My Willys 3A and 3B Community
How To Join => Once You've Joined => Topic started by: NoShaneNoPain on August 17, 2018, 04:54:42 PM
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Howdy all! My first attempt at posting got deleted and I spent more time than I would like to admit making the perfect post...oh well.
Anyway, I decided to join after I saw the amazing restorations by Tim, George, and Ryan(?). I was truly amazed by the quality of the builds ( and a little sick to my stomach when comparing my build to y'alls) but mostly amazed.
I am a broke college student that owns a part Cj3A, part M38, part Red RTV machine. (that stuff was everywhere)
I will attach a video of my humble Jeep in the next post.
No one has ever driven my Jeep and not walked away with a smile, though it's possible some were laughing at me. It's hard to tell sometimes ;D But, I bought this 4x4 to enjoy the outdoors and some time with friends and family. I always have a smile on my face when driving it.
Thanks!
-Shane
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Here is the link with a video of my Jeep. I am filming, not driving ::)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sweqmdfYNH4
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Shane,
Welcome to the 3A Page. Looks like you're having fun with your Willys. What engine do you have there?
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It's a f-head 134. Nothing too exciting other than it ran when I picked it up and I haven't done much to it. It does make for an ugly, but necessary hood scoop I made. :P
I read through your entire restoration of your Jeep (when I should have been doing physics homework) Truly amazing work! I'd settle for half of your talent.
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Thanks for sharing the video Shane. Your Jeep looks great. Where are you located? I'm in Bedford.
Many of the CJ3A and CJ2A restorations is what I was trying to achieve on my Jeep. athawk11 was my go to builds and Tim did an outstanding job on both his projects. There are a lot of talanted people on both the CJ2A and CJ3A websites. I think that there is hidden talent in all of us but Jeeps guys and gals are the awesome!
Is that your property you were running the Jeep on?
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I'm around the Mansfield area. And no it was at Bridgeport off road park, but I wish it was my property!
I love the Jeep community. As far as talent, I don't have any of that ::) so I built the Jeep with my Grandpa. He brought the talent part. I just turned wrenches and picked up welding.
Can y'all tell me anything about this fall colors tour I keep hearing about?
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I read through your entire restoration of your Jeep (when I should have been doing physics homework) Truly amazing work! I'd settle for half of your talent.
Thank you. Lots of folks here with more talent than me. Without this site, I couldn't have done what I did.
The hood scoop looks good. The extra power has got to be nice.
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http://www.thecj2apage.com/forums/fall-colors-tours-2015_topic34106_page1.html
The link above is from the 2015 tour. If you go the the CJ2A Forum you can see many years for FCT photos and information.
I think the pictures start on page 23.
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Thank you Tumbleweed. Are the dates the same for this year?
athawk11 the power has never been lacking for me, but I bet much of that is due to the 5.38 gears...crazy...I'll have to slap on some K&N stickers for some additional horsepower ;D
One of the most terrifying things I have done in my life is drive 45mph in that CJ. Thought the wheels had fallen off. I rebuilt the steering system, but I have not changed all the bearings for the axles. Do you think the bearingss could make this big of a difference?