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GIjeeps@aol.com wrote:
> In a message dated 97-07-24 17:16:59 EDT, willys@vgernet.net (Jeff
> Polidoro)
> writes:
>
> << > hey folks! i just bought an original '42 willys jeep in great
> > condition.it looks like it just
> > rolled out of the crate! i want to modernize it a bit so i'm going
> to
> > add an airscoop from
> > a camaro on the hood and put some fat mag wheels on the back. i
> painted
> > flames on the
> > fenders to make it look faster. but i'm having trouble welding the
> > cadillac fins to the rear.
> > can anyone help?
>
> The crated Jeeps had their wheels removed so they never "rolled out",
> they
> had to be lifted out. If yours looks like it rolled out, then it
> must not
> be original. I think you should try to, somehow, incorporate fender
> flares
> into the welding of the Cadillac fins on to cover the fat mags in the
> rear.
> I hear that the fins from a 53 Eldo Biarritz will accomplish this
> nicely
> and were, in fact, used on every Jeep Elvis rode in while in the
> Armed
> Forces. Several of these Jeeps are featured on page 6 of "Wondering
> about
> The All American Wonder".
>
> Speaking of Elvis, while buying some original stainless steel
> hardware for
> my slat grille, I believe I saw him in the hardware store. He was
> buying
> lug nuts.
>
> Regards,
>
> JP >>
> Not one straightman on the whole damn list! (For those of you in Rio
> Linda,
> this is not a queer joke.)
>
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