You're the best!! It was my first car I bought it in 1982 for $2500. L Head, horsehair seats, and the same patina paint job! 1986, as my daily driver the L Head threw a rod. I bought the 1975, 231 Odd-Fire from a junkyard in SF for...$100! My cousin Jim rebuilt it with a tractor cam and a heavy flywheel that I bought for $50 from Ron Prindle's (KOH Driver) Dad, Roy who was one of my Dad's really good friends. The 1980 Chevy Monza steering column with the yellow pen from the junkyard still on it! The flatty has been through the Rubicon at least 100 times. On the 20th Annual Midnight Rubicon, I battery jumped a rig in Little Sluice, and backing up, I sheered the valve stem off at 2AM. It was the only time she let me down on the trail and it's never had a hook on it. Pete Horvath, President of Cal4 was kind to let me borrow his spare to get to the Springs. I've owned it for 39 years.
I have Just acquired a 48 Willy's Flat fender. The last time I had one was back on the farm over 40 years ago, as teenagers my friend Don and I spent a winter weekend freezing out collective balls off digging it out of the barn, collecting parts, pissing on electric fences, rebuilding the motor, lubing it up, slapping some gas in the tank then taking it out for a test drive and beating the brakes off it. Rinse/Wash Repeat. To say that those were the days would be the understatement of the century. Now I have one again. Total travesty but she is mine. Brings back the air of Old school simple stupid. But also tells you that how small the normal person was back in the 40’s & 50’s. and how small we were as teenagers. When held to current stats, seating /comfort was an afterthought. “It’s tight” is the understatement of the day. (Future modification will be to cut the fender and push the seat back to a more comfortable position.) 4 Cylinder Original shit (Points & condenser. That at current have been shot out burnt out or just F.U.B.A.R. for faulty wiring and not rocking any Spark. They will most likely be replaced with new wiring job and electronic Ignition.) to get my project started I rolled my ass to the parts store and purchased a new battery for the project and arced the starter just to hear the engine make the noise and see if it would actually turn over and do what engines do, somehow I found myself on the receiving end of a overzealous of a nice shot of hot juicy oil across my grill and smiling like a Porn star on the receiving end. F&^Cked up, I know. But sometimes Progress means getting dirty. I Looked like the pivot man in a bukkake video and my friends of course got a good chuckle out of it. It would seem that some unknown person disconnected the Oil Pressure sending unit, Line and gauge and just left that bottom part in the block which was positioned at the correct trajectory that provided me with that fun filled flat fender facial experience. Once I get the wiring correct. Then its time to work on the seating. Being 6'4" rocking about 300 lbs. of built for comfort, not speed the seating is a little tight to say the least. I like how this rig is set up. Especially the Roll Bar. As you noted Room is not one of the attributes of this rig so the roll cage and roof rack are looking good. So that may be plagiarized in the near future. I will also look into the replacement of the steering column with a wonderful tilt O Matic and looking at the pedal positioning I can foresee future adjustments with the pedals . Thanks for sharing
I have a 1951 cj3a Willys jeep. I was wondering if I could send you a few photos of it and get your suggestions on where to start restoring it and improving it. It has been in our family since I believe 1968 and was primarily used as a plow jeep for snow. I need suggestions and help on what and how to do it. Thank You in advance. Sue
