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Clean looking work, DeetFreek; looking real fine!!
Never realized how beefy the leaf-springs on a CJ were until now; but makes sense.
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Clean looking work, DeetFreek; looking real fine!!
Thanks! I'm getting pretty good at making junk look like garbage!Clean looking work, DeetFreek; looking real fine!
Usually that unevenness is caused from people hooking chains on the front bumper to pull things, or to tow the Jeep out of muck etc instead of using the provided loops on the front.Nice work!
Good to someone making prigress.
A QUESTION FOR M38A1 FANS...
On the Jeep immediately abive...look at the inboard (near grille) edge of the front bumper, Looks rough and uneven.
Mine is like that too. My restorer says it is a factory unit.
Almost Looks like it was cut free hand with an acetylene torch.
I can't imagine how that edge could get damaged.
So, are they all like that?
PS. My vehicle is getting final paint.
Photos of finished vehicle soon.
First off, thanks! Secondly, my guess is going to lean towards its wrinkled because of being pulled from the center. As you can see by my picture, it's no longer straight, or even close lol!Nice work!
Good to someone making prigress.
A QUESTION FOR M38A1 FANS...
On the Jeep immediately abive...look at the inboard (near grille) edge of the front bumper, Looks rough and uneven.
Mine is like that too. My restorer says it is a factory unit.
Almost Looks like it was cut free hand with an acetylene torch.
I can't imagine how that edge could get damaged.
So, are they all like that?
PS. My vehicle is getting final paint.
Photos of finished vehicle soon.
If the hooks had been taken off before civvy life, not much of a choice there.Canadianz and DF...
Yes, you understood my question.
Your reply makes sense, thought why anyone wouldn't use the tow hooks is beyond me.
Charlie, my old Jeep restorer friend said most of the work on a Jeep is undoing someone else's "work", so I can believe it.
Looking forward to it!Photos once it is done. Promise.
DeetFreek, that paint job looks absolutely excellent.It's not the prettiest, definitely not the smoothest, and I don't care. I went for the weekend motor pool thrash, and that's what I ended up with.
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I had to do this lol, I'll see how many people catch it.
Thanks, you'd reconsider that if you were to see it close upDeetFreek, that paint job looks absolutely excellent.
Nice work there!!
.Thanks, you'd reconsider that if you were to see it close up![]()
Looks great! I was planning on spraying my '52 green this summer, but I decided to call my existing paint "faded strata blue" , and numbered it as an Air Force truck for now. I don't think I'll bother taking the incomplete Jeep or my Humvee to the MVPA convention, but I'll be there.I'm condensing again lol. The MVPA convention is coming up in a couple of weeks and I'm within an hour, so I'm going one way or the other. That being said, I decided maybe now was a good time to finally get some color laid down on the '53. A couple weeks ago I started the process of tearing everything off and cleaning/prepping everything, again. I'm not going to post all those pics, I'm going straight to the end of it all. I have a couple more things to stencil on, but I'm ordering those. Everything on there I've hand cut in oilboard and sprayed. So now, for the most part, it's finished if that's actually possible.
It's not the prettiest, definitely not the smoothest, and I don't care. I went for the weekend motor pool thrash, and that's what I ended up with.
I had to do this lol, I'll see how many people catch it.
Having the 106 will be nice. You've got the split windshield that's the hard part.Thank-you! And as for incomplete, I'm trying to get the logistics figured out to take my 52 as well, it's definitely rough, and not complete. Mostly missing the 106!View attachment 899108
Heck, from what I've noticed, finding the ammo racks is the hard part! I got tired of waiting for a spare carrier to show itself, so I just made one lol.Having the 106 will be nice. You've got the split windshield that's the hard part.
That's the key, Gastrap; just showing up!Looks great! I was planning on spraying my '52 green this summer, but I decided to call my existing paint "faded strata blue" , and numbered it as an Air Force truck for now. I don't think I'll bother taking the incomplete Jeep or my Humvee to the MVPA convention, but I'll be there.
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Love the story, JEB, and that beautiful rig. Cheers!!It's Done!!!
So, an Air Force Jeep for dad, Del the colonel and Jeep fan Charlie.
Hope you enjoy it.