Recent content by DeetFreek

Quite alright, mine isn't as sharp as it once was either. Paint and glue fumes...🤣

I sure hope you meant passenger seat. 😉 Nice score!

I finally got a set of doors today! I've had door frames for awhile now but had never ordered canvas for them. I ran across a post on one the FB A1 pages last weekend and scored a great deal on complete doors and side curtains.

Looks very nice! Parts through these vendors: Midwestmilitary.com Debellajeepparts.com Armyjeepparts.com Generaltaylors.com QTM parts on eBay There's a few more out there, but these are some great places for whatever you'll need.

Interesting, my motor sticks out about ⅛" less than the vacuum motor assembly.

Correct lol, I'm handy, because my wife doesn't find me handsome. 🤣 All you have to do is run a drill bit large enough to pass the wire through the switch. Since those switches are still available, I didn't mind altering it. And for a piece of mind, throw a little epoxy on the switch itself so...

My go to for any parts is Midwest Military, John is a great vendor, has a lot of knowledge and is close by. You'd have parts in a couple days, which is nice not having to wait. DeBella is another good vendor. General Taylor’s Motorpool and Surplus is a contact I made at the MVPA convention...

I've heard of the no filter setup, not what I'd recommend by any means, but it has happened. Back when I didn't know squat about these, I put a CJ style single action pump on the 53 to replace the electric pump a previous owner put on. Couldn't get the blasted thing to pump, so I put the...

I'm usually around lol, I don't get to take vacations lmao! My '52 is pretty close to being all original while the '53 has been converted to 12V and has quite a few changes. But, that being said, to those who aren't aware of what makes it original don't have a clue.

I'm in east central Iowa, I know a couple people up in southern MN too. Not Wisconsin by any means, but not clear across the continent either lol.

It's more like the high-vis green, and it was EVERYWHERE! I cleaned enough of that to have neon snot for days. Ready for another one? Circled is a tag I pulled off and cleaned. What was it? A property tag from the city of Carbondale, IL! I unfortunately don't have a pic of it like I thought and...

Well, thank you for starters. Second, hang on to your britches lol. This was how I received my '53. It came out of west central Illinois. I really hated to take that off, but it wasn't in my plan to keep it. I'm not sure which color the Jeep was when that logo was applied since it had up to...

My '52 is DOD of 9/52 and SN 22040. Seeing the spreadsheet that Wes posted on FB, there was over 5000 produced in Sept 52 alone. So, that alone blows our thinking of 1-2k per month. Now maybe the average would be there over the entire production years, but I have no idea on those numbers.

My 53 is 49940, 5/53. So approx 1k produced every month, 45 per day. If we go two shifts, that bumps the number up to over twenty per. Three shifts will bring it down closer to your number. I haven't the slightest idea on any of it! 🤣 It's fun to try and figure it out though.

I was given an opportunity to do some long overdue maintenance on this 1954 M38A1 earlier this summer. It'd been languishing in a barn for at least 15+ years where it ran, but did not move when it was parked. Long story short, rebuilt fuel pump and carburetor, clutch, new hoses and belts, master...