This build has been a long time coming I originally bought the Xterra when I was 19 it was my first real car. The Xterra had 130,000 miles on it and I drove it back and forth from the western side of Colorado to Denver almost every week to visit my old girlfriend. I eventually went to a 31x10.50 Duratrac tire my first mod. When I was 20 I moved to Anchorage and drove the Xterra 3500 miles from Colorado to Alaska loaded up with everything that I owned.
I drove the Xterra all over Alaska hiking and rock climbing. The Xterra came with a block heater when I bought it so it made a perfect Alaska car with 4 wheel drive and plenty of room inside. I eventually moved back to Colorado and drove the Xterra all the way back again with everything I owned loaded on it.
When I got back to Colorado I decided I wanted a new car and bought a Focus ST and sold the Xterra. I have bought and sold a lot of cars but the Xterra was the only one I ever regretted selling. I got the Xterra bug again and traded the Focus ST in for a 2007 Xterra off-road. I never really cared for the 2nd gen Xterra’s and sold that car and bought a 1976 Dodge Aspen station wagon and drove that daily for 6 months till I got tired of it and bought a 98 Nissan Maxima.
After years of buying and selling cars I missed my old Xterra and said if I ever found it I would by it back. I got lucky and found it for sale on Craigslist not to far away from me in Colorado and went and bought it back.
So after 7 years of wanting to build the Xterra I finally have a chance to do so. It currently has 205K miles on it but still runs great. It has the PML lift and sliders I had on it before I sold it.
Driving it back from Alaska picture is taken somewhere in the Yukon.
Picture from the ad when I sold it.
Day I bought it back
I drove the Xterra all over Alaska hiking and rock climbing. The Xterra came with a block heater when I bought it so it made a perfect Alaska car with 4 wheel drive and plenty of room inside. I eventually moved back to Colorado and drove the Xterra all the way back again with everything I owned loaded on it.
When I got back to Colorado I decided I wanted a new car and bought a Focus ST and sold the Xterra. I have bought and sold a lot of cars but the Xterra was the only one I ever regretted selling. I got the Xterra bug again and traded the Focus ST in for a 2007 Xterra off-road. I never really cared for the 2nd gen Xterra’s and sold that car and bought a 1976 Dodge Aspen station wagon and drove that daily for 6 months till I got tired of it and bought a 98 Nissan Maxima.
After years of buying and selling cars I missed my old Xterra and said if I ever found it I would by it back. I got lucky and found it for sale on Craigslist not to far away from me in Colorado and went and bought it back.
So after 7 years of wanting to build the Xterra I finally have a chance to do so. It currently has 205K miles on it but still runs great. It has the PML lift and sliders I had on it before I sold it.
Driving it back from Alaska picture is taken somewhere in the Yukon.
Picture from the ad when I sold it.
Day I bought it back
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