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nofender
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It's been a little bit....
Although I haven't done a whole bunch to the Jeep, other than drive it around, I have been "Jeep" busy. After the trip to Rausch Creek, the crawler needed some repairs. But I won't bore you with that. What I'm more excited about is this what we think is a Sterling trailer. I picked this up back in December. I really haven't done anything with it. So I dragged it into the shop and started fiddling with it. Since I made the Bantam-ish trailer too nice for real work, I decided this one will be the work horse. First the tongue needed repairs. I cut out the rust and plated the infected area. I used some rusty plate i had kicking around - yes for looks. After a few days rain, you can't even tell it was repaired. I added proper safety chains to what I think is the stock location. I added some LED tail lights I had kicking around. We repacked the bearings, aired up the tires and made our fist scrap run! Then a week or two later, I enlisted my son's carpentry skills to add some sides to the old gal. He did a great job! It's now completely full of brush and leaves i have to get rid of. I'm really falling in love with this little trailer. So in love that I'm working to buy a 3A with a similar look to haul it around with. It needs it, don't you think! And my little decorative piece..... |
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46 CJ2a - 26819 46 Bantam T3c "4366" 47 Bantam T3C - 11800 68-ish CJ5 |
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mbullism
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Gimme that thing for a weekend, You"ll use it for work after
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Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it... Welcome to 1930's Germany
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masscj2a
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Good thing your son was there that day. HE did a great job, while you stood around and talked to me and the other son. Hey, I think I know what 3a you speak of. When are we leaving to pick it up ?
Just resumed working on my M416 yesterday. I'm heading towards a overlander trailer, but the 416 was not perfect anyways. I don't have that far to go to rid myself of leaves and brush. I live in the leaves and brush. We need to go for a summer jaunt. Now I know what you guys went through getting out here last summer. It must have been very painful.
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1946 CJ2a Dauntless aka Jalopy
1946 VEC stock 1981 CJ-8 5.3 LS 1966 CJ-6 SBC TUX 1968 CJ-6 225 V6 1974 CJ-6 4.2 1967 M-416 East Coast Modified CJ's |
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nofender
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I almost went today! Probably a couple more weeks - after our family vacation. I’ll keep you posted!
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46 CJ2a rockcrawler
46 CJ2a - 26819 46 Bantam T3c "4366" 47 Bantam T3C - 11800 68-ish CJ5 |
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masscj2a
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I'm ready. I will have to check my schedule...............I'm open anytime this year.
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1946 CJ2a Dauntless aka Jalopy
1946 VEC stock 1981 CJ-8 5.3 LS 1966 CJ-6 SBC TUX 1968 CJ-6 225 V6 1974 CJ-6 4.2 1967 M-416 East Coast Modified CJ's |
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Greaser007
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Nofender !!
Well, I think I just spent the last 3-hours going through the first 10 pages of threads. What an "hour-eater" going through all that body work. This reminds me of the refurb of the only other '46 I have owned prior to the one I currently own, (which I purchased in Dec. 2017). You were well into your refurb by Dec. 2017. Nice work. It was the necessity of the bodywork in '84, which required me to purchase a wire machine, and wound up with a Linde 225 Mig-Master, and ran .030 wire through the .035 liner. It worked, but I had lots of feed-roll ball-ups. Argh ! Anyway ha, I got a chuckle of the Fat-boy-bending to straighten parts. Yep, and the propane dilemma in the cold months, because I always freeze my cachucus (butt) off and my pinkies. Have to always dash for the house to stand in front of the fireplace insert to get warmed back up, and often ! Let's see, back in 1984, when I restored that first 2A, I acquired the Mig machine which I still have today. For any of you guys wondering what good used wire machine to buy used, the light-green colored Linde 225 Mig-Master is one of the best older machines according to my local welding shop. I bought it because that was what the local shop sold, AND, it was on sale. right ! Yep, it was $1,500 new in '84 with argon bottle. So, today, hmm, I am ALOT older, and dumber ( I told the young guys at work that when I retire (2017) that I hope to dumb-down ). hahahaha, its working. I am going to have to go through the same that you did with your body. Most all of the fender-well spot welds are broke loose and the rear needs hours of dolly work and patience to then melt it all back together again. Humpty-dumpty will hopefully climb the wall once again. chortle ! I wish I had taken photos of the power-steering I installed but did stumble across the box of left-over parts from that build a few weeks back, and there was a left-over steering u-joint that I had used from a VW for that build. They are very nice units, being small diameter and tuck nicely between things. (just a tip for anyone considering going to Power Steering. With the mig we can safely weld steering shafts if we properly V-groove the ends to be joined. I like your box trailer. It looks to be pretty old-school. |
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nofender
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thank you sir. Appreciate you reading my build. Glad you enjoyed!
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nofender
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Soooo......to update.....
We've been driving this thing quite a lot! We had it out in Ohio. We did some local car shows. We did the Mason Dixon run through Gettysburg, which was amazing. Anyway - lots of enjoyable miles! In the middle of all that we relocated from Massachusetts to Maryland. The area we live is full of some beautiful farm country, rolling hills and in general scenic driving. One thing I realized on these hills however, is that the 60hp is, shall we say......underwhelming. I'm used to some high horsepower rigs. From daily drivers, tow rigs and the crawler there is nothing under 300hp in the stable. One in the fleet is pushing 400+. For example - my prior tow rig was pushing 450HP and 850 ft/lbs of torque. Yes, admittedly, I have issues. So....and some of you may cringe, I've decided to do a V6 swap. I know. I know. The flathead is so cool and it's so right for this Jeep. How could I hack this build up? Well after careful consideration, I decided I couldn't do it! So my idea of a V6 swap is........well, build another Jeep!!! So I'm going to just document this is the same thread using the excuse that this is really just an elaborate V6 swap into my my original Jeep. If the mods would like to move this thread somewhere else, that okay too. A couple of years ago I was visiting a good friend out in Freetown Ma. He's a bit of a Jeep hoarder. He had an very 70's/80's CJ5 that I was just enamored with. He had just picked it up for his wife. I loved it. It had the right stance, the right parts (mostly) and just reminded me of my 5 from another time. Needless to say I offered to buy it. I offered to build his deck in trade. I offered to design the suspension on his crawler in trade. None of this interested him. Fast forward to August of 19. Randomly, he reached out and offered me the Jeep. The price (which I can't reveal) was so reasonable, I couldn't believe what I heard. So.....two weeks before we moved, I struck a deal and picked up this Jeep. I picked it up on a Friday and trailered it to Maryland on that following Sunday. There we tucked it away in the new shop. The specs are as follows:
The plan:
Here's the pictures of when we brought her home. And here's the shots of her recent deconstruction...... I've taken a few liberties posting this on the 2A page. I hope folks don't mind. But in my head this is just a continuation of my original build. So I hope I'm allowed a bit of leeway......Thanks!!!
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46 CJ2a rockcrawler
46 CJ2a - 26819 46 Bantam T3c "4366" 47 Bantam T3C - 11800 68-ish CJ5 |
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jpet
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Looking forward to this build and wheeling with you again!
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CJ2A #29110 "General Willys"
MB #204827 "BAM BAM" "We do what we can, and we try what we can't" |
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nofender
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With a little luck, the next time we wheel, I'll bring this CJ5! Look forward to it my friend!
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46 CJ2a rockcrawler
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Rich M.
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Nice 5 and where did you land in MD?
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nivrat
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I was faced with the same dilemna coming back from FCT this year. I went up with the Jeep and came back with a Jeep and a trailer- For some reason it wouldn't fit with the back of the trailer toward the front and I don't remember why... FWIW, Mike
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nofender
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Carroll County - New Windsor.
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mbullism
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I knew that 5 was coming apart the first time I laid eyes on it ... it never really stood a chance
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Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it... Welcome to 1930's Germany
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nofender
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Nivrat, here's how my towing set up worked out. I got the Bantam way up front. It balanced very nicely and went down the road very well!
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LuzonRed47
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A smart, beautifully rendered solution! I've always admired your Pasture Green jeep/trailer combo and enjoyed seeing it/them at the 2019 Spring Willys rally in Ohio. Your comments about the rear coil springs on current generation Ram pickups is interesting. When FCA made the switch from leaf-sprung rear to coils, the company engineers assured those of us in the media that there'd be no issues with payload-related vehicle dynamics.
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CJ2A #140275 "Ziggie" (purchased new by my dad in 1947)
ACM #124334 CJ3A windshield, Warn Overdrive 1953 Strick M100 trailer Serial #18253 |
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nofender
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Thank you sir! I think for most users the FCA coil design is just fine. But me, coming from a 3/4 ton+ truck, it didn't feel safe with what I pull. Adding the bags was the trick. It doesn't take much air to get where I like - 15-30 lbs, depending on load. So I think FCA got close......just not close enough. That said - she tows like a dream with a little air in the bags.
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46 CJ2a rockcrawler
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Nothing Special
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That doesn't sound like a coil spring issue. It sounds like the same issue I had when I tried to use my leaf-sprung '95 F-150 like a 3/4 ton truck!
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