Nov 202009

Builds: John’s Family — Looking to Adopt

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John shared this ‘family’ photo with me.  He noted that he’s hoping to adopt a 1959 CJ-5 to complete the family. You can see pics of ‘Brownie’ (CJ-3A) here.  And, some closeups of Brownie here.

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7 Responses to “Builds: John’s Family — Looking to Adopt”

  1. greg Says:
    November 21st, 2009 at 3:48 am

    Please add more photos and details about the CJ. John, what are your wheel and tire combination? Great looking family, in a great looking setting.

  2. John Waddle Says:
    November 21st, 2009 at 7:06 am

    greg, tires are 32-11.50-15 Falls Courser MT. Wheels I’m not sure what they came on. They’re 8in. steel, no slots in dish, centered dish. I think they came on a mid 60’s Ford 4×4. There are some pics in John’s builds, a willys named Brownie, in this website about a year ago.But I’ll send a few more pics.

  3. deilers Says:
    November 21st, 2009 at 8:26 am

    Greg: Here’s a link to ‘Brownie’ .. http://www.ewillys.com/?p=9121

  4. greg Says:
    November 21st, 2009 at 11:16 am

    Thanks John,
    Appreciate the reply. Brownie has the look I’m going for in my build. Mine won’t be brown, I’m leaning towards green right now. But I really like the look you achieved in your build, particularly the old school steel wheels and tires that appear just about right. Do the wheels have enough offset backspacing to allow lock to lock turns?

    Mine is a 47 CJ chassis and drive train with a 56 DJ3A body on it. It’s in fair shape as it is, but I do have some work to do to get it where it needs to be. It’ll never look as good as Brownie though. I have to do the brake upgrade and would like to add an overdrive as well.

    I’ve really enjoyed Dave’s website, it’s helped me with several insights and decisions.

    Thanks for the reply and info, I really appreciate it.

  5. John Waddle Says:
    November 21st, 2009 at 5:00 pm

    greg, the wheels allow a lock to lock turn. steering stops are set at the same place as for the stock wheel,.this are drum brake wheels.

  6. Builds — John’s 1951 CJ-3A named Brownie | eWillys Says:
    November 27th, 2009 at 10:19 pm

    [...] See pics of the whole family here.  And, see some closeups of Brownie here. [...]

  7. Builds: Some closeups of Brownie | eWillys Says:
    November 27th, 2009 at 10:29 pm

    [...] This is John’s CJ-3A named Brownie.  Here are some closeups. You can see the whole jeep here.  And, we saw the whole family here. [...]

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