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Title: Hello from Michigan
Post by: LKap on January 10, 2017, 11:13:54 PM

First let me thank all the guys here for their incredible fund of knowledge. I have been "lurking" on this site for the last year and a half and the info I have gotten has been awesome.
I have been a jeep fan for a long time having owned a wrangler, 2 cherokees, CJ-7 and a grand Cherokee over the years.  I have always wanted a flat fender and finally found a decent one locally about a year ago.  I am now the proud owner of a 1950 CJ3A, Serial # 52006. When I bought is it was barely running but the body and frame were solid. The previous owner was a veteran who "militarized" it with a 2a windshield, shovel and axe on the passenger side, and a overspray of OD paint.  The underside is still original Potomac Grey. There's even some original oak sticking out of the hat channels!!
I spent most of last winter scraping 60+ years of grease, oil and dirt from underneath and getting it running better.  The carter carb was badly worn so replaced it with a Solex until I get it rebuilt. Cap,rotor,points, timing, etc,etc and it now starts and runs great. A little rich though. New pinion seals, T-case output seals and a rebuild of the e-brake made it so it at least doesn't constantly drip all over the garage floor.
This winter I started with a complete rebuild of the rear end and suspension.
Looking forward to all the great info, tips and tricks on this page!!

Title: Re: Hello from Michigan
Post by: aboyandhisdog on January 11, 2017, 11:50:22 AM

Looks good!  Do you plan to turn it back into a full-on 3A, or leave as is?  Beautiful either way.

Title: Re: Hello from Michigan
Post by: Kirkski on January 11, 2017, 05:51:15 PM

Welcome to the group!

Kirk

Title: Re: Hello from Michigan
Post by: LKap on January 11, 2017, 06:03:50 PM

Thanks!  Yes the plan is to return it to its full 3A glory.  I have been trying to find a 3A windshield within a reasonable distance but no luck so far.  I really dont want to buy a "new" one if I dont have to.  There will be a bit of body work to remedy the shovel/axe situation - the PO simply pounded the indents into the body and smoothed them over with bondo.  Overall the jeep looks good cosmetically but there is a TON of work to be done underneath. Once I finish the rear end and redo the brakes it should be road worthy and safe. 

Title: Re: Hello from Michigan
Post by: terryb on January 14, 2017, 11:59:09 AM

looks good and welcome to the site...