v8 bubba

maybe folk join and find that they feel out of ther depth in a very expert swimming pool

the depth of knowledge on here is quite staggering

that said it is a very warm and helpfull place to drop in for a cuppa and a chat

i dont post to much as i am not an owner of a military vehicle whilst i do have a colection of jeeps i do have a very broad interest in all things military and love it here and i hope my posts have merit when posted

i am shocked just to see the pic and an amazing story

i got some paint was hoping to find food cooler that looks like a jerry can german i think

met and shook jacks hand..not at all nerdy as i somehow imagined a jolly nice chap and i got all me fingers back too:-D

yup me and my mate lard will be down there shortly looking for info on a military cj8 prototype

nice pics of lanes and thanks tony for the star autos pics i will try and get an up to date pic it looks a lot sadder now but must be good for parts at the least

looks almost like a deck gun sub maybe

http://www.autoblog.com/2009/01/16/barrett-jackson-2009-1951-willys-jeep/

nice but not that nice the 30cal looks wrong for period and are the markings correct

and this is in a yard of a mate the trailers are at auldwalk steel works the dodge is a w63 the engine is shot head has been off for about ten years and now is lost

seen these in daily use

i remember watching the us scrap heap chalenge and they found and used an austin gypsy i never thought they were sold in the us

very very sad indeed

yes please

john couzens a gent of a chap he also owned one of the big olie ford broncos one 3 i think it came over for the very first hill rally not sure if it ran but it did compete for the fist rerun in the late 80s we towed him out on one stage i was doing rally recovery at the event sad to hear he has passed along with others of that era from the awdc

i didnt make it she who nags the most made me go crimbo shopping it would have been cheaper to let jack have a dig in me wallet:cry:

put a steering damper on it

before i had jeeps i used to run and dismantel landys came across this a few times at first i rebuilt the front end expecting to find the problem but no all was well got the tyres balenced properly and all seemed much better until i hit a good ripple in the road then it was a violent death wobble that just about shook you out of the seat put a damper on that was the end off all the probs for good

i will be there sun with my rare but non military jeep i have to realy as we only own 30yr old jeeps no cars for us:)

it is realy nice to see the odd one about again since a few resrve one were sold i never understood why when british leyland was created that then never shared the best of the land rover and the gypsy

in stead of the rather compromised product of aunty rover

yup thats how they were before putting the 3.8 in my uncle george fittid some tube that went from the cab to the inlet manifold so he could use the easy start without messing with the bonnet

they were awfull diesels in standard form they always ended up adicted to easy start we put a 3.8 six cylinder in ours ...much better

ta mate prolly the first time i have been able to help out on here

but i am always willin to try:)

i may be able to locate a jeep tailgate but it would be the later cj kind with jeep in small letters rather than capitals the on line store 4wd hardware will sell you a repro willys gate

would that have been andrew brown he deals in jeep parts [lighthouse jeep]

at last nice to see one on here

i didnt check his speed and i am used to trundling along at 54mph and i didnt have to slow much to come along side him but i am the first to admit i know zip about diamonds but i will sai it sounded more cummings than rolls :nut: