Shock-Jock
Nice cover, "10 Things Wrong With Your Jeep." Good way to tell others who see your mag on a newsstand that we all drive pieces of junk. A guy in a Cobra Mustang puts drag radials on an otherwise stock car, goes to the drag strip, and grenades a rear end. Do you think Motorcraft says "Recalled!"? Or just some idiot hooked up too well for stock parts? How about ten good upgrades? Still love the mag, I just don't understand that cover.
Andy
Via email
Money-Saving XJ Tip
In reference to the article where you showed how to rebuild the '87-'01 Jeep Cherokee AW-4 neutral safety switch ("Rebuild the Master Switch," jpmagazine.com), I wanted to thank the folks at Jp magazine for the excellent article related to my '96 Cherokee. I was set to spend close to $300 for a part that thanks to your article took me less than 30 minutes to rebuild. I can't thank you guys enough! Keep up the great work!
Aaron Fetter
Anchorage, AK
'Nother Sucka
You f***kers! After writing a sappy email a couple of weeks back and calling you out on another April prank ("It's April Fools!"), I had time to think about this being another prank this year. I got the May '10 issue today, and sure enough, it proved how stupid I am. Keep up the great work and keep the Jp chicks around! With 11 months of snow and three days near 80 here in Northern Wisconsin, we need all the swimsuits you publish! Take care and (try to) keep the rubber side down!
Roger Nocerini
Eagle River, WI
Reagan Fan
Thanks for providing a great May '10 issue. I loved the feature on President Reagan's CJ-6 and CJ-8 ("CJ One"). Great vehicles owned by an even greater president! And the Jeepster feature ("Rocking Oddball") is something not commonly seen, although I've seen a few on Craigslist recently and loved the looks of them.
Also just wanted to give you a heads up: The web address for Zingology in New Products is a bit off. It's supposed to be zingologymfg.com.
Dennis Kreft
Oakdale, MN
Reagan Righting
I read "CJ One" (May '10) and thoroughly enjoyed reading about both CJs. Just wanted to give you a heads up that Reagan's Scrambler was an '81. The funky shifting SR-4 is one of the dead giveaways. That trans was only available in pre-'82. I hope the Collins folks didn't think that trans was supposed to be in an '83! Also, the wheels are 15x8 (in '81 only) to go with the narrow track axles it has. The graphics are '81-'82 style. Many folks have discussed this Scrambler over the years on the Internet, and this is nothing new. Maybe the folks at the museum thought it was an '83?
Eric Jankowski
Via email
Thanks for the email. I originally had it listed as an '81 in my story, but caved after some of my research (mostly a few books and old newspaper articles) listed the CJ-8 as an '83. One was an official White House press release from the early '80s, so even they got it wrong! Collins Bros. says that they've seen '83s with those transmissions before, but who knows what/where/when the vehicles started out as or what parts were added/replaced thereafter.
I was told Nancy bought the Jeep for Reagan used in '83, so perhaps that's where some of the confusion comes from. Again, I wasn't able to nail down whether or not that "fact" is accurate or not, so I didn't print it.
I'm disappointed that the article is out there listing the CJ-8 as the wrong year; perhaps running your email in this issue will clear things up.
Thanks very much,
Christian Hazel
Technical Editor