other projects or life events so the page kind of went dormant. So looking for actual conversations on old Jeeps, I came back. I'm glad I did. I've enjoyed posting and connecting with others on one of my passions, Old Jeeps. Figured with the knowledge I've gained from the process of my build might be helpful to some. And I could get answers to things that I am having trouble with. I say all that to get to the point I am trying to make. I looked at the member map to see where fellow Jeepers are from. Not too many terribly close to me. So that got me wondering if any of you actually wrench with each other. I made a trip to Wadsworth Illinois and hung out with guy I met on Built By Jeepers FB group (I use to build custom furniture and he paid me to build a table and deliver it to him). Then since I was up there I drove over to meet the guy who I created Built By Jeepers with in Iowa City. Had fun there, he has a lot of Jeeps. We got an old model A truck, a Jeepster, and a couple of CJ's going while I was there. It was good wrenching with another Jeeper. Now around the area I live, if you see an old CJ driving around it's usually in great condition. They have bought it that way. I've offered my help and shop if they wanted to wrench on their Jeep tgether. Only response I ever got was someone offering to pay me to fix some issue. I have friends with newer Jeeps that we've wrenched together on their stuff. But no like minded old Jeepers getting things done with each other in the shop. Most times if I am in the shop I'm out there by myself, or the person is there with me because I am fixing something for them. So I am curious if any of you live near each other and have a good time just wrenching together?