Sorry for taking so long on the pics....

Still working on the front axle large u-bolt problem with the idiots at Omix and Telico.

Anyway, here's a couple shots:

 

Wow! That is cool. It looks really different to me with the red paint and the V-8.

 

Nice pics. I like it.

 

Very nice.

 

Nice - an old-school look.

 

Really nice

 

thats nice and clean. mine looked like that, at one time. are you still running the 5:38. i am but i also have the warn overdrive.

 

Now that is red. Very nice looking.

 

Yes, and thanks (to all). My wife's dad bought this GPW in 1960 and it already had the 283 SBC in it. After he passed on, the car went through a couple of the other family member's hands and suffered. At the end, my wife couldn't stand to see the thing just go to a POS, so she bought it from a nephew.

That's went it made its way to CA and to me. It took a year to completely redo it, body off frame. I still have a few little "to-do's." Like a speedo cable. I've got the original speedo, but a Dana 20 and a T-150 trans. So, everything is a little custom. If you have any ideas on that, I'd appreciate it.

BTW, the history behind the '44 is that it was a Navy communications vehicle. It was olive drab from Ford, but the next coat was gray. The USN numbers were visible etched in the hood, or should I say, the metal around the numbers was etched enough that I could make them out.

It had numerous paint jobs. At one time or another, blue, red and then yellow at least twice. I stripped it bare. The hardest layer was the factory paint. Wonder what it was.

 

There's a place here in Riverside Socal that can make a custom speedo cable for you to match the t-case and gauge. I'll look them up. They made a cable for me a couple years ago. cheap, quick and easy.

 

That looks really nice, how could you ever put a price on something like that
Doug/Tucson

 

Here are some Jeep part numbers for the speedo cable and lengths of each.
One of these is bound to work, just measure/guesstimate your overall length.
These should be available from any of the usual Jeep parts places.
These are all one piece cables. The cable adapter used on the D18/D20 is the same.
535 1775 64.5" inches long
535 1776 80 " long
535 1777 69" long
535 1778 60" long ( most popular CJ cable used)
hope this helps

 

I really like that color. Looks familiar.

 

They didn't have CARC type paint in WWII, did they? I've heard that's some tuff stuff.

 

nice detail work on the engine compartment!

 

Yeah, that's beautiful! The FIL would be proud!