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Bill Norris
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Posted: 14 Dec. 2020 at 6:02pm |
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Not sure of this helps at all, but after the war, the Wilson Foundry bought back blocks from the military to recondition them and turn around and sell to the public. They sold 1,000 to Sears in 1946 alone. I have no idea if they painted them or not. Bill
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Barry S
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Right on drm101! My Dad was a Sears repairman at the Mentor Ohio service center for 36 years. I don't think there was anything he couldn't figure out how to fix or build. I've spent my whole life trying to be like him. Sears has always been a big part of our family's life. I'm sad that Dad and Sears are both gone. (Sorry to take this thread off track.)
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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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drm101
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My Mom retired from Sears and my brother and I both worked there in the summer when we were in college. I worked at a Sears repair center in Kalamazoo and also the Sears repair center in Pontiac, MI. In Pontiac, there was a tech who had been repairing lawn equipment for 30 years. Working with him I learned 2 things:
1. You can be smart and a good student, but there is no replacement for experience. 2. Some people, even though they fix lawn mowers at Sears, are the smartest people you will ever meet and you will never, no matter what, ever be as smart as them, and I need to do the best I can with what I have.
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Dean
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Mark W.
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I have a Sears and Montgomery Wards Jeep catalog. Both were dads. I want to say right around 1970.
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Chug A Lug
1948 2A Body Customized 1949 3A W/S 1957 CJ5 Frame Modified Late 50's 134L 9.25"clutch T90A D18 (1.25") D44/30 flanged E-Locker D25 5.38 Since 1962 |
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cjbilly
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Speaking of Sears catalogs, the Jeep catalog was my favorite before I owned my first one. Awww.... great memories. Now we own 2 of these catalogs. |
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1946 CJ2A- Supersonic motor 1948 CJ2A- Ramsey DP-1 shifter,PTO,front Ramsey MX200-R winch, Newgren lift 1955 Sears Trailer 1955 CJ5- PTO/belt drive,farm weight 1954 CJ3B- trencher,front blade |
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Oldpappy
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The huge catalogs would come in the mail each year from Sears, JC Penny, and Montgomery Ward. All us kids would look through those catalogs and circle things we wanted knowing Dad would look through them too, and if we were lucky he might order one of the things we wanted for Christmas time, but more often we got new shoes and flannel shirts.
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19Cargo42
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"We don't have any stores like that anymore."
I bought a lot of stuff at Sears or through the catalog, and agree with that. However, we do have the internet, which has been a huge help in locating parts. I remember going through Hemmings and then mailing my "wanted" list to vendors to see what they had. And yes, I walked to school uphill, both ways, in snow. (My God, I've become an old fart!) John
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Oldpappy
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It is what happens when women describe colors. I had a hotrod 66 Ford truck back in the 80s, and a woman who worked with me was always asking me to sell it to her. It was light blue and white, which she called "Cornflower Blue" and "cream".
There is a running joke between me and my wife about what the names of colors would be if men started coming up with them, which we already do but don't want to admit it. Else where did "Baby Sh!T Yellow" or "Puke Green" come from? I miss the way Sears used to be, where you could get just about anything you would ever need. We don't have any stores like that anymore.
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TBone73
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Hi Guys,
Got my engine out a month a go.. About to put it back in, but I snapped a couple of photos! Anyone tell me anything about this engine?? |
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shadow
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I looked at the boss over the water pump but could not see any stamping so far, I will keep looking, I also need to review my photos to see if I took any pic of the block when I was going through it.
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lets go for a rip eh bud
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Bob W
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That is an interesting tag. Does the engine have a serial number stamped on the water pump boss?
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Bruce W
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Guys - in the 40’s and 50’s, and even into the 60’s, there was no such thing as a color called “teal”. I think that’s a product of the 70’s, or even the 80’s.
BW
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Mark W.
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I have Sears Parts catalogs that sell almost a whole jeep or scout worth of parts Money Wards did as well.
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Chug A Lug
1948 2A Body Customized 1949 3A W/S 1957 CJ5 Frame Modified Late 50's 134L 9.25"clutch T90A D18 (1.25") D44/30 flanged E-Locker D25 5.38 Since 1962 |
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shadow
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the engine I have was painted the light blue / teal or what I found as a close match was International Harvester Sky blue, this I think was linked to being rebuilt or modified at factory up in Canada.now it didn't look this clean but places behind or covered with oil/grease the paint was good.
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lets go for a rip eh bud
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cpt logger
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Sears also sold houses in kit form. They shipped them to you by rail +/or truck & you assembled them. Or you could hire a Sears contractor to build them for you. A friend of mine bought & built one. It was a nice, well built house, & looked like any other stick built home.
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AND complete cars with L-heads already installed. |
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IRQVET
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Sears sold L-heads, no kidding?
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Dean
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Spinnas
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Everything on my engine is blue like above, except the head which looks to have been swapped.
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