Headed out to SC for body tub

[maddawg308]

About to head out the door to go pick up Kaylee's new body tub. My jeep's body and fenders are pretty well shot, and I am getting a some new M38 parts from a guy in SC, selling a brand new tub, hood, and two new fenders for $1000 cash. Too good a deal to pass up. Total trip time will be 15 hours or so, 7.5 hours each way. Lots of gas money, but cheaper than shipping it.

I am going to be stopping by and visiting two fellas, one in SC and one in NC, who have military jeeps. Will bring my camera and take a few pics. Also making the obligatory stop at the East Coast's best known fireworks stand, "South of the Border". It's a tourist trap that is a requirement!

Be back late tonight....

 

[clinto]

brand new tub, hood, and two new fenders for $1000 cash

That is a great deal! Definitely worth the gas to go retrieve 'em.

 

[Ferroequinologist]

Now if you find that kind of deal on an M38a1 tub... LET ME KNOW!!! \

Drive safe. your not taking the deuce are you?

 

[maddawg308]

Will do, Adam. Your M38A1 wasn't that bad, was it? Nope - didn't take the deuce. Then the trip would've taken twice as long and cost twice as much in fuel!

Very tired and the truck is the worse for wear - my daughter got sick and projectile vomited all over the inside of the truck, 3 times. I guess little kids and road food don't mix on long trips. Also, I dropped the trailer(!). The pin holding my ball mount in the receiver fell out and the trailer skidded to a halt on the roadside. The chains snapped too. Good thing it happened on the way down, when it was empty, early, and not too many folks were on the road I was on (is was a local road, not the interstate). Freak accident, cops stopped by and were happy that noone was hurt. I quickly went to the auto parts store and got a locking pin, and two sets of safety chains. Everything safe after that.

Guess this isn't my week for picking things up.

Will have some pics shortly.

 

[54reo]

Glad to hear you are ok. Especially with the little ones along.

 

[Ferroequinologist]

Mike, glad you made it back safe and sound.

My M38a1 is a rust bucket- not much of the body can be saved. the floor boards were layered over twice... and they left the rusted stuff underneath, so it just rusted out what they put on it. She runs good though...

 

[maddawg308]

Finally got the pics off my camera. The tub was a MD Juan body tub for an M38, one of the early ones with none of the standard cutouts and holes pre-drilled, so I have my work cut out for me. The tub was new, but installed on a chassis and left outside a bit, then removed, the project was abandoned, and that's how I ended up with a $2500 body tub for $1000 plus some spare parts thrown in for good measure.

Here's a couple pics of the tub in the trailer and headed for home.

 

[maddawg308]

The older gent who I got the tub from was in the process of restoring a few Jeeps himself. Take a look at this work!

 

[jamesfrom180]

Mike, whatever happened with this tub? I'm guessing you got everything together.