I can see the local news headlines now:

DAVE TAKES HIS NEW JEEP FOR ITS FIRST TEST DRIVE.....FILM AT ELEVEN."

My buddy and I took her for about a 5 minute ride. My initial observations:

- nothing broke, fell off, overheated, or leaked

- the trans shifts into every gear

- for the first time, the thermostatically controlled electric cooling fan kicked on by itself, within 5 degrees of where I set it.

- This thing definitely does NOT have sports car-like handling around the turns!

- The GPS speedo did not work at all. Will need to diagnose

- the pitman TRE beat up the paint on my tie rod. The new pitman arm is "supposed" to arrive today, but USPS is delivering it, so who knows when I'll get it.

I need some time to edit the video, so look for it sometime tonight.


Gone to the dark side with an LS3 powered '57 Chevy 210