Virgil bought his first Wrangler and started wheeling in December of 2006 at a grand age of 78 and has been playing with his Jeep every since. He is definitely an inspiration to us. Virgil grew up with the Lord and met his wife, Pat, in church when he was 12 and she was 10; As time went on, like many others, he slipped away,. When Pat went home to be with our loving Lord in November of 2005, Virgil promised her that he would find his way back and he has. He is retired from the military and from McDonnell Douglas, now spending his time playing with his dog Charlie, a King Charles Cavalier. Charlie is not just a pet, but a beautiful and very friendly companion who also loves to go wheeling and on road trips. Virgil's immediate family lives back east or up in Minnesota, so Virgil takes regular road trips to run the route and visit them all. Virgil is an incredible man and has many life stories to pass on.

 Get to know him and your life will definitely be enriched

Meet the Rig!

The Jeep is a 1997 Wrangler TJ with A/C and a 4.0L straight 6 and an automatic. The transfer-case contains the stock gearing but has a Pro-Comp tail-shaft conversion and a Rubicon Express CV rear drive shaft.  Both differentials, Dana 30 front and Dana 35 rear, have been re-geared with 4.56:1 gears to drive the oversized Pro-Comp 35x12.50x15 X-Terrains that are mounted on aluminum American Racing Outlaw II rims. To fit all that rubber it is sporting Rubicon Express lower control arms, Pro-Comp 4" lift springs and DayStar 1" motor and 2" body mounts.  All that lift is controlled by Pro-Comp ES shocks and adjustable track bars and JKS sway bar disconnects.  Steering is assisted by Currie heavy duty tie rod and draglink.

Pushing the extra toys requires power that is assisted by an AiRaid throttle body spacer and air intake system that pushes more out through the Banks header and catback exhaust, but to keep it all legal it runs a Magnaflow high flow catalytic converter.  The extra juice to drive all this air is provided by an MSD coil.