And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
decades back a guy in a small CA town had a backyard that needed cleaning up. he knew, because his wife told him. his buds came over to drink his beer and watch him work
he had the chassis of a rolled full size Bronco, and the frame and body of one of these wagons. he had his buds put down his Buds and help him lift the body onto the roller chassis
the frame of the Willys nested inside the Bronco frame like two styrofoam cups. there were a few spots with a 1/4" gap, but you could weld one to the other
he contacted CARB and asked them about having a vehicle with two VINs. CARB replied that you could title and license it as either if both numbers were visible and not recorded as stolen in NICS. if you license it as a Willys all you need is a PCV valve for smog gear
he welded them together,figured out the controls, and had a Willys body on what was a 5 year old Bronco chassis, and no smog referee BS
When I was a kid my dad had a '53 4 cylinder 2 wheel drive. In about '65 he bought a '59 6 cylinder 4 wheel drive. That Willys is what I learned to drive a standard transmission. I was off road in that thing all-the-time. Dang. Great times
Two door! I only ever saw/drove 4dr models. Sheared the left rear axle shaft while snowplowing one evening. Dropped the plow to the parking lot surface, felt a bang, and it tipped over a bit and stopped. Towed to a shop that welded a jack handle to the stub to be able to extract it. Don't remember where the replacement axle came from, but I was back in business in a couple hours. It was obvious that the axle had been cracked halfway thru for a while, lots of rust in it. Don't think I had a driver's license yet, but dad said that no cop would hassle a snowplow. SouthEast PA, near Philly. The street rig was a straight 6, the hunting cabin unit was a 4cyl, with dual heaters.
That is a very cool rig.
ReplyDeletedecades back a guy in a small CA town had a backyard that needed cleaning up. he knew, because his wife told him. his buds came over to drink his beer and watch him work
ReplyDeletehe had the chassis of a rolled full size Bronco, and the frame and body of one of these wagons. he had his buds put down his Buds and help him lift the body onto the roller chassis
the frame of the Willys nested inside the Bronco frame like two styrofoam cups. there were a few spots with a 1/4" gap, but you could weld one to the other
he contacted CARB and asked them about having a vehicle with two VINs. CARB replied that you could title and license it as either if both numbers were visible and not recorded as stolen in NICS. if you license it as a Willys all you need is a PCV valve for smog gear
he welded them together,figured out the controls, and had a Willys body on what was a 5 year old Bronco chassis, and no smog referee BS
Any idea what year the jeep is?
ReplyDeleteYou can tell by the bars on the grille, if you can see the bars on the grille. I can't, even if I rotate the tablet clockwise.
ReplyDeleteTime to load up on some firewood.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was a kid my dad had a '53 4 cylinder 2 wheel drive. In about '65 he bought a '59 6 cylinder 4 wheel drive. That Willys is what I learned to drive a standard transmission. I was off road in that thing all-the-time. Dang. Great times
ReplyDeleteTwo door! I only ever saw/drove 4dr models. Sheared the left rear axle shaft while snowplowing one evening. Dropped the plow to the parking lot surface, felt a bang, and it tipped over a bit and stopped. Towed to a shop that welded a jack handle to the stub to be able to extract it. Don't remember where the replacement axle came from, but I was back in business in a couple hours. It was obvious that the axle had been cracked halfway thru for a while, lots of rust in it. Don't think I had a driver's license yet, but dad said that no cop would hassle a snowplow. SouthEast PA, near Philly. The street rig was a straight 6, the hunting cabin unit was a 4cyl, with dual heaters.
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