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Paul in Edmonton AB
« on: April 22, 2013, 01:53:18 PM »
Hi,

My name is Paul, and I live in Edmonton, AB, Canada.

I've had a 1949 CJ3A since 2008. �It was purchased from a college friend (actually his dad); they had it since the 1980s when it was bought for my friend to drive himself to high school. �They did some work on it back then, including putting in power steering--and a steering column from a Camaro. �The owner before that put a reproduction body on it. �At some point, the engine was replaced with an older one (CJ2A).

The body is rusted badly (despite being much younger than the Jeep). �The brakes are nonexistent.

I have begun what I hope will be a major overhaul. �The plan is to replace the body (again) after doing any mechanical work needed. �I plan on reverting to a Ross steering box.

There's a bit more (with much more to come) on my blog at http://paulsjeep.blogspot.ca/, including a time delay video of the first day of teardown.

I will have many questions in the months to come, I'm sure.

-Paul
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Re: Paul in Edmonton AB
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2013, 01:56:21 PM »
You've come to the right place! Just so happens, we have many answers! Some of us even have spare parts kicking around that we may want to sell too!

Welcome!
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Re: Paul in Edmonton AB
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2013, 06:21:31 PM »
Paul,

Great video.  How did you do that?

Looks like a great project.  Should be fun to follow.

Tim
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Re: Paul in Edmonton AB
« Reply #3 on: April 22, 2013, 07:03:54 PM »
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Great video. �How did you do that?

I set up my camera to take a shot every 15 seconds.  You need  a camera that can do that, or an external timer, or a camera that can be controlled through a computer.  Then I took all the frames and loaded them into Microsoft Movie Maker (which is free).  That's really all there was to it.

The timer I was using could only do 99 frames at a time, so there's probably a few points where it didn't capture anything because I needed to reset it.  Also, the front seat seems to come out too easily because I didn't have the camera on for part of the time I was fighting with its bolts.  (My wife was hanging out in the garage with me for a bit and didn't want to be in the video.)

-Paul

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Re: Paul in Edmonton AB
« Reply #4 on: April 22, 2013, 08:25:20 PM »
Very cool video. I'm looking forward to the sequel   ;)
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Re: Paul in Edmonton AB
« Reply #5 on: April 23, 2013, 12:01:57 AM »
Hi Paul,
  I want to join the others in welcoming you to the CJ-3A Page.  Looking forward to more videos and even your questions, not saying that I can answer them, but they will get answered here by members who have a lot of experience with everything Jeep.  This is a great Flat Fender site.
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Re: Paul in Edmonton AB
« Reply #6 on: April 23, 2013, 06:45:06 AM »
Welcome Paul, very nice video and project.
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Re: Paul in Edmonton AB
« Reply #7 on: April 23, 2013, 09:47:19 AM »
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Very cool video. I'm looking forward to the sequel � ;)

I'm not sure I'll bother with the next phase.  It would be a pretty boring video--you'd see me moving all over the place, tinkering underneath, and then suddenly at the end, the tub would come off...

-Paul
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Re: Paul in Edmonton AB
« Reply #8 on: April 24, 2013, 10:22:26 AM »
Welcome aboard! We need more maple leaf flag here! Lol! ;D
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Re: Paul in Edmonton AB
« Reply #9 on: April 24, 2013, 02:03:52 PM »
I put a couple pictures in the "Day One" thread: http://cj3apage.com/forum-yabb/YaBB.pl?num=1355271523

-Paul
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