Builds: Goose Fixes up His CJ-3B in only 4 Months

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Goose wrote me an email today, announcing he had finished the restoration of his CJ-3B. Not only did he complete his budget-conscious restoration in only 4 months, but he also documented it in two different locations (see links below); not a trivial task! He’s done a good amount of work in a short time and I think he’ll be happy with it for quite a while. Well done Goose!

Goose writes, “Hey Dave. I finally got my jeep finished and wanted to share the story. I’ll include a couple pics with this email but feel free to pull any others down from the links below too. The first link is from thisoldjeep, which I discovered here and the second is from a site where I frequent due to my dirtbike passion.

http://thisoldjeep.21.forumer.com/viewtopic.php?t=578&highlight

http://www.thumpertalk.com/forum/showthread.php?t=949807

Here are a couple before images:

Here’s a midway point photo:

And a couple completed photos:

7 Comments on “Builds: Goose Fixes up His CJ-3B in only 4 Months”

Nate January 19, 2011 at 5:38 am

Hey Goose! You’re famous now! Once again, nice job!

Mark January 19, 2011 at 6:32 am

Thanks Nate. You, the other guys at thisoldjeep, the CJ3B forum and Ewillys with all the pics for ideas were a big part of the success. I’m already starting to look for another jeep project!