Well, i went to create an account here today, and realized i already have one and never posted, so here's my introduction:
I'm Fernando, or Nando for short, from southern Brazil.
I'm also on the CJ-2A page forums as Graeff870 and on Early CJ-5 as Nando870
I've been involved with Jeeps since i was Born, and my Father even before then.
For a long time, he was a part of our local offroad club, and his Jeeps, trail rigs.
This is the first one he had, in the mid 90's, a '64 CJ-5
and the second one, a 60's M520 (Brazilian army CJ-5)
After this, he had a period of Willys Trucks, and finally stopped offroading around 2010
I came into the picture in around 2015, when we acquired a 1942 MB to restore together. We eventually ended up with the current fleet, of 6 Jeeps and 2 trucks
The '42 MB. this used to be my Jeep, but i traded it with dad. it's an ongoing restoration, currently on hiatus.
A '47 CJ-2A. this one we bought for parts but decided to restore. the dash is cut out because it had a car windshield grafted on... but we have everything to build it, including a column shift assembly, so it will be backdated to "Very early civilian" or VEC spec
My own '52 3A, which i traded the MB for. this one will be getting it's own thread soon, so wait for further details.
Our 3 CJ-5s together, well, sort of...
from the front to the back:
'80 Ford U-50 (M520 successor) body, a 60's M520, and the U-50 frame and drivetrain with a '59 CJ-5 body as placeholder (we have the rest of the '59 and will rebuild it).
Finally, our 2 trucks, it's a complicated story, but they fit on the
Jeep truck branch of the Jeep family tree. Left is Dad's last trail rig, restored to stock ('71 BR army 3/4 ton Ford F-85) and right is the newest addition to the fleet, a '81 Ford F-75.
That's all for my (very delayed) introduction folks, and i look forward to sharing info with you all!
