I agree with you in all regards on this.
So what will the list discuss now?
Jim
Todd Paisley wrote:
>
> I think enough has been said on this subject. I'll let you have the last
> word. I really do not think any less of people who do not go 100%
> correct. It is very tedious, time consuming and definitely more money
> going the purist way. Not all Jeeps can be saved this way. But on
> the other hand, if you go to that kind of trouble, you should be rewarded
> with a higher price if you go to sell it. A friend of mine has spent 12
> years on a '48 CJ-2A and he still isn't done with it. (Close, maybe a
> few months away.) But everything is perfect on it. Down to a set of
> original Auto-Lite headlights, turn signal lights, wiring, rivets for the
> welting on the grille, glass, spark plug, spark plug wires, every bolt
> head is correct, etc. Everything is NOS or rebuilt to exactly the way
> it came off the assembly line. I drool everytime I see it. It is
> beautiful. If anyone wants to know what a Jeep looked like in 1948,
> this is the Jeep to see. On the down side, he really can't use it
> as a Jeep without worrying about it. I went over one day for the
> first time the engine turned over in 12 years. The engine started
> up, but he forgot to tighten the top of the oil filter. Oil was spraying
> all over the hood, oil dripping on the generator, etc. He was sick.
> Took him days to clean all the oil off. Now he is working on his
> "fun" Jeep that he can take his grand kids in. Once you are of the
> mind set of doing it correct, it is hard to not do it. It is a disease.
> The "fun" Jeep had some rust in the floor boards, so he originally
> just welded in patches. The next time I was there, he took out the
> tool box area to make the the patch look better. The next time he
> had the body off the frame, on his body stand, replacing the whole
> floor. The next time I saw him cut all the sides off except the lip
> on top to make new side panels. (He has a oak pattern to hand
> make side panels.) The next time he had the body finished and
> was wet sanding it. The body was perfect! I said "what happened
> to the "fun" Jeep?" He said "Oh it will still be a "fun" Jeep, I just
> couldn't bring myself to drive around in a junky body!" He'll end
> up making the "fun" Jeep just as good as the "good" one.....
>
> I also do not believe using repro parts destroys history. If the repro
> part is indistinguishable from the original, no one will know. You
> are preserving history. The problem is not all the repro parts are
> accurate. If you could buy a repro body that was EXACTLY like
> the original, there wouldn't be a problem in my eyes. What we
> need to do is pressure the people making these parts to take a little
> more time up front to make the product better. What would be nice
> would be some sort of certification stamp where the part is verified
> to be exactly like the original. What company or what organization
> would be the certifier, I don't know. If you want a particular part
> and it has that stamp, you can be assured it is correct.
>
> Another thing that might be useful is to actually document the
> differences in the different repro bodies. If what Darryl says is
> true, BEMAK might be a good place to start documenting if
> they truly are receptive to making changes for the better.
>
> Todd.
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