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The woman you helped is my grandma!! Can’t believe I’m seeing her in a RU-vid video, but what you captured reflects who she is to a “T”. She is the most wonderful woman and thank you so much for helping her out! Her and all 10 of her grandkids are so thankful ❤
She definitely had that grandma vibe where fight as hard as you want she would feed you or force you to take money. I think that is just a Midwest grandmother for ta.
Just happened on to your video of purchasing the old Army Jeep. As a VietNam vet, I'm pretty familiar with the old jeeps. Most all the military vehicles are equipped with a governor on the on the accelerator to limit the speed you can go. My dads old Army Jeep had one and he took it off and was able to drive up to about 75 miles per hour. Check and see if it has one.
man you dont see that level of kindness anymore. thats why i love watchin Westen and the guys. Always nice to everyone they meet! keep up the good content guys!
I just love the great attitude Westin always has about stuff. It is infectious. I should save these videos for when I am in a bad mood and it will change my tune real quick. Thanks for teaching us how to make good times out of tough ones buddy.
At 32mph I think that is a distinct possibility. :D I think brand new it was only 35mph capable. Hope you have plenty of hard drives for those camera's, cause i think Lewis and Clark made better time.
I own one of these. They're incredibly uncomfortable to drive, but they're still fun. It sits in my garage. I drive it on the weekends. A lot of people have classic cars or muscle cars for joy rides on the weekends. I have an old Willy's Jeep. Fun fact: A single person can take it apart and put back together in less than an hour with pretty much just a single wrench. It was designed that way. It's literally 98% frame. It's got very few removable parts. Paid $7500 for it 9 years ago. I do not regret it. On the road I can get it up to about 70, off road about 35. I used it for a week for my daily driver when my truck broke down. It's got a range of about 270mi on a full tank. I'm planning on buying an original soft top for mine when I can find one for a decent price.
That looks like an M38a1 but has the L-Head engine from the older, smaller Willys jeeps in it. Looks like it is no longer 24 volts as well. I have rebuild 2 of those as a hobby mechanic and parts are plentifull especially if you use the early model CJ5 parts as replacements. Be weary of loose steering on those old Ross steering boxes, they can cause instability if you get too fast, the differential gear boxes were really only designed for a max of maybe 45 mph. Have fun!!
Yes at 17.15 you can see flat head engine. Perhaps a M38 ? However M38A1 should have the overhead valve 4 cylinder. Might even have the front axle drive engaged ?
that interaction with that nice lady just had Midwesterners written all over it. So kind of you to stop and such grandma energy with the forceful money giving 🤣
The Jeep was the focal point of the video and what a great video it is, but helping a person in need on the side of the road is just awesome. Your are an honest good bunch of people.
Earned yourself a new subscriber with this one, gents. Not only was this every bit as entertaining, but to have the integrity to help that woman and not exploit/advertise it for views tells me everything I need to know about your character. Cheers, ya'll are destined for long-lasting greatness.
Thank you Westen for providing a proper example of how to treat others. You more than likely just motivated the next guy to stop and help someone else in need on the side of the road. Good job man
this brought such a big smile to my face. We own a 55 M38A1. And boy is she slow but the joy we bring to others when they see her out and about is so worth it. My FIL bought her in 94 for 4k and she's been in the family ever since (so you got a steal of a deal). Can't wait for our boys to get older so they can enjoy her just as much. There is nothing like driving an old jeep!
Thanks Weston I had a Jeep just like that back in the 70's. My daughter was a toddler then she loved riding in it with me. We lost her 5 years ago to cancer. I smiled the whole time I was watching tkis thinking about her
I remember seeing a video in which we were told that there are 3 adjustment positions on the throttle linkage under the bonnet (hood?) That was designed for different levels of driving ability & requirements on the battlefield. Military vehicles in some countries are geared to be driven at 45 miles per hour, which is convoy speed.
@@Maples01 the UAZ has around 3.9 in the diffs if I remember correctly, the cool part is that the transfer case doesn't change the ratio out of the transmission but rather going into the transmission. So really it could be considered an eight speed, gears being first in the low 4:1 second around the mid 3:1, third is high 2:1 and fourth is 1:1, but go to low on the transfer case and then each gear goes from 1:1 to 1.89:1 so now first is nearly 8:1, and so on. It also means it has 2 reverse speeds. Also it does barely manage 89hp at 97ft/lbs of torque, though that was also measured with 70 octane. Now with the MSD electric ignition and the lowest of 85 octane here who knows what it manages now.
@@USSRDragon Lower octane, you advance the timing to make up for it, just a few years later, it was offered with the Dauntless v6. They took a beating, our troops were pretty rough on them.
To be fair people have done that for me, also I hope i never have to change a tire with the spare on my challenger that donut spare is sketchy as fuck they are like cant drive over 50 on it and im like so your hosed if you break down in half the US lol.
I will never forget when I was little, my family used to own a 50+ acre ranch that had one of these M38a1 Jeeps that came with the property, and it was the best hunting vehicle we've ever had. The property was sold by the time I was 6 because of the ever-multiplying family tree and the house on the property became too small, and we now have a roughly 42-acre ranch with a new lodge we had built as of recently to replace the 2 trailer houses that were there previously, but our current Can Am's, John Deere Gators, and Kawaski Mule's just can't compare to that old Jeep.
You bought an M38A1 if i had to guess, the CJ5 uses the same frame but different gauges. The fun part about them is the fact that they run 10 leaf springs and it makes you bounce. you made an amazing purchase. Edit, The reason it's so slow is because of the Motor, it's the GoDevil, it had reverse flow heads so that's most of the reason why it drives so slow, then again I would be more terrified to go Fast in a Jeep like that.
It's actually not the Go Devil, it's the successor (F134 Hurricane). The hurricane is a modified Go Devil that uses Inlet-over-exhaust instead of reverse flow heads.
@@Zark-Muckerbergno it isn’t, you can clearly see it’s a flathead when he opened the hood. Someone replaced the Hurricane 4 with an old Go-Devil. It IS a direct swap, but WHY someone would downgrade like that is beyond me.
Here's a tip, take the thermostat off and see if it has a weep hole. If it does, enlarge it a little (1/64 to 1/32). If it doesn't have a weep hole drill one and start with a 1/64-size hole and enlarge to 1/32 if needed. I'm sure you already know this part, but when you put the thermostat back in, make sure the weep hole is at the top when mounted. So if you're drilling this for its first weep hole, make sure the mounting positions so the weep hole will be on top centered just inside the rolled edge of the thermostat. These old jeeps tend to run hot, so the weep hole should knock 10-15* F off the running temperature. Thanks for all these videos and for sharing your adventures with everyone. 🫠 I ♥JEEPs
My only complaint about this video is that I can only like it once. Also my dude, Westin you have just shown us just how genuine and decent of a human being you are. There was a small change in how you were interacting with that grandma and it showed us all the real you more than any other video. You have become my favourite RU-vidr now. People of the world would do well to take after you man. Edit: buying my first ever bit of RU-vidr merch ever because of this vid. In case that metric helps somehow?
Your production quality is insane Bro feels like I’m watching a discovery channel show, with a super awesome personality. Crazy seeing how much you’ve grown since the early days
Nice jeep! rode in one of those in the past. Tough little slow things. Been following you for a while now. And the filming and editing on this channel is ON point! Great job guys! love it!!
When I was in the Canadian Armed Forces, I drove a jeep classified as the 1968 Standard Military Pattern 1/4 truck, built by GM Canada. Mine was actually a 1972. It was very similar to what you were driving. Because I was 17 and 18 years old at the time, the lack of comfort never bothered me. But what I did like was: a) it always started, no matter the weather, b) it was reliable as all get out, c) it always got me to where I had to go and d) it was tougher than anything I have driven since. I'd love to own one now. The one I drove, due to a mysterious lack of a governor on the engine, would reach about 80 or 90 mph in 2 wheel high. But in 4 wheel low, it wouldn't go over 40 but would take you halfway up a mountain. Just watched the part about the generator and the belt. The jeep I drove in the army had 3 belts, so you could have 2 fail and still have a belt to keep you running. I guess that old Willy's didn't have that? You also said it was 70 years old? That thing is older than me! LOL I wish I still ran that good! LOL
Hello Guys!! I'm the Salina Kansas lady that had the flat tire. I have told everyone how helpful you were...and such fun too. Hope you get to Salina and visit the Garage, enjoy the car shows that changes frequently and hope you saved your $$$ for lunch. Some good spots for beer and burgers close by. Your video was fun to watch...
The scenery at the start was just crazy beautiful. It is sad that thing goes so slow. It is likely a governor or gearing or something because 65HP should do at least 50. Sweet lady. The good thing about a Jeep is you can get to everything and they are not very complicated. If you could get parts it would be better. Even a head gasket swap would not be a big deal if you could get the gasket.
This is pretty freaking awesome and you stopping to help that lady out with her flat tire warmed my heart and I look forward to these yearly adventures I remember the army truck and the hummer and bow u got a army jeep to drive back home let's goooo. I enjoyed this and can't wait for the next one keep up the great work westen much love to ya brother have a good one take care God bless and I will see ya on the next one catch ya later
I always have a big smile on my face when looking at your videos! 😊 I have had a bit of a rough life the last 3-4years with separation, back surgery.. and now I'am about to sell My house.. Your videos is such a relief, I can forget everything and just laugh! Thank You.
I daily drove a CJ5 for about a year. Of course mine was a 76 with an AMC 4.2 so I had a little more than 65hp (and I do mean a little , lol) but I can definitely cosign on these old Jeeps being awesome.
Bit of clarification, this jeep was not made during WW2, it's an early cold war M38A1 jeep, while it has similar design characteristics, it has a different engine and body panels compared to the original WW2 Willys MB
I’m glad to see a real jeep when I was a kid you could have 3 shipped to your home to build for 1200 bucks. Problem that they had was cornering they will roll over at top speed. To fix need to put in wider axles. Also bigger gears so that they will do sixty. Awesome buy.
It’s such a small world I met that woman a few months ago in Kansas during a rain storm we both pulled into a McDonald’s at the same time and ended up chatting for an hour about life so crazy seeing her again let alone on your channel ❤
Greetings from Heat wave Arizona. I had a smile on my face through out the whole video. That was very cool of you guys to help that lady with her jeep when it came to her tire. I appreciate y’all 💀🤘🏻💪🏻
Westin you rock man! By far one of my favorite youtubers around! You had an incredible heart to help that woman on the side of the road, you continue to be a wealth of knowledge to so many folks out there & who could beat your comic relief. Keep doin what you're doin man! This makes me miss my hometown in CO
It was serendipity that you met that lovely woman from Kansas and fixed her flat. You're a great dude Westen. I was absolutely beautiful country you're traveling through, of course we get to see it real close up and personal cuz you'd only going thirty miles an hour 😂 the only complaint I have this video is too short. Keep up the great work dude 👍✌️🇺🇲
Before even watching this I can say I respect your attempt to preserve the nostalgia. Several years ago I had enough $ to pretend like I was beyond old school and bought one of these to show and off-road like it was a coil sprung TJ. As a hardcore jeep guy I respect the history, but I'm fine being an old dude that knows his TJ will fit down any ATV trail no JK could ever dream of spueezing through while not needing 3 weeks of chiropractic care afterwards😂🇺🇸 PS you haven't lived until you have one of those front tires blow out at its top speed of 43mph
Me and my late step father were driving our rebuilt 1946 out on a mud run and we snapped the axle 3/4th's of the way out... That man straight up grabbed a chain and ratcheted it together... we off roaded for the rest of the day and made it back home that day... 😂❤ RIP Gilbert... ❤ 🙏
Hey Westen, us Colorado guys really have nothing to hide. We've got good ones bad ones and in between ones. We're good people. Ive lived in the Western Slope my whole life, and have never encountered an issue with these folks out here. You found a real gem and I hope you take care of 'er. Come back soon!
I appreciate that you drive these rough junks as far as you do even though you have a trialer following you just in case. It’s entertaining and fun, hopefully for both of us.
you continue to be an amazing person and it shows, god knows on your daily trips in life without the camera you’d be doing the same thing, I love your videos man thank you for being here and providing amazing content
God bless yall for helping the lil lady out! I clicked on this video bc I wanted to see if you guys could do it but subscribed bc of that action right there.
You make me want to go visit Kansas, the people appear to be AWESOME! I’ve been watching your videos for a couple of years and your sense of humor is perfect!
