New Member, Southern Cal. cj2a-47

[Jallen1795]

Hello my name is Jim Allen out here west in North San Diego California. Hobbies are coin collecting, fishing, exploring and now working on my 1947 cj2a Willy's jeep. With Eastern Sierra mountain range's 5 hrs north and the Anza-Borrego Desert 2 hrs east, a retired man who just turned sixty, needs a jeep. Exploring the hard to get-to fishing hole, old ghost towns, gold mines of the Sierra and endless trails in the desert in someone else's jeep has come to an end, but was fun. My search goes way back, many years, for the right flat fender. Patience paid off when I found my cj2a on a 125 acre ranch just 15 miles away. A retired doctor, whos wife, wanted him to downsize his fleet. Barn kept, all original ranch jeep in mint condition with all the paperwork. 8500 miles on the odom and the "Go Devil" purrs like a cat. Already working with Kaiser to get the must have's. All military tires and rims around and cleaning up the trim. Kaiser Willy's have been great and best of all, reasonable. Look forward to being a member of the forum. From what I have read, the jeep pro's and enthusiast's can be a great learning tool to educate me on this fun jeep adventure. Respectively, Jim Allen

[LarrBeard]

Barn kept, all original ranch jeep in mint condition with all the paperwork. 8500 miles on the odom and the "Go Devil" purrs like a cat. Allen

This sounds like a "Sea Story" or a "Fairy Tale". Nobody gets to start put with a Jeep this nice.

We gotta see pictures to prove this story.

(Welcome to the group ...)

[bmorgil]

Gotta agree with Larry! You have one of those "You'll never believe what I found" things!

Keep it maintained by the book and it will keep going and going and......

[TJones]

OMG Jim the anticipation is killing us with your barn find with only 8,500 miles on it, I'm with Bob it most definitely is one of those "You'll never believe what i found"
Post some pictures of your Jeep when you can!!!

[gmwillys]

Welcome Jim Allen,

Looks like patients has paid off! Great find! We look forward to seeing some pictures of your find, so we can all be a bit green with envy.

[scoutingranch]

So far it's just written words. I need proof.

[Jallen1795]

Gentlemen, thanks for the welcome mat. I stand corrected, my odometer reads 7292 miles. Whoops!! Will post pictures asap and share. I recently blew a head gasket zipping through my little town. I had to lay out a tactical smoke screen in my towns main intersection. To funny!! I guess the best place to post pics are in restoration projects?? Any suggestions?Haven't researched it yet. Anyway thanks for the helpful advice in support. Much appreciated. Jim

[scoutingranch]

It reads like the Go Devil purrs no longer. Moderator won't mind if you post pix here, right?
What part of North County? Or send a PM

[Jallen1795]

She will be purring again soon, already to install gasket. Waiting anxiously for ups to deliver parts. . I live up here in North San Diego County in Vista. Between Oceanside & Escondido. I think you can find it with google earth by the white smoke I left behind. Funny!!! Will post my best picture next to my name. Good Sunday to you all.

[scoutingranch]

Sooo, that was you smokin' up things. ;) I thought I saw something in the distance as I exited Catalina Ave on to Foothill. My buddy lives at the base of the foothills.

[Jallen1795]

That's me scoutingranch. What a small world, it is. I have some dear friends on Catalina. I live just up Warmland's on Vista Grande, a couple minutes away. Jim

[bmorgil]

That's unreal! You saw him smokin' the way. You guy's need to post some team Willys photo's with the beach and Catalina in the background. Long ago I lived in El Cajon and sold Auto Parts all over the West. One of my favorite stops was a NAPA store/machine shop in Solana Beach. Right on he beach! They did all the machine work on a '59 Chevy pick up I did a frame off on. On my first visit, the boy's were out on the deck in the back of the store looking over the beach, building a transmission valve body for a race car. Truly heaven for a 20 some year old hot rodder from the mid west.

[gmwillys]

No kidding! That would be the life.

[scoutingranch]

Geez, where do I start?

1. Mr. Jim, now that is a coincidence

2. Mr. bmorgil, I know El Cajon. I still go down to visit a buddy. There is no NAPA in Solana Beach any longer. Now it's goofy people with blank looks in their eyes.

3. Mr. gmwillys, my mom was born in Birmingham, came out to the west coast in '42. I grew up at the beach...I'd rather live on a ranch.

[bmorgil]

40 years has a way of changing things scoutingranch!

[Jallen1795]

I posted some pictures in the restoration forum if anybody would like to look. A lot of words first and pictures second in my introduction. Whoops. Jim