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Sorry my Caps and Grammer does not meet your high and mighty forums expectations,so i suggest u get the heck off your soapbox and high horse and take your panzy ass forum and stick it where the sun does not shine with that being said i officially am leaving your forum ,there...
i am very sorry for posting my for sale ad on the forum ,i should have known that there was a for sale sight i will attempt to post it there ,i meant no disrespect to the forum or its members,please accept my opologies.jack,
finally a very dim light at the end of a long tunnel.finally got to this point of the rebuild have all the rest of the big ticket items paid for so i am ready and excited to proceed.i have learned alot about these gpw.s and willys.and willing to learn alot more,found out i have to rebuild my...
i have looked high and low for a 13/16"-20 die and cannot find one on line .any ideas where to find one for the steering shaft for my 43 gpw im at a loss they are only bad on the first thread but i dont want to mess it up.and have to buy a whole new shaft just for a bad thread,any ideas how to...
finally after alot of hard work ,after hours and weekends.the frame has started to go back together,all of u guys have inspired me to keep plugging along and thanks for all the answered questions on this forum,more pics to come as things progress ,slowly but surely
my steering shaft has messed up threads cant get the nut started not bad but enough that they need a tap and die.my question is what thread size is the shaft .im thinking 7/8 by 14 but i need confrmation. thanks for any help .
My 43 MBhas no holes for taillights.I figured someone just covered over them and put flush mount aftermarket ones on .but I looked behind where they would have had the bracket to hold them in a recessed position.but there appears to be no bracket.also no hole for the trailer plug.but it looks...
my mistake the willys is a 1944 not a 43 as i originaslly stated i think the gpw is a 43.the willys looks to have all of the original wiring in it,it will be a great reference for me when i start putting my gpw i have in my shop right now and am restoring.have aquired most of the parts i have...
here are some more pics of the gpw u can see it has no combat rims and the frame was repaired in a few places ,one above the rear drivers wheel and the rear bunmper has been taken off and a aftermarket top was put on at one time or another,so it has some extra holes in the body.in the pic with...
sorry about the hodgepodge of pics.the gpw is the one with the the rollbar and bubba winch and no combat wheels.that is why i am going with the willys.it is more original.and the willys does also have the combat wheels the gpw does not have them.
here is the pic of the data plate on the willys.my father was in ww2 and would have been 100 years old this year.and i noticed the jeeps DOB is the same month and day as his was so this is a good omen. the other jeep in the pic is the gpw up for grabs
here is a pic of the 43 willys i am picking up in 2 weeks.just got the deal squared away today.the guy has no paperwork on it but has owned it for 20 years and has been on a ranch for all that time.so i am hoping to start fresh with the paperwork to get it on a non op. would like to get it...
progress on 43gpw
these are pics of my progress today.after helping a friend tomarrow i will remove the rear springs and axle and clean the old fashion way wire wheel and drill it takes alot lon ger but here ic calif it is hard to find anyone locally to sandblast they say it is too...