project swiss cheese

Back in May, I sold my 1995 Jeep Cherokee—a $600 rustbucket that just three years prior had heroically stuck it to…

Selling a car is a hard thing to do, unless that car is a piece of crap like my 1995 Honda Accord was. Especially if…

The year was 2015, and I’d just left my engineering job to try this whole “writing” thing for Jalopnik. One of my…

Last night at 12:30 a.m., I walked out of my friend’s apartment into a wet and freezing Michigan winter, and hopped…

After a brief visit with my doctor, Tom, the O’Reilly Auto Parts clerk, I’ve learned that living alone in a small…

Yesterday, I spent hours of my afternoon stranded in an O’Reilly Auto Parts parking lot as my 1995 Jeep Cherokee…

Last night I was wrenching on the $600 Jeep Cherokee in my ice-cold driveway, preparing for a road trip, when I…

There’s this Jeep Cherokee that I love dearly—one that I bought for only $600, fixed up using junkyard parts, and dro…

My Jeep Cherokee has already shown how far $600 (well, really $2,000) will get you in Moab. Endearingly called…

Your car’s gasoline engine wastes two thirds of its fuel’s energy as heat, so why not harness that energy and cook a…

After months of wrenching, I embarked on an epic adventure in my $600 Craigslist-purchased Jeep Cherokee. That trip…

My $600 Jeep Cherokee XJ, called Project Swiss Cheese after its copious rust, not only made the nearly 2,000 mile…

I think I’ve died and gone to Jeep heaven, because my trusty $600 Jeep Cherokee and I just stumbled upon the most…

By the grace of the Jeep Gods, my $600 Jeep Cherokee made the nearly 2,000 mile trek from Michigan to Moab without a…

Last week, I wrote a post telling you, the glorious readers of Jalopnik, that I was beginning my…

This morning, two friends and I hopped into my rust-bucket $600 Jeep XJ and started our long road trip to the 50th…

This weekend was a major success for my $600 Jeep XJ destined (hopefully) for the 50th Easter Jeep Safari in Moab,…

Time is running out on Project Swiss Cheese, my $600 Jeep Cherokee Moab build. I’ve got only a week to go, and…

I’ve only got a week until I embark for the 50th Easter Jeep Safari in Utah, and I’ve still got tons of work to do…

Can you do serious off-roading in Moab with a $600 Jeep? Next Easter, we’ll find out.