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jpet
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..... but the white paint was all I could find. I saw no evidence of the letters being painted black but like I said, these hubcaps are very weathered. I did find some hints of nickel or some other plating: It is easier to see from the back side: so I assume that the hubcaps were not painted since they are plated. Was the SPEN logo painted black? ..... Inconclusive. |
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CJ2A #29110 "General Willys"
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jpet
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Here is the logo for the back of the tailgate:
And here is a pdf file that is to scale: Edited by jpet - 05 July 2017 at 3:34pm |
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CJ2A #29110 "General Willys"
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jpet
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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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Roger B
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It looks excellent !!
Roger
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1946 CJ2A Serial # 22728 Harvest Tan in parts
1947 CJ2A Serial #101548 Luzon Red Only 16000 km 1947? Bantam T3-C Serial # 20006 |
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Jeff,
You bringing that with Gen Willys to the show?
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Night0wl
"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose" Jim Elliot 45 CJ-2A My Project |
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jpet
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CJ2A #29110 "General Willys"
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Night0wl
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Sweet!
You gonna give hey rides?
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Night0wl
"He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose" Jim Elliot 45 CJ-2A My Project |
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WellFedHobo
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Nice project! I would swear that there's an E after "YOUR" in the sandblasted picture, though...
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jpet
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NUTS!! "You're" right!! Now I have to remake the decal!!
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CJ2A #29110 "General Willys"
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jpet
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Spen Tailgate Logo Sorry Edit: See page 6 for a more recent file Edited by jpet - 05 July 2017 at 3:35pm |
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CJ2A #29110 "General Willys"
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samcj2a
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I decided to take it easy on jpet for that one because I considered that an alernate interpretation would be if the Spen trailer were known as "Your on-the-trail, good, Spen trailer" where "Your" was intended to be possessive and the whole phrase was a tag line back in the day.
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samcj2a
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Jeff, you left out the apostrophe!
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jpet
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CJ2A #29110 "General Willys"
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samcj2a
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I guess the Spen engineer didn't do so well in Rhet 200!
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jpet
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One interesting point about this trailer is that the axle is round:
From what I've read over on the earlyCJ5 page, typically Spens had a square axle. Anywho ........ From everything that I have read, and from what I have seen on Shadow, everything on the trailer originally was painted blue except for the wheels. They were originally black. Sure made things much easier. |
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bkreutz
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Jeff, one thought just came to mind about the rear logo/catchphrase. Maybe it was intended to be read up and down, then it would say "Your good on the trail trailer" (just a passing thought) Looks pretty spiffy though.
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I have two bantams and both have round axles. If Spens are supposed to be square then maybe someone swapped yours with a bantam axle?
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jpet
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Well it has Spen style hubs and the flanges are 6 lug. I'm pretty sure that the axle is original. It had the original paint on it.
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