Possible Tuxedo Park Mark III

What a great find. I'm glad it is being saved. Kudos to you, sir. Looking forward to watching the progress. And I LOVE that under-dash radio. It's awesome.

 

I took the engine to the rebuilder last week. There was a 12 month backlog on top of a couple of other recent projects I picked up ('52 M38A1 & '53 CJ-3B). Here are some random shots.

 

Awesome!!

 

Got a lot done in the last few weeks...

 

Rebuilt engine mated with trannie...

 

Looks Great.Nice Job, Thanks for sharing.

 

Beautiful work! Looks so good!

 

Look's Purdy When you get a chance , do tell about your wheels & tires .

 

Wheels are original repainted with catalyzed Matthews poly-acrylic paint. Tires are Goodyear 235/75R15 WRANGLER TRAILRUNNER AT's.

 

Thanks for the Pic & reply , Man........ the size looks about perfect for mine . I'm on it , LoL

 

The Trailrunner AT has been renamed the Goodyear Wrangler Workhorse AT...

 

Good to know!

Started it last week using the original distributor setup - two of the electronic ones I got from KaiserWillys were bad. The second worked for three or four starts but then decided to call it quits.

I'm working on trying to get it to idle now. I have to close the choke almost all the way and rev it to keep it running. I'm thinking there's a vacuum leak? Any other thoughts?

 

Having to choke it is usually a pretty good indication there's a vacuum leak somewhere.

 

Original distributor with Carter carb.

 

Looking really good! Are you going with the original Indian Ceramic paint color for the main body?
-Donny

 

That's the plan on the color, yes!

 

Glad to hear that. I have always scratched my head trying to figure out why they painted the steering column and steering wheel body color on your model.
-Donny

 

It was what passed for "fancy" in 1963. That and bits of chrome.

 

If you need any heater parts I have the original from my Tux Park III. It was in working condition when I took it out of the jeep during my restoration and is sitting in my shed. It’s in pretty darn good shape. I don’t want any money except for the shipping if you do decide you want it. I’m in Baton Rouge, LA.