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This letter is to provide some photo documentation for the rebuilding of the jeep. The jeep was loaded onto the trailer (donkey) in Oracle on the same day as Mylinda moved to Oracle. I don't recall the date, but it was toward the end of summer 2019. It was a fairly hot afternoon.
The original color of the jeep was peacock blue. If you look close at this photo, this color is still intact on the underside of the hood.
The loading of the jeep was very slow. AJ and I tried using the winch to pull the jeep out from the back yard and around the house. This was slow due to the fact that the winch would only work occasionally. After scratching our heads for a while, Zeke showed up and realized that the contacts were not engaging. If you would push the button and then hit the controler it would work. Seems like the relay is going out and needs repalced. If you look close you can see that we packed everything including the kitchen sink. This sink came our of Gordon's market in Oracle and was removed druing the demolition of the building.
It was a hot day. We look pretty happy at completing the task, but it was a bit more difficult that anticipated.
The jeep was put into the shop and stayed there for a while. As winter came, I finally found some time to remove the jeep body. I talked Wyatt into working on the body while I worked on the chasis. I am not very good at body work - Wyatt is. Also by splitting it up we are hoping to get it back on the road sooner. Next year (2021) the jeep will be 60 years old and it would be nice to get it back on the road for its 60th anniversary.
The lighting in this photo makes it look as if it was in the afternoon when we finally removed the body, but if you look at the light coming from the shop and shining on the ground it was afer dark when the body finally came off.
I didn't count the bolts, but I would venture to guess that greater than 90% of the hardware holding the body onto the frame were not willing to come apart in a mannor that would allow them to reinstalled again.
Here is the body on the trailer ready to go to Wyatt. All in all it came apart rather well. The worst part was the steering assembly. I couldn't get it to cooperate at all. I took the steering box apart and it would not seperate there. The bolt in the middle of the steering wheel was stuck and very difficult to access so I cut the steering column to remove the body. This will need to be added to the list of things that needs to be replaced prior to finishing the project.
After the body was delivered to Mia & Wyatt, we started to work on the lower half. Ethen & Kyle removed the engine from the frame. It came off rather peacefully. Once it was seperated from the transmission, we found 4 scorpin bodies in the bell housing. They were no longer among the living, luckily.
After the engine, the transmission and drive shafts were removed. The transmission is seazed. It (when in gear) doesn't allow the tires to turn. I am guessing the rebuilding of this piece will have its own story to tell.
This rod in the shape of an "L" is part of the linkage from the clutch pedal to the actual clutch fork. It is a 4 part mechanism, but you can see the wear it has recieved from its years of use. The hole in the foreground is where it normally lives. Again, this will need some attention before it gets re-assembled.
Here is the engine before we put it on the engie stand. Shown here is the oil pump. It sits such that it is 180 degrees different from the distributor. The oil pump is geared and driven off the cam shaft. The distributor is driven from the oil pump.
Mia sent this photo to me. It is my younger self sitting in the jeep when the jeep lived in Tucson some 40 years ago. I am a bit sad that this is not a color photo, as I would like to know the color of the jeep. Was it still peacock blue, or gold by this time?
I included these two photos above so that I can remember what this car looks like. This photo on the left is the Bronco Centurion that I rebuilt. I sold it to a gentleman in Lousiana. He flew out and drove it back. The photo on the right is the same vehicle after he painted it. I would have never painted it black. I do like teh white stripes down each side and the white removalbe top though. I occasionally debate about finding him and buying it back, but that requries money and a determination to keep it on the road. Currently the Jeep is occupying both resources.
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| This letter is to provide some photo documentation for the rebuilding of the jeep. The jeep was loaded onto the trailer (donkey) in Oracle on the same day as Mylinda moved to Oracle. I don't recall the date, but it was toward the end of summer 2019. It was a fairly hot afternoon. |
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The original color of the jeep was peacock blue. If you look close at this photo, this color is still intact on the underside of the hood. |
| The loading of the jeep was very slow. AJ and I tried using the winch to pull the jeep out from the back yard and around the house. This was slow due to the fact that the winch would only work occasionally. After scratching our heads for a while, Zeke showed up and realized that the contacts were not engaging. If you would push the button and then hit the controler it would work. Seems like the relay is going out and needs repalced. If you look close you can see that we packed everything including the kitchen sink. This sink came our of Gordon's market in Oracle and was removed druing the demolition of the building. |
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It was a hot day. We look pretty happy at completing the task, but it was a bit more difficult that anticipated. |
| The jeep was put into the shop and stayed there for a while. As winter came, I finally found some time to remove the jeep body. I talked Wyatt into working on the body while I worked on the chasis. I am not very good at body work - Wyatt is. Also by splitting it up we are hoping to get it back on the road sooner. Next year (2021) the jeep will be 60 years old and it would be nice to get it back on the road for its 60th anniversary. |
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The lighting in this photo makes it look as if it was in the afternoon when we finally removed the body, but if you look at the light coming from the shop and shining on the ground it was afer dark when the body finally came off. |
| I didn't count the bolts, but I would venture to guess that greater than 90% of the hardware holding the body onto the frame were not willing to come apart in a mannor that would allow them to reinstalled again. |
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Here is the body on the trailer ready to go to Wyatt. All in all it came apart rather well. The worst part was the steering assembly. I couldn't get it to cooperate at all. I took the steering box apart and it would not seperate there. The bolt in the middle of the steering wheel was stuck and very difficult to access so I cut the steering column to remove the body. This will need to be added to the list of things that needs to be replaced prior to finishing the project. |
| After the body was delivered to Mia & Wyatt, we started to work on the lower half. Ethen & Kyle removed the engine from the frame. It came off rather peacefully. Once it was seperated from the transmission, we found 4 scorpin bodies in the bell housing. They were no longer among the living, luckily. |
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After the engine, the transmission and drive shafts were removed. The transmission is seazed. It (when in gear) doesn't allow the tires to turn. I am guessing the rebuilding of this piece will have its own story to tell.
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| This rod in the shape of an "L" is part of the linkage from the clutch pedal to the actual clutch fork. It is a 4 part mechanism, but you can see the wear it has recieved from its years of use. The hole in the foreground is where it normally lives. Again, this will need some attention before it gets re-assembled. |
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Here is the engine before we put it on the engie stand. Shown here is the oil pump. It sits such that it is 180 degrees different from the distributor. The oil pump is geared and driven off the cam shaft. The distributor is driven from the oil pump. |
| Mia sent this photo to me. It is my younger self sitting in the jeep when the jeep lived in Tucson some 40 years ago. I am a bit sad that this is not a color photo, as I would like to know the color of the jeep. Was it still peacock blue, or gold by this time? |
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| I included these two photos above so that I can remember what this car looks like. This photo on the left is the Bronco Centurion that I rebuilt. I sold it to a gentleman in Lousiana. He flew out and drove it back. The photo on the right is the same vehicle after he painted it. I would have never painted it black. I do like teh white stripes down each side and the white removalbe top though. I occasionally debate about finding him and buying it back, but that requries money and a determination to keep it on the road. Currently the Jeep is occupying both resources. |
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