chelarrys
Knuckle Buster
Hi all,
I just wanted to introduce myself. I'm Larry in the Sacramento area with a '42 MB. My son Dan "Scramboleer" is also on this forum. I currently have two Willys - a 1942 MB that's near stock and and 1946 CJ2A that's definitely a Jeep salad. The '46 has a military (Ford) tub and a Bechel-McCone rebuild plate on the dash but a CJ2A grill and modified windshield. The drive train on the '46 is stock with the addition of a Warn overdrive. My dad had a '56 Wagon with a Chevy 255 back in the 1960s. I was only a boy at the time, but I remember him modifying the firewall with a sledgehammer to make the 255 fit.
In any case, we've had numerous other old cars over the years ('29 and '30 Model As, '39 Buick Special 90). It's in our blood I guess and it's fun to drive and tinker with them.
The '42 MB was a garage find from a few years ago back when we lived in Eureka; it was in pieces at the time and I've been slowly putting it back together. My plan is to get it running (currently having some idle problems) and sell it and hopefully replace it with a '49 to '51 Jeepster (still haven't decided whether stock or resto-rod is the way to go).
I know the forum is more geared toward Wagons/Trucks/Deliveries/Forward Controls/etc., and that g503 and the CJ forums are quite active, but Dan speaks highly of you all so I thought I'd say hi here.
Larry
I just wanted to introduce myself. I'm Larry in the Sacramento area with a '42 MB. My son Dan "Scramboleer" is also on this forum. I currently have two Willys - a 1942 MB that's near stock and and 1946 CJ2A that's definitely a Jeep salad. The '46 has a military (Ford) tub and a Bechel-McCone rebuild plate on the dash but a CJ2A grill and modified windshield. The drive train on the '46 is stock with the addition of a Warn overdrive. My dad had a '56 Wagon with a Chevy 255 back in the 1960s. I was only a boy at the time, but I remember him modifying the firewall with a sledgehammer to make the 255 fit.
In any case, we've had numerous other old cars over the years ('29 and '30 Model As, '39 Buick Special 90). It's in our blood I guess and it's fun to drive and tinker with them.
The '42 MB was a garage find from a few years ago back when we lived in Eureka; it was in pieces at the time and I've been slowly putting it back together. My plan is to get it running (currently having some idle problems) and sell it and hopefully replace it with a '49 to '51 Jeepster (still haven't decided whether stock or resto-rod is the way to go).
I know the forum is more geared toward Wagons/Trucks/Deliveries/Forward Controls/etc., and that g503 and the CJ forums are quite active, but Dan speaks highly of you all so I thought I'd say hi here.
Larry
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