1947 CJ2a Willys Jeep finds a new home |
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Dirtmonkey
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Thats because its on the main page . Its also been discussed a 1000 times in many sections, but here you go: http://www.thecj2apage.com/paint.html#wheelcolours
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Current: '48 CJ2A #188461, '97 Jeep TJ, 2010 JK Unlimited (wife's), and a '97 Jeep Cherokee
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CHARLIE JEEP
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Hi,
congrats for your CJ-2A. Luzon Red bodies has Universal Beige wheels with LR stripes. HereĀ“s mine : Cheers. |
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CJ-2A #114467 1947 Slat Grill #124991 1942 SPEN trailer 1948
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swmoboy
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Thanks Dirtmonkey for the link. Sorry I'm such a dud. Nice Willys CHARLIE JEEP! Thanks for the info and picture! The progress on the Jeep is slow due to winter weather. Mostly saving my money, gathering a few parts and research. I did write the fellow that was on the title hoping to find some history on the old girl. It's been a while ago so I guess I won't be hearing from him. Nuts. Should be posting pictures of my progress soon.
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swmoboy
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Hi gang. Things are moving along slowly. I am making progress though. I thought I would post a fix I've come up with for the parking light application of my altered grill. This could be put in the classification of a "bubba fix" but for those on a budget that cannot or may not want to replace their grill it's an option. Having said this, I do want to thank a fellow site member whom I'll simply call Mike for helping with a replacement grill. What I did is punched a 7/16th inch hole in a piece of metal. I suggest using a punch because, as you can see in the picture, it makes a nice clean hole. The metal can be whatever you want to use that is substantial enough to perform the task. I then took a tool like a nail set but shaped like a medium size straight screwdriver and set the nibs. The nibs will likely be larger than required and will have to be dressed down with a file for the socket to fit. The metal can be shaped and applied to the grill however works for you and fits your specific needs. That's it. Hope it helps.
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swmoboy
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Here's a couple more pictures.
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swmoboy
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Working on the old girl as time and weather permits. Here's a couple of wheels with what a local paint shop says is Universal Beige. The color works for me. Also, a replacement grill in primer. Will need to fill a couple of holes before it's ready for paint.
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swmoboy
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Slowly making progress weather permitting. This is what my local paint shop's Luzon Red looks like. |
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a4cj2a77
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Grill painted, wheels looking great, ordering parts. You're in for the fight of your life and the Willys is winning. No use in fighting it. Just go with the flow and enjoy.
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swmoboy
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Scored some spare parts today. I needed a better inner windshield. This one has some surface rust but should clean up nicely. I think I can fabricate a side mirror out of the parts in the picture. Hope the carburetors are correct. I'm still learning this stuff.
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a4cj2a77
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Thats about 1/2 a willys worth of parts. NICE
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RSR_MK
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Nice job on the grill, sure looks better now. Are you sure that's the one I traided you?
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swmoboy
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Progress has been slow due to winter weather but today was exciting when FedEx rang the doorbell.
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a4cj2a77
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The new tires will look great on your freshly painted rims. Fresh grill. I think this is the way I should have attacked my 2a, one step at a time and and still able to drive her.
Phil
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scoutpilot
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Both carbs are Carter WO 636's and correct for your motor.
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swmoboy
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Hi guys. It's been a while since I've posted on my Jeep. Life happens and sadly sometimes these projects have to take a backseat. I'm trying to get back at it. Being an old man, I'm an analog guy living in a digital world. I have two questions that I hope you will understand my asking. First is, I've been trying to find the video about the guy using a plastic bucket to pin stripe his wheels. So far I haven't been able to find it. Also, some of the photos others have posted are not loading, saying I need to update my account to host a third party image or something like that. I went to my profile and didn't see anything about updating anything. Any help and/or suggestions and your patience is sincerely appreciated.
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mbullism
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You're a secondary victim to the photobucket betrayal... no fault on your part, nothing any of us can do (lol, except pony up)
ETA: sign going up in my garage this weekend: "analog spoken here" ;)
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Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it... Welcome to 1930's Germany
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RSR_MK
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Good to see you are back at it Gary.
You won't have any problems using the bucket method, post was from lowenuf on 7-01-08 if you want to read thru it. He used a paint pen and a 5 gallon Home Depot bucket. Center the bucket 3.5" from the lip of the inner bead lip and weight it down to keep it in place while you trace around it. I did it a while back on my Sunday go to meet- en jeep and it turned out great. If I can do it you won't have any trouble Mike |
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48willys
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I found the paint pen method really easy too. The hardest thing was finding a good chisel point paint pen. the one I found was a "sharpie bold point oil-base paint marker", finally found one at home Depot in black but I'm not sure they still carry them. I jacked each wheel up, rested the marker on a bucket and turned the wheel by hand.
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1946 cj2a #28680
1948 chevy 3800 thriftmaster 1946-50's cj2a-3a farm jeep 1993 yj, aka the yj7 |
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