Barnabas
Bigger Hammer
Thought there might be some interest. I bought this off Ebay last winter to sell for parts. Well, after selling a bunch of stuff too cheap, I decided I wasn't going to make enough profit to ever convince my wife to buy another project to part out.
One of the big snags was that the rebuilt (In 1995 and never ran, but $750 in reciepts) engine was incomplete. I ended up buying a distributor & intake off ebay for it, which isn't the right way to part anything out, but nobody seemed interested in buying it for anything but chickenfeed not running.
The frame is off a 2wd 1949 Wagon, it was sandblasted & sprayed with POR19 when I got it. (Also unfortunately is what the title is to) The body tub was totaled on the right quarter and hit in the cowl area too. That was ok, I was only going to sell parts. The rest of the parts were from his original 1949 rusted to the ground project. (DeKalb IL upstate)
I sold $1000 worth of parts off it before I decided to get it running to sell the engine. Well, I put the engine back into the car and somewhere along the way decided to just make a cheap, rough but presentable driver out of it (from a ways off) to enjoy for the heck of it since I was starting back with not much in the remaining car. I did buy a Poly gas tank for it already, so the money is going back the wrong way.
The photos are somewhat out of order, but the engine does run fine. I may step on some toes, but most of the body is too rough to really restore, so I'm going rustoleum rusty metal primer, and Case Power White oil based tractor paint and not worry about the purists. It will get corn starched to a dull finish. It just has to make me happy. Goals are to drive a cool beater Jeepster around town on errands. I have the top bows, but not planning on a top for some time if ever.
One of the big snags was that the rebuilt (In 1995 and never ran, but $750 in reciepts) engine was incomplete. I ended up buying a distributor & intake off ebay for it, which isn't the right way to part anything out, but nobody seemed interested in buying it for anything but chickenfeed not running.
The frame is off a 2wd 1949 Wagon, it was sandblasted & sprayed with POR19 when I got it. (Also unfortunately is what the title is to) The body tub was totaled on the right quarter and hit in the cowl area too. That was ok, I was only going to sell parts. The rest of the parts were from his original 1949 rusted to the ground project. (DeKalb IL upstate)
I sold $1000 worth of parts off it before I decided to get it running to sell the engine. Well, I put the engine back into the car and somewhere along the way decided to just make a cheap, rough but presentable driver out of it (from a ways off) to enjoy for the heck of it since I was starting back with not much in the remaining car. I did buy a Poly gas tank for it already, so the money is going back the wrong way.
The photos are somewhat out of order, but the engine does run fine. I may step on some toes, but most of the body is too rough to really restore, so I'm going rustoleum rusty metal primer, and Case Power White oil based tractor paint and not worry about the purists. It will get corn starched to a dull finish. It just has to make me happy. Goals are to drive a cool beater Jeepster around town on errands. I have the top bows, but not planning on a top for some time if ever.
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