Live Stoners Live Stoner Chat - Oct-Dec '22. 2700 pagez & 483k viewz

[Mara Cachafa]

Thanks @Bill.de.Cat! That 1946 jeep was my first car. Lots of great adventures.

 

[Frank the Dank]

Moab??

Yes

 

[Bill.de.Cat]

I'm down around del ray a couple weeks a year for now. Started mapping out some roads. They drive insane on the east coast where my trailer is. But the interior around okeechobi going N/S, alligator alley the tamiami trail look like the have potential

The Alley is a great ride or a bitch depending on the time of day...when them gators climb out onto the road for the heat at night it's treacherous
I'm up above the mouse trap near Gville

 

[JP1]

But on that note, got a couple friends looking round the back parts of their garages for any odd bits I might need

 

[JP1]

With all this jeep talk, here's my jeep story. I bought my 1946 Jeep Willys "low motor" in Cali, Colombia, in 1972 I think. With my 1st wife I drove it from the Pacific Coast to the Caribbean, and from Ecuador to Venezuela. It had a canvas top, no doors. Top speed was about 50 mph. It broke down a lot, but truckers and backwoods mechanics always bailed me out, and small-town machinists manufactured parts I needed. I don't have a picture, but this is the model (looks a little better than mine did):
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Now that's a jeep

 

[Bill.de.Cat]

As long as the frame and engine numbers match it's all good.

 

[Bill.de.Cat]

Main parts now are locating a pair of fiberglass side panels. The ones I have are steel which is pre 65 and will work, but aren't period for a 69.

 

[Bill.de.Cat]

And trying to match the original burgundy red will be a pain so I might try for the sapphire blue which wasn't as prevalent.

 

[Fermented_Fruitz]

 

[Fermented_Fruitz]