Greaser007
Well Oiled
Ok guys and gals:
Below I will discuss the chronicles of "Gemma" the Jeep.
above photo shows Gemma being towed home on Dec 17, 2017. i paid $1800 for my cj2a. The ad said "will run" !!
above photo shows me on left listening to the sales pitch from the seller on right.
towing Gemma home with the wife's Suburban.
My wife and I raised several lambs in our homes over the years and diapered too. We took one of them snow skiing to Mammoth Mountain with us for a week because the girl at the Condo rental volunteered to babysit during the day.
Imagine babysitting a white and black lamb with red hankerchief around its neck, and thinking it was one of our dogs. hahaha
Everyone loved Gemma, the lamb, when we would make a stop somewhere and the lamb would pile out with the three kids, wandering around like it was a pet dog.
I retired from work at age 65-1/2 from putting in my last 20-yrs with the State Highway department, working as a Land Surveyor.
My retirement date was April 28, 2017, Whooopie and Yippie.
I had sold something, so had some extra $$$ burning a hole in my pocket. I had a high priority Bucket List item being an "illusion" i dreamed up way back in 1985, while traversing the Rubicon trail with my wife before we had kids. At that time, I told my wife "I have and idea of how I can incorporate a direct bolt-in conversion to put a Borg Warner T-18 transmission into the cj2a so it can benefit from 6:1 trail gearing for creepy-crawling slow so as to reduce stress on the chassis and drivetrain and reduce shock to the components for peace of mind.
of late, i've been spending more time here on the OWF forums instead of the "thecj2apage.com" where I initially started a build-page.
Also, in the cj2apage forums I put together a Posting of my T-18 Build project.
I dove into the transmission build conversion project looking forward to teaching myself how to successfully weld Cast Iron so I could perform my Modified L134 Bellhousing to accept a Borg Warner T-18 directly like conventional, without having an Adapter Plate between bellhousing and transmission. I will post a link to my T-18 build on here soon.
First, I have to post a link to a good 2021 video of early Willys traversing the Rubicon Jeep Trail.
The video does a good job of showing difficulty in negotiating obstacles on the trail.
Egads, Dec. 17th of 2021 will mark 4-years of owning Gemma, and I have not driven it yet.
I really do enjoy looking at my '46 each day in my travels from house to shop (a converted dirt floor barn).
Recently, this week, I did just recieve the Group steering wheel puller from Kevin in NY, and yesterday, Dec. 09, I handed the puller off to DzlFC (Andy) who will be enjoying it next.
above photo shows my steering wheel successfully removed with torch, 3-lb maul and a '57 chevy king pin punch.
Below I will discuss the chronicles of "Gemma" the Jeep.
above photo shows Gemma being towed home on Dec 17, 2017. i paid $1800 for my cj2a. The ad said "will run" !!
above photo shows me on left listening to the sales pitch from the seller on right.
towing Gemma home with the wife's Suburban.
My wife and I raised several lambs in our homes over the years and diapered too. We took one of them snow skiing to Mammoth Mountain with us for a week because the girl at the Condo rental volunteered to babysit during the day.
Imagine babysitting a white and black lamb with red hankerchief around its neck, and thinking it was one of our dogs. hahaha
Everyone loved Gemma, the lamb, when we would make a stop somewhere and the lamb would pile out with the three kids, wandering around like it was a pet dog.
I retired from work at age 65-1/2 from putting in my last 20-yrs with the State Highway department, working as a Land Surveyor.
My retirement date was April 28, 2017, Whooopie and Yippie.
I had sold something, so had some extra $$$ burning a hole in my pocket. I had a high priority Bucket List item being an "illusion" i dreamed up way back in 1985, while traversing the Rubicon trail with my wife before we had kids. At that time, I told my wife "I have and idea of how I can incorporate a direct bolt-in conversion to put a Borg Warner T-18 transmission into the cj2a so it can benefit from 6:1 trail gearing for creepy-crawling slow so as to reduce stress on the chassis and drivetrain and reduce shock to the components for peace of mind.
T-98 / T-18 trans to L134 bellhousing
Hi y'all I have been wanting to install a T-98 or T-18 transmission with the 6:1 granny gear mated...
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Greaser007's '46 CJ2A - "Gemma" project
Well guys and gals ... here she is "Gemma" the Jeep.Yes, she's a real Gem, so i have...
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of late, i've been spending more time here on the OWF forums instead of the "thecj2apage.com" where I initially started a build-page.
Also, in the cj2apage forums I put together a Posting of my T-18 Build project.
I dove into the transmission build conversion project looking forward to teaching myself how to successfully weld Cast Iron so I could perform my Modified L134 Bellhousing to accept a Borg Warner T-18 directly like conventional, without having an Adapter Plate between bellhousing and transmission. I will post a link to my T-18 build on here soon.
First, I have to post a link to a good 2021 video of early Willys traversing the Rubicon Jeep Trail.
The video does a good job of showing difficulty in negotiating obstacles on the trail.
Egads, Dec. 17th of 2021 will mark 4-years of owning Gemma, and I have not driven it yet.
I really do enjoy looking at my '46 each day in my travels from house to shop (a converted dirt floor barn).
Recently, this week, I did just recieve the Group steering wheel puller from Kevin in NY, and yesterday, Dec. 09, I handed the puller off to DzlFC (Andy) who will be enjoying it next.
above photo shows my steering wheel successfully removed with torch, 3-lb maul and a '57 chevy king pin punch.
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