My Willys 3A and 3B Community
Rambling, Malarky, Rants, Etc. => Rambling, Malarky, Rants, Etc... => Topic started by: Gunslinger on February 20, 2013, 10:41:55 PM
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I know, we've all heard this before, but this is no %$%$#$!
Late in January I had to spend some time at the local hospital getting a rebuild on a couple of wore out knees. But let me back up, I took up this Willys thing about 5 years ago, and I never ever figured that it would consume my entire family as well! So here I am, laying in the hospital last month when my Bride of 32 years announces that through some very astute research, she is a librarian, she found me a new jeep to work on while I re-hab at home in February. I said, new jeep, what are you talking about, well when we got home, there it was, a Willys MB in a crate. Wow, was I surprised. Well over the last few weeks I've been working on it and I finally have it all put together. I'm just now getting off of the narcotics from surgery, so I can't take it for a drive yet. But over the next few days I'll be posting pictures of the assembly. It took more than I thought it would to pull it all together, but its done now and I think it looks pretty good.
As always, its the pics that count.
Don't touch that dial
Gun.
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Are you sure the narcotics have worn off?
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Need your address to send flowers, not for you Guns, for your wife.....
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I don't beleive without seeing it!
Should I use narcotics to?
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We need that toe tapping smiley Hillbilly used on the 2A page...
WAKE UP GUN, Enquiring minds NEED to know!!! ;D ;D ;D
I think I know what it is but I'm not tellin. I could be wrong ya know. (I know, hard to believe. ;D ;D ;D :D)
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(http://i1195.photobucket.com/albums/aa397/athawk11/thImpatientFootTap.gif)
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I think the pain drugs have gotten to the 'GUN'.
He's got to be in a deep stasis. WAKE UP GUN!!! WAKE UP!!! ;)
Tim
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Jeep in a crate....(http://www.friendskorner.com/forum/images/smilies/lol4.gif)
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So is it one of those plastic models? Or wooden?
Or a "Soap-on-a-Rope" Jeep in a little wooden box?
So what's your guess, Bill?
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"Jeep in a Crate"....is that what they're calling leftover medication nowadays??!? �:D �
"Psst, hey buddy......yea, you....know where I can score a Jeep in a Crate?"
(kidding aside - hope things are going well with the new knees)
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OK, OK, I can see ya'll are getting a little jittery! Bill don't drop your Geritol !!!
I've got a few to post here, the new photobucket and I aren't getting along just now. But here is a few:
(http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i356/banjo19/101_1496_zps8e67fd7e.jpg)
As you can see, my sweet wife also found a de-milled Ma Deuce to finish off the build !!
(http://i1089.photobucket.com/albums/i356/banjo19/101_1499_zpsd93d22ea.jpg)
Here's a picture of the crate it came in, Bill were you right?
Thanks for the laughs guys, the knees are getting better.
Gun.
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Holy cow, ya got a huge billboard behind your new jeep too!
Hmm. something is not quite right about the color....
I'm still wanting to see the crate pics...
I was close, but not entirely right, Gunslinger..I think. I thought you had gotten the kit that included the crate kit as well. Saw them quite a while ago on the Gee . or was it Ebay....or was it a painkiller induced hallucination after dental work...I dunno. �;D 8-) :-[
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Yup,
It was quite a challenge painting that Billboard, first off its only about 10 degrees here so the paint was a bugger to try and dry, and hobbling around on the scaffold with one leg in a cast whipping that paint brush around was interesting as well. Or was that a dream, maybe that was the box it came in, is it time for my Oxycontin????
Gun
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;D ;D ;D ;D
I've got two of those models, just no .50 cal. Nice find!