MHillyard Posted April 28, 2012 Share Posted April 28, 2012 Last year we purchased a second contract 1942 Ford GPW. We are not doing the restoration in one go but doing bits as we go along. It is a great jeep which has been quite reliable over the last year. It has some early parts which were only featured in this contract. We do not know much history of this jeep apart from that it was bought to England in 1987 and was aprently restored and used in the film memphis belle ( if you believe the story). Over the winter a few problems have creeped up, we need to replace the water pump and replace an oil seal and whatever else crops up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHillyard Posted April 29, 2012 Author Share Posted April 29, 2012 Took the grille and radiator off this weekend and replaced the water pump, also just gave a lot of the engine a clean up. Also changed thermostat. All went well, and seems to be running well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick W Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Potos are good. My 42 needs the engine and gearbox taking down at some point. Its still running on the original piston rings its never been taken apart. Keep us posted. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earlymb Posted April 30, 2012 Share Posted April 30, 2012 Nice early inletmanifold! Is it an original Ford engine? Other parts F-marked? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHillyard Posted April 30, 2012 Author Share Posted April 30, 2012 Nice early inletmanifold! Is it an original Ford engine? Other parts F-marked? Yep there are a lot of nice early parts, a lot of Fs too which is nice (just hidden under lots of paint!). The engine block is Willys but the head is ford and F marked. I have heard that a lot of the early ford engines had a habbit of cracking and this may have been one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHillyard Posted May 1, 2012 Author Share Posted May 1, 2012 Took the jeep out for a test run yesterday afternoon and all is good. There is now a lot less rattleing under the hood and we are now running aroung 20 degrees cooler than before which is very good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
earlymb Posted May 2, 2012 Share Posted May 2, 2012 Yep there are a lot of nice early parts, a lot of Fs too which is nice (just hidden under lots of paint!). The engine block is Willys but the head is ford and F marked. I have heard that a lot of the early ford engines had a habbit of cracking and this may have been one of them. A friend just had an original Ford engine internally rebuilt and I did the outside (optical) bit. Indeed lots of original 'F'-markings came from under the paint; always a nice surprise! It has a NOS head and nearly all other parts are Ford as well. When I do some pics I'll post them here. I had a lot of help from the 'MVPA GPW Judging Guide' that can be found on http://www.g503.com/. Greetz David Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHillyard Posted May 2, 2012 Author Share Posted May 2, 2012 A friend just had an original Ford engine internally rebuilt and I did the outside (optical) bit. Indeed lots of original 'F'-markings came from under the paint; always a nice surprise! It has a NOS head and nearly all other parts are Ford as well. When I do some pics I'll post them here. I had a lot of help from the 'MVPA GPW Judging Guide' that can be found on http://www.g503.com/. Greetz David That would be great to see some pictures! Sounds like a nice jeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MHillyard Posted May 12, 2013 Author Share Posted May 12, 2013 Its been a while sinse i've put anything on here, truth is we haven't done a lot to it! It was decided that a few few oil leaks needed to be tended to and a general inspection including removal of the sump. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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