The selling of "Wobbly Bob" was bitter sweet for me. I have finally severed the 3 year love affair with my first hardcore wheeling rig. I hate to see it go, and will probably question for a while whether or not it was a good idea to sell it or if I should have kept it. You can never get back out what you put in, So it's never a win-win situation. "Value in use" I tell myself.

Three years ago, I bought the chassis from a guy out in Lincoln. The chassis was pretty well beat down but it fired right up and sounded awesome. I was in love right then. Bitten by the crawler bug. My Bros made the 3+ hour trip over to sac to help me get it and bring it home. On the way home parts were falling off left and right. Some guy even stopped us at an intersection to give us back a brake caliper.

When my dad first saw the jeep and how rickety it was he started calling it "Wobbly Bob" I didn't want the name to stick but it did. Especially after my very first trip down the road and getting a death wobble at 20 mph. It was definitely a wobbly bob. Damn it! the name stuck!

Fast forward three years, Wobbly bob is no longer wobbly, but the name remains unchanged. Every other part on it changed though. I replaced or upgraded just about every part of that jeep. I finally got it to a point where nothing breaks anymore, it fires right up every time, and I know just how it's going to respond on the trail. Sigh

The money is going to good use though. Joe and I are about to embark on a 4 seat competition buggy project together. We have quite a few parts already, and the chassis is being built by Trent Fabrication over in Reno NV starting this February-March. I started a budget tracker page, and we will also be adding a build thread on the site for it as well. So stay tuned for that.

I am glad to know that the new owner is pretty excited about the purchase. I hope WB serves him well.