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tooge
04-10-2012, 09:11 AM
Ok, I posted this in the pictures area for members "cool car pics", but thought I'd share it here also. I've been wanting one of these since I got rid of my 1951 3A almost 20 years ago. It's a 1948 CJ2A. Already got her runnig strong. The goofy box on the front is to accomodate a non original F head motor. I'll eventually replace it with the original L head flat four and get rid of that, but I'm gonna enjoy running around in it for a while first. She needs brakes and a new exhaust, but otherwise she's pretty solid. Those are next. Named her Truman (HST was pres in 1948, and were big Tiger fans). I needed one MORE thing to keep me busy.
tooge
04-10-2012, 09:12 AM
Oh, there are other pics in the pics area, but some have my son in them, so I didn't post them here.
mlyonsd
04-10-2012, 09:16 AM
Awesome. Back in the 60's my dad restored a '48. Mom drove us kids all over town in it. It was our second vehicle.
Radar Chief
04-10-2012, 09:18 AM
Oh, there are other pics in the pics area, but some have my son in them, so I didn't post them here.

Saw that in the pictures forum. Sweet rig. :thumb:
Just a thought, but if you’re going to go swapping engines around you might consider a Dauntless V-6. Several guys at EarlyCJ5.com are sold on those mills and I think it’s a bolt in swap but don’t quote me on that.
qabbaan
04-10-2012, 09:32 AM
Awesome! Enjoy it!
J Diddy
04-10-2012, 09:38 AM
That's pretty cool man! Have a ton o fun.
Sofa King
04-10-2012, 09:41 AM
Those are awesome. Have fun with it.
HemiEd
04-10-2012, 11:27 AM
Looks like a lot of fun, congrats!

You might consider one of these (http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://kandn.com/images/l/100-8507.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.knfilters.com/news/news.aspx%3Fid%3D1232&h=368&w=750&sz=18&tbnid=o8ARVdS02AS_JM:&tbnh=60&tbnw=122&zoom=1&docid=VgpVAq7m49xPMM&sa=X&ei=M22ET6i0HIj-9QSZ6-XXCA&ved=0CF4Q9QEwAA&dur=510)to replace the box....:D
38yrsfan
04-10-2012, 01:29 PM
Wow! Need some help? :)
Phobia
04-10-2012, 03:27 PM
Very cool. Have fun with it!
tooge
04-10-2012, 03:32 PM
Wow! Need some help? :)

heh. yeah, more than you can imagine. There are about 500 semi rusted nuts that are gonna be fun to remove
38yrsfan
04-10-2012, 03:55 PM
This stuff works pretty good.

http://www.bettymills.com/store/images/product/108-16-PB.eps.jpg