Just one block from my house in a back yard shed there sits a 1942 Army Jeep with a 1953 Plymouth flathead six in it. �Not sure if the Jeep is a Willys or Ford. �I was told but don't remember. �The owner and �modifier passed away about the time I started my restoration 4 years ago. �He installed that engine about 25 years ago and that Jeep was on the trail more than it was at home ever since. �Prior to his passing I had a few opportunities to do some Jeeping with him on our local trails. �It certainly impressed me how well his little flattie did with that engine installed. �It had a lot of torque and lugging power. �Where certain sandy hills or climbs with lose rocks would require me, with my L-head 134, to get a run at it and be assisted with momentum, he had just enough power to get through such spots without the momentum. �He never cared about looks, just function. And function it did. �I am saddened that since his death the Jeep has not moved from where he last parked it, just left to dust, cobwebs, and decline.
He moved the radiator forward right next to the grill. �I asked him if he needed to use such a large radiator that he had to cut the hood. �He said, "No, Just one that I had". He added that at first he didn't think the original Jeep radiator would have provided sufficient cooling for the 6 cyl but afterwards he believed that it would have. �
View from above (I pulled the large diameter air filter he was using for better pics).
The right side.
The left side.
From underneath showing the oil pan, bell housing dust cover pan, and front end of tranny.
Here is another engine he had recently acquired before his death which he had planned to swap out. �It was a low-mileage engine in great shape and would have been the simpler alternative to overhauling the worn engine.
