To follow up on Jason's search for a "cheap" MB/GPW, and also in
response to Jim's good information, the best piece of advice I could
give to anyone considering the restoration of a vehicle is save your
money and buy the best restoration candidate you can possibly afford.
The cost factor between purchasing a given part in functional condition
as part of the vehicle, or puchasing it later to replace a missing item
is at minimum a factor of one to five. Get catalogs sometime from the
larger jeep parts suppliers, and add up some of the major parts,
assuming you had to purchase them to complete a restoration. You would
find that paying $3000 to $4000 for a very complete and straight (but
unrestored) jeep would be far cheaper in the long run!
-Rob Root
1942 GPW
The obvious exception to this advice would be the vehicle whose rarity
made it worthwhile to restore regardless of condition...
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