David Eilers

Only This Update Monday

Updates will resume Tuesday morning.

In the meantime, Bill shared this video by Nick. In it, he obtains a ran-when-parked jeep, only to discover that a '2-hour' repair job took a little longer than he planned. This is always the danger of a ran-when-parked jeep. Note that this has a rare Worman half-cab.

5 Comments

  1. Terry
    Welcome to my world!
  2. Mike P
    Yep, the old famous " ran when parked"
  3. KONWAKITON
    WILLYS OVERLAND -- ITS AN OPTION WHEN THEY RUN -- I KNOW -- REMEMBER MY 49 JEEPSTER PROJECT ?? -- BOUGHT IN HUMBOLDT COUNTY , CAL 1971 -- $50 -- IT WASNT RUNNING , HAD A T-BIRD 292 STUFFED UNDER THE HOOD -- I MOVED BACK TO SANTA CRUZ 1972 -- TOWED AFOREMENTIONED JEEPSTER TO ITS NEW HOME -- TOWED IT WITH MY 1948 WILLYS OVERLAND MODEL 4WD TRUCK ( F-4 ENGINE SCABBED OUT OF MY 51 SEDAN DELIVERY ) -- A 48 JEEP TRUCK WITH 4 CYL MILL IS NOT MUCH OF A TOW TRUCK -- 300 MILES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT -- DRINKING ? -- SI~ -- I ALSO HAD A 226 SUPER-HURRICANE IN THE TRUCK BED FOR A BUDDY -- I REMEMBER HITTING LOW-RANGE IN THE T-CASE ON US 101 SOUTH -- 1ST GEAR HIGH RANGE WOULDNT CUT IT -- LOW RANGE ON A MAJOR US HIGHWAY ?? -- THATS AFFIRMATIVE -- ITS ALL I COULD DO TO KEEP --> MOVING --> SOUTH --> I FINALLY GOT TO SQUAW ROCK ON THE RUSSIAN RIVER AND GOT OUT AND SOAKED MY HEAD -- MIGHT HAVE HAD SOME STIMULANTS ?? -- REFRESHED -- I KEPT DRIVING -- 12 + HOURS -- NORMAL CAR TAKES 6 -- THE JEEPSTER LANGUISHED IN MY GARAGE FOR ANOTHER 50 YEARS ?? -- I DID RESTORE IT HALF WAY -- BODY OFF -- BODY WAS TAKEN TO CLEAN STRIP SAN JOSE , DUNKED , VERY EXPENSIVE -- NOW THE 1/2 FINISHED JEEPSTER TOOK ANOTHER TRIP NORTH -- OREGON , A NEW RANCH HOME -- IT TRAVELED BY FLATBED -- CAR MOVER -- NOW ITS SITTING IN THE SNOW , COVERED I HOPE , WAITING FOR ITS FINAL ASSEMBLY -- GOOD LUCK -- I'M AN OLD MAN AND CANT SEE OR HEAR TOO GOOD ANYMORE -- ANYWAYS I HAVE TO FINISH IT OR I HAVE FAILED AS A WILLYS OVERLAND COLLECTOR -- GOD BLESS AMERICA AND OUR TROOPS IN AFGHANISTAN
  4. Bill
    D - I should have mentioned there is one additional video about getting that same Jeep from purchase location to his work space. Sorry! Bill O’
    1. David Eilers
      No worries Bill!

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