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Originally posted by 3-48s 3-48s wrote:

 

... and 69750 was probably...built ... before 69750...


Geez, I hope not Wink  

(and in my head the gal was naked...)


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Originally posted by mbullism mbullism wrote:

Originally posted by 3-48s 3-48s wrote:

 

... and 69750 was probably...built ... before 69750...


Geez, I hope not Wink  

(and in my head the gal was naked...)




Several years back Mike, you estimated that "Ol Red" s/n 64462 was built somewhere around the first week of October 1946. I have always followed your build because it is close to my jeep. What gives?   

I've have gone along my merry way thinking I could celebrate Ol Red's birthday on or about the first week of October and now I suddenly realize that I was wrong all the time. All those sweet birthday cakes were for naught! Horrors!

I'm the second owner and I bought her in 1969. She was stored in a shed in 1963 after approximately 60,000 CAREFUL OIL FIELD MILES and according to the original owner he purchased her sometime in February 1947 from a dealer in Tulsa, Oklahoma. (You have to have worked in the Mid-Continent Oil Patch to even imagine what 60,000 careful oil field miles will do to a piece of rolling stock...and, yes, I have roughnecked in my varied work career.)

Now I am awake in the middle of multiple nights wondering about the birthday of my pride and joy. If I could have only been in Toledo when she rolled out the Willys-Overland factory door! I was born in April 1947 so that wouldn't have been possible.

Help me understand my dilemma, Mike...

(Just kidding...as long as Ol Red takes me where I want to go, I'm good... )

Edited by SE Kansas 46 CJ-2A - 12 Mar. 2023 at 11:11am
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote mbullism Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 12 Mar. 2023 at 12:46pm
LOL... S.E., I knew you were bustin' on me at "sweet birthday cakes were for naught!", cuz there's no such thing (I've been known to pick up a birthday cake for no reason or occasion what so ever-  it keeps the family guessing Wink

As for the new information it means nothing significant.  69750 was still built on halloween, I mean... it's kind of obvious that the dealer had to steal the front axle for warranty repairs on an ealier jeep and then replace it with the current one when the replacement came in.  This is still the axle that was it was originally sold with LOL
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Well, Mike, with the salad that Ol' Red is, I'm not too worried about a birth date. As far as I know, the axles are original and so is the grille. The flywheel and housing are the same. The case of the transmission is original but the internals were put in by me soon after I bought the jeep because of the ol' jumpin' out of second routine. The transfer case is new and has the larger intermediate shaft in in. Delco alternator out of God knows what. Eleven inch '47 Jeep truck brakes...because I want her to stop on command and not half way through a busy intersection. Brand new at the time M-38 frame put in pretty soon after I bought her because the original frame was folded up pretty bad on the front left corner. Tub is MD Juan except for the original grille. The seat frames were out of another jeep I bought for parts, and I'm so glad I did at the time.(bought for $500 and sold for $500 after removal of valuable parts.) So...not really worried about a birthday...just keeping you entertained.

I still follow your build, but like you said, life does have a way of getting first dibs on time.

Stay safe, Mike...
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Well, been a while since my life has allowed "progress", but I've been threatening to paint a set of wheels for three years now... while not exactly the strip/fill/repair/ paint with hardener through a gun on original wheels I had envisoned, I'm counting it Embarrassed

Recently picked up a set of gently used super traxions mounted on repop rims.  I am sort of at the mercy of the factory primer over who knows what metal prep, and front side only existing yellow paint, but the wheels are in good nick and I wasn't gonna break them all the way down anyway.  Will be nice to have a set I don't mind bashing on Evil Smile

Wipe down with gloss cutter, quick rub with a scotch brite pad cleaned up with gloss cutter, black primer followed by allis chalmers orange... second coat after 24hrs and cure for the week, and next weekend we'll try out the beugler i picked up and then get those white spokes off-

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Looking good "Mr. Mass".

Edited by 3-48s - 02 Apr. 2023 at 2:20pm
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Looks great!
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Post Options Post Options   Thanks (0) Thanks(0)   Quote dasvis Quote  Post ReplyReply Direct Link To This Post Posted: 02 Apr. 2023 at 3:19pm
Nice job!
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Looks great!
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Those look awesome!  Take pics of the Buegler process too please.
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I sure hope you didn't use the Mrs' good towels on that! Wink
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Originally posted by SlaterDoc SlaterDoc wrote:

I sure hope you didn't use the Mrs' good towels on that! Wink

Was that wrong?  Ermm
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Originally posted by Scratch Scratch wrote:

Those look awesome!  Take pics of the Buegler process too please.

So credit goes to metalshaper... the jig is basically a take off on Brian's beugler setup.  Once I had the rigging setup and adjusted just so, it took less time to stripe three wheels than to clean the striping tool.  Easy peasy, and more importantly, reproduceable results Thumbs Up
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As a guy who really like orange wheels with black pinstripes, They look great!!!

Nice job!
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Somewhere in my unknown PO history probably best left unknown, a previous refurb was done with the corner bow pocket delete option.  Fast(?) forward, some moron decided to "reinstall" pockets apparently using little more than a masons hammer and a cold chisel Wacko

The rear corners have been skim coated so welding new pockets really is not an acceptable option just now, but really wanted to be able to use the summer top... bolting was the best worst option.  I feel kinda dirty Embarrassed

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The hex heads are just mock up...the carriage bolts in black are awful, lol, but it'll work short term (all repairs are temporary until such a time as they work, and (gulp) become permanent)

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As more of a tinkering , finally got around to disassembling an original mirror to replace the glass (glass at the top, held together with duck tape to be used as a pattern).  If everything goes to usual plan I should get around to getting a new piece of glass cut come mid october Wink




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I am looking at the absolute mess that is in the rear corners INSIDE the bed on Plowshare. OUCH! Whoever did that should have been told they could never own a jeep ever again. What Blasphemy! May the spirit of John North Willys haunt him forever!

I think you have done the best repair that you could under the circumstances without a complete rebuild of the rear corners. I am curious about how you patched the holes on the inside.
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So this as a "project" thread has slowed a bit, mostly due to lack of time and having gotten to the reliable driver stage.  I WAS doing just that, daily driving about 50+ miles round trip to work earlier this summer, when I had a non contact run in with an ambulance Unhappy


Again, time intercedes, and apparently the only way to HAVE time is to MAKE time LOL...day 1 of my summer vacation, sitting on pins and about to be picked.  The clutch is suspect, but not the known vibration cause... yet.  While we're out doing clutch, rear main seal (and internal inspection) and if all is copasetic, an easy valve adjust and stuffing it back in... and I get to turn the "project" lamp back on in the garage Wink

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I'm still trying to figure out that "when I had a non contact run in with an ambulance" thing!
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