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Devon’s Power Steering Setup

February 10, 2011 • CATEGORIES: Features, How To This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Greg asked for a few pics of the Steering combination on the Eller’s Jeeps, so Randy climbed under Devon’s Jeep to snap a few for us. Thanks Randy!

Here is Randy’s description, ”

I took a few pictures of the Saginaw steering setup in Devon’s MB but they were mostly taken from below because of his winch plate covering the top.  It is a little unclear just how it all works without the top view.

Dusty will be bringing his CJ2A back up here in a few weeks and I think it will be easier to get good pictures from his Jeep.  It still has the stock column in it which is what Greg is interested in.  I might have a spare steering box mount to take pictures of as well.

Picture 1 was taken from the driver’s side tire.  The frame was plated on the inside with ½ inch steel and protrudes an inch or so below the frame rail.  The outside plate is 3/8 and is what the spring mounts are also welded onto (the Scout II axles require outboard spring mounts).  3 of the 4 steering box mount bolt heads are visible; the 4th bolt was welded inside the frame rail because I wasn’t certain if it would interfere with the spring mount if it passed all of the way through.  The 2 bottom bolts from the steering box mount to the steering box are also visible; the 3rd bolt is visible in picture 005 on the top-front of the steering box.

Picture 2 shows how the steering box mount lowers the steering gear and in conjunction with the drop pitman arm almost eliminates bump steer even though this Jeep has probably 7 or 8 inches of lift.

The long bolt that protrudes down through the frame rail is one of the winch plate bolts and the other one you can see in Picture 3 ties the bumper and spring mount together.  It is a pretty sturdy assembly with the plated frame rails, spring mounts, steering box mount, winch plate and bumper all tied together.  The frame horns had to be cut off to plate the frame rails; the passenger side frame rail was also plated inside and out.  This mount allows the steering arm to pass underneath the stock round crossmember and it works well with aftermarket motor mounts.”

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1948 Jeep Rod Wagon Camarillo, CA **SOLD**

February 10, 2011 • CATEGORIES: Jeep Rods, Willys Wagons • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $3500

“1948 Willy’s Jeepster Full Custom Surf Wagon
Show Car – Has taken 3 out of 3 First Place
’41 Willy’s Front End
305 Small Block Chevy
Power Glide Transmission
$45,000 lots of receipts
Asking $35,000”

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1960 CJ-3B Camano Island, Wa **SOLD**

February 10, 2011 • CATEGORIES: CJ-3B • TAGS: , . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $7200.

This sure looks nice.

“Full frame-off restoration
Completely rebuilt Chevy 350 engine
Four Wheel Drive
New paint
4-speed manual trans. with Warn overdrive
Full roll cage
Bucket seats
Ramsey Winch
Full canvas top
Soft doors”

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1944 MB Pawling, NY **SOLD**

February 10, 2011 • CATEGORIES: MB • TAGS: , . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $12,000.

This appears to come with lots of extras.

“All original, combat ready. Have enclosed top, doors, and blackout curtains. Willing to make deal today.”

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1965 CJ-5 Wildomar, Ca **SOLD**

February 10, 2011 • CATEGORIES: CJ5 This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $1800

This looks solid with a nice cage and a post 72 front clip.  However, it still looks very much like a project.

“Bought as a project never had the time. Have the frame, body, tailgate, windshield, soft doors, engine, transmission, axles, transfer case.”

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1942 MB Chelan, WA **SOLD**

February 10, 2011 • CATEGORIES: MB • TAGS: , . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $5500.

“got a 1942 military willys. nice sunday cruiser. runs, drives, and stops. nice soft top.
non-directional tires. have trailer and spare running motor
$5500 OBO

NO TRADES, NO PAYMENTS, NO LOWBALLERS
put*wild* in your email”

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The Story of the Bantam BRC … A Movie?

February 9, 2011 • CATEGORIES: Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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UPDATE: Paul Bruno (aka the History Czar) provided a nice response to this post about his movie effort.  Please check it out.

Some of you might remember the video I posted back in 2009 of the recreated, original BRC (if you haven’t, check it out here).  It seems that the Bantam and its owner, Duncan Rolls, have been touring a bit, landing in an interview with the History Czar in August of 2010 (both the History Czar, seated, and Duncan are pictured below from Nov 2010).

In December of 2010, the Czar blogs about “his and his wife’s 11 year odyssey, along with Max Freedman these past 5 years, to have a feature film made about the creation of the first Jeep, the Bantam Reconnaissance Car (BRC),  in Butler, PA USA during the summer of 1940.”  So, the Czar seems to have a real passion for the Jeep story.

You can go here to check out their facebook page and follow their journey to make a movie:  http://www.facebook.com/pages/manage/?act=39829251#!/pages/The-Jeep-An-American-Triumph/110738008090

Read more about the premise and synopsis here.

I read through the premise and synopsis.  Personally, I’d take a little different tack with the story.  I would place the true story of the original jeep as the background for telling another, fictional story about some type of relationship (love story like the Titanic, father/son, coming of age, etc).

I’ve thought a lot about this because I too have wondered about developing a jeep themed movie, though it would be about the heyday of jeeping/trail riding/clubs/racing of the 70s.

A good example of how such a story, like the Bantam story, doesn’t work as a stand-alone story line can be seen in the Tucker movie.  While I enjoyed the movie, because it was a story about the struggle to make a cool car, most people weren’t all that compelled to go see it, because of the same reason — it was only about the struggle to make this cool car.

That’s just my 2 cents, which might not even be worth that much.

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