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progress on 43gpw
these are pics of my progress today.after helping a friend tomarrow i will remove the rear springs and axle and clean the old fashion way wire wheel and drill it takes alot lon ger but here ic calif it is hard to find anyone locally to sandblast they say it is too...
going to take the body off tomarrow .i cleaned the fenders and found alot of old repairs ,looks as if it was on omaha beach.i know it was in europe at one time.going to keep the original patina,i could get repo fenders but that would be taking the easy way out.want to keep it as original as i...
got some more pics of the teardown.found alot of stuff i didnt count on fixing but that is the ay it is with these old jeeps.also found a french engine data plate ,i assume it was in europe at some pont and re instated somewhere along the line ,here are somemore pica
this also has newer denman tire on it .but they are 7.00 x16 not 6.00 x16.but they still have the nubs on them .they are also the round shoulder not the square,so i might be looking a gift horse in the mouth,i can put the 500 plus dollars into other stuff
well today. finally picked up my 43 gpw today i got it home at 2:00 and started working on it at 3:00.starting the photo process too.took out the roll bar started checking for rust.body is very good just a couple of hat channels and one of the rear compartments is rusted out some.the engine...
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