My Fall Color Tour Souvenir: 1948 Lefty! |
Post Reply |
Author | ||
bgirmus
Member Sponsor Member Joined: 30 Nov. 2006 Location: Southeast MI Status: Offline Points: 930 |
Post Options
Thanks(1)
Posted: 27 Sep. 2021 at 1:35pm |
|
I was fortunate enough to attend this year's CFFC Fall Color Tour in Colorado with my dad. Met lots of great flat fender owners and saw some incredible scenery! On my last day in Colorado, I decided to spend the morning checking out some flat fenders that were for sale just north of the Thirsty Dirt Ranch.
After looking them over and determining that I had enough room on my trailer to accommodate it, I ended up striking a deal to purchase a 1948 "Lefty" CJ2A with s/n 181231 and ACM number 170836. The condition of the body won me over; it has some rust in the hat channels, but is in far better shape than anything I've seen near Michigan with very little waviness in the rear floor. The original Picket Gray paint is visible in a number of places. The front frame horns will need some work, but the rest of the frame is in great shape. A seized F-134 engine had been installed at some point. Since I have an extra L-134 in my garage, I decided to pull the F-134 and leave it in Colorado to reduce trailer tongue weight. Many thanks to Mike for generously letting me use his well-equipped shop for a few hours to pull the engine! I was also able to acquire a full set of factory 16" wheels to replace the current wheels. Here are a few photos for now. I'm still debating the final direction of this project - trail Jeep or full restoration, but at a minimum, it will go back to an L-134 and the OEM 16" wheels. |
||
1946 CJ2A 46191
1943 MB 265211 |
||
Lee MN
Member Joined: 13 Aug. 2008 Location: Harris, MN Status: Offline Points: 4923 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|
Nice find 👍🏽…. Next time you haul 2 jeeps back the front one on as it puts the weight on the trailer axels… Have fun with it 😎
Lee😉 |
||
LEE
44 GPW-The Perfected Willys 49 2A “If you wait, you only get older” 67 M715 American Made Rolling History |
||
Rick R
Member Joined: 10 May 2015 Location: Black Hills Status: Offline Points: 341 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|
Just curious. How long is the flat bed?
|
||
RWILLYS (Space R)
|
||
Bruce W
Member Joined: 29 July 2005 Location: Northeast Colorado Status: Offline Points: 9611 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|
Lee, read the post. The F-head was left behind, so the heavy end (probably) was over the axles.
BW
|
||
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. |
||
48cj2a
Bantam Trailer Moderator Sponsor Member Joined: 22 July 2005 Location: Central, IL Status: Offline Points: 4512 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|
Congrats on the Lefty!!!
Just out of curiosity, by how much did you exceed your towing weight capacity? That's a pretty heavy trailer weight before adding the second 2A... I thought the Gladiator Mohave towing was only 4500lbs.
|
||
Art C USAF (Retired)
47 CJ2A #134955 Project 48 CJ2A #206759 62 L6226 Station Wagon #58167 10900 45 T3-C #191 Project http://www.bantamt3c.com http://www.48cj2a.com |
||
Scratch
Member Joined: 30 July 2019 Location: Hudson, WI Status: Offline Points: 1437 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|
Nice looking body! Congrats on the find!
|
||
43 GPW 93487 Blk
44 GPW 230283 OD 46 CJ2A 50100 Tan 46 CJ2A 77632 Wht 47 CJ2A 141681 Grn 48 CJ2A 156240 Red/Yel 48 CJ2A "Lefty" 181341 Red 61 CJ5 123120 Tan 03 TJ Inca Gld |
||
rocnroll
Member Sponsor Member Joined: 20 July 2005 Location: Tuscumbia, AL Status: Offline Points: 13562 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|
Shhhhhh, don't tell anybody. |
||
'47 CJ2A PU
'48 CJ2A Lefty "Common sense is not that common" |
||
Lee MN
Member Joined: 13 Aug. 2008 Location: Harris, MN Status: Offline Points: 4923 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|
Yes Sir I did read the post! 😮 loading the front one backwards would have saved work and added to the parts pile at home 😂 just say’in 😎 Lee😉 |
||
LEE
44 GPW-The Perfected Willys 49 2A “If you wait, you only get older” 67 M715 American Made Rolling History |
||
bgirmus
Member Sponsor Member Joined: 30 Nov. 2006 Location: Southeast MI Status: Offline Points: 930 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|
Trailer length is 20’. So just long enough for a couple of flatfenders.
|
||
1946 CJ2A 46191
1943 MB 265211 |
||
bgirmus
Member Sponsor Member Joined: 30 Nov. 2006 Location: Southeast MI Status: Offline Points: 930 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|
The 4,500lb tow capacity is for a manual trans. This automatic trans equipped Mojave has 6,000lbs towing. At just under 7,000lbs for this load, I was over the rated tow capacity. However, the Gladiator Mojave shares the same gearing, tires and cooling system as the Rubicon, which delivers 7,000lbs towing with the automatic. The Mojave tow capacity was only downgraded for a slightly softer suspension.
|
||
1946 CJ2A 46191
1943 MB 265211 |
||
Joe Friday
Moderator Group Sponsor Member x 2 Joined: 26 Dec. 2010 Location: Jeep Central Status: Offline Points: 3625 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|
Brandon, If the trailer is only 20 ft, and the towing capacity 7K, how are you going to transport the FC170 back next year?
|
||
bgirmus
Member Sponsor Member Joined: 30 Nov. 2006 Location: Southeast MI Status: Offline Points: 930 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|
That’s a great question! I may have to make a separate trip to get an FC!
|
||
1946 CJ2A 46191
1943 MB 265211 |
||
Joe Friday
Moderator Group Sponsor Member x 2 Joined: 26 Dec. 2010 Location: Jeep Central Status: Offline Points: 3625 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|
I'll give you a hint - it hasn't moved since Camp Jeep 2002...
|
||
drm101
Member Joined: 12 Dec. 2012 Location: Clarkston, MI Status: Offline Points: 1468 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|
Brandon,
Where are you located? We are in Clarkston. You can't be too far away. Nice acquisition, by the way. She looks like a peach. There's a local person selling two wheels on FB marketplace, if you need a couple more.
Edited by drm101 - 28 Sep. 2021 at 11:19am |
||
Dean
'47 CJ2A "Mud Hen" The less the Power the More the Force |
||
Oilleaker1
Member Joined: 06 Sep. 2011 Location: Black Hills, SD Status: Offline Points: 4405 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|
I love Jeep Disease. The bad----------now you will find a FC150 or 3B that needs a Fhead. Murphy's Law! Oilly
|
||
Green Disease, Jeeps, Old Iron!
|
||
48cj2a
Bantam Trailer Moderator Sponsor Member Joined: 22 July 2005 Location: Central, IL Status: Offline Points: 4512 |
Post Options
Thanks(0)
|
|
I wouldn't have dreamed it could tow that much weight. Thanks for the update.
Edited by 48cj2a - 28 Sep. 2021 at 6:31pm |
||
Art C USAF (Retired)
47 CJ2A #134955 Project 48 CJ2A #206759 62 L6226 Station Wagon #58167 10900 45 T3-C #191 Project http://www.bantamt3c.com http://www.48cj2a.com |
||
Post Reply | |
Tweet |
Forum Jump | Forum Permissions You cannot post new topics in this forum You cannot reply to topics in this forum You cannot delete your posts in this forum You cannot edit your posts in this forum You cannot create polls in this forum You cannot vote in polls in this forum |