1960 FC170 and a 68 M715?

rocklaurence · Post by **rocklaurence** » Fri Apr 03, 2020 5:40 am

66stepside, R U kidding me! How many Kool old Jeeps do you have? Do you have one for every day of the month? I need to move west because those old Jeeps dont exist here in Florida.. GRRR
That Blue Jeep is beautiful!
Im not worthy!!!!

66stepside · Post by **66stepside** » Fri Apr 03, 2020 11:24 pm

rocklaurence wrote:66stepside, R U kidding me! How many Kool old Jeeps do you have? Do you have one for every day of the month? I need to move west because those old Jeeps dont exist here in Florida.. GRRR
That Blue Jeep is beautiful!
Im not worthy!!!!

Hahaha, that’s classic; thanks for the laugh. I’ve got a few projects for sure.

JEEPs grow like dandelions here, so it’s pretty easy to pick them up., haha.

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twisted frame · Post by **twisted frame** » Sat Apr 04, 2020 8:38 pm

Man, I can't be surprised anymore when a new Jeep appears in your threads. Very cool Willys. Nice to see a pic of another 60-2 also! That's what my truck has. What chassis is that Willys on or what's the lift?

All I can say about my Jeep right now is that it's been living at my folks' house helping them with spring cleaning, so that's good.

66stepside · Post by **66stepside** » Sat Apr 04, 2020 9:18 pm

twisted frame wrote:Man, I can't be surprised anymore when a new Jeep appears in your threads. Very cool Willys. Nice to see a pic of another 60-2 also! That's what my truck has. What chassis is that Willys on or what's the lift?

All I can say about my Jeep right now is that it's been living at my folks' house helping them with spring cleaning, so that's good.

Haha, yeah, this one came from a long time friend; I couldn’t say no.

It’s all factory original, except the vintage SOA. So when I put the new axles underneath it, I kept it springover. This is one of my favorites. It has zero cancer.

If it’s one thing over learned about trucks over the years is that the beds make great storage units when they’re not driven very often- I can’t escape that with my projects.

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66stepside · Post by **66stepside** » Fri Apr 24, 2020 4:35 pm

I picked up the motor for the FC170 the other day.

It’ll get unloaded this weekend and squirreled away where I can go through it.

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Post by **Stuka** » Fri Apr 24, 2020 7:13 pm

That FC is going to be a rocket ship!

66stepside · Post by **66stepside** » Fri Apr 24, 2020 9:20 pm

Stuka wrote:That FC is going to be a rocket ship!

Hahaha, I hope so- Thanks!

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The FC’s t case is out, as are all the fluids, and about 9 pounds of dust, dirt, rusty flakes, mystery oil soaked goop and, perhaps a layer of ash from the Mt. St. Helens eruption form 1980.

Since I was doing a resto on a Jeepster Commando 1/2 cab, I thought I’d finally paint the Gladiator grill support as well to get the M Series all one color:

The above pic was from a few days ago, she’s currently curing now- along with the various other bits to put her in my buddy’s 73 Bullnosed beast.

Lame pic ahead alert- but you get the idea.

twisted frame · Post by **twisted frame** » Sun Apr 26, 2020 7:26 pm

I dig the post where the 401 air cleaner label is the second pic! It's amazing that the label is still there and I can read it but it's even more unbelievable (to me, anyway) you found a 401 that looks like it might be original and un-sleeved, not bored out and ready for whatever you've got planned for it. Is the yellow pulley a smog pump? I've never had one of those.

66stepside · Post by **66stepside** » Sun Apr 26, 2020 9:55 pm

twisted frame wrote:I dig the post where the 401 air cleaner label is the second pic! It's amazing that the label is still there and I can read it but it's even more unbelievable (to me, anyway) you found a 401 that looks like it might be original and un-sleeved, not bored out and ready for whatever you've got planned for it. Is the yellow pulley a smog pump? I've never had one of those.

Yeah, the smog pump is something I’ve never seen before either. The backstory is that it came in a 1978 Limited Edition Wagoneer with rear end damage. I didn’t get to see the wag itself, but it is supposedly a runner. Time will tell.

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rocklaurence · Post by **rocklaurence** » Mon Apr 27, 2020 10:12 am

Im working in the Spokane Wa area and drove out to Bonner's Ferry Id/Montana Pend Lake this weekend and noticed that '70's Fords and Chevy trucks are stacked like fire wood in every ones yards! Geez! I can drive for days and only see 1 or 2 in Florida! I also saw some International trucks/Scouts but no FSJs. I also saw a COE yard with old trucks, Metros etc lined up on the cliffs over looking SR200. Anyone familiar with that place?

66stepside · Post by **66stepside** » Mon Apr 27, 2020 4:33 pm

I’m crawling all over this area for one reason or another.

Sand Point is a cool place to be for skiing and, or course that ginormous Lake- Pend Oreille.

As far as wrecking yards go, I frequent most of them.

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coolhand75 · Post by **coolhand75** » Mon Apr 27, 2020 11:26 pm

Nice I love the fc’s. That one looks pretty clean. Good find

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66stepside · Post by **66stepside** » Wed Apr 29, 2020 8:36 am

coolhand75 wrote:Nice I love the fc’s. That one looks pretty clean. Good find

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Thanks! As soon as we are done installing newer axles on my son’s 62 Thriftside, I’ll be tackling that behemoth.

I guess I need to update the 62 thread?

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shortbus4x4 · Post by **shortbus4x4** » Wed Apr 29, 2020 8:40 am

rocklaurence wrote: ↑Mon Apr 27, 2020 10:12 am Im working in the Spokane Wa area and drove out to Bonner's Ferry Id/Montana Pend Lake this weekend and noticed that '70's Fords and Chevy trucks are stacked like fire wood in every ones yards! Geez! I can drive for days and only see 1 or 2 in Florida! I also saw some International trucks/Scouts but no FSJs. I also saw a COE yard with old trucks, Metros etc lined up on the cliffs over looking SR200. Anyone familiar with that place?

Not sure exactly what spot on 200 you saw but I drive all over eastern WA, N ID, and W MT for work and it's really hard to not drag everything home that I see. Lots of cool old iron on the backroads around here.

66stepside · Post by **66stepside** » Thu Apr 30, 2020 8:51 pm

I dug out some parts and mocked up the front end of the M715 this evening.

They need a dusting, cleaning and a bit o’ polish for sure.

I tried to source a radiator locally for a FSJ with a BBC conversion, but no such luck. So now that quest goes online I suppose.

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Chubbinius · Post by **Chubbinius** » Fri May 01, 2020 7:18 am

That looks nice mocked up. I like the double lights in there. Both of those rigs make me want to start hunting for ones too.

66stepside · Post by **66stepside** » Fri May 01, 2020 1:44 pm

Chubbinius wrote:That looks nice mocked up. I like the double lights in there. Both of those rigs make me want to start hunting for ones too.

Thanks! An M715 project just popped up here in Spokane for 2k (stimulus check!?) hahaha.

I was saving the quad headlight set up for the quad cab project, but due to mods made to the radiator support, I couldn’t use them.

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Chubbinius · Post by **Chubbinius** » Fri May 01, 2020 1:55 pm

Too much cool stuff; yours is the quad cab build too? Wow!

One day I'll hopefully have a little farm to grow a couple of extra Jeeps myself. $2k for an M715? Do tell, er link, please...maybe it can be shipped to someplace to store for the future farm.

66stepside · Post by **66stepside** » Fri May 01, 2020 2:54 pm

Chubbinius wrote:Too much cool stuff; yours is the quad cab build too? Wow!

One day I'll hopefully have a little farm to grow a couple of extra Jeeps myself. $2k for an M715? Do tell, er link, please...maybe it can be shipped to someplace to store for the future farm.

Lol, yeah, I’ve got a few projects. It’s perfect for quarantine times.

I’m getting the 401 unloaded... finally.

Here’s the M715 link:

https://spokane.craigslist.org/pts/d/fo ... 35594.html

Here’s are screenshots:

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shortbus4x4 · Post by **shortbus4x4** » Fri May 01, 2020 8:12 pm

Chubbinius wrote: ↑Fri May 01, 2020 1:55 pm Too much cool stuff; yours is the quad cab build too? Wow!

One day I'll hopefully have a little farm to grow a couple of extra Jeeps myself. $2k for an M715? Do tell, er link, please...maybe it can be shipped to someplace to store for the future farm.

I saw that this morning and put it on the zone. I have room if you're interested and will be traveling east sometime in the next 6 months or so. Where are you located?

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