), the upgrades to the Grocery Getter v2.0 will be small and slow in coming...
That said, regardless of the vehicle or the owner's time situation, certain things need to be addressed to get full enjoyment from a group outing. Topping the list are safety items, recovery equipment, and communications. I keep my safety and recovery gear in a couple of Rubbermaid Action Packer bins, that are easily transferrable from vehicle to vechile (and with my penchant for changing rigs, these bins have been a great investment
). Since the Grocery Getter came factory equipped with nice tie-down loops in the cargo area, I was already one step ahead with no need to make any mounting provisions for the bins. Sadly, with the sea of rounded off plastic that makes up the late-model XJ dash, the same could not be said for the mounting of a CB. 
First I removed the center console to access the situation. I found a nice sturdy dash support bracket there, which made the perfect foundation for a CB mount:
Once I did some test fitting and calibrated eyeballing, I bent up a little bracket out of some 1â€
At any rate, the sun was out and it was indeed a nice day for a quick jaunt, so I took the opportunity to squeeze a bit more family time out of my reprieve from work and also to finally get the bumpstops set on the Grocery Getter v2.0. We headed to a familiar spot just North of town, and the kids played around and took in the view while I fine tuned the uptravel stoppers:
