@@danielanderson2030 I know ... I have almost NO ROOM here at my place .. but the basement ceiling has compartments and storage areas pretty well organized! ... I'd be cutting it all in straight lengths to take up the least space, for future projects! :)
I'm so happy that he ordered parts all the way from my country (well because jeeps been a huge part of our history and a public transportation vehicle) proud Filipino here!
Great Video. Your farm brings back memories. My Dad had a Farm in Orange County (North Carolina), great times and at the age of 8, I learned how to drive on a Farmall Cub.
Back in 1989 or 90 I ordered a replacement body from J.C. Whitney for my '47 CJ-2a. I had to go get it from the freight carrier in my pick-up by myself. Wasn't too bad. Never got around to doing the work to it that I had wanted and sold the Jeep and the body in '93. Keep up the great videos! I'm in the mountains of NC.
Josh , You will have ball on this build..If you look on you tube, there are a few video's on how important the jeep was in our fighting force's. It make's you want to give them a salute.
POR 15 is an excellent product. My 1942 Convertible has had POR 15 on the body bottom, inner fenders and frame for 20 years. Not an ounce of rust. Eastwood makes a similar product though I have never used it.
Jack...I was just going through the comments...I wanted to thank you for all of your very insightful and positive comments...I appreciate a guy like you on the channel! Thanks so much!
Stoney Ridge Farmer Thank you. Got my first low hood while in high school and many more have followed. Love those old jeeps. A few words of caution about the body you just bought. As I mentioned, put it together on the frame to make sure everything lines up. There have been issues with this in the past. I don’t know what level of restoration you taking this to there are a couple more things to lookout for. One is the primer. Yes it is primed. But it isn’t the best. When I did my JD Juan body, on the advice of others, I removed what they referred to as shipping primer and laid down a good coat of DuPont primer. Oh yea one other observation. You mentioned some scratches. This can translate to almost invisible dents that will show up when painted. As you problem already know, the better the foundation when you paint the nicer the paint job. Things we would take for granted fitting. Like the actual gauges you are using fitting the holes. Run a tap tap into caged nuts to make sure there is no weld spatter on the threads. I know you get the idea, detail, detail, detail. Looks like you’re having a good time. If I were closer I’d stop by and give you a hand.
Oh yea, the old grill can be recycled into a great bench. Use the grill for the back and weld up a frame to sit on. Do NOT paint the grill leave it in the distressed look. Really kool piece.
Yeah, I was thinking, as he was showing all the "terrible" parts of that jeep body, how great it would be to start out with that "repairable" of a body.
Not only should you undercoat with something like rhinoliner, look into injecting rustproofing into all the void spaces and then sealing them. There used to be commercial services to do that (Ziebart from memory?), so if you can find one of those services, you could probably get it done on the cheap by trailering the tub to them. Sames goes to getting the underside and interior rhinolined. Not traditional, but it will greatly extend the life of the body. Check in Charlotte...... I also recommend using urethane bushings when you mount the body to the frame. Again, not traditional, but they will not break down over time and absorb water, and cause body rot at mount points.
I know a guy near Black Diamond, Wash. that has an original 1945 Willys Jeep still in the shipping box that it was meant to go overseas in. Never been out of the box yet. He just sits on it.
If you have seen Mustie1 on YT, he works on all kinds of old vehicles, motorcycles, boats. etc. He currently is make a 50's era Karman Gia into a daily driver and it has a lot of rust even areas that have undercoating. He stated the problem with undercoating is that it does not expand and contract at the same rate as metal. Consequently the undercoating over time hardens, then chips, cracks and forms pockets that traps moisture. This in turn causes rusting out the body parts. He recommends that just paint is better in the long run although he did say that the jury is still out on coatings like Line-X and Rhino Liner.
My grandfather had a 63 Willys jeep wagon. He took out the rear seat to modify the back for camping when he went hunting or fishing. I miss riding around in that thing. No one else around had one.
I'm no farmer but I did it all my life. From fridges, cars, appliance, electronics. I always have wire cutters, Vise-Grip and a pipe wrench in my car for roadside treasures like brass fittings on water heaters : $$$ at the srap yards. Yes, I'm cheap. Now I've got loads of unobtainable screws and connectors ! Cost : 0$
I am glad I watched your video. I have a 1952 Willys that I was debating on selling, but now that I have the Kaiser Willys website I think that I will go ahead and restore it. Mine needs a new body too.
after posting my comment below, I watched a video about the Willys Overland Repli-tub. It talks about what they do to make the new body you have fit and original chassis. Might give you some ideas and help prevent some future frustration. Good luck and have fun
Scuff the whole bottom with a 3m pad and paint with Real Epoxy paint ( do that part out doors at 70 degrees. ) Undercoating, if not perfect can trap moisture, which you have plenty of.
@@lint2023 Apply undercoat in dry low humidity conditions to a clean surface. Otherwise moisture can get trapped. Otherwise, just give it a good quality epoxy paint and then a lanolin based product like Fluid Film, re-apply Fluid-Film annually if you use the vehicle in wet conditions. Most of all, keep the under body clean and parked under a roof.
That family in the Philippines was given all the remaining tooling and blueprints for those old WWII jeeps plus the license...they started out with unburying the jeeps left by the military and started selling parts and vehicles. Was able to watch a video on them.
I say paint the tub all one color, inside and out, top, bottom, all of it. I plan on doing my 47 Willys all one color as well so that's my suggestion. Really enjoying the build!
I started with the same on my 51 M38 Willys, welded grill and all. I got my tub from the same company and love it and have just finished stripping it down.
Brought back memories with that del,y 36 years with competition and got "FED up" and retired,many stops like yours,POPCORN gonna be a new veteran with those parts..woooooo
I bought a surplus military Jeep back in the 70’s for $500 bucks. It was pretty thrashed but not too rusted. Had fun restoring it as my first car. After you clean up the frame use POR 15 + POR ChassiBlack for the frame. It’s cheap and bulletproof. There’s nothing to these old jeeps really. You’ll have fun restoring yours.
Paint it all separate Josh, and use some seriously industrial under coating in 20 years you’ll be glad you did. Man what a project, gonna be fun watching this come together!!!
Watching your Jeep videos just motivates me even more to hurry up and fix my truck and today’s the day, all that’s left is the timing, dropping the Distributor and splicing some wires since it’s aftermarket. Keep doing what you doing🤟🏼
I have no idea about the body prep...but a cool idea a friend of mine did, He painted his whole truck with the roll on bed liner. It ain't shiny (lol) but it looks pretty good and very functional for the farm...mud, scratches, etc.
Save the old grill and use it for wall art in the shop or the barn. I have seen tubs that were done with LiNE-X ,also there are spray your own bedliner armor kits you can do in your own shop. Amazon has a big selection. We did our atv 4wheel trailer in Line-x, in desert tan color, its a great look . much better than undercaoting treatments especiall in farm and off-road applications. also seen it used instead of paint on the body for ultimate no scratch coating
I'm not sure about his, but I just got a tub kit for a 48 CJ2A and it didn't come with a grill...so I'll have to use my old one. I was hoping for a man-cave hanging grill, but nope. ;)
Oh yea! It's been going...one bad thing is most parts aren't "off the shelf" so it takes time to get them....I'd say the restoration will be going on for another 2-3 months! Hopefully a video every friday on Popcorn the Jeep!
As others have said, try to sell or offer for free what old body parts, etc.that you are considering trashing/selling for scrap. People love the original and are willing to buy and take the time and money to restore. Good luck with your project and keep having fun.
Glad to see the tub is steel, not glass. The old tub is very repairable; if you don't want to do it, post it up for sale. Pick up only, but you do have a shipping crate to put it in.
You'll see my friend it is beyond repairing....I'm actually sitting right beside it in shop....pix will be up on Instagram later tonight..long day...but almost ready to pull the body...its been pretty darn fun!
Great video and you have a new subscriber. I am in the middle of my second Jeep build a 1961 CJ5 Willys and was amazing how little they changed. My first one was a 1975 CJ5 that I built for my first truck when I was 15 and still have it 27 years later.
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer def will! Reminds me of when i got my kids thier jeep go kart... i got home all excited to put gas and oil in it and take off. Opened the garage door.....and it was in a crate just like your jeep body lol. I had to put it together. No instructions lol. So it was a bunch of you tube videos and a lot of figurin it out.
You should have given it the coup de grace with a bullet to the engine block when you first figured out it was already trashed beyond salvation. But here you are...and good luck to you now that you've gone this far on this whimsical restoration! Of course, now I'm hooked and will be watching with bated breath to see every episode.
LOL.....Gary...ur right..there were two options with ol Popcorn..get it running and play around the farm..or sell it....or go nuts with it and do my first frame off restoration! Well...no turning back now!...Remember I'm not a big budget hot rod show...and it's my first time doing most of this work...so I'm gonna learn learn learn! Maybe next time we do something like a C10 !!
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer From what I saw and heard of ole Popcorn on the previous videos it's going to be more like a 'replacement...one part at a time' than a 'restoration'. Sort of like what the mechanics did in Korea or WWII...they sent home a jeep...one part at a time. Then assembled them when they got back home. You're well on your way! Keep going and keep posting!
I'd put bed line inside the tub. Paint the inside of the fenders, the fire wall, hood, frame and paint the bottom of the tub before you put it together. Then paint the exterior all at once to get an even finish.
If you have the means, take this in to line-x and have them spray the underside and all of the interior floor pans. Or you could spray your own truck bed liner on the underside, and the interior floor pans. SEM makes a nice kit you can spray yourself.
Your original Jeep is going to be just like the original axe that my Great Great Grandfather left for me. It's only had the Handle replaced 6 times and the Head replaced 3 times. It still cuts like a new axe!!! LOL
My neighbor bought 5 military Jeeps in crates, 1958. Those were complete, took 3 guys 3 days to assemble the first and 2 days for each of the other 4. Those were the days, brand new complete Jeeps, $150 @.
I assembled tubs with spot welding.PLEASE make sure you use quality undercoat materials.There will be air gaps.Clean and paint the frame Before setting new brake lines,electrical,etc.If there's rust where you put new body pads,they'll rot so quickly.You are going to have a Legacy,when finished.Great grandkids should be able to drive that too.
Yessir...I am totally with ya! I need to get under it and in every nook and cranny...seal it off to the weather while completely dry....and use some body seam seal in alot of areas. Now...the jeep will only have exposure to the farm...and probably be a fair weather machine...but never hurts to be thorough thats for sure! Thanks man!!
Some might disagree with the way you're restoring it but for someone who has been in your place I don't disagree one bit. Love to see how easy those bolts come out hah have fun always enjoyed body work, restoring an airstream currently.
Shew...let me tell you how many comments down there are telling me I could salvage that old body! Oh my god...it's horribly rusted and beat to death....check them out...heck respond to them....folks arent' trusting my judgement....that body was barely hanging on bhhahha
if you spray linseed oil on the bottom and let it dry get it into all the places where it can rust and you can still paint it and do the same to the frame and also spray the inside of the frame and it will last forever
There's a Willy's jeep book I think you can get from 48 to 52,but I think it's outta California tried getting a 48 from work but he won't sell it. Looking forward watching you do yours
Paint is far better than undercoating, undercoating traps water and ends up causing rust. Some bedliner in the wheel wells might work well, rocks kicked up can chip the paint, bedliner would probably have better impact resistance than undercoating.
I remember reading about the history of early EARLY Fords, and you kept everything it came in because it was all part of the car. Including the wooden crate which was used as the floor. LOL
Yep...and the wood crate was part of the framework that held the sheet metal on...check out my video with One lonely farmer...we looked at some of his 1920's and 30s cars...sheet metal tacked onto lumber!
Paint it match if you like but for goodness sakes don't use rubberized under coating on it. It just holds moisture under it once it gets some age on it and is worse than nothing at all from my experience. You can always add a wax based under coat after you're done painting if you want extra protection. Fluid film for example.
DO NOT PAINT OVER THE SHIPPING PRIMER! Scuff and epoxy over the black shipping primer it is not a base you want for your paint, i work in a restoration shop and that stuff will cause problems later on down the road if not properly prepped. Stoked to see this project!
Before you pull the old tub, make note of the positioning of the original tub to the rear crossmember. The body doesn’t set centered in relation to the rear crossmember.
JD Juan Philippines makes the body parts. Make sure you fit to frame before painting. Sometimes there are issues with bolt holes lining up and need tweaking. Tweak before paint. Then disassemble for paint.
Jack Smith Jack and Josh... This is the best comment that I have seen on this video. As the carpenters say measure twice and cut once. Follow this advice and you will not regret the extra time it took. As to undercoating, I don't have enough experience to know what to suggest, but the comments about the rubberized coatings holding moisture make sense, so if I was doing this I think I would use the paint idea, maybe even the epoxy paint idea.
had a 3/4 ton willies 40 years ago, I think I remember a manifold bolt hidden under the carb. the fuel pump was totally distroyed so I mounted a tank on the hood and used gravity.
you might want to consider an oil bath on the underside ! undercoating just traps all the stuff you are trying to keep out . Cant wait to see the progress !
"These are all nice [self tapping] screws, im gonna hang to them." Boy ive sure done that more than once. Lol
I want to keep the wood. You never know when those will come in handy
@@SimonTekConley im a sucker for keepjng scrap wood. But good free fasteners are always worth it.
@@danielanderson2030 Nobody mentioned the miles of fee Square tubing and angle iron! :)
@@MikeBaxterABC always blows me away when people scrap that stuff.
@@danielanderson2030 I know ... I have almost NO ROOM here at my place .. but the basement ceiling has compartments and storage areas pretty well organized! ... I'd be cutting it all in straight lengths to take up the least space, for future projects! :)
I'm so happy that he ordered parts all the way from my country (well because jeeps been a huge part of our history and a public transportation vehicle) proud Filipino here!
When I was stationed in the P.I. you could actually got to a warehouse in Manila and buy a WW2 jeep still in the crate.
azthundercloud I remember on mash someone sending a Jeep home one part at a time
Moving to PI in 6 months. I understand you can buy a remanufactured Jeep from MD Juan. Trying to get confirmation
Great Video. Your farm brings back memories. My Dad had a Farm in Orange County (North Carolina), great times and at the age of 8, I learned how to drive on a Farmall Cub.
This is what Jeep was all about, easy repair or fix in the field shop. Jeeps are made to be rebuild. Salute to your work.
Back in 1989 or 90 I ordered a replacement body from J.C. Whitney for my '47 CJ-2a. I had to go get it from the freight carrier in my pick-up by myself. Wasn't too bad. Never got around to doing the work to it that I had wanted and sold the Jeep and the body in '93. Keep up the great videos!
I'm in the mountains of NC.
Dang man....I wish I woulda got it!
Josh , You will have ball on this build..If you look on you tube, there are a few video's on how important the jeep was in our fighting force's. It make's you want to give them a salute.
True! And I'm ready ! Ready to be frustrated! Ready to make it nice again...ready to learn the process!
That old body is in better shape than 80% of vehicles on the road here in Michigan
Salt and terrible roads! You ready for Whitmers big gas tax?
@@40intrepid hell no!
You know it! That Jeep looks mint to us Michiganders...
@@jacobirvine704 it's the same here in Indiana. Salt eats stuff! :-(
Love watching the progress on this old Jeep,Josh. Every farm needs a good Jeep!
Jeep in a box. What a wonderful sight!
Yes it was!
This has to be hands down, one of the coolest projects I have seen on YT. Love the old jeeps!!
POR 15 is an excellent product. My 1942 Convertible has had POR 15 on the body bottom, inner fenders and frame for 20 years. Not an ounce of rust. Eastwood makes a similar product though I have never used it.
Jack...I was just going through the comments...I wanted to thank you for all of your very insightful and positive comments...I appreciate a guy like you on the channel! Thanks so much!
Stoney Ridge Farmer Thank you. Got my first low hood while in high school and many more have followed. Love those old jeeps. A few words of caution about the body you just bought. As I mentioned, put it together on the frame to make sure everything lines up. There have been issues with this in the past. I don’t know what level of restoration you taking this to there are a couple more things to lookout for. One is the primer. Yes it is primed. But it isn’t the best. When I did my JD Juan body, on the advice of others, I removed what they referred to as shipping primer and laid down a good coat of DuPont primer. Oh yea one other observation. You mentioned some scratches. This can translate to almost invisible dents that will show up when painted. As you problem already know, the better the foundation when you paint the nicer the paint job. Things we would take for granted fitting. Like the actual gauges you are using fitting the holes. Run a tap tap into caged nuts to make sure there is no weld spatter on the threads. I know you get the idea, detail, detail, detail.
Looks like you’re having a good time. If I were closer I’d stop by and give you a hand.
Oh yea, the old grill can be recycled into a great bench. Use the grill for the back and weld up a frame to sit on. Do NOT paint the grill leave it in the distressed look. Really kool piece.
Up here in Michigan we call that a near rust free tub.
Yeah, I was thinking, as he was showing all the "terrible" parts of that jeep body, how great it would be to start out with that "repairable" of a body.
Not only should you undercoat with something like rhinoliner, look into injecting rustproofing into all the void spaces and then sealing them. There used to be commercial services to do that (Ziebart from memory?), so if you can find one of those services, you could probably get it done on the cheap by trailering the tub to them. Sames goes to getting the underside and interior rhinolined. Not traditional, but it will greatly extend the life of the body. Check in Charlotte...... I also recommend using urethane bushings when you mount the body to the frame. Again, not traditional, but they will not break down over time and absorb water, and cause body rot at mount points.
I know a guy near Black Diamond, Wash. that has an original 1945 Willys Jeep still in the shipping box that it was meant to go overseas in. Never been out of the box yet. He just sits on it.
If you have seen Mustie1 on YT, he works on all kinds of old vehicles, motorcycles, boats. etc. He currently is make a 50's era Karman Gia into a daily driver and it has a lot of rust even areas that have undercoating. He stated the problem with undercoating is that it does not expand and contract at the same rate as metal. Consequently the undercoating over time hardens, then chips, cracks and forms pockets that traps moisture. This in turn causes rusting out the body parts. He recommends that just paint is better in the long run although he did say that the jury is still out on coatings like Line-X and Rhino Liner.
I'm looking forward to following your progress on the jeep.
My grandfather had a 63 Willys jeep wagon. He took out the rear seat to modify the back for camping when he went hunting or fishing. I miss riding around in that thing. No one else around had one.
Good luck! Can’t wait to see it finished. From NC.
Hahahah a proper farmer. Keeping the screws for later 🙈
But he was going to throw the boarding in the rubbish pile . Lol
You can actually see the floor of your shop. What a concept.
I'm no farmer but I did it all my life. From fridges, cars, appliance, electronics. I always have wire cutters, Vise-Grip and a pipe wrench in my car for roadside treasures like brass fittings on water heaters : $$$ at the srap yards. Yes, I'm cheap.
Now I've got loads of unobtainable screws and connectors ! Cost : 0$
He doesn,t like being called a screw.
A frugal yankee from north carolina.
Big thrill. Got a 5150 sent via ups. Had to use a try pod to move , and hold parts. The out come was great. Looking forward to seeing the Jeep. Tks.
I am glad I watched your video. I have a 1952 Willys that I was debating on selling, but now that I have the Kaiser Willys website I think that I will go ahead and restore it. Mine needs a new body too.
after posting my comment below, I watched a video about the Willys Overland Repli-tub. It talks about what they do to make the new body you have fit and original chassis. Might give you some ideas and help prevent some future frustration. Good luck and have fun
Scuff the whole bottom with a 3m pad and paint with Real Epoxy paint ( do that part out doors at 70 degrees. ) Undercoating, if not perfect can trap moisture, which you have plenty of.
SRF - follow Formula Firebird. He's got it right.
@@lint2023 Apply undercoat in dry low humidity conditions to a clean surface. Otherwise moisture can get trapped. Otherwise, just give it a good quality epoxy paint and then a lanolin based product like Fluid Film, re-apply Fluid-Film annually if you use the vehicle in wet conditions. Most of all, keep the under body clean and parked under a roof.
@@lint2023 x2
toilet rings and boiled linseed oil. lifetime protection @@timothykeith1367
@@geoffreyjones2000 just like Mustie1 !
That family in the Philippines was given all the remaining tooling and blueprints for those old WWII jeeps plus the license...they started out with unburying the jeeps left by the military and started selling parts and vehicles.
Was able to watch a video on them.
I watched the same video...was pretty interesting
I say paint the tub all one color, inside and out, top, bottom, all of it. I plan on doing my 47 Willys all one color as well so that's my suggestion. Really enjoying the build!
Love that little Farmall Cub by the coop
I started with the same on my 51 M38 Willys, welded grill and all. I got my tub from the same company and love it and have just finished stripping it down.
Brought back memories with that del,y 36 years with competition and got "FED up" and retired,many stops like yours,POPCORN gonna be a new veteran with those parts..woooooo
Amen!
Good job. The old gal deserves a new dress..... Good luck with your project.....
Everyone is talking about the Jeep and I am just happy to see the company I work for delivering your parts! Go UPS Freight!
WOooooooo! I had no idea UPS even offered freight!
Paint everything while it's apart. That way you can get it into the corners and such.
Agreed for sure!
I bought a surplus military Jeep back in the 70’s for $500 bucks. It was pretty thrashed but not too rusted. Had fun restoring it as my first car. After you clean up the frame use POR 15 + POR ChassiBlack for the frame. It’s cheap and bulletproof. There’s nothing to these old jeeps really. You’ll have fun restoring yours.
Paint it all separate Josh, and use some seriously industrial under coating in 20 years you’ll be glad you did. Man what a project, gonna be fun watching this come together!!!
Watching your Jeep videos just motivates me even more to hurry up and fix my truck and today’s the day, all that’s left is the timing, dropping the Distributor and splicing some wires since it’s aftermarket. Keep doing what you doing🤟🏼
Get on it brotha!
Love these Willys videos!!
That is exciting! can't wait to see this project come together.
Me either..this is my first ever "frame off restoration" ....it's been fun!
I have no idea about the body prep...but a cool idea a friend of mine did, He painted his whole truck with the roll on bed liner. It ain't shiny (lol) but it looks pretty good and very functional for the farm...mud, scratches, etc.
l did the exact same thing. Ground up restoration of a 1953 CJ3B high hood with the hurricane engine OHV .. Its awesome
definitely like these old jeeps
Save the old grill and use it for wall art in the shop or the barn. I have seen tubs that were done with LiNE-X ,also there are spray your own bedliner armor kits you can do in your own shop. Amazon has a big selection. We did our atv 4wheel trailer in Line-x, in desert tan color, its a great look . much better than undercaoting treatments especiall in farm and off-road applications. also seen it used instead of paint on the body for ultimate no scratch coating
I'm not sure about his, but I just got a tub kit for a 48 CJ2A and it didn't come with a grill...so I'll have to use my old one. I was hoping for a man-cave hanging grill, but nope. ;)
good to see the jeep project going again!
Oh yea! It's been going...one bad thing is most parts aren't "off the shelf" so it takes time to get them....I'd say the restoration will be going on for another 2-3 months! Hopefully a video every friday on Popcorn the Jeep!
Cant wait till it runs and looks good !
I love this Jeep series I restored a 1980 cj5 renegade with the iron duke 4 cyl. Keep the videos coming !
As others have said, try to sell or offer for free what old body parts, etc.that you are considering trashing/selling for scrap. People love the original and are willing to buy and take the time and money to restore. Good luck with your project and keep having fun.
The original military jeeps was packed in a big wood box just like that! Wheel, and all was packed for assembly in a matter of minutes.
Nice. I like it. Wish I was there helping you. Good job Josh.
Glad to see the tub is steel, not glass. The old tub is very repairable; if you don't want to do it, post it up for sale. Pick up only, but you do have a shipping crate to put it in.
You'll see my friend it is beyond repairing....I'm actually sitting right beside it in shop....pix will be up on Instagram later tonight..long day...but almost ready to pull the body...its been pretty darn fun!
Exciting times Josh. 👍🏻
Thanks Simon! I've been workin in the shop for about 6 hours getting the old body unbolted and ready to remove! Can't wait!
Stoney Ridge Farmer. can’t wait until the next Volgs Josh. It’s going to be a good one. What colour are you going to paint it?
I like it pretty good just like it is. That old boy has plenty of character and lots of good life left!
+1 on undercoating it now!, you can always over-spray it with the finish coat and not feel bad. But not vice versa.
Great video and you have a new subscriber. I am in the middle of my second Jeep build a 1961 CJ5 Willys and was amazing how little they changed. My first one was a 1975 CJ5 that I built for my first truck when I was 15 and still have it 27 years later.
Bored here in Miami waiting for a shipment back North , you saved my life hahaha
I would seal the old body and leave it on. Only replace what is necessary. I love the whole project though. I have learned a lot from your channel.
Good video, first time viewer.
Welcome! Hope ya stick around!
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer def will! Reminds me of when i got my kids thier jeep go kart... i got home all excited to put gas and oil in it and take off. Opened the garage door.....and it was in a crate just like your jeep body lol. I had to put it together. No instructions lol. So it was a bunch of you tube videos and a lot of figurin it out.
Lots of fun to come :)
I can't wait for the next video!
Loving this project and love watching the process of you restoring it keep up the great work thanks for the content
Hail mary that's a mother load of art. Can't wait till it done. Now you need the jeep from Duke of Hazzard from 60-70's show
Hi..... Thank you 🎥👍👍👍
Glad you're finally gettin'er done.
Such a cool series to follow!
HAVE FUN IN YOUR RE-BUILD.
WE USED TO HAVE A JEEP SIMILAR TO THAT, VINTAGE... SADLY, IT'S LONG GONE...
ALOHA FRM HAWAII
You should have given it the coup de grace with a bullet to the engine block when you first figured out it was already trashed beyond salvation. But here you are...and good luck to you now that you've gone this far on this whimsical restoration!
Of course, now I'm hooked and will be watching with bated breath to see every episode.
LOL.....Gary...ur right..there were two options with ol Popcorn..get it running and play around the farm..or sell it....or go nuts with it and do my first frame off restoration! Well...no turning back now!...Remember I'm not a big budget hot rod show...and it's my first time doing most of this work...so I'm gonna learn learn learn! Maybe next time we do something like a C10 !!
Having restored a WWII Willys, I can tell you a lot worse jeeps than that have been brought back to life, even original tubs!
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer From what I saw and heard of ole Popcorn on the previous videos it's going to be more like a 'replacement...one part at a time' than a 'restoration'. Sort of like what the mechanics did in Korea or WWII...they sent home a jeep...one part at a time. Then assembled them when they got back home.
You're well on your way! Keep going and keep posting!
I have always wanted one of these jeeps.
cant wait for the update
Coming soon.....I've been working on it this weekend!! Trying to post every friday on the jeep
I'd put bed line inside the tub. Paint the inside of the fenders, the fire wall, hood, frame and paint the bottom of the tub before you put it together. Then paint the exterior all at once to get an even finish.
rino line coat underside then paint match
get raptor bed liner that is tintable
If you have the means, take this in to line-x and have them spray the underside and all of the interior floor pans. Or you could spray your own truck bed liner on the underside, and the interior floor pans. SEM makes a nice kit you can spray yourself.
That was awesome!
Your original Jeep is going to be just like the original axe that my Great Great Grandfather left for me. It's only had the Handle replaced 6 times and the Head replaced 3 times. It still cuts like a new axe!!! LOL
Wow, I was going to make a comment and then I read your comment and it was exactly what I was going to say..except you said it better!
My neighbor bought 5 military Jeeps in crates, 1958. Those were complete, took 3 guys 3 days to assemble the first and 2 days for each of the other 4. Those were the days, brand new complete Jeeps, $150 @.
You got very nice farm you take good care of your farm
Goodness, this is awesome.
You have beautiful Land sir. Love it!
prime and paint before assembling is the way to go .just mask off any earthing points and an epoxy paint would be the way to go with that environment
I assembled tubs with spot welding.PLEASE make sure you use quality undercoat materials.There will be air gaps.Clean and paint the frame Before setting new brake lines,electrical,etc.If there's rust where you put new body pads,they'll rot so quickly.You are going to have a Legacy,when finished.Great grandkids should be able to drive that too.
Yessir...I am totally with ya! I need to get under it and in every nook and cranny...seal it off to the weather while completely dry....and use some body seam seal in alot of areas. Now...the jeep will only have exposure to the farm...and probably be a fair weather machine...but never hurts to be thorough thats for sure! Thanks man!!
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer For now the plan is only exposure to the farm but in 20 years who knows?
The original tail gate will make a nice wall hang. Maybe even a sign of some sort. This is gettin exciting.
Some might disagree with the way you're restoring it but for someone who has been in your place I don't disagree one bit. Love to see how easy those bolts come out hah have fun always enjoyed body work, restoring an airstream currently.
Shew...let me tell you how many comments down there are telling me I could salvage that old body! Oh my god...it's horribly rusted and beat to death....check them out...heck respond to them....folks arent' trusting my judgement....that body was barely hanging on bhhahha
I love CJ's I've built 10-15 of them over the last 40 years
Great progress. I hope your feeling better!
if you spray linseed oil on the bottom and let it dry get it into all the places where it can rust and you can still paint it and do the same to the frame and also spray the inside of the frame and it will last forever
There's a Willy's jeep book I think you can get from 48 to 52,but I think it's outta California tried getting a 48 from work but he won't sell it. Looking forward watching you do yours
this is going to make some great videos to watch how cool.
Paint is far better than undercoating, undercoating traps water and ends up causing rust. Some bedliner in the wheel wells might work well, rocks kicked up can chip the paint, bedliner would probably have better impact resistance than undercoating.
I remember reading about the history of early EARLY Fords, and you kept everything it came in because it was all part of the car.
Including the wooden crate which was used as the floor. LOL
Yep...and the wood crate was part of the framework that held the sheet metal on...check out my video with One lonely farmer...we looked at some of his 1920's and 30s cars...sheet metal tacked onto lumber!
@@StoneyRidgeFarmer Found the site.
THANKS!
Paint it match if you like but for goodness sakes don't use rubberized under coating on it. It just holds moisture under it once it gets some age on it and is worse than nothing at all from my experience. You can always add a wax based under coat after you're done painting if you want extra protection. Fluid film for example.
I'm researching materials now to do the best job possible
DO NOT PAINT OVER THE SHIPPING PRIMER! Scuff and epoxy over the black shipping primer it is not a base you want for your paint, i work in a restoration shop and that stuff will cause problems later on down the road if not properly prepped. Stoked to see this project!
Before you pull the old tub, make note of the positioning of the original tub to the rear crossmember. The body doesn’t set centered in relation to the rear crossmember.
I saw some bee hives on the farm, lovely
Should Rhino line the bottom of the new tub before installing it. Prepping the body is the most important thing you can do.
Dang, you really did a good job of reorganizing your shop!! Need u to come do mine.😀😀
Man...took 2 days! Still not done!! Need more shop!!
JD Juan Philippines makes the body parts. Make sure you fit to frame before painting. Sometimes there are issues with bolt holes lining up and need tweaking. Tweak before paint. Then disassemble for paint.
Jack Smith Jack and Josh... This is the best comment that I have seen on this video. As the carpenters say measure twice and cut once. Follow this advice and you will not regret the extra time it took. As to undercoating, I don't have enough experience to know what to suggest, but the comments about the rubberized coatings holding moisture make sense, so if I was doing this I think I would use the paint idea, maybe even the epoxy paint idea.
Good stuff enjoyed that
Glad ya enjoyed it buddy...I spend most of the day in the shop dissembling yesterday!
Really looking forward to this, been considering building one from scratch.
Might look into Line X or Rhino lining the bottom. I have had excellent results with Line X in truck beds.
The Philippines run lots of modified Jeeps as busses called Jeepnies. Sweet looking
had a 3/4 ton willies 40 years ago, I think I remember a manifold bolt hidden under the carb. the fuel pump was totally distroyed so I mounted a tank on the hood and used gravity.
you might want to consider an oil bath on the underside ! undercoating just traps all the stuff you are trying to keep out . Cant wait to see the progress !
This is cool love them old jeeps