How did we get here?

I have been a Jeep fan for years. It started with a 92 Jeep Cherokee Sport that I owned. It was 2 wheel-drive, but I could take it almost anywhere I wanted. It had the inline 6 cylinder engine, which had accumulated just over 330, 000 miles when I sold it...that was in 2008 and I still see it around town. It wasn't long after I sold the Cherokee until I got Jeep fever again.

Sometime in late 1991, the YJ rolled off an assembly line in Canada. It came off the line powered by a 180 HP, 4.0 liter,  242 ci engine with a TF999 automatic transmission behind it. I don't know where the next stop was...I don know the Jeep spent sometime in South Dakota and Missouri before it ended up in Tennessee.

My wife and I picked the Jeep up in Northwest Tennessee and drove it home. When we talked about names, naturally,  Rusty came to mind... because of the condition of the body and frame. There's a lot to do to get it were I want it. I plan to start by attending to the frame rust, then floor panel rust and followed by fixing the body rust. After all the rust is fixed, we'll look into a tune-up and suspension.

This will be a long project and I plan to post updates and pics along the way.