Episode-1924- Tim Glance on Restoring Old Jeeps
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Tim Glance is owner of Old Grouch’s Military Surplus, a retired US Army Warrant Officer and long time ham radio operator with the call sign W4WTF.
Tim had been collecting and working on old Jeep’s since before he even had a drivers license and he currently owns anywhere from 3-6 Jeep’s depending on what amount of parts you call a full Jeep.
Tim joins us today to discuss finding, restoring and using old jeeps around the homestead. Of course Tim is no stranger to our audience, he is a member of our expert council where he answers questions on vehicles, military surplus, HAM radio and all radio communications.
Join Tim and I Today as we Discuss…
- Why Tim likes old Jeep’s for a homestead vehicle
- What is the biggest difference between old military and civilian equivalents
- What models are there, and what works best
- What should you look for when buying an older jeep
- What modifications are good to do on a old jeep
- Where can parts be purchased are any really had to find
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Looks like it’s easy to work on…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lArUXYlXsH4
https://youtu.be/G7UNFEiQPys
A few things that Tim skimmed over.
In case you’re wondering, they did make a CJ4, it just never made it out of prototypes.
There’s also an M38A1C, which is the same as a 38A1, but set up for a recoilless rifle, and had a split windshield as the main difference.
There are also CJ6s, which are much less common, but are basically a CJ5 but with a longer wheelbase, so they have more room, especially with a back seat installed. There was a military version of the 6 called the M170 as an ambulance, the way to tell it’s a 170 is that the passenger side door opening is much longer to allow a stretcher to fit in and out. The M170s are pretty rare, so I’d stick with Tim’s statement on WW2 Jeeps and collectors.
Just so you know CW McCall has a song called Four Wheel Drive about a CJ5. For future reference on songs about Jeeps.
https://youtu.be/G7UNFEiQPys
I like the vocals but got that constant incessant music. Nope. LOL Note I mean that sort of rag time piano shit. Wow, that hurts my head.
What would be a source to buy one that’s not $10,000 and up. All I can find is fully restored ones from Dr. Google.
Don’t have the time or money right now. Too bad as this one is only a couple of hours from my house and has the PTO and 3PH
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1955-Jeep-CJ-CJ5-/272506552916
Hey random question from someone who doesn’t own a homestead (yet). What uses would you use a Jeep for? Or a side by side for that matter. Wouldn’t a truck just be better? Or is this kind of like assuming you also have a truck. Thanks in advance everyone.
Jeeps and side by sides can go where trucks can’t. A lot of that has to do with their short wheel bases. They are also a LOT softer on the land. My truck weighs 8200 pounds, that is a lot of compaction on 4 tires of surface area. Most of your Willys Jeeps are about 2400-2500 pounds.
They can also fit into places a full size vehicle can’t. And as Tim mentioned you can equip them with PTOs at that point you can do almost anything with them you could do with a tractor.
Hey Jerry W.,
I just looked up the listing on eBay that you shared and couldn’t believe that it was only about 15/20 mins from me…
I live in Elkhart, about 5/10 mins from the Michigan state line.
I saw that you’re just a couple of hours away…
What a small world.
Have a great day…!