Different views are coming but I don't like a new tub -seems you are not restoring history anymore but building a kit car - might as well put an S10 chassis underneath it too.....harsh, I know...I like the character of an old metal box that is dinged up like this old man.....
I'm not sure I follow. I don't plan to change the tub, I would like to keep as much of it original as I can. We might have to weld in new floor pans to combat the rot though. I was more talking about finding the cowl, the part between the hood and the windshield. I might be calling it the wrong name as i am REALLY new to all of this.
You hang in there and a used cowl or used battery box & lid will show up. I recall having an old M38 & Ma38A1 box & lid some time ago. I’ll have a look around. _________________ Wes K
45 MB, 51 M38, 54 M37, 66 M101A1, 60 CJ5, 76 DJ5D, 47Bantam T3-C & 5? M100
The main problem with wheeled military vehicles is all their maintenance records are canned 6 months after they are turned in to DRMO for disposal. The only clue to military history will be what you find under any original paint. Such as unit symbols. _________________ Wes K
45 MB, 51 M38, 54 M37, 66 M101A1, 60 CJ5, 76 DJ5D, 47Bantam T3-C & 5? M100
Well, so far on the project we have gone from this:
to this:
and discovered this:
On the bright side, everything is off the frame, and I have a lead on a M171 head we can use along with an entire 50's ish CJ5 that we can part out for several of the missing engine components for the low low price of $250.
the frame is in remarkably good condition, so I am really stoked about that. and the body tub isn't quite as bad as we thought. a couple of floor pans and Hat Channels and we should be in business. From the underside, you can really see where a past owner covered up the battery box opening so we can most likely cut that back out and bring the cowl back to life. I have a feeling I will be learning a lot about body work in the near future.
Current list of big items we need:
Battery box and lid
both front fenders
gas tank
gas tank pan (floor)
window frame
driver side seat frame (im going to attempt to repair it, but its pretty shot)
Drum Brakes, rear
and im sure this is just the tip of the ol' iceberg.
Thanks for all the tips, and please feel free to keep them coming as we progress down this rabbit hole.
Didn't the CJ5 parts jeep come with a windshield frame? You can adapt it to the A1. _________________ Wes K
45 MB, 51 M38, 54 M37, 66 M101A1, 60 CJ5, 76 DJ5D, 47Bantam T3-C & 5? M100
are there any differences between the Civy and the Military F134 engines that i should be aware of before we cannibalize the civy engine?
Distributor, fuel pump, Cuno oil filter M38 and early M38A1 vs Fram or Puralator civvy oil filter. Double groove pulleys.
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he donor jeep also has a dummy battery box lid on the cowl that seems weird, but who knows.
The M38A1 started production in 1952. The CJ5 wasn't born till 1955. The early CJ5 tubs inherited several traits from the M38A1 tubs. The hole in the cowl and the tacked on cover lasted untill 1964 I think on the CJ5. That opening in the cowl is a perfect candidate for your chopped out A1's battery box cowl form. _________________ Wes K
45 MB, 51 M38, 54 M37, 66 M101A1, 60 CJ5, 76 DJ5D, 47Bantam T3-C & 5? M100
Browne-Lipe was a subsidiary of Spicer. That plate is on the D-18 transfer case not the Spicer T90 tranny. _________________ Wes K
45 MB, 51 M38, 54 M37, 66 M101A1, 60 CJ5, 76 DJ5D, 47Bantam T3-C & 5? M100
Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2018 7:28 am Post subject: History Search
Well, I have been doing some phone calling and Facebookingto previous owners of the Jeep. Unfortunately the 6th guy I spoke with only got me back to 1988, and he bought it from a now gone body shop in Meridian, ms.
It was really cool listening to all the stories about kids driving it through pastures and ponds. Sounds like this Jeep has a lot of memories associated with it.
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