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Flatfender Ben 
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 Posted: 30 Aug. 2018 at 3:35pm |
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Awesome picture Rick!
That was a great day,glad to have met you guys that day! |
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1946 cj2a desert dog
1946 cj2a bulldog 1948 cj2a blue jeep 1953 cj3b yard dog 1955 willys wagon 1955 willys pickup 1956 willys pickup boomer 1960 fc 170 1968 jeepster commando 1990 Grand wagoneer |
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Oilleaker1
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Posted: 30 Aug. 2018 at 7:13pm |
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Every time I see a shot of a trip or outing, I'm glad i met new friends and had fun. The time was well worth it. The guy on the right in the photo, wild and crazy huh Ben?
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Green Disease, Jeeps, Old Iron!
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Flatfender Ben
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Posted: 31 Aug. 2018 at 4:19am |
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Ha ha
I remember after bouncing down badger hole trail, Somebody was feeling there oats on the pavement! I looked in my mirror to see an m38 barreling down on me!!! If it hadn’t been for the extra 12hp I wouldn’t have been the leader anymore
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1946 cj2a desert dog
1946 cj2a bulldog 1948 cj2a blue jeep 1953 cj3b yard dog 1955 willys wagon 1955 willys pickup 1956 willys pickup boomer 1960 fc 170 1968 jeepster commando 1990 Grand wagoneer |
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Flatfender Ben
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Posted: 01 Sep. 2018 at 2:25pm |
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Continuing my early spring adventures, I was out at Dads to get my FC170 running
 I had to drive past this junk jam to get down to my Jeep jam!!  Jeep Jam!   Edited by Flatfender Ben - 01 Sep. 2018 at 2:33pm |
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1946 cj2a desert dog
1946 cj2a bulldog 1948 cj2a blue jeep 1953 cj3b yard dog 1955 willys wagon 1955 willys pickup 1956 willys pickup boomer 1960 fc 170 1968 jeepster commando 1990 Grand wagoneer |
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Flatfender Ben
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Posted: 01 Sep. 2018 at 2:39pm |
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Fc time
The oil psi light works and if the little ground wire is touched to the contact on the dash the horn even works!! I mean this thing is cherry!!!  One benefit of a fc,when the choke cable is froze up you can just put your hand over the carb to choke it while sitting in the seat. One draw back of an fc is when it back fires through the carb the fire ball is in the cab with you!!!!   For safety always close the battery lid,when hanging a gas tank with a rotten bungee cord above said battery As an added safety factor the gas tank is plastic so it won’t conduct electricity   Edited by Flatfender Ben - 01 Sep. 2018 at 3:07pm |
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1946 cj2a bulldog 1948 cj2a blue jeep 1953 cj3b yard dog 1955 willys wagon 1955 willys pickup 1956 willys pickup boomer 1960 fc 170 1968 jeepster commando 1990 Grand wagoneer |
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Posted: 01 Sep. 2018 at 4:24pm |
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Ben,
That is an impressive collection of old iron! What is the blue/white delivery truck in the background? Milk truck?
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47 CJ2A w/fuel injected boat engine
48 CJ2A 64 Ford Econoline Travelwagon If you can't get there in a Jeep, get a motorcycle! |
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Flatfender Ben
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Posted: 01 Sep. 2018 at 5:49pm |
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The blue and white one is Dads dodge postal truck.
The all blue one closest to the fc is my postal Jeep.
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1946 cj2a bulldog 1948 cj2a blue jeep 1953 cj3b yard dog 1955 willys wagon 1955 willys pickup 1956 willys pickup boomer 1960 fc 170 1968 jeepster commando 1990 Grand wagoneer |
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Flatfender Ben
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Posted: 03 Sep. 2018 at 1:19am |
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This Fc runs so good I can’t hardly believe it!
It had sat for 15-20 years when I first got it and I’ve never done anything other than put a battery in it and jump gas tank. And then it has sat at Dads for about 6 years with out moving. I thought I might need to pull the carb or file the points NOPE!! Battery and gas start it drive it  |
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1946 cj2a desert dog
1946 cj2a bulldog 1948 cj2a blue jeep 1953 cj3b yard dog 1955 willys wagon 1955 willys pickup 1956 willys pickup boomer 1960 fc 170 1968 jeepster commando 1990 Grand wagoneer |
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Flatfender Ben
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Posted: 03 Sep. 2018 at 1:28am |
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First thing I did was unload my wheel collection.
There wasn’t much left of the wooden deck, so I decided to back over to the burn pile and strip it off. Oh ya I didn’t fix the brakes.... So I ended up backing off into the burn pit!!  That’s ok it’s 4 wheel-drive drove right out when I was done.  |
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1946 cj2a bulldog 1948 cj2a blue jeep 1953 cj3b yard dog 1955 willys wagon 1955 willys pickup 1956 willys pickup boomer 1960 fc 170 1968 jeepster commando 1990 Grand wagoneer |
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Flatfender Ben
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Posted: 03 Sep. 2018 at 1:57am |
 Soooo I decided to drive it home. Every thing went pretty good, the neighbor did almost pull out in front of me on his four wheeler....NO brakes so I was going slow on the gravel road When I got on the pavement though... watch out!! I got up into 3rd gear the speedometer even works. Got it up to 3 on it. The exhaust is rotted off with only a 3’ pipe off the manifold! Ahhh nothing like the sound of a flathead 6 with a short straight pipe I was pretty confident that I could down shift to slow down and did shift back to 2nd going down a hill. I soon realized how overconfident I was on my shifting. As I started up the steep gravel lane that leads to our driveway I put it in 1st and then tried to put it in 4 high as I’m going up the hill... no go the transfer case wouldn’t shift into high.. I had it low at Dads but never tried high. With no weight on the back I started spinning on the loose gravel digging and chewing up the road  I spun out and then had to get into low-range 4wd with out rolling backwards down the hill!!! When moving forward again.. my confidence was back, so I tried to grab 2nd gear while still going up the hill  This when I learned trying to speed shift an FC with worn out linkage is a bad idea!! ( An fc has a shifter on the floor but it’s mounted in a pivot mechanism that runs two rods to a side shift transmission) In other words be carful when shifting!! I got the shift mechanism all bound up  At least it got stuck in 1st. Drove the rest of the way home in 1st  Windy Sage Jeep Farm!  Edited by Flatfender Ben - 03 Sep. 2018 at 2:55pm |
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1946 cj2a bulldog 1948 cj2a blue jeep 1953 cj3b yard dog 1955 willys wagon 1955 willys pickup 1956 willys pickup boomer 1960 fc 170 1968 jeepster commando 1990 Grand wagoneer |
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TateC
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Posted: 03 Sep. 2018 at 2:00am |
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Cool!
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Tate Christensen
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Ol' Unreliable
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Posted: 03 Sep. 2018 at 3:06am |
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I see the FC has the obligatory Flatfender Ben tire chains hanging on the front bumper.
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There's a reason it's called Ol' Unreliable
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Oilleaker1
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Posted: 03 Sep. 2018 at 11:12am |
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This saga reminds me of the crazy guys in Alaska driving a WW2 Studebaker Red Ball Express truck out of a remote airstrip in the Tundra after they found it abandoned.
Does the FC have a dump bed on it, or just a flat bed? Two miles with no hydraullic brakes, does the park brake work? Do you have plans to bid the mail route with your mail Jeep? Your "Adventures" are fun to see. Thanks for posting.
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Posted: 03 Sep. 2018 at 1:14pm |
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Very cool story!!
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MB #204827 "BAM BAM" "We do what we can, and we try what we can't" |
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Flatfender Ben
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Posted: 03 Sep. 2018 at 2:15pm |
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I Cut my post short last night..dinner was ready so I posted what I had typed up.
I edited it and added more of the adventure. Posted the rest of the story. Oily-no dump bed,didn’t try any of the brakes,afraid they might stick. No mail route.... although we do have a long driveway, guess we could use it to get the mail
Edited by Flatfender Ben - 03 Sep. 2018 at 2:58pm |
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1946 cj2a desert dog
1946 cj2a bulldog 1948 cj2a blue jeep 1953 cj3b yard dog 1955 willys wagon 1955 willys pickup 1956 willys pickup boomer 1960 fc 170 1968 jeepster commando 1990 Grand wagoneer |
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RICKG
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Posted: 03 Sep. 2018 at 4:31pm |
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Sure wish I could talk ya into convoying out to the FCT with me Ben!
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Flatfender Ben
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Posted: 04 Sep. 2018 at 1:42am |
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Oh man that would be so awesome!
Dad and I really want to go! Maybe next year.  Appreciate you offering
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Posted: 07 Sep. 2018 at 3:36am |
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Desert dog has been put into service as the main farm jeep
We don’t need NO STINKIN four wheeler this is a Jeep farm!!! First order of business was to get the snow plow off.  And add a hitch with a ball so I can move the trailers around.  |
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1946 cj2a bulldog 1948 cj2a blue jeep 1953 cj3b yard dog 1955 willys wagon 1955 willys pickup 1956 willys pickup boomer 1960 fc 170 1968 jeepster commando 1990 Grand wagoneer |
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