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Something like this, I think you ought to go for it.
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TAKerry, my old jeeps have become famous in the neighborhood when I light one up in the winter and call it the jingle jeep so I’d encourage you to do it.
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I should give them the benefit of the doubt but I sure wonder if it will ever be in one piece again
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It’s super impressive you can just toss some metal on the machine and just whip up some screws. Great work!
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https://www.mtfca.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=24175&sid=fc3f1d26b31d8e91954f034ba939be0e
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On 10/9/2021 at 2:08 PM, wayne sheldon said:
Some years back, I took a bunch of scrap to a recycler. There, I saw some valuable antique automobile parts, late 1920s Classic stuff. I asked what he would sell it for. His answer, a thousand dollars. I didn't have much money to spare, but offered him $200, for scrap he wouldn't get even $50 for. He said it was HIS, and if I wasn't willing to pay the full thousand dollars, he would have it melted down! The stuff wasn't that valuable. I would have been lucky to recover my $200.
I never took any other scrap there again.
Unfortunately, I have met a bunch of scrappers with that kind of attitude. They couldn't care less what they melt down.
I had this happen once with a bunch of vintage brass gasoline pump handles. The lady wanted a full retail on each and everyone and said she’d scrap them if we wouldn’t pay her price. I am still puzzled by that mindset, needless to say I passed.
What I see in the video is just total lack of knowledge. I’m sure that almost anyone on this forum would have put oil in the cylinders and done general clean up and prep along with chasing wires and replacing some to hopefully make it possible to run. Instead they play it the car and put different wheels on it that would make it harder to push around while working on it. They remind me of many who naively buy a car and in a matter of weeks have torn everything thing apart and accomplished nothing.
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Excellent travel log! I like all the old buildings you’ve seen along the way
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We all really want to see you get it going and have the car pay you back for all the frustration by being a sweet runner. But if you are really that tired then maybe you ought to put it on the back burner for awhile, this hobby is supposed to be fun so if you really just dread it maybe a short break is in order. I think we’ve all been there. Whatever happens we are rooting for you
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Get the gear switched around and get it running, I’m here just waiting for the update haha
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I would recommend Hankook optimos, my brother has a set on a 64 Thunderbird and they are excellent. They come with a 70k mile warranty and around here are about a 100 a tire. They aren’t super period correct looking but have a little white stripe and at least mostly look the part.
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What a fun update! It looks great
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“Due to the ongoing pandemic” or “During these uncertain times” have become dare I say popular excuses for lacking services with no relation at all to Covid. What are people going to do someday when they can’t use it as an excuse any more.
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Nasty, hope you have a quick recovery
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Perhaps you do as Cadillac Fan suggested and buy this
https://www.ebay.com/itm/1935-Lincoln-V-12-Engine-Running-Driving-Previously-Rebuilt-Condition-/363292696580?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l6249&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0
Not cheap but certainly something to consider while you work on the other engine. We’d all hate to see you give in but if it’s what you feel you must do then that just how it is.-
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I hope you have a good shop vac
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I don’t have near as much experience as so many others who will likely comment so if I’m wrong thats my excuse, but with that in mind I wouldn’t mess with it. If you greased it well enough (which you did) it will be just fine forever and I think messing with it could do more damage than good.
Keep the updates coming-
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We have a 1948 Chrysler Traveller/ Windsor that is in need of a fuel pump and I am wondering if anyone has had any luck in finding one at a local parts house. If so what part number or vehicle was it listed under? Thanks.
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This is kind of off topic but hearing this about Mass sure makes me glad to live in Utah, here you sign up for vintage vehicle plates or even standard issue plates and they just take your money and give you plates. Even getting a title is pretty easy.
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I love flatfender jeeps, usually I prefer that people keep the original body when they restore them but I really wouldn’t blame you if you replaced that tub. What engine is in it? F134?
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I almost wonder if that engine was run with oil that was lacking in zinc. But that’s just a guess
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14 minutes ago, Akstraw said:
Assembled the differential and rear axle assembly for my 1922 Marmon today.
What a weird looking thing. Nice work
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I feel your pain, I collect early jeeps and often just when you think you’ve gotten all the problems resolved more seem to roll in like oranges. I have no doubt with all the ingenuity and skill you’ve shown that you’ll be cruising around in no time.
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46 minutes ago, Hubert_25-25 said:
My latest fiasco is with my 1925 license plates. I had an original "set" with one very small crack on one attachment hole (first photo). I had another single plate (painted blue) with a longer crack, but still a decent plate. I told the welder that if he thought he could fix the single blue plate, then we would consider doing the pair. We both agreed that welding on thin sheetmetal is difficult and the repair has to be both structural and cosmetic. I was using his sandblaster, and when I came back to his bench he had taken shears and cut off and removed the top of the attachment hole of the single plate. On the good plate he had cut this section off as well and tried to weld the part from the single plate on. He made a huge mess of both plates. Even ground into the top of the 3 and the 2 with his grinder. He said "Oh, I thought the blue plate was the donor plate".
It continues to get harder to find good help. Hugh
This is a shame but definitely not too far gone to be repaired. My father has collected plates for decades and I for at least a decade. There are a few professionals in the business who we have had redo ultra rare plates and have not let us down. If you are interested I can give you his contact
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“Just needs a little tlc” or my personal favorite “easy fix”
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Is this a Jeep?
in General Discussion
Posted · Edited by Tate
Clarification (see edit history)
It is a heavily modified WW2 Willys MB or Ford GPW. Definitely isn’t an M151