1947 CJ2A

Looks Awesome! Clap

Much better... What size tires did you end up going with?

- Don't Let The Fatherless Ones Grind You Down -
- I like them stock, survivor's with original paint are my favorites -

I like those....may have to look some of those up.

'47 CJ2A PU
'48 CJ2A Lefty

"Common sense is not that common"

Sweet tires!!

The white wheels look sharp Clap

I would 2nd the rear spare and gas can mount frame.

Be a shame not to have that matching tailgate on there.

1946 cj2a desert dog
1946 cj2a bulldog
1948 cj2a blue jeep
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1955 willys pickup
1956 willys pickup boomer
1960 fc 170
1968 jeepster commando
1990 Grand wagoneer

rocnroll wrote:

I like those....may have to look some of those up.

Thanks. Looks like you might be less than 2 hours from my house. We may have to meet up to ride sometime after I get it driving.

-Gaffer

Flatfender Ben wrote:

Sweet tires!!

The white wheels look sharp Clap

I would 2nd the rear spare and gas can mount frame.

Be a shame not to have that matching tailgate on there.

You know the tailgate does add to the character of the jeep. Good point.

I can't help but notice you have a jeepster commando listed in your signature. I've got a '71 myself. I drove it all through college. It just keeps going. I have let it set for more than a year or two multiple times but I charge the battery and pump the gas and it just keeps going. One of my all time most reliable vehicles. I hope my cj2a isn't reading this. I don't want conflict in the family.

-Gaffer

I really need to build a drawbar mounted tire rack. Mine has a cobbled together M38 type mount. Stress has caused separation of the rear fender panel to wheelhouse.

1948 CJ2A - It goes nowhere fast, but anywhere slow.

Gaffer wrote:

ndnchf wrote:

I really need to build a drawbar mounted tire rack. Mine has a cobbled together M38 type mount. Stress has caused separation of the rear fender panel to wheelhouse.

Do you have any pictures of your mount? I would be interested in what you believe was the reason your mount pulled your rear panel loose from your inner fender. I have a plan I'm thinking through on a carrier mount. Did you catch your tire on something while wheeling. Was the welded seam already compromised? Kind of curious since Im not aware of the M38 tearing the body apart.

When I bought the jeep last year, it was already separated. The seller had removed the spare tire saying the weight had caused the damage. After I got it, I added another piece of steel to the inner side of the tailgate to reinforce it because I wanted to carry a spare. The tailgate is bolted where the chains would go. It seems that hanging tire weight is pulling rearward. It's no worse since I put it back on. But I haven't done any hard bouncing either. I'd like to get that weight off the tailgate by making a drawbar mount. If I made it easily removable, I could get use of the tailgate again.

1948 CJ2A - It goes nowhere fast, but anywhere slow.

Well, I've been working on righting some wrongs. Tonight I had to deal with this broken exhaust manifold bolt. I really didn't want to screw things up no pun intended. Here is the

offending stud.

-Gaffer

I bolted the manifold back on the block with three studs and inserted the bushing. Nice fit. I used lots of cutting fluid and went slow as possible with the drill speed to keep from snapping of the small drill. I went up in .5 mm increments until I got to 7 mm. I'm sorry for the metric drill usage but it was the set that I had. Here is the drill bushing in the manifold.

-Gaffer