okay, since the WI CJ7 is probably never gonna make it to TX (the previous owner keeps running into little problems after the engine fire) I decided to go ahead and get another one.
A nice one came along at a reasonable price and hopefully I'll be picking that one up this weekend.
Here's a picture of it (all I need to do is get rid of that sh!t color bikini and center console)
the 1984 CJ7 pavement pounder ... for now 