I’m a retired engineer living in a retirement community (not much room to work). I currently don’t have a Jeep, but had a 1953 Willys CJ3B many years ago. I enjoyed it so much that when a neighbor said he was restoring a 1945 Willys MB I offered to help. I had been in the old car hobby until moving into this retirement community and liked the mechanical work. But, offering my help may have been a mistake. My neighbor had taken the body off and proceeded to disassemble the rest. He intends to do a complete restoration starting from the bare frame. What’s bothersome is he has never restored a vehicle before!

He has money for a new tub (body) and the work needed to restore the rest of the parts. His big problem is that he can’t find any garage or body shop willing to work on the frame, axles, or anything else. So, I joined this online Jeep forum to help him locate sources of Jeep restoration expertise and sources of parts. Hopefully, some of which will be here in the San Antonio, Texas area.