GP Rebuild in the Great Wide Open
- tamnalan
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Re: GP Rebuild in the Great Wide Open
Welcome back! I hope your daughter is doing well. Your GP looks great!
Alan W. Johnson
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M-100, Sep 1951
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M-100, Sep 1951
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Ford 91C, 1939
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Re: GP Rebuild in the Great Wide Open
Thanks Alan,things where touch and go for quite a while with my daughter.But well on her way to a full recovery now days.So things are getting back to normal.Still some things to work on.
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Re: GP Rebuild in the Great Wide Open
I like to get it out on days like this,it's peaceful and quiet down in the bottom of the property.Just seen a healthy sized red fox run across the way.
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Re: GP Rebuild in the Great Wide Open
So i ended up having a company custom build the front seats.I think they turned out amazing.I did have to extend the drivers seat another four inches.So i could accommodate the new fuel filler neck under the seat.Forward March!
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Re: GP Rebuild in the Great Wide Open
I had these seats built then figured out that i needed to modify the drivers seat,to make everything work.Slots in back of seats for saftey belts.
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Re: GP Rebuild in the Great Wide Open
See if we can't get you a good view of inside of the jeep. I think it was in a rough state the last time you seen it.
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Re: GP Rebuild in the Great Wide Open
I really need to get on the ball and get horn plate,button etc and get that hole covered up.
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Re: GP Rebuild in the Great Wide Open
This is my security guard.lol Step away from the jeep.haha
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- roblenzz
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Re: GP Rebuild in the Great Wide Open
Very nice! Glad you're back and happy to hear the family is doing well!
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Re: GP Rebuild in the Great Wide Open
That is the coolest. I always thought the GPs were awesome. Good job.
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1945 GPW 247890 DoD 1-26-45 Louisville Plant
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1942 GPW 1871 DoD 2-27-42 Dallas Plant
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Re: GP Rebuild in the Great Wide Open
Just another picture out trailing the jeep.It is all covered up now under a thick tarp.With about 6 inches of snow on top.
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Re: GP Rebuild in the Great Wide Open
The jeep looks great! Any more updates/pics?
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Re: GP Rebuild in the Great Wide Open
Very cool to see one of these rare Jeeps brought back to life in such a beautiful restoration!
I have only seen one GP in person, and it was a junker which had been picked clean with what remained being pretty butchered up. So, I don't know much about them.
I am curious as to how the seats are mounted as I see no frame under them.
I am also curious about the transfer case and drive line orientation, as . Is the rear pumpkin centered?
I have only seen one GP in person, and it was a junker which had been picked clean with what remained being pretty butchered up. So, I don't know much about them.
I am curious as to how the seats are mounted as I see no frame under them.
I am also curious about the transfer case and drive line orientation, as . Is the rear pumpkin centered?
A.C.Fults
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Shade Tree Mechanic more than 50 years.
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Shade Tree Mechanic more than 50 years.
None of us are as smart as we pretend to be.
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Re: GP Rebuild in the Great Wide Open
Just to update this thread, I am the new caretaker of this GP. Claude did an excellent job on the restoration of this GP. To answer your questions, the drivers seat isn’t bolted down (it’s a work in progress) and the offset is flipped around on the GP axles and transfer case
Tate Christensen
1944 Ford GPW #234613 USMC Radio jeep
1943 Willys MB #263100
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1941 Ford GP #9687
1941 Willys MB #100161
1944 Ford GPW #234613 USMC Radio jeep
1943 Willys MB #263100
1945 Willys CJ2A #10226
1941 Ford GP #9687
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Re: GP Rebuild in the Great Wide Open
Have fun with your GP. They are great vehicles.
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