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.
me 2 All purpose utility vehicle, 1001 uses. The only true 4 wheel drive. In the army I drove a jeep over a downed log hidden in the tall grass and dropped the rear driveshaft. Threw the driveshaft in the back, put it in 4 wheel drive and drove back to base. Try that with a modern day 4 wd.
Had to do that in my '88 Ford Ranger Supercab STX, while the driveline shop rebuilt the rear shaft. Didn't have a normal rebuild design, couldn't replace the u-joints. Think they were glued in? Handled a bit weird in frontwheel drive mode on pavement around corners. Might have had some sort of locker differential.
While I had one, but it was an earlier model civilian CJ-2A. Still wish I had it. But eventually got into old Volkswagen Transporters (3), and a Meyers Manx, and a restored 63 Beetle. Now having a storage problem. Go figure.
I want one 3! I even like the color. A 4cyl and a small vehicle like that, I don't need to get there with a showy, jacked up 800 horse truck first, I just need to get there.
When I was in my late teens I had a surplus 1950 military M38. Best car I ever had. A pure basic machine that a monkey could repair. Pulled the head once in a parking lot and replaced the head gasket. Took less than an hour from the time I pulled into the parts store lot till I left. A basic socket set and a putty knife is all I used. Torque wrench? You gotta be kidding! My dad was a Korean war vet and said when he died he wanted to be buried in it. Just like AZDAVE above, I progressed to VW transporters and bugs.
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ReplyDeleteAll purpose utility vehicle, 1001 uses.
The only true 4 wheel drive.
In the army I drove a jeep over a downed log hidden in the tall grass and dropped the rear driveshaft. Threw the driveshaft in the back, put it in 4 wheel drive and drove back to base. Try that with a modern day 4 wd.
I did that with a 1976 Cherokee Chief - drove front wheel drive only for a couple of weeks until I could get a new drive shaft built.
DeleteHad to do that in my '88 Ford Ranger Supercab STX, while the driveline shop rebuilt the rear shaft. Didn't have a normal rebuild design, couldn't replace the u-joints. Think they were glued in?
DeleteHandled a bit weird in frontwheel drive mode on pavement around corners. Might have had some sort of locker differential.
While I had one, but it was an earlier model civilian CJ-2A. Still wish I had it. But eventually got into old Volkswagen Transporters (3), and a Meyers Manx, and a restored 63 Beetle. Now having a storage problem. Go figure.
ReplyDeleteI want one 3! I even like the color. A 4cyl and a small vehicle like that, I don't need to get there with a showy, jacked up 800 horse truck first, I just need to get there.
ReplyDeleteWhen I was in my late teens I had a surplus 1950 military M38. Best car I ever had. A pure basic machine that a monkey could repair. Pulled the head once in a parking lot and replaced the head gasket. Took less than an hour from the time I pulled into the parts store lot till I left. A basic socket set and a putty knife is all I used. Torque wrench? You gotta be kidding! My dad was a Korean war vet and said when he died he wanted to be buried in it. Just like AZDAVE above, I progressed to VW transporters and bugs.
ReplyDelete'54 M38A1 sitting out front - daily driver, even if the army green is pretty faded. $2k 20 plus years ago, lots more since. Still loving it.
ReplyDeleteCJ3B, The red headed step child of the Jeep world.
ReplyDeleteMy 1987 Samurai fills my bill. One step above my dirt-bike.
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