MAKE/MODEL: ’00 Jeep Wrangler
ESTIMATED VALUE: Nowhere near what I have into it
BUILD TIME: 7 years and counting…
OWNER: Ron Sherwood
HOME TOWN: Nolanville, Texas
OCCUPATION: Tank Commander/ US ARMY
YEARS WHEELING EXPERIENCE: 14
FAVORITE WHEELING SPOTS: Any of the parks in Texas
WHY DID YOU CHOOSE THIS VEHICLE TO BUILD: My Scout stranded me for the last time…Still have the IH tattoo and sickness though.
FAVORITE TERRAIN: Rocks, cars and BBQs
ENGINE: 4 Banger stock…Hence the vehicle name.
ASPIRATION: Stock with dirty filter.
TRANSMISSION: Stock 5-speed
TRANSFER CASE: NP 231 with 4:1 conversion and fixed yoke kit
FRONT AXLE:  Genuine gear Dana 44 with Detroit Tru-Trac Limited slip Diff
REAR AXLE: Geniune Gear Dana 44 with Detroit locker
RING AND PINION: 4.56
FRONT SUSPENSION: Rancho 2 ½ inch heavy duty, owner reinforced stock upper links. Currie steering linkage and track bar, Ditched sway bar entirely
REAR SUSPENSION: Rancho 2 ½ inch heavy duty, 2 in.x.120 wall upper links with rod end on axle side and rubber bushing on frame side
WHEELS: 15X10 Black steelies
TIRES: 33X15.5 TSL SX Over 25lbs. of wheel weights and I still get a backrub every day!
OTHER COOL STUFF: It starts every time I twist the key, Sun Performance rock rails, front tube fenders, plasma torched front bumper, Hi-Lift, 2nd set of aux lights on windshield hinges, functional military antenna and mount for CB, flush mount LED tail lights, relocated backup lights and license plate to spare tire, home built rear bumper with clevis mounts and receiver hitch, new (to me) windshield frame and glass. Welded stock cage, new soft top that doesn’t fit anymore (see new windshield frame), nearly terminal case of scoliosis. This jeep has been rolled flopped and flipped countless times and still gets me to work safely every day!
IF I HAD TO BUILD IT AGAIN…V8, Stretch wheelbase, dana 60s