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Gil
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Good luck with your first test run.Your rolling chassis looks good.
Giles
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CJ2A-CT
Member Joined: 19 Apr. 2016 Location: Connecticut Status: Offline Points: 360 |
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Well Briar Rabbit's come a long way since we found her in April 2016. Photo included. and we still have a little more to go. But it feels so good to be assembling!!!!!! We're starting our final mock-up to drill new body mounts, make sure all the pieces fit as they should and then take everything apart to grind down the body, prime and paint. It's been a long road (38 months, working one night a week) but a great experience working with my son-in-law. We drove the frame around the neighborhood (heck I liked it like that)and everything functioned as it should. But its finally looking like a Jeep again and that's pretty exciting.
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46 CJ2a 22786 Brer Rabbit, 53 Willys Wagon, 62 Willys Pickup building with son-in-law, Jason
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windyhill
Member Joined: 14 Mar. 2009 Location: North East PA Status: Offline Points: 1395 |
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Nice!
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'53 CJ3B '59 CJ6 '65 CJ5 '67 CJ5 |
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3-48s
Member Joined: 18 Sep. 2008 Location: Upstate, NY Status: Offline Points: 2780 |
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LOOKING GOOD GUYS!
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1945 CJ2A #10536
1948 CJ2A #176528 "Elmer" 1948 CJ2A #155970 "Gray Mule" 1948 CJ2A #155365 "Old Yeller" (GONE) BANTAM T3C # 6147 (GONE) BANTAM T3C # 30856 |
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ggordon49
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Keep up the great work!! Looks awesome
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- Don't Let The Fatherless Ones Grind You Down -
- I like them stock, survivor's with original paint are my favorites - |
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Gil
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Nice job,it’s a lot of work but it’s worth it in the end.
Giles
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CJ2A-CT
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After days of grinding and wire brushing finally got a fresh coat of primer on Briar Rabbit.
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46 CJ2a 22786 Brer Rabbit, 53 Willys Wagon, 62 Willys Pickup building with son-in-law, Jason
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3-48s
Member Joined: 18 Sep. 2008 Location: Upstate, NY Status: Offline Points: 2780 |
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Wow you guys have come a long way for sure. Great Job.
Who picked that bright red (I guess) primer? Hope your OD can cover it OK. Nice work guys. |
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1945 CJ2A #10536
1948 CJ2A #176528 "Elmer" 1948 CJ2A #155970 "Gray Mule" 1948 CJ2A #155365 "Old Yeller" (GONE) BANTAM T3C # 6147 (GONE) BANTAM T3C # 30856 |
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dasvis
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Damn impressive
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1947 CJ2A #88659 "Rat Patrol"
1953 CJ3A #453-GB1 11266 "Black Beauty" 1964 Thunderbird convertible ..... & one of them moves under it's own power!! |
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Ol' Unreliable
Member Joined: 25 Sep. 2016 Location: CO Springs CO Status: Offline Points: 4226 |
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Wow, you put a lot of work into that tranny tunnel. Looks really good from here!
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There's a reason it's called Ol' Unreliable
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CJ2A-CT
Member Joined: 19 Apr. 2016 Location: Connecticut Status: Offline Points: 360 |
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Thanks for the replies......... Yes Greg, Thought you'd appreciate that color and its already gone. I know your not a lover of OD but having served three branches of the service, its in my blood. Mike & Mike, Thanks for the compliments. Jason worked hard to attempt to get the right angles for that hump.
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46 CJ2a 22786 Brer Rabbit, 53 Willys Wagon, 62 Willys Pickup building with son-in-law, Jason
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3-48s
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Hey Man, I love OD, on military JEEPs but not so much on Civi JEEPs. LOL. By the way, Thanks for your service Sir! |
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1945 CJ2A #10536
1948 CJ2A #176528 "Elmer" 1948 CJ2A #155970 "Gray Mule" 1948 CJ2A #155365 "Old Yeller" (GONE) BANTAM T3C # 6147 (GONE) BANTAM T3C # 30856 |
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CJ2A-CT
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We were able to get a coat of Marine Corps OD on Briar Rabbit just before the New England cold front set in. Just happy we don't have to worry about additional grinding and wire wheeling over the winter months.
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46 CJ2a 22786 Brer Rabbit, 53 Willys Wagon, 62 Willys Pickup building with son-in-law, Jason
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dasvis
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Wow, that looks fantastic!
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1947 CJ2A #88659 "Rat Patrol"
1953 CJ3A #453-GB1 11266 "Black Beauty" 1964 Thunderbird convertible ..... & one of them moves under it's own power!! |
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1988YJ7
Member Joined: 28 May 2018 Location: High Point, NC Status: Offline Points: 30 |
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Beautiful and amazing work guys! Only real Jeep people can appreciate what went into your build.
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Matt Miller
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DAAN
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Great workmanship!
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CJ2A-CT
Member Joined: 19 Apr. 2016 Location: Connecticut Status: Offline Points: 360 |
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Well its been a while and we are in the final stages of assembly(I hope). Painting all the small pieces (winter still hasn't hit the CT shoreline) and installing gauges and lights to connect to the wiring harness. For safety sake, we changed the original running lights to LED turn signals that ended up brighter than the headlights. We may have to change out the old headlights just to even things up. Finalizing the adjustments to the parking brake and installing the anti-rattle pins in the transfer case this week. Three years and nine months, working one night a week (only missed three nights) and we hope to finish by April, which will make it four years to the month. Holy ???, we have a lot of parts left over. Guess we overestimated parts needed. We used as many original parts as we could. Enjoying every minute of this build!!!!!!!!!
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46 CJ2a 22786 Brer Rabbit, 53 Willys Wagon, 62 Willys Pickup building with son-in-law, Jason
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Mhovey46
Member Joined: 25 Dec. 2012 Location: Connecticut Status: Offline Points: 209 |
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Wow Dana looking very good! It has certainly come a long way since I last saw it. This warm weather has definitely been a huge help with making progress on some outside projects. At this rate you will driving down the road in no time!
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-Matt
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