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[gmwillys]

You'd have enough head room in that rig.... She is a looker for sure.

[TJones]

You'd have enough head room in that rig.... She is a looker for sure.

Just waiting on the price tag for it, typical for a guy that bought it completed.
“Make me a offer” then he laughs at me

[gmwillys]

Here is a unique twist to a wagon build from Australia. It puts a new spin on a woody wagon.

https://www.whichcar.com.au/features/gavan-julie-starr-thomas-1962-willys-jeep-wagon

[bmorgil]

What a wild one from the Land Down Under! I am not sure about the interior color but, to each his own! Right hand drive to boot.

[gmwillys]

In the U.S., you could contract out to the post office and deliver the mail in style....

[TJones]

Happy New Year guys and girls!!!!!

[bmorgil]

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE! Come on 2022!

[gmwillys]

Happy New Year to all! Hope this year starts better than the last!

[TJones]

Gotta Love NE Ohio :(:(
The difference between 5:00 last night and 5:00 this morning is 14”s of snow:(
Might be time to move:)

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[TJones]

Even the 160 lb Rottie didn’t like it this morning.

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[bmorgil]

Not a flake of snow here TJ! Amazing I am only 2hrs away.

[TJones]

This one came from the south and they are usually the worst. The Brides in SC spoiling the grand babies and said it’s poured for 3 days and hailed yesterday so I knew it was going to be a Dandy!!!

[TJones]

I bet Larry got hammered too:(

[LarrBeard]

Not a flake.

Yesterday afternoon was one of those days that make you realize you've been in Indiana too long.

The sun was shining ..
There was no wind..
You say; "What a nice day"..

And you realize it's 19-degrees
(well, it might have been 30 degrees...)

Becky actually opened the front door and sat in the sunshine pouring through the storm door.

[LarrBeard]

As for the Rottie:

That snow is so deep that four feet might not be all that gets cold ...

[TJones]

Your Living Right buddy!!!!
The sun was shining here too for a short (Very Short) time as well, the it went south from there about 5:30:(:(

[TJones]

The Rottie wants to move :):)

[bmorgil]

Ahh the grass is always greener............

[TJones]

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She’s had enough

[LarrBeard]

Did you keep one little front end loader out of the old shop to clear snow?

[gmwillys]

I know where there is some southern property for sale, for not a lot of money. We had snow flakes Saturday night, but that's it, then some rain.

[TJones]

Did you keep one little front end loader out of the old shop to clear snow?

No I didn't Larry, kinda wished I would have after that little snowstorm:):)

[TJones]

I know where there is some southern property for sale, for not a lot of money. We had snow flakes Saturday night, but that's it, then some rain.

Trust me GM if it weren't for taking care of her parents we would of already moved south somewhere!!!

[bmorgil]

But, you will miss the change of seasons!

[gmwillys]

We have plenty of season changes. SEC football season and warm weather. You might get a little snow from time to time that shuts down everything, but most of the year it isn't too bad.

[TJones]

We have plenty of season changes. SEC football season and warm weather. You might get a little snow from time to time that shuts down everything, but most of the year it isn't too bad.

That’s no lie about shutting everything down:):)
I remember taking my grand father to Tuscaloosa to see his sisters and 1 year it snowed 1” and everybody panicked and said we got to stay home the roads are impassable :):)

[51 CJ3]

A little snow doesn’t shut much down in east central Oklahoma except schools. A forecast of snow or ice is enough to cancel school here. I see an average of one car or truck in the ditch every mile if I go out when it is slick here. I grew up in Nebraska when it still snowed and stayed cold there and the military gave me the opportunity to gain more experience winter driving in mountains, Korea and Alaska. I try not to go out when it is slick. Not because it is slick but because I know the lack of respect for the slick other drivers have in this area.

[TJones]

Oh you are so right there Jeff about the drivers out with a tremendous lack of respect for slick and snow, we have a lot of those drivers here in NE Ohio!!!

[bmorgil]

It never stops amazing me how some drivers think if they can go, they can turn and stop at any speed.

[gmwillys]

Everyone pretty much stays off the roads around here, but don't go to the store if sleet or snow are mentioned in the forecast. There will be no loaf bread or milk at the grocery store. All this time of living here, and I still have yet to find someone who can explain why. Milk sandwiches?

[LarrBeard]

"...no loaf bread..."

Wow - there is an old down home term I've not heard for a while. The synonym is "white bread".

You might ask; "'Well what else is there". Cornbread, biscuits, oven bread and several others.

[gmwillys]

Loaf bread was either Butternut white bread or Roman Meal wheat bread in my neck of the woods.

[TJones]

The Bride and I came to Gerivasi Vineyards to get away from the rat race and the kids for a couple days!!!
This place is awesome!!
Check it out
https://www.gervasivineyard.com/
Spoiled like babies….

[bmorgil]

Canton Ohio.... not too far away from here. Also not too far from the Pro Football Hall Of Fame!

[TJones]

We’ll heading over today to drag out my father in laws old ford 8N tractor and bring her back to the Garage-Ma-Hall to get started rebuilding for him for his 90th birthday coming up in September :rolleyes: so I can stay in as “His Favorite Son in Law” :)9417

[bmorgil]

I cant wait to watch this one grow!

[gmwillys]

Favorite Son in Law status is great to have! Let me know if you need any help. I still have a couple of IT and Ford shop manuals in the bottom of my tool box.

[TJones]

OMG Guys a buddy brought his 1990 S10 with 25,000 miles on to put on the lift to do some work on it and I ran him back home and he’s got a 49 Jeepster in his garage that his Dad did a 7 year restore on and I’m telling you it looks like it came off the show room floor. I could NOT believe what was in front of my eyes!!!
It’s immaculate,spotless and everything in between.
It Blew me Away!!!
Flat head 4, T90 on the column with OD, new top, interior, side curtains, all new chrome WOW!!!!

[TJones]

I’ll get some pictures this week, and he wants to sell it!!

[bmorgil]

Pics TJ!!! Gotta see this baby.

[gmwillys]

Wow TJ. That's great to see one all done up nice. Yep, you are going to have to recruit him to the forum, and post some photos.

[TJones]

Here you go96779678967996809681

[bmorgil]

Wow! That's a beauty! Man some detail work there.

[TJones]

It is a Beast, looked under the hood and could easily fit a blown LS in with a automatic behind it:confused::rolleyes::rolleyes:

[bmorgil]

I dare you.... I double dog dare you......

[LarrBeard]

NOOOOOO!!!! NO LS/auto./.... Leave it alone!!!!

NFW!!!!!

SACRILEGE!!!!!! I'd put a bikini on the Statue of Liberty first.

And it's even the right color!

You guys know I like to leave classis WO vehicles as close to original as possible...

[TJones]

Larrbeard if this country keeps heading the direction it’s heading now the higher ups in DC will be tearing the Statue of Liberty down because it offends somebody somewhere :(:(

[TJones]

It’s actually WAY to nice to be tearing it all apart to do that LarrBeard, it needs to find a good home somewhere!!!!

[gmwillys]

I nominate it going to the car barn with Ham's truck. LarrBeard said it was the right color after all.

Although an LS powered Jeepster would be a hoot to have, I don't think I could gut a perfectly good example to find out. Now a Jeep Commando, that would be alright to butcher into something less awkward looking.

[bmorgil]

Oh man... Two red beauties parked in Larry's barn! There should be room left for a little Red CJ. "And baby makes three!"

[TJones]

That Jeepsters got Becky written All over it!!!!
I can see it now,Becky and Ham lived Happily ever After and had a Little Baby Boy named Hamey!!!

[TJones]

It’s almost still a virgin, it only has 48,000 miles on it!!!:cool:

[LarrBeard]

QUIT IT ​I can get in enough trouble without you guys egging me on.....

[bmorgil]

But Larry...... you did set her up with a dyno-mite sewing machine!

Don't let him fool you, Larry is surrounded. He lives in harms way. Trouble wont scare him off.

[gmwillys]

It's not egging you on, it's encouragement so to speak.

Let's use the universal Jeep justification chart;

Pros: 1) Miss Becky needs her very own
2) It's red
3) It's a convertible, so it's an investment that goes up in value, as the top comes down.
4) Ham's 48 won't be lonely
5) It's rare
6) More room for grandkids to ride and get ice cream.

Cons: 1) It's rare. Most parts are available, but some are not.
2) Maintaining two vintage Willys/ tag / insurance
3) Twice the car barn space consumed during winter hibernation.
4) Bat poop protective covering doubled.
5) Convertible top care.

Of course this list goes flying out the window when a good deal shows up, and the cons seem to not be that big of a deal.

[TJones]

I knew we would have someone break out the “Universal Jeep Justification Chart” eventually :D;)

See Larrbeard there’s always a Reason and the pros outweigh the cons!!

[TJones]

Two proud Grand Parents today!!!!
Our 3 yo grandson raced his first Moto Cross race on his 12” Staycyc Electric bike with 6 or 8 kids in his class and took 1st place!!!!

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[gmwillys]

Good deal! Congratulations to your Grandson for a fantastic showing!

[bmorgil]

Nice job young man! Gotta love that.

[TJones]

Doesn’t get any better than that!!!!

[TJones]

All my spare time this winter, I’m starting to go to auctions and I ran across this tractor at one last week.
It’s a late 70’s early 80’s Kubota B7100 4WD,3 cylinder diesel with a live PTO, 3 point hitch and 2-60" mower decks and it hasn’t ran for 15-20 years. I had to share it knowing gm was a big tractor fan at the rust ranch:cool:
I picked it up pretty cheap thinking my daughter and son in law are in the process of buying a place up by the old Coliseum in Richfield with 6.5 acres and they sure could use it around the place if the Ole Man can getter back to life and running!!!!

Can you tell I am getting bored???:confused::confused::confused:


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[bmorgil]

TJ you crack me up! We now need a tractor section for the forum. TJ is becoming the tractor restoration expert.

Good choice on the Kubota. Lots of parts available. That will be a nice little mower when your done.

[LarrBeard]

"Can you tell I am getting bored???:confused::confused::confused:"

Well, you fixed the one tractor for your FIL, so this is a logical progression.

Keep at it!

[51 CJ3]

I think I own that tractor’s little brother. Kubota G3200 diesel mower. The deck is in really bad shape but I mow with it every year. My wife laid claim to the much newer new John Deere with the soft seat.

[TJones]

How many hours you have on your little tractor Jeff ?
This one I have only has 600 hours on it.

[gmwillys]

TJ, I must of missed something..... Is that a Dodge Swept Line pickup sneaking into the photo?

I have to stay away from auctions. I buy the darnedest things, as long as it's cheap. The little Kubota was a good purchase. It won't take much to get it in top working order and will make a perfect grass cutter for your daughter and Son in Law. A guy at work showed me some photos a while back of a B series Kubota that was going pretty cheap. We took the trip over to Georgia and he ended up buying it. It came with a loader, a disk, new mounted turf tires, fairly new ag tires on the tractor, and a bush hog. The three-point cover was apart because the hydraulics quit working. He put it all back together, flushed a bunch of FOD out of the case to include chicken feathers, changed the filters a couple of times and it now works like new. The loader needed a couple of new dump cylinders and the lift cylinders re-packed, now it works well too. All in all, it will be worth far more than the $1,200 he paid for it, and three weekends worth of labor.

[TJones]

Damn gm you have an eye like an Eagle :):)
It sure is a 1970 Swept Line W-100 short bed with a automatic, it is my neighbors truck his Dad gave to him b4 he passed 20 some years ago. His Dad retired from Chrysler and he bought it brand new, it is kinda rare I'm hearing bc it was built in Dec. of 70 and they ran out of 318's and started putting 383 BB's in them and there are only 5-600 that were built with the BB's. it has been setting in his garage for 15+ years and he wanted me to get it running again. it is spotless, no rust and straight as an arrow the only problem is it was painted Orange "of all colors" at one point. He will not sell it for love nor money bc it is all he has left of his Pappy's.

I will post some pictures as soon as I re-size them.

[bmorgil]

TJ you are the "Resto-Man"!

gm as you know, my son has the same problem. He cannot pass up a good deal on anything mechanical. Just loves that stuff. He's got a barn full, 3 garages full and a yard full and the phrase "Some Day".

[TJones]

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[TJones]

Bmorgil I had better be careful, I am starting to get the same as Dominic :(:(

[bmorgil]

Ohhhh that truck is clean.... I would be very tempted on that one!

[gmwillys]

Sweet '70! The 383 would be exceptionally rare indeed in a short box. Your neighbor is smart to hang on to the truck for nothing more than sentimental value.

The last couple of auctions I've gone to, I haven't bought anything. The prices are either out of sight, or the owner throws out a reserve that is too high for what it is. I tried to buy a Ford model 2000 diesel tractor for a base to put my Ford 335 industrial tractor back together. My would-be winning bid was $4,250, but it was a no-sale because he wanted $6,000 for it. Nope. I was pushing the value of it at $4 K for what it was and the work that was needed to make it perfect. Plus, I need another tractor or anything else requiring attention around the ranch. One thing I've learned about going to an auction. Always pull the trailer, because even if you have no intention in buying anything, that's when you run across something you can't live without. Bmorgil, I think your son may have gotten his love of unique machinery honestly.

[51 CJ3]

How many hours you have on your little tractor Jeff ?
This one I have only has 600 hours on it.

A little late with this. Kept forgetting to go around to the carport and look. The G3200 has 1098 hours. Most of the recent hours have come from mowing 4 acres of rough pasture. Takes forever with a 40” deck.

[TJones]

FINALLY Coming to an end :):)


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[TJones]

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I bet it does take forever :(:(

[bmorgil]

Gotta love tj's infatuation with a lot of Orange!

[51 CJ3]

One my neighbors has a very nice and new orange tractor. He recently asked if he could cut my pasture for hay. No more 8 hour Sundays on the mower for me!

[bmorgil]

Oh man, it does not get any better than that!

[gmwillys]

TJ will be needing another project before too long.

CJ, you won't know what to do with yourself, watching the hay grow, and not having to mess with it.

[TJones]

Well I couldn't stand not having anything to do after retiring so I started another Jeep Project.
I sold the "Orange Crush" to a guy and he wanted me to built a Jeep for his Son out of a Jeep he bought (local to me) from a college roommate, and that is where my story/project begins.
He bought a really Nice 58 CJ-5 with a stock F-134, T-90 and a Dana 18 transfer case that his roommates Dad restored and he wanted something with a bigger engine, power steering and better brakes on it to getter to WO better :):).
So my buddy and I put our thinking caps on (Which at our ages is kinda hard to do) and came up with a BrainStorm of an idea.
I knew a guy that had a 1972 CJ-5 (the first year at that time that AMC came out with the AMC 304 V8), we knew the tub was the same as the 58 tub, but the fenders and hood were 5"s longer. So that is where it all came to life.
Here are some pictures of the 58 and the 72 "Donor" I'll call it, The Owner wanted to use the 58 body bc it was almost new, so we are in the midst of putting it on the 72 chassis.
I will update you all as progress continues, I am sure that we will run into hiccups along the way but if this Forum can chime in at anytime like you all did with my Project we will getter done!!!!

Well it appears that I have to resize all my pictures and convert them jpeg format, been a while since I have posted anything:cool::cool:

[gmwillys]

I'm now looking forward to another TJ project, and now Orange Crush will also have a sibling. I for one would like to see your touch on a 304 c.i. plant.

[bmorgil]

From 3-4-2023 as gm looks into the future....
TJ will be needing another project before too long.



Here we go again with a TJ monster! Cant wait to watch this one grow TJ! You might need to start a YouTube channel we can link to.

I did see we have a video link in "Advanced" posting, but I have never used it. We gotta have lots of pictures of this one TJ. Start a new post or we will never find the end of this one. This project should be a few pages!