Gambler 500 car build

[cantab27]

That's cool as sir

[denverd1]

when's the race? anything left to do to the rig?

looks like entirely too much fun. I did see an XJ in the vids I found, waaaay too practical!

[jonb8]

The race and is the 28th/29th of April, I have a couple more weeks to get ready. The car is done except for a front bumper and a idler pulley that's churping...

[4.3LXJ]

Love that front fender

[bluedragon436]

Love that front fender

Me too... Is that actual plates or a wrap of some sorts?? Either way I think this whole thing is pretty awesome... One day, I'd love to get into doing something like that... Is that a racing lawnmower in the foreground??

[jonb8]

Yea me and my son built it a few years back, he won a lot of races with it.. Wasn't super fast but it always stayed together and was there in the end... Clay was always patient and a great driver...

[bluedragon436]

Yea me and my son built it a few years back, he won a lot of races with it.. Wasn't super fast but it always stayed together and was there in the end... Clay was always patient and a great driver...

That's awesome... I would have loved to have done something like that over the years... used to play with riding mowers, and tweak them... I had an old one back in the day that we ditched the mow deck and turned it into a go-kart... and had lots of fun with that beast... not sure whatever happened to it.. But would have loved to have done something like that with it...

[jonb8]

We've had a lot of fun with the mower, he doesn't race it anymore he's moved on.. Hardest part is getting started, all projects roll on after that....

[denverd1]

me and friend painted a flaming skull on the last riding mower I had. put LEDs up front to mow at night. neighbors LOVED it.

[jonb8]

I love messing with mowers, part of being a car guy I quess..

[4.3LXJ]

Mine is a little bigger and says Kubota on it

[TaterTot]

I am building my 1993 XJ for the Gambler 500 (OG500) in Portland, OR.

I am still trying to come up with a theme/shtick to go with. So far...I think it is going to be the "B Team", as in a knock-off of the A-Team....

I bought the hoopty for 500 in running/driving condition, but barely. Reconstructed title, 226K miles, Auto, 4x4.

It is deck liner (similar to Rustoleum bedliner, but lower quality) black, mostly, where it hasn't worn off yet...

[4.3LXJ]

Seems to me there was an old pod cast on the XJTalk show, now Jeep Talk Show that had an interview with a guy that had done it with an XJ. He said he had a problem with long sharp corners, the oil pickup would go dry and loose oil pressure. That is if my memory serves me correctly

[TaterTot]

Sounds like a broken Jeep to me....but hey! I am here to learn.

[4.3LXJ]

He had run it in several races before retiring it