Tank birthday, 47+ years

[Freenow54]

I'm a Jeep guy.



I have always been a Jeep guy. I like being a Jeep guy and I look like a Jeep guy.

My Jeeps like snow.


They like to be in my garage just looking cool.


They also like being all yellow, like a Yellow Submarine.

You were a Jeep Guy. I was the Last True Jeep guy. I bought a Brand new Jeep Cherokee In Grey Metallic with maroon / gray Interior with a chevy V 6 shift on the fly four wheel drive shift . They were the first Company to offer that . Chev and Ford still had locking Hubs which I knew my wife would never use as she is Stubborn. It was for my wife and two children after I learned she put my Camaro in the ditch in the winter 3 times and did not tell me . She belongs on a dirt oval track . The point is it was the Last Year AMC made them . Yours are made by Chrysler . No Comparison and So Lame omg

 

[Freenow54]

I'm a Jeep guy.



I have always been a Jeep guy. I like being a Jeep guy and I look like a Jeep guy.

My Jeeps like snow.


They like to be in my garage just looking cool.


They also like being all yellow, like a Yellow Submarine.

By the way I was hoping for a comment about my light bracket I made back when you were going through your storms and airlines problems

 

[Paul B]

. Yours are made by Chrysler . No Comparison and So Lame omg

My first Willys Jeep was made by Willys Corporation, not Chrysler, and helped win WW2. It is a 1960 military model from the military.

This "one day" in about 1974 I made $1,800.00. That is like 18 Gazillion dollars today. I made that every time it snowed because in those days, if you didn't have a military vehicle or an International truck, you did not have 4 wheel drive.



That old Jeep helped me buy my house. Right after that snowstorm, my wife and I went to Bermuda, all expenses paid.

 

[Paul B]

 

[Paul B]

 

[Freenow54]

My first Willys Jeep was made by Willys Corporation, not Chrysler, and helped win WW2. It is a 1960 military model from the military.

This "one day" in about 1974 I made $1,800.00. That is like 18 Gazillion dollars today. I made that every time it snowed because in those days, if you didn't have a military vehicle or an International truck, you did not have 4 wheel drive.



That old Jeep helped me buy my house. Right after that snowstorm, my wife and I went to Bermuda, all expenses paid.

There was a rumor that you could buy a willy's from the Military as surplus. Me being me sent a letter to the defense Department about that . They acted Like i was a US Citizen I got a letter from them , and The FBI telling me to quit my Nonsense or I would be Charged They have NO SENSE OF HUMOR AT ALL

 

[Freenow54]

My first Willys Jeep was made by Willys Corporation, not Chrysler, and helped win WW2. It is a 1960 military model from the military.

This "one day" in about 1974 I made $1,800.00. That is like 18 Gazillion dollars today. I made that every time it snowed because in those days, if you didn't have a military vehicle or an International truck, you did not have 4 wheel drive.



That old Jeep helped me buy my house. Right after that snowstorm, my wife and I went to Bermuda, all expenses paid.

Unfortunately we live in a different Century

 

[Paul B]

You could buy Willys Jeeps in a box. After WW2 you could buy a lot of military hardware, probably even a Sherman Tank. But they were hard to park and tore up the road.

My Willys Jeep had straight axels and about 9 leaf springs that you couldn't break. Low, Low range it only went about 3 MPH but it would drive through a brick wall. As a matter of fact, you could put it in low range and drive it up to a cement wall, get out and walk away and the wheels would still turn.

You couldn't stop the thing. I re-built the "F" head 4 cylinder engine and was amazed at the toughness. The ignition wires were in plumbing pipe screwed on to the plugs and the distributer cap was steel. You could drive it completely underwater using a snorkel on the oil bath air filter.

There was no timing chain. Instead, it had a huge iron gear with a pipe over it pouring oil on it. You couldn't kill it.

It made a lot of money for me plowing snow, pulling trucks and taxi's out of snow and pulling out shrubs and trees.

It certainly wasn't beautiful or a Chik Magnet, but I was looking for money, I already had a Chick and I still have her.

When I bought it for $700.00 my wife was very mad. That was until it snowed and I made a couple of months' salary with every storm.

 

[Freenow54]

Just answering a post where someone bought your wand years ago and he is tickled because he finally gets to use it

 

[Paul B]

I think thousands of those were sold. I'm glad they are still working.

 

[Minifoot77]

Somehow I lost this thread again... i tore my cummins apart last weekend and installed head studs... new turbo was making me as nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs

 

[Paul B]

I have been re-doing our guest bathroom. I hate builder stuff and after 9 years I tore it out.

I don't like anything anyone else has or anything you can buy in Home Depot or a furniture store, so I have to build it myself.

This was the original vanity and the hole I made in the wall for the new 6" deep medicine cabinet. I had to move that 3" vent pipe out of the way.
That old vanity I will throw out.

I wanted a hammered copper vanity top so I got a large sheet of pure copper and heated it with a torch to give it a nice color and pattern. This also softens the copper to make it easier to hammer.

Here I am hammering the copper with a ball peen hammer

I built the thing in my workshop out of solid oak, no sissy plywood.

The sink is made of cement. (I didn't build the sink)

Here is the thing finished, before painting the walls.

It also has lights under it, not on here. The entire thing is suspended and doesn't touch the floor so it is easier to clean the floor. I also had to install some wall tile behind it as it was missing.

Now I will work on the remaining walls which will be oak slats with lights sporadically installed in it. The shower glass I will also replace with a black, barn door framed glass.

 

[tharbin]

I have been re-doing our guest bathroom. I hate builder stuff and after 9 years I tore it out.

I don't like anything anyone else has or anything you can buy in Home Depot or a furniture store, so I have to build it myself.

This was the original vanity and the hole I made in the wall for the new 6" deep medicine cabinet. I had to move that 3" vent pipe out of the way.
That old vanity I will throw out.

I wanted a hammered copper vanity top so I got a large sheet of pure copper and heated it with a torch to give it a nice color and pattern. This also softens the copper to make it easier to hammer.

Here I am hammering the copper with a ball peen hammer

I built the thing in my workshop out of solid oak, no sissy plywood.

The sink is made of cement. (I didn't build the sink)

Here is the thing finished, before painting the walls.

It also has lights under it, not on here. The entire thing is suspended and doesn't touch the floor so it is easier to clean the floor. I also had to install some wall tile behind it as it was missing.

Now I will work on the remaining walls which will be oak slats with lights sporadically installed in it. The shower glass I will also replace with a black, barn door framed glass.

Absolutely stunning Paul.

 

[Paul B]

Thank you. I treated that copper with some very expensive "copper stuff" that is supposed to protect it and prevent it from turning green forever even outside. Time will tell. I also had to seal that sink because it is cement.

My wife picked that faucet; I wanted a different one. I think it looks too Girly. It's black on top and gold around the edge.

I have the oak panels for the wall to the right of that and hopefully will start installing them tomorrow. Then I will add the lights and start painting the other walls. I am thinking of a diagonal stripe going around the room. We will see.

 

[Paul B]

Minifoot, I did that job on my two boat engines just before I sold it.

 

[PPBlimpy]

ok, reefs, cummins and jeeps i like where this thread is heading. I check in and catch up every once in a while.

My 89 Grand Wagoneer that I swapped a 12V Cummins, ZF5, 08 SD dana60/sterling, completely custom built suspension and regret selling last year. put 45k on it in 3 years including a cross country drive from CA to VA in 3 days. Averaged 26mpg commuting 100 miles daily

Don’t mind the ugly wheels, hadn’t gotten that far yet.

 

[Paul B]

Here is the thing lighted. The light comes on with the wall switch and the medicine cabinet light comes on at the same time

 

[PPBlimpy]

Here is the thing lighted. The light comes on with the wall switch and the medicine cabinet light comes on at the same time

That’s awesome! I am not showing my wife

 

[Freenow54]

I have been re-doing our guest bathroom. I hate builder stuff and after 9 years I tore it out.

I don't like anything anyone else has or anything you can buy in Home Depot or a furniture store, so I have to build it myself.

This was the original vanity and the hole I made in the wall for the new 6" deep medicine cabinet. I had to move that 3" vent pipe out of the way.
That old vanity I will throw out.

I wanted a hammered copper vanity top so I got a large sheet of pure copper and heated it with a torch to give it a nice color and pattern. This also softens the copper to make it easier to hammer.

Here I am hammering the copper with a ball peen hammer

I built the thing in my workshop out of solid oak, no sissy plywood.

The sink is made of cement. (I didn't build the sink)

Here is the thing finished, before painting the walls.

It also has lights under it, not on here. The entire thing is suspended and doesn't touch the floor so it is easier to clean the floor. I also had to install some wall tile behind it as it was missing.

Now I will work on the remaining walls which will be oak slats with lights sporadically installed in it. The shower glass I will also replace with a black, barn door framed glass.

Hey I would love to know how you made the Taps and Sink . Seriously the counter top looks great .

 

[Freenow54]

Well I never liked the idea of DSBs. They have a lifetime of about 10 years and almost all of our fish live way longer than that.
I think most people keep their tank much too sterile.
I like LED lighting but I didn't build a unit yet.
In the beginning we used regular flourescent lights, then VHO, then compact flourescents then MH, now we will all soon have LEDs.
Besides that, everything is the same except for our knowledge.

DSB ?