Roamin' Rig

This ’87 Jeep Grand Wagoneer has a lot more going for it than just a pretty face.

- Stuart A. Bourdon

We see a lot of Jeeps; I mean a lot of Jeeps. And as you well know from reading the pages of Jp or logging on to jpmagazine.com, “show” rigs are not exactly our forte. Sure, if it has nice shiny paint, spiffedup wheels, and looks like it’s cleaned on a regular basis, we’re all good with that; as long as it’s got a lot of “go” in it. That’s why when we first laid eyes on the ’87 Jeep Grand Wagoneer built by Troy Tertany and Tony Durbano at the 2016 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, Nevada, we were intrigued, but a tiny bit skeptical. That initial skepticism fell away quickly the day we saw it roar up the canyon for our photo shoot.

360 Power

That big noise we heard echoing off the canyon walls was the thunderous sound coming out of a 3-inch-diameter exhaust pipe, Magnaflow stainless steel muffler, and a set of Doug Thorley headers. Pumping the spent gases through that exhaust system was a mildly rebuilt 360ci AMC V-8 that had traded its 2BBL carburetor for an Edelbrock EFI system during the rebuild. Behind that V-8 sits a Torque-Flite 727 three-speed automatic transmission and a Selec-Trac (NP 229) full-time transfer case.

44-Caliber Undercarriage