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11:30 pm on Mar 29th, 2025 EDT - updated by jeepljeff
1952 Jeep Willys M38a1 Build on EarlyCJ5.com (more Jeep Willys builds)
1952 Jeep Willys M38a1 Build on EarlyCJ5.com (more Jeep Willys builds)
Order come new parts. Ordered on Sunday and got them by Thursday. Ordered bearings and races for the...Click for jeepljeff's full post
3:51 pm on Mar 27th, 2025 EDT - updated by 53A1
1953 Jeep Willys M38A1 Build on EarlyCJ5.com (more Jeep Willys builds)
1953 Jeep Willys M38A1 Build on EarlyCJ5.com (more Jeep Willys builds)
Needed something to keep the sun off at a budget so I added a bestop bikini top. I also have a coupl...Click for 53A1's full post
1:03 am on Mar 21st, 2025 EDT - updated by jeepljeff
1952 Jeep Willys M38a1 Build on EarlyCJ5.com (more Jeep Willys builds)
1952 Jeep Willys M38a1 Build on EarlyCJ5.com (more Jeep Willys builds)
Was able to work on the brakes again. We've been having fake Springs here with rain and hail in betw...Click for jeepljeff's full post
11:55 pm on Mar 9th, 2025 EDT - updated by jeepljeff
1952 Jeep Willys M38a1 Build on EarlyCJ5.com (more Jeep Willys builds)
1952 Jeep Willys M38a1 Build on EarlyCJ5.com (more Jeep Willys builds)
Finally getting some sun so I can start working on the Jeep again. I've had a complete set of hard a...Click for jeepljeff's full post
9:57 pm on Mar 9th, 2025 EDT - updated by HodakaguyTom
1950 Jeep Willys M38 Build on WillysMJeeps.com (more Jeep Willys builds)
1950 Jeep Willys M38 Build on WillysMJeeps.com (more Jeep Willys builds)
Continued from above... Dressing applied to the screw threads as well Tightening up the fuel time be...Click for HodakaguyTom's full post
10:59 am on Mar 8th, 2025 EDT - updated by HodakaguyTom
1950 Jeep Willys M38 Build on WillysMJeeps.com (more Jeep Willys builds)
1950 Jeep Willys M38 Build on WillysMJeeps.com (more Jeep Willys builds)
Continued from above... New double lip seals ordered from Joe's Motor Pool Joe's seal is very high q...Click for HodakaguyTom's full post
2:03 am on Feb 24th, 2025 EDT - updated by HodakaguyTom
1950 Jeep Willys M38 Build on WillysMJeeps.com (more Jeep Willys builds)
1950 Jeep Willys M38 Build on WillysMJeeps.com (more Jeep Willys builds)
It's easy to miss as it blends in with the color of the boot, but you can see it in this shot here....Click for HodakaguyTom's full post
2:40 pm on Feb 19th, 2025 EDT - updated by HodakaguyTom
1950 Jeep Willys M38 Build on WillysMJeeps.com (more Jeep Willys builds)
1950 Jeep Willys M38 Build on WillysMJeeps.com (more Jeep Willys builds)
Thanks Wes. Sorry for the delay. The power piston is out of a 1955 Ingersol Rand KVS Engine/Compress...Click for HodakaguyTom's full post
9:30 pm on Feb 9th, 2025 EDT - updated by HodakaguyTom
1950 Jeep Willys M38 Build on WillysMJeeps.com (more Jeep Willys builds)
1950 Jeep Willys M38 Build on WillysMJeeps.com (more Jeep Willys builds)
I just looked at several of my posts from weeks ago and it's there. A little "x" in a box at the far...Click for HodakaguyTom's full post
7:16 pm on Jan 27th, 2025 EDT - updated by givemethewillys
1957 Jeep Willys CJ5 Build on EarlyCJ5.com (more Jeep Willys builds)
1957 Jeep Willys CJ5 Build on EarlyCJ5.com (more Jeep Willys builds)
Small progress over the weekend. After a failed start the other weekend with too much feed and not e...Click for givemethewillys's full post
