1945 Willys MB Restoration Project

If you have an unrestored WWII jeep, we would like to see pictures, and hear your comments. NO EBAY or COMMERCIAL SALES.
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Re: 1945 Willys MB Restoration Project

Post by 70th Division » Mon Jan 30, 2023 1:29 pm

tuareg wrote:
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I edited because I thought mine was different, but i just check my frame and it is ok just need to refill and repair the threads with the tap. I guess 3/8 24
Hello Tuareg ,


Edit time again 🙂 !

The correct size is 5/16 -24
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Which will be handy to know because that is the thread count of the new bolts you will need.
The new rubber bumpers I got from Ron, come with 2 sets of bolts, EC and F script.

I had a set of F marked rubber blocks for my GPW, and reused the original bolts.

But I have found these bolts are the same needed for the radio suppression box under the dash on the earlier jeeps, and also seem to fit the air cleaner bracket capture nuts.
These bolts are available, so that is a good thing !

Best Regards,
Ray
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Re: 1945 Willys MB Restoration Project

Post by Tuareg » Mon Jan 30, 2023 2:29 pm

I hope you like it. Excuse for the off topic.
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Estimated Hood number very high 20214xxx to very low 20215xxx
Probably 1st Armored Division, Operation Torch, still doing research.
Probably Diplomatic number plate by French Government in Morocco. Still doing research. Any information is welcome!

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Re: 1945 Willys MB Restoration Project

Post by 70th Division » Mon Jan 30, 2023 2:35 pm

tuareg wrote:
Mon Jan 30, 2023 2:29 pm
I hope you like it. Excuse for the off topic.
Hello,

Those are awesome !!
I hadn't ever even heard about them and that they were sold as captured rifles !

I will take a dozen :D :D :D
I will look for one now , just to get one for the collection, what a nice rifle.

Thanks for posting the advertisement on Spanish Mausers, very interesting indeed :D :D

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Ray

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Re: 1945 Willys MB Restoration Project

Post by JAB » Mon Jan 30, 2023 3:00 pm

Shoot point blank to 500 yards, and 2 miles without elvated sights...through 1-2 inches of steel or 4 feet of wood. Potent stuff!
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Re: 1945 Willys MB Restoration Project

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JAB wrote:
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Shoot point blank to 500 yards, and 2 miles without elvated sights...through 1-2 inches of steel or 4 feet of wood. Potent stuff!
I just looked them up on Gunbroker, certainly high priced like all rifles now.
They have ones form the 1930's from Spain.

I bought my WW2 K98 Mausers for $300 and $350 , Veteran bring backs from Germany, and in perfect shape.
The M1 Garands are getting crazy priced these days as well.

Hopefully prices will come back down :shock: .


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Re: 1945 Willys MB Restoration Project

Post by 70th Division » Mon Jan 30, 2023 4:07 pm

Hello,

After some more painting, it will cure overnight, and I will add one more coat tomorrow.

It will be nice, with multiple coats of paint to protect the grill, as weeds and brush can often brush against the grill and front bumper.
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Re: 1945 Willys MB Restoration Project

Post by Tuareg » Mon Jan 30, 2023 4:29 pm

Used in the war against USA were the Rolling block .43, and the Mauser 1893 (the one in the ad). A few years later they were replaced by the Mauser Oviedo 1916, then Mauser Coruña 1943 (copy of Mauser German k98) and the automatic Cetme

During the Spanish and Morocco year 1916-1922 and in the Spanish civil war 1936-1939 the old Mauser 1893 was still used. I have a 1916 and others and they are a very powerful rifles.

In Spain 1893 cost more or less 600-1500 euro/dollar for one in perfect condition and matching numbers, quite difficult to find.

Mauser 1893 is longer and different sights than Mauser 1916
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DOD 27 july 1942
TUB 63439
CHASIS MB161718
Estimated Hood number very high 20214xxx to very low 20215xxx
Probably 1st Armored Division, Operation Torch, still doing research.
Probably Diplomatic number plate by French Government in Morocco. Still doing research. Any information is welcome!

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Re: 1945 Willys MB Restoration Project

Post by Tuareg » Mon Jan 30, 2023 4:30 pm

70th Division wrote:
Mon Jan 30, 2023 4:07 pm
Hello,

After some more painting, it will cure overnight, and I will add one more coat tomorrow.

It will be nice, with multiple coats of paint to protect the grill….
It looks fantastic. Well done!!
Willys MB
DOD 27 july 1942
TUB 63439
CHASIS MB161718
Estimated Hood number very high 20214xxx to very low 20215xxx
Probably 1st Armored Division, Operation Torch, still doing research.
Probably Diplomatic number plate by French Government in Morocco. Still doing research. Any information is welcome!

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Re: 1945 Willys MB Restoration Project

Post by 70th Division » Mon Jan 30, 2023 4:46 pm

tuareg wrote:
Mon Jan 30, 2023 4:29 pm
Used in the war against USA were the Rolling block .43, and the Mauser 1893 (the one in the ad). A few years later they were replaced by the Mauser Oviedo 1916, then Mauser Coruña 1943 (copy of Mauser German k98) and the automatic Cetme

During the Spanish and Morocco wear 1916-1922 and in the Spanish civil war 1936-1939 the old Mauser 1893 was still used. I have a 1916 and others and they are a very powerful rifles.

In Spain 1893 cost more or less 600-1500 euro/dollar for one in perfect condition and matching numbers, quite difficult to find.

Mauser 1893 is longer and different sights than Mauser 1916
That is great information !!
I will keep a look out for a nice example, as they are out there.

It is always good to have an armed citizenry, keeps a country free !

Thanks, the grill is coming along nicely, some more paint tomorrow.

Next, the fenders and hood, and seats !


I got the remaining headlight bulb ring finished.
It had some pitting that needed to be repaired.
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The metal filler made short work of it, after getting it sanded smooth and primed a few coats ....
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It looks great !!

The glass sand in my buckets was wet, so I have dumped them out, and spread it all around to dry before sifting, and reusing to blast the fenders and hood.
Now I have to wait for it to dry :D

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Getting the fender ready to blast, and making last minute ding removals.
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Making blasting progress !

I hate blasting, especially the inside angles of the fenders that blast back at you !


Best Regards,
Ray
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Re: 1945 Willys MB Restoration Project

Post by Tuareg » Thu Feb 02, 2023 8:01 am

70th Division wrote:
Mon Jan 30, 2023 1:29 pm
tuareg wrote:
Mon Jan 30, 2023 11:05 am
I edited because I thought mine was different, but i just check my frame and it is ok just need to refill and repair the threads with the tap. I guess 3/8 24
Hello,

Edit time again 🙂 !

The size is 5/16 -24

Resized_20230130_162434.jpeg

Which will be handy to know because that is the thread count of the new bolts you will need.
The new rubber bumpers I got from Ron, come with 2 sets of bolts, EC and F script.

I had a set of F marked rubber blocks for my GPW, and reused the original bolts.

But I have found these bolts are the same needed for the radio suppression box under the dash on the earlier jeeps, and also seem to fit the air cleaner bracket capture nuts.
These bolts are available, so that is a good thing !

Best Regards,
Ray

I did not see this message yesterday. Thanks again. I wore it down. Thanks
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DOD 27 july 1942
TUB 63439
CHASIS MB161718
Estimated Hood number very high 20214xxx to very low 20215xxx
Probably 1st Armored Division, Operation Torch, still doing research.
Probably Diplomatic number plate by French Government in Morocco. Still doing research. Any information is welcome!

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Re: 1945 Willys MB Restoration Project

Post by 70th Division » Thu Feb 02, 2023 8:15 am

tuareg wrote:
Thu Feb 02, 2023 8:01 am
70th Division wrote:
Mon Jan 30, 2023 1:29 pm
tuareg wrote:
Mon Jan 30, 2023 11:05 am
I edited because I thought mine was different, but i just check my frame and it is ok just need to refill and repair the threads with the tap. I guess 3/8 24
Hello,

Edit time again 🙂 !

The size is 5/16 -24

Resized_20230130_162434.jpeg

Which will be handy to know because that is the thread count of the new bolts you will need.
The new rubber bumpers I got from Ron, come with 2 sets of bolts, EC and F script.

I had a set of F marked rubber blocks for my GPW, and reused the original bolts.

But I have found these bolts are the same needed for the radio suppression box under the dash on the earlier jeeps, and also seem to fit the air cleaner bracket capture nuts.
These bolts are available, so that is a good thing !

Best Regards,
Ray

I did not see this message yesterday. Thanks again. I wore it down. Thanks

Hello,

It is good to know the size, so when you clean the holes up, the new bolts will fit right in, with the new rubber bumpers.
Keep up the efforts with your jeep, a little every day, adds up to a restored jeep someday :D !
Find parts when you can, and rebuild others when you can't find new ones, it is very satisfying when you can do that !


Best Regards,
Ray

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Re: 1945 Willys MB Restoration Project

Post by 70th Division » Thu Feb 02, 2023 1:58 pm

Hello,

The fender has been completely blasted !
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Now tomorrow, I will start the next phase of fender restoration.
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The fender has a bit of shallow pitting on it, so like the grill, metallic filler will be deployed to remedy that, and it will look like new soon.
This will also take care of the seams of the welded in patches, as well as some dings as seen in the picture.
With the primer on, I can see areas with pitting much better and also the dents and ripples in the small lower triangle bracket.
I next did some more tapping of lower triangle bracket and got it pretty flat :D .
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I also ordered a new can of Metal to Metal as the current can is almost used up, which is a good sign of progress, as it was used on 3 jeeps so far, and some GMC CCKW parts.
Yikes the price has doubled since the last can !

Great stuff !!


Update:

This morning after the rain storm went through, I was able to get the metal filler applied to the fender.
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Then the drizzle started again :D .

I will have some time sanding, but it will be really nice when all the pits and welding repairs are blended away, and eliminated.

The surfaces will be sanded back to bare metal, with the filler remaining in any pits, or grinder marks.

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Ray

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Re: 1945 Willys MB Restoration Project

Post by 70th Division » Tue Feb 07, 2023 2:50 pm

Hello,

Today I have doing a lot of hand sanding of the driver's fender.
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This will get it smooth, then I will fine sand it.
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Next it will be primed again, to identify additional areas that need sanding, as well as areas that will need some more filler to get a nice finished surface to paint.

The primer really helps to identify areas that need more attention before painting !

I will work on this again tomorrow, and then start sanding the passenger's side fender.

Forward progress !~!

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Re: 1945 Willys MB Restoration Project

Post by Tuareg » Tue Feb 07, 2023 2:56 pm

I personally like this keeps with his character, not with a perfect paint. Used, with his defects or with marks that tells its history.

So in my opinion not perfect is perfect

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DOD 27 july 1942
TUB 63439
CHASIS MB161718
Estimated Hood number very high 20214xxx to very low 20215xxx
Probably 1st Armored Division, Operation Torch, still doing research.
Probably Diplomatic number plate by French Government in Morocco. Still doing research. Any information is welcome!

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Re: 1945 Willys MB Restoration Project

Post by 70th Division » Tue Feb 07, 2023 4:17 pm

tuareg wrote:
Tue Feb 07, 2023 2:56 pm
I personally like this keeps with his character, not with a perfect paint. Used, with his defects or with marks that tells its history.

So in my opinion not perfect is perfect

Good job
Thanks,

I don't mind small dents, but will not let any rust pitting remain !!

It takes a little more work, but over the years the elements cause rust or pitting, so I repair it all.

The pitting act as basins for water and dirt, and can quickly start the rusting process again over time.

Making a little progress every day !

Today I sanded a lot more on the fender, and then primed it again to identify further areas that need a little more work.
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It came out pretty good, these areas I will sand back again tomorrow, they were high points in the steel, that I lightened with the rotary tool, to blend them in with the flat surfaces.
I will then add a tiny bit of filler on them and a couple pits that were missed originally, and sand them smooth.

Overall, it is going real well,
just takes time and effort to restore and repair the imperfections with tapping, sanding, filling, sanding again.

But the pesky pits will be eliminated, and also the weld repairs have been blended in very nicely , all the while retaining the the original spot welds.

It is coming together and should be done in a couple days with fresh olive drab !!

Best Regards,
Ray


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