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pilot195
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Posted: 02 Dec. 2016 at 6:43pm |
Hi all -
I've greatly appreciated reading as much as I can get my hands onto on the forums here -- looks like a great great great bunch of folks! Back in the 70s I had a high school science teacher with a '46 Willys ... and a F-150 4x4. He wanted to go to Canada over the summer on a hunting/fishing extravaganza and wanted more cargo space... I (growing up on a farm), had access to tools, scrap metal, an old F-100 pickup....and I WANTED that Jeep! So, I built him a "matching" trailer for his pickup; I got the jeep. On the farm it stayed until my folks finally had to retire...back in the late 90s sometime... since then it has sat in a barn in some form of disrepair (and I don't really know the state it was in before the engine was pulled...). I finally have time and (hopefully) resources, so I'm headed west in a couple weeks to fetch my new project.. Here's a couple teaser photos... I'll post more as I go along, I promise! In the meantime - thanks in advance for all the advice, and many thanks for the time you guys have spent building this forum into a treasure trove of knowledge!! Jim (ps - I don't have any pictures of the pickup rig I built - but I matched the trailer to be a clone of his truck - same model bed and the same wheels/tires ... both had camper shell toppers and I painted the trailer to match his truck - it was a sweet rig). |
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Jim
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Bruce W
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One of the VERY RARE rear-twin-engined CJ2-A's!!
Welcome to the page! BW
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It is NOT a Jeep Willys! It is a Willys jeep.
Happy Trails! Good-bye, Good Luck, and May the Good Lord Take a Likin' to You! We Have Miles to Jeep, Before We Sleep. |
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pilot195
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as a pilot, that comment is doubly precious to me!!! hilarious! Jim
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berettajeep
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mike in oregon
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Welcome to the madness Jim. Were out west to you have to pickup your project? Looks like a great Jeep to be. Also noticed that it is Red same as my second 46 I am doing now. I believe they were Harvard Red in 46. |
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MIKE IN OREGON
President of Oregon Flat Fender Club. http://www.facebook.com/pages/Oregon-Flat-Fender-Club/222864787838570 46 CJ2A 38007 46 CJ2A 79863 BANTAM T3-C 25314 |
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athawk11
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I think I spotted some Pasture Green on his firewall. Cool Willys. Nice to have a spare power source too. Hawk |
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1- 1946 CJ2A
2- 1949 CJ3A |
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JeepFever
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You traded a custom-built trailer for THAT?
Seriously - > that was a good trade, and glad to see you will now get the chance to work on it. Hey there neighbor, you are not too far away. Maybe we can meet up some day.
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Batjac65
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So...do you fly a Cessna 195? One of my all-time favorite planes. Welcome and please share pics of the plane.
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1946 CJ2A #75375
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pilot195
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...well, I'm only going as far as Kansas for the rescue ... so not THAT far west! And here's 'Nellie' -- the 1951 Cessna 195 I owned for 10 years (no longer, though..).
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Jim
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McG
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One of the VERY RARE rear-twin-engined CJ2-A's!!
That was a good one Bruce! Good luck with your project, I hope you have as much fun as I have.
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pilot195
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I knew I had this photo somewhere - found it in the album of my Mom's memorial service...that's her driving our pastor's wife around ... probably back in the late 80s or so...
Jim
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pilot195
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Well, here's my project update... I'm 3/4 done with a road trip to KS to retrieve the jeep ... weather has been kind - if a bit on the cold side. That's not a big deal...UNTIL my truck got broken into Monday night, so all of Tuesday was spent driving with no drivers window ... at "least" it "warmed" up to about 27 deg F. Thank you Tractor Supply for the overalls and full-face ski mask. Or getaway car driver kit...take your pick.
Got the jeep loaded Tuesday (pictures attached) and window replaced this morning - much more pleasant driving now. Home tomorrow night I hope.
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Jim
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SE Kansas 46 CJ-2A
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What part of Kansas did you go to pick your jeep up?
I hope the break-in of your pickup wasn't in Kansas... ...anyway, it looks like you are on the way to a real project to put it back on the road. I have seen worse, even owned a couple that were much worse. Keep us posted on your project as it progresses with pictures...we love the pictures. |
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46 CJ-2A #64462 "Ol' Red" (bought April 1969)(second owner)(12 V, 11" brakes, M-38 frame, MD Juan tub)
U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer(ret.) U.S. Army Vietnam veteran and damned proud of it. |
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pilot195
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Howdy
When my folks left the farm in Nebraska, they settled in Lehigh KS (north of Newton)... that's where I recovered the jeep... yeah, the break-in was technically in Kansas... but to farm boys like us, it wasn't really -- it was Overland Park, so that big mass of people we all call KC... not honest farm folks... thanks :)
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Jim
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I know where Lehigh is...just a hop, skip, and a jump from Hillsboro. You are right about us farm boys, we don't claim Overland Park or Johnson County to be typical Kansas...sorry you had a problem just the same...
Thank you for your Air Force service and good luck with your project jeep, I'll be watching for developments. Ed '46 Willys Jeep CPO, U.S. Coast Guard (ret) |
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46 CJ-2A #64462 "Ol' Red" (bought April 1969)(second owner)(12 V, 11" brakes, M-38 frame, MD Juan tub)
U.S. Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer(ret.) U.S. Army Vietnam veteran and damned proud of it. |
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pilot195
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thanks for your service Ed --
Hillsboro is the home the best nursing home in the world (Parkside) in my opinion that cared for my parents in their final years..I always will have fond memories of Hillsboro I'm a born and bred Nebraskan - we don't cotton much to Lincoln (unless its Cornhusker football!) or Omaha usually either...same idea Jim
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Jim
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smfulle
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Did you ever say that you new Princeton was a lefty? That really is kind of a rare version on the 2a with the spare on the left.
Here's a thread about the short run of leftys. http://www.thecj2apage.com/forums/calling-all-leftys_topic16021.html?KW=Calling+all+leftys |
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athawk11
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Stan,
There are a two things that suggest the tire mount was modified/moved to the driver side on this rig. |
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1- 1946 CJ2A
2- 1949 CJ3A |
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