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13721. thoughtful - 2/5/2005 10:59:39 PM In fact the vehicle has lots of quaint features like its top speed is about 45 mph. It has only 1 taillight...the other side is a reflector. The windshield wiper on the left is vacuum run, but the one on the right is a hand cranked wiper...kept the passenger busy. 13722. PelleNilsson - 2/5/2005 11:01:35 PM I hadn't seen #13716 when I posted. #13714 looks like there is an extra set of wheels at the rear to be lowered if required. 13723. thoughtful - 2/5/2005 11:07:51 PM Oh...no it's just a spare. The design is only slightly modified from the jeeps used during WWII. Willy's had to come up with a new purpose once the military purchases dropped off so they were selling it as something better than a tractor. It had all kinds of attachments including plows, tillers, harrows and such which could then be removed for heading into town...something you couldn't do with a tractor. These vehicles were not only very tough, but they were very simple and easy to fix...necessary on the battlefield which made them attractive to rural folks. 13724. PelleNilsson - 2/5/2005 11:19:47 PM Does it have an hydraulic power outlet at the rear like tractors?
Can you mount a snow plow on it?
I find those simple but versatile post-war vehicles quite fascinating. 13725. judithathome - 2/5/2005 11:45:06 PM Thoughtful, is that your house in the background? 13726. arkymalarky - 2/6/2005 12:09:54 AM That is too cool. Who'd need a Gator with one of those? 13727. Max Macks - 2/6/2005 3:36:42 AM wow thats quite a nice looking Jeep
but is that snow along side of it?? 13728. thoughtful - 2/6/2005 4:50:30 AM pelle, the plow package my father bought was for a snow plow so the hydraulic lift was designed to be mounted in the front. He moved it though to the back for all the other purposes I talked about above. It was not power lift though...we flipped the lever and pumped it up by hand...flip the lever back and it would lower itself.
Neither of the houses in the pics are mine...took the photos on the side street near us as our drive was all shade.
Yes, that is snow along side. I took the pics today. When we had the jeep restored, husband thought the steering box was ok, but turns out it isn't. So monday a fellow is coming to pick it up and rebuild the gear box. We garage it in the barn over the other house, but drove it to our house today for pick up. Fortunately, it was reasonably warm and very sunny for feb. It hit 47 today. Very nice, esp after that below zero weather we were having. But still very chilly for riding with no top, no sides, no heat. 13729. thoughtful - 2/6/2005 4:59:22 AM The most fun though is riding in it on a clear summer evening with all the stars and the moon as your canopy. Great fun.
It was a lot of fun to watch the restoration process, esp when it was parked in the garage next to ferraris and jags and things like that that were in the process of being restored.
And thank goodness for the internet...I was able to order the new tires over the net and UPS delivered them a few days later...un freakin' believable just a handful of years ago. 13730. thoughtful - 2/6/2005 5:02:03 AM The other thing I notice is when we drive it around, the women never seem to notice or care. The guys see it right away and gawk.
One time we pulled up to a light and the guy next to us said, 'How old is the Willy's?' I so wanted to respond, 'Do you mean the jeep or my husband?'
For cruise night, I made us t-shirts in matching colors...the cream with the red lettering. They say,
"You give me the Willy's". Corny, I know, but fitting for the crowd. 13731. Dubai Vol - 2/6/2005 6:46:19 PM Thoughtful, just in case you don't know, the jeep is considered by some to be the reason we won WWII. But you probably do. Just curious: does it have the floor-mounted starter button? 13732. thoughtful - 2/7/2005 2:47:56 PM DV, yes it does. 13733. Dubai Vol - 2/7/2005 4:59:28 PM Fun story: my first days in a permanent party Army post at Fort Knox, the 1SG asked for licensed driver to drive the commander to the range. Being a gung-ho new private with a frsh new license in my pocket I volunteered Hey, I'm from Tennessee, the VOLunteer state!) What I didn't know was that Army drivers' licenses are vehicle-specific, eg if you want to drive a Jeep your licence must have a stamp for a Jeep. SO when I get to the motor pool tey see my license isn't endorsed for a Jeep but it's too late to get anyone else. The Sergeant tells me "here's the starter, the gear pattern is such, this concludes your four-hour block of instruction on the M151A1, you are late to pick up the Captain, get a move on private, and adhere to the speed limit!" 13734. iiibbb - 2/7/2005 6:13:51 PM 
A Kern County (California) sheriff's deputy drove this car for 1 week before an officer noticed what the graphics company employee did on the passenger side of the car. He did this on his last working-day for the graphics company before he retired.
13735. msgreer - 2/7/2005 7:15:14 PM wabbit I apologize for leaving this message in the Cafe but each time I sign in the only thread that allows me to post in is this one. First, good post on the Super Bowl! Go Patriots! Celebrating time in Boston! When you have a moment could you drop me a line...nurseisin@yahoo.com. Thanks. 13736. msgreer - 2/7/2005 7:33:34 PM Okay. I give up. What happen to my post to wabbit? Granted this may not be the thread to post in but I can not get on any other thread. After I sign in this is the only thread that allows me to post a message. Hopefully, it will not disappear as the one I just posted did. wabbit Nice post on the Super Bowl in Sports. Could you drop me a line? nurseisin@yahoo.com. Thanks 13737. msgreer - 2/7/2005 7:34:06 PM Oops. I guess my first post did make it. Sorry. 13738. Ms. No - 2/7/2005 9:02:02 PM Hi MsGreer,
Okay, that's really bizarre and not my specialty but I'm thinking it probably has something to do with your cookies.
When you go to other threads is it just that you don't get the posting window? If you 'refresh' the screen do you still not get a posting window?
That's about all I can think of to try so if it doesn't work we'll have to wait for Wabbit or Alistair to take a look at it. 13739. wabbit - 2/7/2005 9:18:43 PM Ms. Greer, incoming! I'm thinking Ms. No is right about the cookies, but if not, I have an alternative in mind. 13740. Magoseph - 2/8/2005 4:37:43 PM Hello, Moties, winter is back for a bit--roads are treacherous this morning, but since there is hope in the near future, I am not going to cry about it. Instead, what I am going to do right now is use the treadmill, then, talk to my younger son, and try to persuade him to visit us next week when he takes a break from work. Then, I will badger my eldest one until he sends me pictures of his last week’s trip to the Yucatán Peninsula, which I intend to post in Escapes. These actions will be in vain, as I know well, but I am not in the mood just yet to tackle the driveway first, the kitchen second, and the mess I made last night, looking for my glasses.
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