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OK, this is likely the last post of this thread. This is my purchased materials list, sources and prices. Hope it is helpful . Our hobby has a great group of suppliers, Special thanks to John at Midwestmilitary, always a good source of correct and hard to find parts. Also got great...

Sorry to miss everybody at the band of brothers weekend in Tocoha. I got stuck on a jobsite over the weekend. I love that event, next year..... anyone have a report?

2nd to last post for this project. The A1 is done, or very nearly so anyway. It did it's debut show last weekend- Triple Tree Flyin (and MV show) in woodruff SC. The MHCC had a lineup of over 25 vehicles, not includeing trailers and support gear. attached are some shots of the show and...

Great details, thanks much!

I could use a couple pix of the rod arrangement for the top if anyonone has. thanks

Getting close now...... Needed some big progress over the last few weeks- the new jeep will be my daily driver for a while. My regular car is in the hands of the junkman....... Final paint is done, starting on the details, lights, fixtures. I need some help with the bows- how do the...

thinking about making the m38a1 my daily driver. anyone out there use MV's as daily drivers?

Hey gang, might as well throw this up for public scrutiny. Doing a Navy jeep, here is what my searching turned up. USS Independence was at Norfolk Shipyard for updates in 1954. Plausible that a '54 38a1 would have been marked as I show in this pix. Comments?

A little update, these pix show final paint for the body. Next step is to start the windshield, and work on wiring. I was able to restore a good bit of the original wiring- hard to believe. got the dried and cracked tape off and mostly found supple wires underneath. a few needed to be...

Hey Zout, you are thinking of someone else I think. I wasn't looking for templates.

Next problem- The fuel tank is in decent shape, on or two small rust holes along seams at the bottom. But the inside.......... ug. there must be a quarter inch of gunk on inside surfaces. It is putty knife type consistancy. Gasoline doesnt disolve it, nor water with purple power. Any...

Paint was automotive lacquer based primer. Not ectching, but he metal was sandblasted, so it had a lot of mechanical grip. 1st color coat was Gilespie USMC olive drab semigloss (navy jeeps are OD under the gray) top Color coat was Rustoleum, 2 quarts of semigloss white, 3 cups of gloss...

had a little nice painting weather this weekend. Got 2 coats of haze gray on. Came out very nice after, a near miss-step. I mixed black, and semigloss white, and a little royal blue to color match fs 36270. The royal blue was latex. I blame Lowes, who intermixed the latex and enamels...

Haze gray appears to have been neutral gray, closely resembling FS-36270. Medium gloss gray, blue tint. I cant find anything really difinitive, so I matched a navy instrument housing from the era. Sprayed a color card with testors 36270, then clear coated the card with satin clear...

Progress shots, The shots show new tires, rims painted, body on. The picture showing the rust thru area is the only body work I have to do, can you believe that? I am going to take care of all of the rust areas with a 1'x2' piece of 16 gauge. The last time it was in service was 1972...

Have a little progress to report, took the tub over to a friend of a friend with a 50hp compressor and lot of sand. I went to pick it up, where there was paint, there was now pristine metal. The empty glovebox and toolbox now had about 5 lbs of sand. Came out nice, I debated whether...

Got the motor stashed away in the back. need to piclkle it. nice to hear from you, working on anything?

strong links to MI down here. automotive and many Michiganders that were at BJU at one time or another. We go to Heritage Bible Church, lots of BJU friends

maiden run thru the woods. A right of passage so to speak