Joined: Oct 16, 2012 Posts: 37 Location: Arkansas Ozarks
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 6:51 pm Post subject: Before and After
My first and last restoration. I am too old and disabled to do it again. 1952 M38a1 2 years, 1600+ hours work. Typical resto. No floors, rotten wheelhouses, etc. I dismantled it, sandblasted it, welded in all new steel etc. The only things I sent out was the radiator to get boiled out and leak tested, the vacuum/fuel pump to get rebuilt, and new glass installed. The rest I did. It's has no bondo, new wiring harness, new brake lines, wheel cylinders, tires, seats and on and on and on. Haven't totaled up the receipts yet. Kinda don't want to know. One lesson I learned. I paid $1200 for the jeep 2 years ago. I waited till I was done to title it. Assessor valued jeep at $15,000 now. That's what I had to pay taxes on! It runs and rides great.
_________________ 1952 M38A1 1969 M416
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"We’re surrounded. That simplifies our problem of getting to these people and killing them."
Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller — Nov. 1950
Last edited by OldDinger on Wed Oct 01, 2014 12:43 pm; edited 1 time in total
Joined: Apr 26, 2014 Posts: 3 Location: Sterling, Virginia
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 7:01 pm Post subject:
It looks fantastic, and I'm proud of you! You did a great job and saved another old Jeep. I know when you drive it around the block you'll have a grin from ear to ear as people watch you drive by. Drive it in good health.
Joined: Oct 16, 2012 Posts: 37 Location: Arkansas Ozarks
Posted: Tue Sep 30, 2014 10:36 pm Post subject:
Thank you all for nice comments. Here is my co-pilot. She likes Grumpy's Jeep. She helped me. (I had to cut way back on my colorful language.)
_________________ 1952 M38A1 1969 M416
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"We’re surrounded. That simplifies our problem of getting to these people and killing them."
Lewis Burwell "Chesty" Puller — Nov. 1950
Joined: May 30, 2014 Posts: 3440 Location: Texas Hill Country
Posted: Wed Oct 01, 2014 9:47 am Post subject:
Very nice job.
Great to be able to spend quality time with the Kiddos on something that may outlive us.
I guess if there was anything going right, all you had to do to letter was put stick on letters on the yellow, prep and paint, then remove the stickers!
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