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dasvis
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Did a 4 day weekend trip to Crescent lake last week. Took the Rat patrol on it's first real off road testing.
Put about 350 miles on it, a mix of paved, gravel, & unmaintained roads. First two pics are of the North shore of Crescent lake on a pumice track, third pic is @ Odell lake. Great time had by all, only mechanical fault was a temp gauge that slowly quit working - I'm thinking a leak in the capillary tube. Wish I could do higher resolution, these photos don't do it justice. Weather was perfect - mid to low 70's & a small thunder/lightening storm Friday night.
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1947 CJ2A #88659 "Rat Patrol"
1953 CJ3A #453-GB1 11266 "Black Beauty" 1964 Thunderbird convertible ..... & one of them moves under it's own power!! |
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tamnalan
Member Joined: 08 Oct. 2013 Location: Port Orford, OR Status: Offline Points: 986 |
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Very nice!
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Alan Johnson
1942 MB - "TBD" 1943 MB - "Lt Bob" 1950 cj3a M-100 x2 teardrop camper: https://forums.g503.com/viewtopic.php?f=141&t=201740 |
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Bill2A
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That lake pic is relaxing from here.
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dasvis
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This is Summit lake, the largest lake in Oregon with no maintained road for access. Eight miles of fun rough road from the North shore of Crescent lake. Not super bad, but enough semi steep rocky sections to make the passengers white knuckle a bit. The girls loved it & my wife even braved the cold water & took a swim. Had a lunch break, talked to a couple of guys fishing about the Willys, then headed back to our "camp" @ Crescent lake guard station (built mid-1930's). Roughing it - the place had power, flush toilet, hot/cold water, heater, oven/stove, & a fridge.
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1947 CJ2A #88659 "Rat Patrol"
1953 CJ3A #453-GB1 11266 "Black Beauty" 1964 Thunderbird convertible ..... & one of them moves under it's own power!! |
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Scratch
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Wow, great views! Looks like a fun time!
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44 GPW 230283 OD 46 CJ2A 50100 Tan 46 CJ2A 77632 Wht 47 CJ2A 141681 Grn 48 CJ2A 156240 Red/Yel 48 CJ2A "Lefty" 181341 Red 61 CJ5 123120 Tan 03 TJ Inca Gld |
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Oldpappy
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I like your canvas "bikini" top. Beautiful place, and it is rare nowadays to find such a large beautiful lake with no maintained road access. It is why everyone needs a Jeep.
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If you can't get there in a Jeep you don't need to be there!
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dasvis
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Thanks - all that bikini top is is a 4x4' square of 30mil green canvas (McMaster # 7882T129). I punched holes & installed common sense fasteners for the windshield mounting & just pop riveted some canvas straps on the back. I was amazed at how well it turned out for a hillbilly mod. |
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1947 CJ2A #88659 "Rat Patrol"
1953 CJ3A #453-GB1 11266 "Black Beauty" 1964 Thunderbird convertible ..... & one of them moves under it's own power!! |
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jhg
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Excellent! My kind of jeeping. 350 miles is a pretty good (stout) trip as well.
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1948 cj2a. Rebuilt L-head, steering, T90, WO 636, steering, brake lines. So far.
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Barry S
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Looks like a great trip! Thanks for sharing the pics. Sure wish we had those kinds of areas around here!
-Barry
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1947 CJ2A 93664 "Grasshopper"
1947 CJ2A 90729 194? CJ2A 04893/194304 1946 CJ2A 46745 1946 CJ2A 36723 1945 MB 413665 1971 CJ5 8305017 375392 Drive train parts donor Bantam Trailer T3-C 25487 |
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dasvis
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Replaced faulty temp gauge with a spare, works fine. Checked all fluids, all look good... no oil or coolant used. Crawled underneath & could see no apparent damage.... though I'm going to have to trim the extra low hanging threads off of the axle U-bolts. Need to get hustling on making that jerry can / spare tire rack for the rear. Have another long weekend cabin camp trip with the '47 to Cultus lake coming up in 3 weeks.
(three night stay @ Crater lake lodge in two weeks - been on my bucket list. No Willys on this one though, but I would like to do the rim drive with it - maybe next year)
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1947 CJ2A #88659 "Rat Patrol"
1953 CJ3A #453-GB1 11266 "Black Beauty" 1964 Thunderbird convertible ..... & one of them moves under it's own power!! |
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dasvis
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Not that it has anything to do with jeeps - I took this pic Saturday evening at the reno air races Edited by dasvis - 18 Sep. 2023 at 8:22am |
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1947 CJ2A #88659 "Rat Patrol"
1953 CJ3A #453-GB1 11266 "Black Beauty" 1964 Thunderbird convertible ..... & one of them moves under it's own power!! |
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tamnalan
Member Joined: 08 Oct. 2013 Location: Port Orford, OR Status: Offline Points: 986 |
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Sweet!
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Alan Johnson
1942 MB - "TBD" 1943 MB - "Lt Bob" 1950 cj3a M-100 x2 teardrop camper: https://forums.g503.com/viewtopic.php?f=141&t=201740 |
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Steelyard Blues
Member Joined: 09 Oct. 2017 Location: Reno, NV Status: Offline Points: 1483 |
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I took the Jeep to the races on Wednesday. Nice to not have to worry about someone dinging your car in the tight parking spots.
Too bad about the crash with two pilots lost. Sad way to end the final Reno Air Race. Micah
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1947 CJ2A 106327, Engine J109205, Tub 97077. Luzon Red
https://www.thecj2apage.com/forums/steelyard-blues_topic41024_post397981.html?KW=micah+movie#397981 1965 Johnson Furnace Company M416 #6-1577 |
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