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Wusty Welic ... wonderful!
With apologies to Elmer Fudd.
This future jeep restoration project arrived this morning from Indiana. All stacked up with spares parts. Purchased it over 12 months ago, but for various reasons, I was unable to move it to Colbert before now. Dec 1942 Ford GPW. The big box on the back holds the restored hood and windshield for my Ford GP, which will take priority to complete while I ponder what I've got myself into this time!! I suggested the driver also leave the very tricked-up black truck in front of it, but he declined for some reason ... Mike |
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Congrats!
British army jeep configuration??
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Hi Mike,
That will keep you occupied for a little while!
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The Assessment begins....
Assessing just what I've got myself into. Placed Wusty onto a drop-sheet in the workshop to catch all the crud (tech term for grease, oils, penetrating oils, rust, dirt, rats nests - you get the drift) and started from the front. Some parts are beyond redemption, such as the grill and left fender, but most can be refurbished with a bit of TLC. The engine has a post-war CJ2 block so I'll be on the hunt for a GPW block to replace it. So if anyone has one out in their discard pile, let me know, please.
The vast majority of nuts and bolts come undone with ease. These are mostly genuine 'F' bolts - a further indication that not much has been tampered with other than the engine change. Body will need major surgery, as the rust has eaten much of the floor, but the inside of the gearbox looks pristine. More later ... Mike |
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Rtc
Reduced To Components ... now I have a much better idea of what I can recover versus what I will need to replace.
The biggest bit I'd like to replace is the engine block, as it has a post-war CJ replacement block with an engine number prefix '4LR'. Anyone in MLU-land got a spare GPW 'short' engine they would like to sell? Many nuts and bolts came apart with relative ease, which is a good thing as these are mostly original F embossed. Other items took considerable work using heat plus wax or WD40 to get apart. A few needed more drastic and destructive effort. Overall, more plusses than minuses. (Sorry about the images being sideways: I tried rotating them before upload, but they still came out on the side.) Mike |
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Great stuff, Mike!
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