The new rims I bought for the Jeep are called ‘Combat Rims’, presumably because splitting into two parts should make it easier to change tyres. Well. I’m jolly glad I wasn’t in the field of combat when I changed all five from the big 235-16’s to the recently purchased 205-16’s. Despite attempting this job in a state of tranquil calm, (cup of tea at the ready, good play on Radio 4), after half an hour sweating over the first one I was ready to surrender and wave the white flag. A second attempt the following evening with far more washing up liquid to lubricate the tyre/rim interface I got it down to about 20 minutes a wheel. just under two hours for the whole job. About the time it took Jerry to take a small village in Normandy! The end result was a far better ride and handling, if that is the correct term for hurling a Jeep around a bend. A run to Northamptonshire on Sunday, with son Will following in his car confirmed that the Jeep was cruising happily at about 55-60 and generally keeping up with the flow of traffic. The ‘new’ Hotchkiss engine purring sweetly under the bonnet, or ‘hood’ as the Yanks called it.
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It certainly looks nicer with the smaller tyres. That lower shot is terrific - really shows off the front suspension articulation!
Marvelous agricultural scene, pond filling up with debris as land-fill tax goes up again - lumps of concrete etc. Great Jeep. Have you tried booting those split wheels without splitting them ? Oh yes - washing up liquid has a tendency to rot the inside face of the rim, if you can't get any proper tyre slop you should try a bit of rendered ox fat which I presume you keep in the garage for rubbing into leather spring gaiters on the series 1.
Can't you see if you could rent out the Jeep to a porno film producer? The split rings might prove popular.
Why does it always get round to porn with Ron?
Thanks for the ox fat tip Diplo. Naturally I have a stock somewhere, but I have used it for other things a la Ron.
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