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.
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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.
Wow! That's a beauty! Man some detail work there.
It is a Beast, looked under the hood and could easily fit a blown LS in with a automatic behind it:confused::rolleyes::rolleyes:
I dare you.... I double dog dare you......
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...
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 :(:(
It’s actually WAY to nice to be tearing it all apart to do that LarrBeard, it needs to find a good home somewhere!!!!
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.
Oh man... Two red beauties parked in Larry's barn! There should be room left for a little Red CJ. "And baby makes three!"
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!!!
It’s almost still a virgin, it only has 48,000 miles on it!!!:cool:
QUIT IT I can get in enough trouble without you guys egging me on.....
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.
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.
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!!
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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Good deal! Congratulations to your Grandson for a fantastic showing!
Nice job young man! Gotta love that.
Doesn’t get any better than that!!!!
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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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.
"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!
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.
How many hours you have on your little tractor Jeff ?
This one I have only has 600 hours on it.
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.
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.
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".
Bmorgil I had better be careful, I am starting to get the same as Dominic :(:(
Ohhhh that truck is clean.... I would be very tempted on that one!
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.
FINALLY Coming to an end :):)
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I bet it does take forever :(:(
Gotta love tj's infatuation with a lot of Orange!
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!
Oh man, it does not get any better than that!
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.
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: