Grandfather Jeep - 1947 Willys CJ2A - Post-War Workhorse 

We had some old jeeps in the National guard 67 to 73. Some deadlined. I was in the motor pool. Took parts from one carb etc and got another running. Enjoyed it for awhile till higher ups found out. Took it for themselves. I said it’s deadlined. Ha We heard about that. Bye bye jeep.

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@@loganjohnson3589 Nick addressed that very concern on his Community page.

Once you have been bitten by the Jeep bug.. 👍

Amen I love my 401 also.

I thought that be the case, that is, the tab being ever so slightly offset, having experienced the issue myself, I just can’t recall the vehicle. I’ve never seen a timing mark on the back side before; probably done to preserve the mark under combat and/or grueling conditions.

My ;daily' is a Flatfender 'Jeep' (titled as '46 CJ2A) with Kenne Bell equipped Buick / Dauntless 225 'Odd Fire' V6 with MSD, headers, too much carb, Warn overdrive... .

Hey Me and you both Brother ...We were with the 5th Infantry Division in 1987 when the whole Division have to turn in our Jeeps and get the HumVees....No one was really happy about. I remember being in a super large field by the depot all you could see was a Division of Jeeps turn in for as far as the eye could see ....I'll never forget that sight . It was an end of an Era in the Army and the Armed Forces...All the best to you Brother & an a long held Salute to you.

This is the civilian model built after the war years. As a kid in the 60's I remember seeing surplus jeeps running around town all over. Looks like a fun ride!

Thanks for the input.

They’ve already jumped to 12v and changed the grounding. Might as well finnish the upgrades if you can call it that. I’m still on 6v and points in mine. Way it’ll prob stay to.

@@h.r.puffnstuff8705 Personally I don’t consider going electronic ignition an upgrade.

@@todddenio3200 it’s nice when it works. I bet it don’t live 24 months. My 70 year old points distributer keeps chugging along.

@@h.r.puffnstuff8705 I agree on the lack of longevity of it where as with points, depending on how much a vehicle is driven the points might need to be adjusted a few times but on something that isn’t driven daily all year they may need adjusting once or maybe not at all

An original Tux is worth serious dough these days.

Thanks for the information! Matt is looking for some more original seats. 👍

The condenser failing is what kills the points, always replace both. But yes, I love points, I'd rather ride than walk, electronic will make you walk.

@@55desotomine Agreed. I’ve set many points with a matchbook cover. Might not be exactly right but will be close enough to get you home. Those old systems will take a lot of abuse and don’t need a computer and special tools to diagnose and fix. Two screw drivers, a crescent wrench and a set of Vice grips will get you close enough till you can get to a real garage.

@@NicksGarage tell Matt to check the cj2a page on the net. Many knowledgable guys there. He can find original parts and repros as well.

A 47 2a is a civilian model, however nearlt all of the military parts will fit , and who knows what was used in the past. It was amazing to me what all i found when i redid my early 46 , military gears which were higher than the first civilian gears, and had a floati g rear axle. Dana 25 i think it was... the civilian engines were gear driven valve train, military were chain driven so the cam spun reversed to one another ...

Wow Eugene! You sure have a great list of vehicles that you have experienced.

@@NicksGarage It was purely by chance that the Jeep was assigned to our squadron. The fact that it was made at the end of WWII was icing on the cake. I was always working on it to keep it running, because if you turned it into the motor pool you might not get it back. Great video George, you are the man!!

In 1993 when the government was closing down military bases in California, Alameda naval air station,D,R,M,O had about Twenty WW2 jeeps.that they crunched with a wrecking ball,I was there, the military couldn't sell off all there junk with so many bases closing. thanks

Did you receive the charger yet mr. castles?

@@josephf593 The 500 is still at Nick's.

"Updraft carb"? Are you sure? Doesn't sound like a stock setup!

@@Cougracer67 My thought, exactly.

These were all negative ground systems

You got that right!

Thanks Sarge! We thought you might enjoy this one.

​@@NicksGarage You are very correct George...1000000% Big Wave and Smile to yall .

Hell yeah those old Dodge military power wagons were one tough truck . I had a 68 ex Air force crew cab Dodge power wagon and it was over built compared to the civilian models with drains on everything to drain water out after fording through water and bronze bushings with grease zirks to grease the leaf spring bushings on them where the civilian models had rubber bushings . Those Humvees were designed by a well known off road racer Vick Hickey who worked for GM and built off road race vehicles for guys like Steve McQueen and James Garner who used to race off road at times . I found this out because I had a 78 Chevrolet k5:blazer that had a aftermarket aluminum finned rear 12 bolt rear differential cover that said H/E casted on it and I looked into it found out it was made by Hickey Enterprises that was owned by Vick Hickey who made a lot of off road stuff for GM trucks at first then moved to Dodge and Ford making skid plates roll bars and these aluminum finned differential covers that had drains on them and held more gear oil . When I found mine on my blazer which was at the time my plow truck to plow my driveway I looked and found the exact same one on eBay about 5 years ago and the person selling it wanted 450.00 for it lol . I have since took it off and cleaned it up and it hangs in my garage and have built a much nicer plow truck so the old blazer got stripped of everything I could use for the new truck then off to scrap it went . I tried looking into to see if there were any special build numbers for these Hickey Enterprises built blazers but couldn't find anything on this at all because I thought what if this thing had been purposely built by Hickey Enterprises and sold on a Chevrolet dealer lot which would have made it pretty rare but unfortunately I couldn't find anything at all on the numbers of them made . Vic's been dead for a while but one of his workers actually bought the business and is making differential covers and some off road stuff to this day for the newer trucks now or he did the last time I looked .

You're so sweet..

Good morning, Steve! Thanks for joining us.🇨🇦🇦🇺🇬🇷

Peace love and muscle cars.

Thanks! You too!

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