Maury spent some time with Lawrence Elliott, a retired jeep mechanic, and took a few photos of him with his jeeps. Lawrence also re-manufactures bell cranks with bearings, so Maury was curious about that, too (see an example here). I’m hoping to visit both during my trip east this May.
Maury writes, “Lawrence thinks he’s owned about 28 jeeps over the years. Now, he has an early 1960’s(?) jeep truck that he has turned into a nice restomod, with a Chevy V6 engine and Ford 9″ rear axle, among many other modifications. He also has a CJ6 under build, as well as an M38A1, which have Chevy motors as well. On the CJ6, he created an adapter to mount a Ford Ranger steering box to replace the original Ross gearbox.”
Blow are a few pics of Lawrence and his vehicles.
One of the best posts…just awesome to see someone making the best of life.
I like the GMC CCKW. I have a 43 open cab and 41 closed cab.
Looks like the GMC CCKW was a Civilian Defense Vehicle at one time going by the triangle emblem on the door. Ah, those were the days.
THIS GUY IS OLDER THAN I AM ?? — IS THAT POSSIBLE ???