Recent content by retired wrench

I know of one that traveled around on a ship for a while till someone forgot you drive on the left in England.

Ahab once the big buyers got them home and divided then they sold them to individuals at a huge profit.

I always heard " ex is a has been and spert is a drip under pressure.

There were all kinds of tools made for jeeps. One around here had a chain trencher on it. Several were used to pull hay balers. They would go slow in the field yet speed to the next job on the road. Saw one pull a plow that an IH tractor couldn't get traction enough to pull.

I have a picture in my mind of vehicles stacked in a ships hold,but it must have been trucks.

About those cheap jeeps, I had a guy that stopped at my shop who attended govt auctions years ago. He said they would sell a whole field of jeeps as one lot. The big boys would pool their money,buy the lot, then devide them up. The individual had no chance.

Ahab he drove thru them till they were a pile of splinters. Had to scout out the ones with basements tho. I believe life mag did a story on him. The govt had torched the crankshaft and he either found a crank or engine. 911 I heard these same stories that's what prompted the question.

There was tons of military surplus for sale after the war. Dad bought three jeep engines in wooden boxes. Quite exciting for a kid to unpack. There was a guy that bought a tank and used it to demo houses.

I know today they bring a lot of stuff back and rebuild it. There is a place in the south west that does this. I was in that area a while back and saw trailer with an Abrahms on it minus the turret, had a push tractor behind him to get over the hills.

Warthog were jeeps ever crated?

It s my opinion that few if any military vehicles from WWII were ever shipped back to the states from overseas. Am I wrong?

Thanks for clearing that up. I feel better that I didnt pass up a rare find.

32r2 thats what this one had,,,a Ford tract engine. I knew they put a few in prototypes but was not aware they used them in regular production. Maybe Willys was swamped for a while.

If you are going to push snow you sure dont want to add that second axel back on. Ive seen 6 bys stuck in a foot of snow. Brother in law had to burn the spare tire to keep from freezing to death in Korea when he got stuck in the snow.

A bout 40 years ago I was at an auction where there was a jeep for sale. I looked under the hood and it had the 4 cyl Ford engine in it. I knew Ford made jeeps and assumed they used their engines. Years passed and I learned a little more of the jeep history and now I wonder what I was looking...