For all you non belivers...the motor is in it ...it's been started and all the body work is done...all thats left is some finish block sanding primer then paint...If I can keep up the pace it will be done in another month I hope
[ March 18, 2008, 08:01 PM: Message edited by: Monte Jumper ]
Posted by Si Allen (Member # 420) on :
At last! Some progress!
Posted by Dan Sawatzky (Member # 88) on :
Looks great!!!!
I've always had a hankering for such a vehicle...
Dreaming of my fifth childhood in Yarrow...
-grampa dan
Posted by Bob Peach (Member # 2620) on :
You can`t fool me. Someone with a Jeep that looks just like yours was visiting. We`ll stop by for that ride!!!!!
Posted by Stephen Faulkner (Member # 2511) on :
AWESOME !!! the nagging has worked!! As you know Colorada is JEEP country!!. let us know if you come this way scrounging parts. GEET & ELLEN
Posted by Jon Butterworth (Member # 227) on :
Come a LONG way since I saw it 5 ... FIVE! ... years ago!
Looking good Posted by Dave Grundy (Member # 103) on :
Lookin good Monte!!!
And NO I'm not gonna do any spraying!!!
CYA in May buddy.
BTW was 95 F today in Progreso Posted by Gonzalo (Peewee)Curiel (Member # 3837) on :
Nice Jeep! Anyone with a Jeep knows "It's a Jeep thing" people just don't understand....
[ March 19, 2008, 10:44 AM: Message edited by: Gonzalo (Peewee)Curiel ]
Posted by TJ Duvall (Member # 3133) on :
That Jeep is looking good. What engine did you put in there? a Hemi? check www.jeepforum.com lots of really good info and great people if you are looking to get some ideas.
Posted by Norman Biss (Member # 335) on :
I remember seeing some of that over nine years ago Monte.. By the way the steering wheel is on the wrong side..!!
Posted by Monte Jumper (Member # 1106) on :
hey Norm ...good to see ya!
Yup thats the same jeep...some things take longer than others! Posted by coop (Member # 504) on :
but where's the windshield?
(inside joke) Posted by Dale Feicke (Member # 767) on :
Cool Jeep Monte!!!!!
I had a '46 many moons ago, bought as a basket case. Put a 225 Buick V-6 in it and had lots of fun for several years...good trail rider. That V-6 has a lot of torque.
I drove mine in the summer with no top and no windshield. Like ridin' a motorcycle, but with a roll bar around you. Lots of bugs in the teeth!
I've been enjoying the pictures you've posted of work also. Beautiful stuff! One day, maybe I'll figure out how to post also.
Posted by Laura Butler (Member # 1830) on :
I must have missed earlier posts about this. I take it it is a WILLYS. When my husband and I were first married and didn't have much money, he bought me a Willys for a second vehicle. We had so much fun in that thing....until winter. It had holes all over the fabric that he patched and I can't remember if it had a heater, if it worked or what. All I remember is that I was always cold and had to wear my snowmobile suit and boots. But we had a ball 4-wheeling thru our local State Game area.
Posted by Dale Feicke (Member # 767) on :
Yeah, Laura, when I had my 2-A up in Ohio, winters were cold also. It didn't have a heater when I put it together. I bought an 'add-on' from JC Whitney. It did a fair job of keeping the chill off, but did little to defrost the windshield and side windows. It was pretty primitive, but still fun.
We used to like to take rides thru the country after a good snow, just to enjoy the pristine beauty, and "go where no man has gone", making fresh tracks. There was one area we went to that the trail took us out onto a bluff area, overlooking the Ohio river valley. It was very cool.
I bought seats out of a Ford van for it, because they were buckets, but had good padding to compensate for the harsh ride of the Jeep. You gotta have a few creature comforts.
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