1944 GPW #208102 Jeep Restoration

D-DAY 80th | NORMANDY 2024 – Part 3 June 6th – Utah Beach and Sainte Marie Du Mont The next part of my 80th Anniversary of D-Day adventures in Normandy! This update covers the first half of the actual 80th anniversary on June 6th with the morning celebrations at Utah Beach. Then a trip over […]

D-DAY 80th | NORMANDY 2024 – Part 2 Overlord Museum, Sainte-Mère-Eglise, & Camp Geronimo The next part of my 80th Anniversary of D-Day adventures in Normandy! Picking up where the last update left off, we jump back into the Overlord Museum. These posts are going to be filled with lots of images and captions, so […]

Happy 80th Birthday to the Jeep! Another major milestone was reached as the Jeep turns 80 years old, following just 20 days after the D-Day 80th anniversary!

D-DAY 80th | NORMANDY 2024 – Part 1 Disneyland Paris, Normandy Arrival, & Overlord Museum I’m kicking off my multi-part series of blog updates about my adventures in Normandy, France, two weeks ago during the 80th Anniversary of D-Day! These posts are going to be filled with lots of images and captions, so click through […]

Wings, Tracks, and Wheels 2024 It’s been a while since the last update, and it’s time for a long overdue BIG one! This update covers two of the largest updates for the Jeep in 2024… the Wings, Tracks, and Wheels event at the Planes of Fame Air Museum in May, and a whole bunch of […]

Happy Halloween! I hope everyone had a great Halloween! While there hasn’t been anything to update with the Jeep lately, I was able to pull it out and set it up for Halloween yesterday guarding my neighbor’s crashed UFO. The unfortunate Civil Defense soldier manning the crash sight seems to have gotten on the bad […]

Tackling the overheating Jeep – Part 3 Another long gap between updates, but this is a big one and also explains the long gaps between these overheating parts! This update includes custom radiator rubber tubes, fixing the thermostat elbow corrosion, some neat GPW finds, another fire extinguisher, and taking on a huge project!

Tackling the overheating Jeep – Part 2 It’s been a few weeks, but a lot has happened over that time! Here I continue the quest to fix the overheating engine with a special surprise help from a friend. Follow along as I continue to troubleshoot this ongoing issue!

Tackling the overheating Jeep – Part 1 After struggling with overheating issues last week, this week I dove into trying to diagnose what the issue might be, the thermostat, the coolant, the radiator, etc. Plus taking some temperature readings and a test run without a thermostat.

4th of July Parade and Overheating Issues For the second year in a row, I was able to participate in the Corona, CA 4th of July Parade… and this time I got to tow a WW2 Jeep Trailer (first time)! But, as I drove home, the Jeep started to overheat, so I do some digging […]

HAPPY 79th BIRTHDAY TO GPW #208102! Celebrating 79 years today, having a Date of Delivery on June 26, 1944. Almost an 80-year-old gal, but she still looks pretty young!

USAF concert and a look at Jeep books I was invited to bring my Jeep to a USAF concert earlier this week in Irvine, CA. This update has a full recap of the event, plus a look at the essential ‘Jeep’ books a Jeep owner should have!