[mrbeef]

Looks like a great project and a fun trip. Four plus lanes of traffic out here would give most people a twitch!

 

[bontai Joe]

..........Safe at it's new home. First plan is to give about 6 people a sander and prepping it for a coat of primer. I think that will make a huge difference......

WOW! Why haven't I ever thought of that, giving a bunch of people a sander and letting them go at it. That there is a genius idea! THANKS!

 

[MARK (LI)]

You never read Tom Sawyer?

 

[tiretrx]

Time for a "block party" as Shorty used to say when he was still on Iron Restoration. The washing machine is all you'll need.

Slight amendment, Dave......the washer machine is all Mike will need. It'll be nice to not being the one buying the beer for a change.

Nice, they're normally hard to find with good metal! Is he planning on doing a military paint job on it or making it more of a showpiece?

Showpiece? Bight your tongue, Tim. We drive 'em, bro!

WOW that looks solid!! Nice find for him. So what town were you in? 3 hours puts you close in my aera.

Saugarties.

Sweeeeeeeeet truck! I love that style Jeep. So this was in New York City as in Manhattan? You are braver than me to drive a truck with a trailer in the city. My curiosity needs to know how much did you get dinged for tolls? My last trip thru the city was to take my wife to JFK. I took the Goethals bridge from NJ to Staten Island ($18) then the Verrazano Narrows bridge to Long Island ($36) for a total of $54 for just a pickup truck. A 2 axle trailer has to add to that.

We just passed through Queens and the Bronx on the way, Joe. And the right to do so is expensive.

I know the Jeep name is on it but who built it? Chevy, Ford or AMC? Heck Chrysler even built a few in the beginning. With a Jeep one has to watch those fine details.

"Willys-Overland was purchased by Kaiser Manufacturing Co. in 1953. In 1963, the company dropped the Willys name, becoming Kaiser-Jeep Corp. Six years later, in 1969, the company was acquired by American Motors."

This truck is a '69. Don't know if it was pre sale......yet.

The top looks new, and nice, and tight.

The top is brand new, and a good one, from Memphis. Also has a new water pump, radiator and some other things. The guy was running it on the road.

 

[tracktortag]

I'd bet that this would be a serious plow truck.

 

[PA318Guy]

Well to get you feelin' good about a military paint scheme, you could add the snorkel and have a drive in duck blind too!

 

[tiretrx]

WOW! Why haven't I ever thought of that, giving a bunch of people a sander and letting them go at it. That there is a genius idea! THANKS!

You never read Tom Sawyer?

Yup, Tommy was pretty slick with the fence whitewash, but the trick is to keep 'em coming back. That's where the beer and Neopolitan knockwurst comes in.

 

[TnTkr]

That's nice picture. The truck in question needs those high bed sides, tarpaulin frame and the trailer too. 😄

 

[tracktortag]

Beer, and knockwurst? I'm in!

 

[tracktortag]

Slight amendment, Dave......the washer machine is all Mike will need. It'll be nice to not being the one buying the beer for a change.



lol. It should be nice to see how the other half have lived for a change.

The top is brand new, and a good one, from Memphis. Also has a new water pump, radiator and some other things. The guy was running it on the road.

Memphis seems to be the "Richards" of M-715dom. I came across them while checking for parts availability when I was on one of my own M-715 crusades (more to come, I'm sure ). The new parts, and it's already being on the road are both big plusses, and make Mike's starting point better.

The one I looked at had an electric/hydraulic Western plow. It was still 24V but the seller had the electric motor rewound for 24V. I was thinking about it for my side job plowing gig post PW, but in the end decided that constant clutching (plowing driveways/parking lots) would wear on my less than perfect left knee.

 

[tiretrx]

Beer, and knockwurst? I'm in!

Sorry Dave.....remember we caught you leaving with pockets full of knockwurst the last time? You did it to yourself, bud.

 

[tracktortag]

Leaving with pockets full of knockwurst? You must be thinking of somebody else. I would have eaten it all there.

 

[Newsman]

Dave, so that wasn't a knockwurst in your pocket...

So Ellis, after crossing the TZ, how far up did you have to go or is that a Rockland find?
MikeC

 

[tiretrx]

Dave, so that wasn't a knockwurst in your pocket...

So Ellis, after crossing the TZ, how far up did you have to go or is that a Rockland find?
MikeC

About an hour up from the TZB......Saugarties.

 

[Newsman]

Bit of a trip but good results. And you didn't even honk on your way by. I would have sprung for lunch. Couple nice places near Harriman and Newburgh exits.
MikeC

 

[Ingersoll444]

Not that far! Only about a hour from me. Those are pretty cool. We have a few running around local to me. Fun drive as long as you dont plan on hitting any highways. I dont know what they top out at, but the one down the road from me is screaming pretty high going down the local 55mph backroads!

 

[tracktortag]

Dave, so that wasn't a knockwurst in your pocket...

MikeC

Leave it to you, Mike. No, no wursts..., or quarters.

 

[tracktortag]

Not that far! Only about a hour from me. Those are pretty cool. We have a few running around local to me. Fun drive as long as you dont plan on hitting any highways. I dont know what they top out at, but the one down the road from me is screaming pretty high going down the local 55mph backroads!

The one I test drove had to have high 400s, or even low 500s diffs. Like you said, it was a screamer on the narrow back roads around me.

 

[tiretrx]

With the older stuff, if I can run a steady, comfortable 50mph, I'm more than fine with it. That and good brakes. If they were my commuter that would be different.

 

[Ariens93GT20]

Please don't let him ruin this one pushing snow is it should be capable going about anywhere one would want to go without pushing a path for someone else.
Being a 69 build probably meant for use in southeast Asia does it have a heater?