A collection of videos taken while on adventures in "Grampa's Jeep", my 1948 Willys CJ2A that first came into our family as my uncle’s high school ride and then became my Grampa's hunting rig. That's where I first encountered it as a kid where I and many of my siblings and cousins went on many imaginary adventures, sitting in the jeep and pretending. See how I got Grampa's Jeep back into running condition in my build thread here: www.thecj2apage.com/forums/grampas-cj2a_topic16836.html
Maybe you guys should think about fixing up your Jeeps a little bit before you go out I know they're nice flat fenders but what's the of having them all raggedy
@@joegelencser2571 Shiney or “raggedy” makes no difference on performance and most of us would rather drive them than worry about how they look. Thanks for watching.
Stan and Jeff, what a great video, I have watched 4 times. I like all your video's but this is My favourite. Sort of reminds me of NASA pickies from Mars. Scenery is outstanding. Jeff outstanding camera work. Keep doing it Jon
I'm currently replacing some very old oil lines right now--I think I'll take mine to a shop to get them to do the oil inlet line! I wish that was easier to get to.
That's a great tip about the socket head allen screws. I use this trick in a number of tight spots and it's really slick to avoid frustration / cursing !!👍👍
i know the pain of having to change that fuel pump...it never occurred to me to use Allen heads...next time i change it, that's what's going back in...thanx for the very useful tip.
Great video , it shows the brilliance of simpler times when most things were made to last and be fixed and not just be replaced. Good tip about using cap end bolts in hard to reach places! Now we want to see Grandpas Jeep on the trails again and not in your driveway ❤
Great Trophy collection Stan, fast forward 5 years and she is almost a Jeep now! Maybe see if you can find a allen key/cap end bolt for your engine sump drain plug to keep the Jeeps anti corrosion system in check? As always great video ❤
@@Grampas-jeep Buddy, your videos make me smile and inspire me to keep playing with Jeeps. Dad helped me buy my first 1974 CJ6 when I was 17 and I have rebuilt a 258 ,a T400 and D20, 4.27 D44s with front and rear lockers and power steering over the last 31 years . She goes well for an older car and was my daily driver until recently. We don’t have the same trails as you do over there mainly sand dunes and gravel roads with the occasional rock garden. As I get older I have been slowly lowering it and have gone from 35s down to 33s to make it easier to get into and to draw less attention from the cops. After finding your channel I desperately wanted a beat up CJ like yours so I have been helping a mate in his Jeep workshop in exchange for vintage parts which are nearly impossible to find here in Australia, and I can definitely say I would never buy any Jeep newer than my wife’s TJ. So much wiring and plastic parts it blows me away. R. I. P Jeep 1941 - 2006.
@pdv76 Interesting, I recently retired from my job as a middle school librarian, and now I work part time in a jeep restoration shop. Mostly i'm the bolt off/bolt on guy, and the other two guys do this smart guy stuff. I didn't really start jeeping, until after I was fifty, But I always had it in the back of my mind, because this Jeep that I have was my grandfather's hunting rig.
@@Grampas-jeep To me that’s what I love about your channel, it’s honest and real. My family has grown roses for the last 60 years which gave me the space to work on my cars and bikes and boat etc. My Dad’s family immigrated to Australia after the Second World War and started with nothing but through hard work and determination made a home in Australia. So to Dad , making the best out of what you have and learning how to fix things led him to engineering and I guess I inherited his passion for making things last. When I first began my Jeep journey I bought a wrecked CJ6 that was previously kinda rebuilt and a bone stock CJ6 with matching garden shed roof that was nicknamed the Grandpa Mobile by my friends. I made some great friends and memories through my Jeep passion and the best friends I still see and most still have their CJs. We don’t go out as much as we did when we were kids , mainly because they all have their own kids these days. But we still get out occasionally and hit the beach and sand dunes or meet for coffee on warmer mornings in our Jeeps. We are all around 50 which is the same age as our Jeeps. Good cars, good friends and times are worth more than riches, and last longer! Can’t wait for your next adventure in your freshly spruced up Jeep 👍🏽
i'm in the middle of the Dauntless SM 465 swap in my '61 3b right now. I feel like I know some of you guys from the threads on the 2a page. Cheers bud! P.S. i've been wheeling Madeline for 4 years with a Vega motor and saginaw 4 spd. No original Jeeps have been harmed.
Grampa's Jeep IS ready to rock! Has a good stance now. You brought up a really sore subject with me, and that is the epidemic of nasty reproduction rubber parts that all of us with vintage vehicles are currently stuck with. The problem is exactly the same with my 1948-1958 series I Land Rovers. The transfer case shifter boot that I put on the Penalty box lasted two weeks before it fell apart, and the main transmission shift tower boot lasted a whole year wooo hooo!! I honestly feel that there is a market waiting for a company to specialize in making real, proper rubber reproduction shifter boots for all these old vehicles..... If they could offer them with a 5 year warranty against failure, there would be thousands of very happy customers around the world !!!
It really is discouraging. In Dave's restoration shop, we just took the 75 year old rubber between the cowel and the windshield and cleaned it up for reuse. It looks and feels better than anything you can buy new.
I can’t find part 8 of your build? I threw a battery and some new fuel in my AMC CJ5 and she fired straight up after sitting outside for 15 years, you can’t keep a good Jeep down!!! Or all the oil in it either? 😂😂😂
Yeah, I'm not a fan of those rubber products either. I just sewed up my own shifter pieces out of leather. I think I still have the patterns somewhere if you need them.
Great job! My 43 GPW did not have that rubber part on the carb. You can probably just wrap some inner tube there with a hose clamp and it will last for many years. For the transmission boot, I got one made of fake leather that lasted for 20 years.
Blimy mate it's practically finished 😊, excellent job, certainly guna be wild out wheeling again, 😂 thanks for sharing, all the best to you and your loved ones, can't wait to see it wheeling,
wow, the guy in the jeep ahead of us is leaning really far to the left on those off camber parts of the trail, it doesn't seem to bother him one bit, I would be freaking out, my hats off to him. He's a braver man than me.
Thumbs up Stan, thanks.........very inspiring, (guess I best get off RU-vid and go outside here at the ranch and get some of my items on "the endless list" moving forward) Am looking forward to hearing how you find Grampa's Jeep drives with the new frame!!
