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Re: Jitterbug Jeep! Another random find.....
« Reply #15 on: February 28, 2014, 07:51:30 AM »
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About time to get JeffM moving on a project...
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Looks like a rear end there that could be crying out for a rebuild.  :-)

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Re: Jitterbug Jeep! Another random find.....
« Reply #16 on: February 28, 2014, 08:36:33 PM »
Looks like an early CJ-5 frame. The bellcrank on the axle would make it MB/GPW.
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Re: Jitterbug Jeep! Another random find.....
« Reply #17 on: March 08, 2014, 10:19:47 PM »
All good things must at some point end. Such is the case with the Doodlebug.

The motor is still strapped to a pallet awaiting shipment to England and the rest of the carcass has been picked as clean as a chicken bone.

Axles removed




Frame cut into manageable sections


My typical "It looks like a war zone" work area


Loaded up and ready for transport


And all 920 pounds of surplus Doodlebuggery discarded at the scrap yard. A moment of silence and reflection was in order...


Steering box, axle components, radiator, locking hubs, '72 Bombardier Skidoo Olympique gas tank� ;D and everything else even remotely worth salvaging has either been sold or is for sale. The T-90 and D-18 both look good and are sitting here awaiting a rainy day project.



If anyone needs some MB axle parts or housings let me know. I think that's a 3B radiator too.




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Re: Jitterbug Jeep! Another random find.....
« Reply #18 on: March 09, 2014, 06:39:52 PM »
Are those tires as nice as they look?

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Re: Jitterbug Jeep! Another random find.....
« Reply #19 on: March 09, 2014, 08:59:57 PM »
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Are those tires as nice as they look?


No, I wish. The tread is great but the sides are badly cracked on all of them.
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Re: Jitterbug Jeep! Another random find.....
« Reply #20 on: July 10, 2014, 09:10:10 AM »
The latest chapter on the Doodlebug motor reveals that it has just sold again. This time, in the UK for nearly $4500 (!!!). Quite a journey for this little hunk of iron since being pulled out of a snowbank in the woods a few months ago.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/WW2-Ford-GPW-Engine-Also-Willys-Jeep-/301230711012?ru=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fsch%2Fi.html%3F_sacat%3D0%26_from%3DR40%26_nkw%3D301230711012%26_rdc%3D1&nma=true&si=kLtdrgf1G4PiSkIjE2Jsauz2ayU%253D&orig_cvip=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
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Re: Jitterbug Jeep! Another random find.....
« Reply #21 on: July 10, 2014, 09:58:33 AM »
Amazing....I wonder if it will get shipped back to the States....
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Re: Jitterbug Jeep! Another random find.....
« Reply #22 on: July 10, 2014, 03:28:39 PM »
Wow....that is pretty neat!  If I didn't know better, I think the photo of the compression readings looks like an American's handwriting....

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Re: Jitterbug Jeep! Another random find.....
« Reply #23 on: July 10, 2014, 03:57:21 PM »
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Wow....that is pretty neat!� If I didn't know better, I think the photo of the compression readings looks like an American's handwriting....


Haha...A "Crazy American" at that  ;D
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Re: Jitterbug Jeep! Another random find.....
« Reply #24 on: July 10, 2014, 07:05:44 PM »
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Quite a journey for this little hunk of iron since being pulled out of a snowbank in the woods a few months ago.


Not to mention surviving a drag across a frozen lake.