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Well Oiled
I visited a salvage yard a ways away that still had a bunch of the old old stuff in the back corner. I had heard about it for years but never went there. So a while ago I did. I was looking at trucks and tractors from the 1930's and even earlier, and made a deal for all the Jeeps in the yard. Here are the first 3, with some surprises.
The first surprise is how nicely setup the DRW pickup is, with a solid twin piston dump. and an OHC 4 speed with a power angle plow workings. Looked like the water pump blew the fan through the hood. Not pretty!
The second was the brand new radiator in the 226 SW still full of anti freeze. And an awesome seat re-position job, with the steering post sawzalled and a coupling stretching out the column to reach the driver, who is sitting back a few inches from the original position. (See pictures) Check this out scramboleer! didn't you stretch out a cab?
The third surprise is the 4F conversion in the CJ2A with the dentists office parts washer sink carb cover. And, the PTO on the back, missing the cover and quite rusted inside. It actually has a good frame in think, seat frames and a couple of wheels. The BIG surprise however is the oversized crank and water pump pulleys, for what I do not know. I bought this one just from seeing the nose poking out from the evergreen bushes.
There are a few more Jeeps there, 2 FC's buried deep behind big trucks and another 2A. And some other jeep "piles"
Other prizes: Farmall, Ford Ferguson, GTB, Fordson, lots of 40's mid sized trucks, and a 47 KB6 wrecker that I recognized, with my father's spare engine (The one and only) sitting in the back. WOW!!! I couldn't believe it!
More later, after I build up the cash reserves again!
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The first surprise is how nicely setup the DRW pickup is, with a solid twin piston dump. and an OHC 4 speed with a power angle plow workings. Looked like the water pump blew the fan through the hood. Not pretty!
The second was the brand new radiator in the 226 SW still full of anti freeze. And an awesome seat re-position job, with the steering post sawzalled and a coupling stretching out the column to reach the driver, who is sitting back a few inches from the original position. (See pictures) Check this out scramboleer! didn't you stretch out a cab?
The third surprise is the 4F conversion in the CJ2A with the dentists office parts washer sink carb cover. And, the PTO on the back, missing the cover and quite rusted inside. It actually has a good frame in think, seat frames and a couple of wheels. The BIG surprise however is the oversized crank and water pump pulleys, for what I do not know. I bought this one just from seeing the nose poking out from the evergreen bushes.
There are a few more Jeeps there, 2 FC's buried deep behind big trucks and another 2A. And some other jeep "piles"
Other prizes: Farmall, Ford Ferguson, GTB, Fordson, lots of 40's mid sized trucks, and a 47 KB6 wrecker that I recognized, with my father's spare engine (The one and only) sitting in the back. WOW!!! I couldn't believe it!
More later, after I build up the cash reserves again!
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