About the Old Girl

She was born in the summer of '69 in Ontario, Canada; titled in '70 in Maine, USA. She shares some traits of both a '69 and a '70.

My uncle is the first owner; after 35 years of pining for it I talked him out of it.

She is mostly stock; what little add-ons are mainly because I haven't found a true stock replacement. These are all interim solutions until she gets a true frame off restoration. Of course I'll document that all here. She's had a face-lift about 2004-05; lots of rust was removed and a big portion of the body replaced. Maine winters can be pretty harsh on steel.

Key bits of info:
- Engine - Buick V-6 225 cubic inch
- Transmission - Dana T-14, 3 speed
- Transfer Case - Spicer T-18
- Front Differential - Dana 27, 3.73 ratio
- Rear Differential - Dana 44, 3.73 ratio
- Wheels - 15 inch
- Winch - front mounted Ramsey MX-2000 PTO (dealer installed)
- Top - Meyer Steel top (dealer installed)
- Color - Omaha Orange

This blog is a record of what we do together and of course what I do to her to keep her in good shape...

Saturday, December 12, 2015

A little bling never hurt any girl


I was looking at my stock photo of the Girl when something said to me, "It's just not right."  I wasn't sure what so I started looking around the web at photos of Jeeps from the 1960's and eventually found some that had hubcaps.

Yea, that's the ticket, hubcaps.

So I searched around and found some on eBay.  Turns out there are many many different "Jeep" hubcaps out there so I had to be patient.

How many?

Doesn't matter, the "right" ones were stock from about 1969, the year she was born.




Looks great!  




Thanks for looking...

Thanks for looking...
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