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Here's the deal, I'm working on getiing a new toy, it's an Alaskan Postal Jeep. It's based on a CJ-8 and there was only 172 of them built (another limited edition!). They were a special order from the US gov't back in '85. One cool thing is that it's right hand drive! Here's what a tricked out one looks like (it will take a while for me to get it to this point, but it's what I'm gunning for):



Now for the next part of this post... I'm going to drive it from Anchorage to NC with my brother over a couple weeks in July. I need advice on the route to take and what routes to avoid. I need to stay as close to civilization as possible because I need to be within reasonable proximity to parts and help if something was to go wrong with the Jeep. The highways in NW Canada scare me a little too... anything anyone can tell me about where to avoid would be great.

Sweet! Hope yours end up close to that. You'll be able to pick up the mail after work easier now.

I'm in the middle of rebuilding a Ford 302 to drop in it for a little more low end and punch over the 258 I-6 that's in there now, but I really want to get it to look just like this one... I LOVE those wheels and tires.

The lift and the tires are going to be down the road for me as $$ allows, and the down side to all of this is that I won't be doing anything else to the SVT until this thing is good to go. Sucks to have to make such sacrifices though!

The Alaska Highway baby! An endless unimproved road. Drive to Dawson and turn left...

Mark

Here's a thread that I started on the Jeeps Unlimited Forums asking about parts/tools/gear that I ought to take with me. It's quite amusing if you want to check it out...

AK trek thread