UPDATE: Still Available
“You fill in the blank……
Hit me up 48021749nine 3
Have spare engine, trans, & starters”
UPDATE: Still Available
“You fill in the blank……
Hit me up 48021749nine 3
Have spare engine, trans, & starters”
<– Day 9 – Mar. 28th: Charging Futility and FC Roundup Day 1 | OVERVIEW | Day 11 – Mar. 30th: Phoenix’s Mystery Castle –>
It was a busy day at the FC-Roundup. There were more trucks, more people and plenty of visitors. The weather was a little warm, but I know I relished the heat after our cold winter in Pasco.
The morning started for some of us with a 6am breakfast FC convoy, which I did alone as Ann decided she’d enjoy sleeping a little while longer. We all met over at Jesse’s. Thinking Jason’s tour jeep was going to be filled, Craig Brockhaus jumped into the rear. I was thinking the same thing, so I jumped up next to him. It turned out we were the only two in the back two rows. Certain someone would tell our wives that we were seen taking a romantic ride in the back of the tour jeep, Craig made the smart move to shift to the other side.
We made it to breakfast at Fast Eddies without a single jeep breaking down. That could be a record! For the trip back to the event, Jesse offered to give me a ride in his M-667. Well, wouldn’t you know but that two-timing Craig wasted no time inviting Dan Devries into the back of the Tour Jeep for the ride home. I feel so cheap now . . .
After a quick trip back to the hotel to pick up Ann, the two of us met up with Colin Peabody for a wide ranging chat. He had some good suggestions for Route 66 stops, so we’ll be including some of those on the early part of our trip toward California.
Just before we left, Colin showed us his DJ-3A Surrey. It’s a beautiful vehicle that he enjoys immensely.
The door-prize giveaway started just after lunch. Jason and Greg combined forces to provide several really cool customized signs. We were all drooling. I implored my wife to use all her witchy powers (after all, she is the descendent of John Ketcham). But, no matter what she tried, she could not win me a sign! I doubt her heart was truly in it, because she didn’t think we’d be able to take it home. But, I had a solution and that solution was to come up with a plan once I won the sign. Alas, that didn’t happen. Here are a few of the signs.
Doug sent in this early Jeepney photograph from the Philippines. This sure looks like an original Jeepney built on a MB/GPW chassis. It’s got some style!
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $3500.
Looks solid.
“1949 jeep pretty original, Flat Green. Does run.
3500 FIRM
Serious buyers only
Do not waste time
Thank you.”
Not running.
“This is a complete jeep. Not running but motor turns over. Great project car with all parts available.”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $2750.
Runs and drives.
“46 jeep, starts and runs and stops. Lots of extra parts go with the jeep. I hope
I can still go at 68 years old! Has a title. I have a hard top that I would sell separately for $400.”
No pics provided.
“1946 Jeep, a little rusty and very ugly, but still a running, driving, functioning ol’ Jeep. It belongs to my boss. He is not computer literate at all and I barely am. I can text pictues to you, but I can’t e-mail them. He wants me to “weed out the idiots”.”
No pics provided.
“You don’t see these very often!
Be the envy of all your friends, own a 1951 Willys Flat-fender Jeep.
Straight and clean – starts and runs!!”
No pics provided.
“1954 Jeep Willy’s in good condition. Ready to hit the Rubicon Trail! Buick V6 engine, 24K miles, new wheels, tires, Roll Cage, Warren wench, Saginaw Steering. $5500. or best offer. One owner for 50 years. Thanks for looking!”
<– Day 8 – Mar. 27th: Joe’s Jeeps | OVERVIEW | Day 10 – Mar. 29th: Red Lobster or Bust — Day 2 of the FC Roundup –>
Prior to the beginning of this trip, I planned to have a new battery in my MacBook Pro laptop (currently three years old) and a backup charger (mine has lots of black tape holding it together). But, my planning went completely wrong. First, I ordered a battery off of ebay, only to receive a broken one. So, I sent that back and ordered a second one, which turned out to be an imitation, unlike what was advertised. Since my current battery still lasts about 2 hours, I figured I’d survive the trip with it.
For a back up charger, I planned to bring Ann’s, along with her old Mac Book Pro laptop. But then, her mom bought her a new Mac Book Pro laptop for her birthday. What I didn’t realize is that Apple changed the charger slightly for the new retina displays, meaning her charger doesn’t work with mine.
Despite these obstacles, I figured I could make the charger survive. Well, I couldn’t. Today, of all days, with us running late to get to the FC Roundup, the charger failed me. So, off to the Apple store I went to buy a new charger, which made us later. You gotta love technology. It never fails to go bad at the worst times . . .
Eventually, we made it to the FC Roundup and had a wonderful afternoon relaxing and talking with folks. There’s a bigger turnout than we’d seen from the last two years were were here. Even more people are arriving tomorrow, so it should be great fun. Here’s some photos from today: