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December 2016 Update! After a long 14 months, my M38A1 is again running under its own power. I still have a tremendous amount of punch list and shakedown items to complete, but she's running and motivating. Of course, I wish my Dad were here to see her and take a ride. I am sure that he...

Awesome - good looking Willys and you're having fun with it! Excellent!

You are never prepared enough, never have enough tools, never enough money, never enough time, or never enough knowledge to do a restoration. You have to just wade on in like John Wayne and watch a lot of YouTube videos! It's quite relaxing most of the time!

Update - Progress Has Been Slow, But Progress Has Been Made!

Update - 1 DEC 15 Rebuild is not going exactly well. Get rolling on something and then find yet another issue and have to wait on parts. I have about 6 assemblies apart and none completed. Couldn't find a sector shaft with the correct 2" on center studs, so off the the world's slowest...

Update - stalled out waiting on parts. I tried to order everything but I missed a few small pieces and I've found a few bad parts when I get systems broken down. I needed but I am also considering buying the entire floor plan assembly instead of trying to weld so much stuff. We'll see, I am...

Thanks for the boost, this is sure sometimes depressing! I pulled the radiator off so I can replace the bell crank and then cracked open the gear box - yuck!

Tonight's work was a trial of my patience. I tried and tried to remove the steering wheel. I ended up breaking the $ 90.00 steering wheel puller, repairing it, and then heating the steering wheel nut to red hot and still could not pull it off. My Dad would say, in times of my intransigence...

I was very close to my Father, who died earlier this year. We had talked a lot about his Marine Corps days just prior to his death. Among the many stories he told, was that as a senior NCO, he once had a brand new 1953 M38A1 assigned to him. This was a big deal in the USMC of the '40's and '50's...