[jyl]

Did some stuff on my son’s 1990 Jeep XJ. He and a buddy went to some offroading thing and rolled it. We had a body guy patch it back together - found a used door, rewelded door hinges, hammer and fill the A pillar, roof, fender back roughly into shape, replace shattered windshield. Cost about what a semi-beater XJ is worth (not much). So I had to patch up the remaining things. Replace drivers side mirror, replace broken-off control stalk, replace battery, find and fix drain. While I was at it I replaced his radio with a Continental head unit, and fitted a gearshift knob (not as trivial as I’d hoped, the threaded part of the shift lever was broken off). Tomorrow I’ll put in some cheapo speakers and the more-beater-now Jeep should get him through the rest of college. It is mechanically in great shape which is why we bothered.