Picking Trip – November 2013

Picking Trip – November 2013

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Visited a fellow collector who had a tragic fire about a year ago. Lost everything in his collection. He was able to salvage a few things and the following photos are from his place. GTB frame and the remanants of a modified WC62.
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CCKW tipper cargo box.
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Need to get closer …
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Can you recognize what this is?

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This was a nicely restored CCKW fire truck. He had just finished it before the fire.

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A GTB that had come from me originally.
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M8 engine and transmission.
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This photo and the following couple photos are of a restored jeep.

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This was another restored jeep.
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This was our second stop. A customer of mine told me about this jeep in the bottom of an industrial building in Peoria, IL.
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It was in the basement for a minimum of 40 years according to the current owner.

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This is the first time it has seen the light of day since. Very early CJ2A column shift.
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It looked really nice until we got it in the sunlight and discovered that someone had welded plate steel over the entire body. Perhaps an armored jeep?
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We got a tour of the old factory. This was the machine shop where they produced a drill head gear box for coal mining back in the day. Åll the original machines still in place. These all used to be run by a line run overhead with the old flat belts before they got converted to a more modern electric motor.
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Walking into this room was like stepping back into the WWII era. Time stood still here for a moment.
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Our final stop at my buddy Louieee’s place.
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He found this poor old rusty M37 for me. Great runner, just rusty, rusty.
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We spent about 2.5 hours redoing the entire load to get it all on.
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M8 engine up front, M100 on the CJ2A and the rest in the back of the M37. Trip went smoothly and safely.
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