‘Nose Art’ for the Jeep and a look at the Rear Shocks!

Posted on October 1, 2020March 16, 2021 by Britt

'Picture Perfect' with 1940s Pinup Girl Nose Art on the Jeep

‘Nose Art’ for the Jeep and a look at the Rear Shocks!

Call this week the calm before the storm… this week was a bit slow but important! I finally got down to naming the Jeep and adding some ‘nose art’ to the windshield! It’s taken quite some time to do! Plus, in prep for what will be the start of rebuilding the GPW axles starting (hopefully) next week, I took a look at the rear shocks to see what they are!

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More fake Rivets, radioactive spark plugs, and a GPW project

Posted on September 24, 2020March 16, 2021 by Britt

More fake Rivets, radioactive spark plugs, and a GPW project

This was a bit of a slower week with only some smaller projects. After last week’s success with the fake rivets on the passenger seat, I decided to tackle the rear seat in the same way with even better results. I also found some correct ‘radioactive’ spark plugs for the Jeep! Finally, I tackle a project that asks, what if Ford was producing GPW Jeeps during a pandemic?

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Fake rivets, Fire Extinguisher, and more F stamps!

Posted on September 17, 2020March 17, 2021 by Britt

Fake rivets, Fire Extinguisher, and more F stamps!

This week had some fun smaller projects on the Jeep such as adding ‘fake rivets’ to the passenger seat swivel bracket, moving the custom starter switch so I could mount the Fire Extinguisher in the bracket, and getting my safety strap large bolts F stamped! Plus some different looks at the Jeep.

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Ring & Pinions, Jerry Cans, Carburetor, Eye Bolts and more!

Posted on September 10, 2020March 17, 2021 by Britt

Ring & Pinions, Jerry Cans, Carburetor, Eye Bolts and more!

Quite the busy week with lots of busy work on the Jeep! After two days of soaking in fuel, the NOS Ring and Pinion are clean! I continued work on the fire extinguisher decal, and finished the 1943 Jerry can! I replaced the safety strap eye bolts with correct F ones, and replaced the borrowed carburetor with a new one!

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Ring & Pinion journey, Fire Extinguisher Decal, and more history!

Posted on September 3, 2020March 18, 2021 by Britt

Ring & Pinion journey, Fire Extinguisher Decal, looking for more history, etc!

This week I finally saw the light of the end of the tunnel trying to acquire a ring and pinion set… which revealed a great surprise! I then attempted to find some more history on my Jeep via the body tub, more work on the Fire Extinguisher decal, and finally finding a wartime jerry can for the Jeep!

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Fire Extinguishers, more Combat Rims, etc.

Posted on August 28, 2020March 18, 2021 by Britt

Post-War SOS Fire Guard Fire Extinguisher

Fire Extinguishers, more Combat Rims, etc.

After last week’s big Combat Rim installation tutorial, this week went by a lot slower. I completed the rest of the combat rims (and I have a few extra notes to mention about them), worked on a post-war Fire Extinguisher, continued the ongoing chronicles of the GPW axles restoration, some ‘artsy’ shots of the Jeep, and more.

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COMBAT RIMS & TIRES!

Posted on August 20, 2020March 18, 2021 by Britt

COMBAT RIMS & TIRES!

This week’s update is an exciting one… COMBAT RIMS! I finally have a complete set of Combat Rims to replace the CJ rims on my Jeep, along with the correct Firestone tires! In this update I’ll take you through the entire prepping, painting, and installing Combat Rims on tires! I also added a spare tire lock for the spare tire!

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Corsair, Voltage Regulator, Tires, and another Jeep!

Posted on August 13, 2020March 26, 2021 by Britt

Corsair, Voltage Regulator, Tires, and another Jeep!

This week saw quite a bit of Jeep related things… I took the Jeep out to the Air Museum and got some shots with a Corsair, I continued research on the Firestone Tires, finally stamped my Voltage Regulator, and helped to save a friend’s Jeep from rusting worse!

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Fire extinguisher, new wheels, F Bolts, and more!

Posted on August 6, 2020March 28, 2021 by Britt

Fire extinguisher, new wheels, F Bolts, and more!

This week an uptick with work on the Jeep! From getting a fire extinguisher bracket to four new firestone military tires for the Jeep! Also some more axle work was done (and some good news), replaced some more non-wartime bolts with F bolts, and more work testing out Voltage Regulator inspector stamps!

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The week nothing happened…

Posted on July 31, 2020March 29, 2021 by Britt

The week nothing happened…

This week’s update is going to be a bit small, mostly because I had nothing I could do this week to the Jeep but drive it! With the axles on hold till I get a Ring and Pinion, tires and combat rims on order awaiting arrival, and most small projects done, this week I decided to do another ‘state of the Jeep’ and showcase what’s left to do.

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