Restoration of a 1942 Willys jeep GPW Ford
Posted: Fri Sep 22, 2023 4:25 pm
Hi men
I started a new project about 6 weeks ago. I was in a shop where they sell replica uniforms of WW2 and other wars of the 20th century.
I accompanied a friend a few times on remembrance trips and got interested in doing that.
Just a picture of my friend, his wife and me in his Willys jeep a few weeks ago.
I'm the passenger in the front...
So far so good.
There were several military vehicles stored and one of them was a GPW Ford /Willys jeep completely taken apart and hiding in several crates...
Since I'm very interested in the second world war (collection of military stuff, weapons, modelling,...) I asked the shop owner if he had a WW2 vehicle for sale and guess what, YES, the jeep was for sale. OK so far so good.
I went home and spoke to the wife, after all she has to agree with such a big, new project. She did agree but I had to clean up the old garage before the jeep could come home.
You have to know that the old garage is used for putting things inside that are still too good to throw away and for motorcycles which are waiting to get restored...there's no floor and no electricity .
So the next two weeks were spend by cleaning, painting walls, installing electricity and making a decent floor in it.
It was all ready at the beginning of september. On september 11, the jeep was delivered at my home.
This is what I received:
The chassis, painted in red oxide primer
The front and rear axle, painted in red primer
The tub and a few body parts
Fenders, seats, fuel tank,...
The GO DEVIL engine
Some more parts are available but as usual, a lot are missing.
So the hunt can begin!
It's a brand new experience for me, there's already a bit progress but it's going slow, too slow according to me but OK that's it.
That's it for today folks.
GrtZ
Philippe
I started a new project about 6 weeks ago. I was in a shop where they sell replica uniforms of WW2 and other wars of the 20th century.
I accompanied a friend a few times on remembrance trips and got interested in doing that.
Just a picture of my friend, his wife and me in his Willys jeep a few weeks ago.
I'm the passenger in the front...
So far so good.
There were several military vehicles stored and one of them was a GPW Ford /Willys jeep completely taken apart and hiding in several crates...
Since I'm very interested in the second world war (collection of military stuff, weapons, modelling,...) I asked the shop owner if he had a WW2 vehicle for sale and guess what, YES, the jeep was for sale. OK so far so good.
I went home and spoke to the wife, after all she has to agree with such a big, new project. She did agree but I had to clean up the old garage before the jeep could come home.
You have to know that the old garage is used for putting things inside that are still too good to throw away and for motorcycles which are waiting to get restored...there's no floor and no electricity .
So the next two weeks were spend by cleaning, painting walls, installing electricity and making a decent floor in it.
It was all ready at the beginning of september. On september 11, the jeep was delivered at my home.
This is what I received:
The chassis, painted in red oxide primer
The front and rear axle, painted in red primer
The tub and a few body parts
Fenders, seats, fuel tank,...
The GO DEVIL engine
Some more parts are available but as usual, a lot are missing.
So the hunt can begin!
It's a brand new experience for me, there's already a bit progress but it's going slow, too slow according to me but OK that's it.
That's it for today folks.
GrtZ
Philippe