My First Jeep - 45 GPW
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My First Jeep - 45 GPW
Hello everyone!
First time post here. My dad has been around G503 for many many years though. I grew up around military vehicles. A 42 GPW was literally the first manual vehicle I drove growing up. Been reenacting since I was knee height. When I was 19 I bought my first military vehicle, an 84 AM General M923A1. It was a diversion from the collectible WWII vehicles I had grown up around. But my passion was there for the classics. Recently my dad gave me one of his jeeps to fix up. We purchased this jeep knowing that it had not run in about a year. It sat for another 4 years maybe, and now I have it. Being about a year out of college with a decent job and no wife makes this an easy venue to channel some money as a personal investment.
I encourage everyone to help me out in pointing out any obvious incorrect items. I already know the bumper is obviously incorrect and I have another to replace it. This jeep has been outfitted with a 12V system that I would like to get rid of. Along with any other electrical equipment that was replaced going along with the 12V system. I also need a set of combat rims... The spare has one, but someone replaced the originals with other rims. I also know that the transmission was replaced with a different one. There are some scabby welds around the hole in the floor pan that I try not to lose sleep over.
My goal is to make this as close to original as possible without breaking the bank. I understand that "original" is a loose definition for what I'm looking for. I want the obvious items that need to be replaced to make this a period vehicle. I want a solid, well running jeep. Safety is my main concern with these old vehicles.
In full disclosure, I haven't done enough research yet into the correctness of certain years of Jeeps. I have NOT searched the forum, or any other channels on this topic, so I'll save anyone the trouble if that's your response . I'm eager to get this project going.
Thank you everyone,
Jeff
First time post here. My dad has been around G503 for many many years though. I grew up around military vehicles. A 42 GPW was literally the first manual vehicle I drove growing up. Been reenacting since I was knee height. When I was 19 I bought my first military vehicle, an 84 AM General M923A1. It was a diversion from the collectible WWII vehicles I had grown up around. But my passion was there for the classics. Recently my dad gave me one of his jeeps to fix up. We purchased this jeep knowing that it had not run in about a year. It sat for another 4 years maybe, and now I have it. Being about a year out of college with a decent job and no wife makes this an easy venue to channel some money as a personal investment.
I encourage everyone to help me out in pointing out any obvious incorrect items. I already know the bumper is obviously incorrect and I have another to replace it. This jeep has been outfitted with a 12V system that I would like to get rid of. Along with any other electrical equipment that was replaced going along with the 12V system. I also need a set of combat rims... The spare has one, but someone replaced the originals with other rims. I also know that the transmission was replaced with a different one. There are some scabby welds around the hole in the floor pan that I try not to lose sleep over.
My goal is to make this as close to original as possible without breaking the bank. I understand that "original" is a loose definition for what I'm looking for. I want the obvious items that need to be replaced to make this a period vehicle. I want a solid, well running jeep. Safety is my main concern with these old vehicles.
In full disclosure, I haven't done enough research yet into the correctness of certain years of Jeeps. I have NOT searched the forum, or any other channels on this topic, so I'll save anyone the trouble if that's your response . I'm eager to get this project going.
Thank you everyone,
Jeff
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Re: My First Jeep - 45 GPW
You need to post the photos from somewhere other than photobucket.
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Thanks. I guess Photobucket is no longer free to share images... So long.
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Gotta ask: what's up with that hose attached to the oil filler tube? It should be connected to the hose from the air crossover tube. What is that connected to? Did that Bubba simply not understand the positive crankcase ventilation system--which I see is not connected from the valve cover to the intake manifold?
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Hmm... I'm really not sure. Thanks for pointing that out. I'll have to dig into where it's connected to. I haven't even started digging into this thing yet. In the process of gathering some parts I know I'll need.Fortyeight2A wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2017 5:28 pmGotta ask: what's up with that hose attached to the oil filler tube? It should be connected to the hose from the air crossover tube. What is that connected to? Did that Bubba simply not understand the positive crankcase ventilation system--which I see is not connected from the valve cover to the intake manifold?
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So curiosity got the best of me from your post and I sprinted to the garage. To my amazement, Bubba has that long hose coming off the filler tube going down to nothing... Just behind the passenger fender. So I grabbed the short hose going to the intake crossover tube to find that it's not connected to anything as well. Just flopping around in the wind...Fortyeight2A wrote: ↑Sun Jul 30, 2017 5:28 pmGotta ask: what's up with that hose attached to the oil filler tube? It should be connected to the hose from the air crossover tube. What is that connected to? Did that Bubba simply not understand the positive crankcase ventilation system--which I see is not connected from the valve cover to the intake manifold?
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It looks a good jeep Jeff, my curiosity is what was that hole next to the glovebox used for ?
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Looks like a speaker hole to me.
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Are you sure it is not a quick access hole for the first aid kit.....???
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So that hole is not correct? Seems like a perfect hole for someone to cut... Leads me to think it's original. This is a very late war Jeep.
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Thats a great start to a nice jeep.
I would suggest locating a member close to you that has restored a GPW/MB or two. Offer him a few beers and go front to back looking for things that need to be addressed. I would not try to fix anything, just assess what you have. I have made the mistake of "fixing" something, only to find out later that is was "correct" the way i found it.
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I would suggest locating a member close to you that has restored a GPW/MB or two. Offer him a few beers and go front to back looking for things that need to be addressed. I would not try to fix anything, just assess what you have. I have made the mistake of "fixing" something, only to find out later that is was "correct" the way i found it.
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What's the delivery date and serial number ? As stated above, good core to start out with. That's the exciting part, looking for the correct items it came from the factory with.
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Hello Jeff,
You have a GREAT condition jeep !!!
Beautiful !
That thing looks way ahead of the majority of most that one finds !
The fire extinguisher location is where the British mounted them, that hole in dash may have been for a gauge that sometimes installed and used by the US Army Air Force, but I forget the exact info on what it was.
Look for some engine rebuild data plates for a possible clue to some history.
Good luck on your restoration !!
Where are you located ?
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You have a GREAT condition jeep !!!
Beautiful !
That thing looks way ahead of the majority of most that one finds !
The fire extinguisher location is where the British mounted them, that hole in dash may have been for a gauge that sometimes installed and used by the US Army Air Force, but I forget the exact info on what it was.
Look for some engine rebuild data plates for a possible clue to some history.
Good luck on your restoration !!
Where are you located ?
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Fla.
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Looking at the drill holes in top of your rear wheel wells,
it appears that it may have had a military radio mounted there.
Ray
it appears that it may have had a military radio mounted there.
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