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Chicodave
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Posted: 18 Jan. 2023 at 11:20pm |
1949 CJ3a "Crap Game"
1951 Willys Truck 1950 Studebaker 2R5 1952 Chevy 3100 5 window |
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44bz
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Good thing he wasn't wearing a seat belt...
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46 CJ2a - Buick 225, T90/D18, Warn overdrive, Rancho 2.5", power steering, disc brakes, 33x10.50 BFG KM3s
1968 J2000 - AMC 327, T18, Dana 20 1971 CJ5 RenI - 225, T18, D20(2.46:1) |
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nofender
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I'm all for the locker stocker craze. It's great to see the old jeep being used off road.
But if this is where it's headed - it's doomed. That jeep had no business on that obstacle with out some basic saftey add ons. I just don't get why you would try to tackle such an obstacle with that Jeep. It's just stupid. Having done about every extreme trail out there, and having been upside down, backwards, and sideways - I would never tackle some of teh obstacles I see being tackled with vintage jeeps without a cage.
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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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General Eisenhower
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Yep, the jeep was designed for a world with limited or no roads, which it does very well, not designed as if the world was made out of mountains. I agree with you nofender, it's cool the jeep can do it, but no without basic safety additions. Although in this situation not having a seat belt probably saved his life
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I Like Ike!
1948 CJ2a "Hefty Horse" 1994 Jeep Wrangler Sahara 2016 Jeep JKU 75th anniversary edition |
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oldtime
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Should be titled :
“Dare-Devil with a Go-Devil”.
I kinda know the feeling as I once rolled a 2A on the hiway with no roll cage nor seat belt. Slipped on the ice and Jeep ended upside down but not a scratch on me. |
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Currently building my final F-134 powered 3B .
T98-A Rock Crawler using exclusive factory parts and Approved Special Equipment from the Willys Motors era (1953-1963) Zero aftermarket parts |
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Lee MN
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Why would one want to be strapped in without a roll bar ?
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LEE
44 GPW-The Perfected Willys 49 2A “If you wait, you only get older” 67 M715 American Made Rolling History |
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mbullism
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Years ago you were free to make
your own awful decisions, and live with the outcome, good or bad. You
mangled your arm, Doc removed it at the elbow for your best hog and some eggs,
and you bought slip on shoes. Yes, your
family was affected, but you knew that going in...didn't ya?
It took the evolution of modern medicine and
this need to fix stupid to increase the cost of stupid... it took insurance
companies to try and spread the cost of fixing stupid around, and replace the potential
family earnings stupid lost so your family wouldn’t starve. It took legislation to try and protect us
from stupid by punishing the terminally stupid, and attorneys to make sure to address
the collateral cost of stupid… A lot has changed since doctors would take
livestock as payment, and it’s all been a complete waste of time, money and
energy-
Ya can’t fix stupid. |
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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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AndyinTexas
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I saw that video, so scary.
It reminded me of a near death incident I had loading my old Ford tractor on a trailer. I had the front tires on the trailer and just before the rear tires came on, a weld for the left ramp bracket broke. That tire dropped to the ground with the ramp, and I was pitched off the seat. Of course, it was in low gear and with a column throttle, it kept going. The right rear tire went on up its ramp, which steered the tractor hard left. At that point it jumped right off the trailer, passing right over me on the ground. Thankfully, the shredder on back kept it from rolling, had that happened it would have been on me for sure. As it was, I could hardly believe it went over me and I escaped without a scratch. Didn't mean to highjack the thread, but I can relate to the situation that fella experienced. I agree though, it wasn't smart for him to hit that rock with no roll bar.
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"the user formerly known as oldscot"
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Oldpappy
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Dang that was STUPID, could have been a candidate for the Darwin award had he been slower in getting out of the way.
At least he never lost his hat. Wish I could still move that quick.
Looked like a nice Jeep too before the roll over. Loading tractors on trailers can be a bit exciting, so can unloading one. I was backing an old John Deere 1010 off a trailer about 20 years ago. Once the weight got past the axles the trailer tilted and raised the back wheels of the truck it was attached to off the ground. There isn't a level piece of ground on my whole place and the only way I kept from getting ran over by my own truck was to gun that old tractor to get it out of the way. That was a 1958 tractor and it had a stout roll bar, but I am glad I didn't test it. |
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If you can't get there in a Jeep you don't need to be there!
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bight
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he did have to pull up his trousers!
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CJ-2A 72586 tan (stock)
CJ-2A 197624 green (resto-mod) the wife abides (def: to bear patiently; TOLERATE) |
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rocnroll
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I bet he had to go over there off camera and clean 'em out too!
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'48 CJ2A Lefty "Common sense is not that common" |
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smfulle
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If he would have stayed to the right he would have made it.
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Mark W.
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I'm a big advocate of both a good roll bar and seat belts. Its possible as slow as that Willys turned it would have stopped on its side had the Windshield been up and a roll bar. Mine did when I laid it on its side in High School as there was almost no forward motion when it went over so no momentum to continue the roll. |
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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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Oldpappy
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Me too. One of the reasons they quit making the short wheel base CJ5 was because of roll overs on the street. If you are going to try stuff like this guy did they are a must.
To me, a roll bar and good seat belts are a must in these things and it is something I add to my Jeeps if they don't have them when the Jeep comes to my barn. I have flipped two vehicles, one a VW Bug which spun around on its top and flipped back onto its wheels, the other was a roll over with a Jeep and the only thing that kept it from going all the way over was because the windshield was up.
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If you can't get there in a Jeep you don't need to be there!
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jpet
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Does anyone know who this is or where this is?
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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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smfulle
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I don't know anything, but I get kind of a south of the border vibe from it.
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Chicodave
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Jeff, It was a random YouTube that popped up. I am glad you guys are running roll cages. I need to get my seat belts installed! -Dave
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1949 CJ3a "Crap Game"
1951 Willys Truck 1950 Studebaker 2R5 1952 Chevy 3100 5 window |
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Flatfender Ben
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[QUOTE=oldtime]Should be titled :
“Dare-Devil with a Go-Devil”. Actually it’s a high hood and that’s probably why it rolled a flathead wouldn’t have that much weight up high “Daredevil spit out of a hurricane”
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1946 cj2a desert dog
1946 cj2a bulldog 1948 cj2a blue jeep 1953 cj3b yard dog 1955 willys wagon 1955 willys pickup 1956 willys pickup boomer 1960 fc 170 1968 jeepster commando 1990 Grand wagoneer |
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