OT M1 A1 jeep repair

[cornfield customs]

got this thing in the shop, and in the rotisserie. tons and tons of rust here is a video of it before i really got started on it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qvxf60DuyM4

been doing a lot of cutting to get the rust out, finially got to do some real metal work on it today. had to make the floor pan, as there are not a ton of parts made for this thing. however it did come with some subframe repair panels which need some re work to be usable. here are some pics from today

nice rust hole in the driver floor

new pan fabbed up and what was left of the original

lots of spot welds drilled out

new pan cleco'd in place

had a rust hole to fix on the frame rail before installing the floor and sub braces

cleco'd in some of the other subframe panels to check fitment

 

[Paul_J]

One foot out of the grave! I love seeing projects like this come together.

 

[GJunktionMike]

Looks like it going to be loads of fun rebuilding that.

 

[cornfield customs]

not sure if fun is the word i would use for this lol

more pics from today, made a new driver side panel. so i could attach the new floor to some nice straight metal. still have some metal working to do to get it finished up.

lines laid out for new panel

old piece cut out

new panel cleco'd in place, entire panel formed in house

 

[TiredIronGRB]

I've built over 30 of those, we used to buy them cut in half and rebuild them. Check out the link in my sig for some finished ones.

 

[TiredIronGRB]

If it has gussets under the front fenders where the signal lights monut it's an M151A1, if not it's an M151.

 

[cornfield customs]

very cool link, i will have to give the address to the owner of the jeep. it is an M151A1

 

[Mr.Gussett]

Love it!

I've built over 30 of those, we used to buy them cut in half and rebuild them. Check out the link in my sig for some finished ones.

Looking Good Mike! My Dad bought 3 front halves and 3 rear halves from Army surplus back when I was in school(70's)and made 2 good complete jeeps! Something about being too dangerous with the 4wheel independent susp.
He brought one of them home on our farm and I drove that thing everywhere!
I think it was a 1964 Ford?[S

 

[bob w]

That's a crap load of work! It couldn't be in better hands though.

 

[cornfield customs]

a little more progress on this one. finished the side panel, and welded it in. not much but it all adds up

 

[LUCKY DEVIL 13]

Why did they cut them in half?

 

[cornfield customs]

my guess it so you couldnt walk into a scrap yard and drive out a military issue vehicle.

 

[LUCKY DEVIL 13]

That makes sense

 

[Noah Zarq]

That's almost right. They cut them into pieces to keep an unsafe military vehicle off the roadways. The M151 and M151A2 were bad to flip over.

 

[TiredIronGRB]

The M151 and A1 were bad to roll but they changed the rear suspension on the A2 which fixed the problem with the rear wheel floding under.

 

[cornfield customs]

here is a video of where i am at on this one now

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTxuvuRggAw

 

[ronnysplymouth]

Thanks for sharing Mike......pretty nice work

 

[cornfield customs]

made a little more progress on this one in between other cars and work

passenger floor made up, with battery trays

original rotten floor ready to be removed

original battery tray

new battery tray

floor removed

start of the new floor

new floor next to what was left of the old

 

[cornfield customs]

new floor in for the first test fit

 

[TiredIronGRB]

You do very, very nice work young man.