Could this jeep have been there ?

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Re: Could this jeep have been there ?

Post by Mark Tombleson » Fri Nov 10, 2017 12:33 pm

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Re: Could this jeep have been there ?

Post by lt.luke » Fri Nov 10, 2017 1:31 pm

Mark Jesic wrote:
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Well this post is bringing out the best jeeps, but they ALL look good, even basket cases have something about them. :D
Very true!

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Re: Could this jeep have been there ?

Post by GI. » Fri Nov 10, 2017 2:51 pm

Mark Tombleson wrote:
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Mark,
That is one beautiful jeep, I'll bet it has won many awards, they don't get any better then that, and I'll bet that radio work's.
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Re: Could this jeep have been there ?

Post by lt.luke » Sat Nov 11, 2017 3:18 am

Farrell Fox wrote:
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I wager the vast majority of jeeps currently residing in the US have only training and no combat history.
Mine was rebuilt in Esslingen, Germany in 1952. I believe it was sent to Europe in December 1944, and the radio equipment is mounted in the original holes. So it at least did not sit stateside.
That's cool. I'd say you're lucky to know that.

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Re: Could this jeep have been there ?

Post by Chuck Lutz » Sun Nov 12, 2017 10:28 am

Aside from some new tires, adding the shovel and axe and getting new cushions and using 6-8 rattle cans of 33070, all I did was not really visible. Went back from 12-volt to 6-volt and a new harness, SW gauges & KS speedo and a new gas tank and gas lines and a carb rebuild...
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Re: Could this jeep have been there ?

Post by GI. » Mon Nov 13, 2017 4:07 am

Two good looking jeep's, if they were mine I would leave the one that you say need's paint alone, you can't get that look again, it has that barn find/battlefield look, that one would look so good in a parade with ammo. crate's piled up in the back, camo. net, in front of the windshield on the hood, and drive it thru. a couple of mud hole's before you show it, or a parade, and leave the tire's just like they are.
There's enough pretty jeep's out there, let's keep a few that looked the way they really did during the war and on the front line.
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Re: Could this jeep have been there ?

Post by Joe Gopan » Mon Nov 13, 2017 4:21 am

There is good WWII shade paint out there with the correct texture, a year or two of sweaty or greasy hand prints and lots of ingress and egress rubbing will return a new WWII finish to its proper patina.
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Re: Could this jeep have been there ?

Post by 1943Willysgpw » Wed Dec 27, 2017 12:57 pm

Wonder if this "1942 GPW" was there? :lol: :lol: https://www.ebay.com/itm/1942-Ford-GPW- ... s8&vxp=mtr
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Re: Could this jeep have been there ?

Post by Joe Gopan » Wed Dec 27, 2017 4:03 pm

Oh, it's been there alright. Also wonder if the ball peen hammer used to form the sheet metal was there.
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Re: Could this jeep have been there ?

Post by Gdcast » Thu Jan 04, 2018 9:13 am

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This is exactly how I'd love my jeep to look like, it's beautiful!
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Re: Could this jeep have been there ?

Post by Mark Jesic » Thu Jan 04, 2018 12:35 pm

They all look beautiful, and remember we all have the most easily recognised vehicle in the world.


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