Sweet! My dad was a tracked vehicle mechanic with the 4th Armored Division in France. He made it as far as eastern France, somewhere between Nancy and Metz. That's where his tour ended. He and the other 3 men in his crew were taking shelter during an artillery attack when their foxhole took a direct hit. Out of the four, my dad was the only one alive but critically injured. He was taken to a hospital in Cambridge, England. While stable, he remained in a coma for about a year. There was a mixup in dog tags, and he was listed as KIA and buried in France. Naturally, he wasn't awake to straighten out the mess. He wasn't expected to ever recover. I remember him telling me about when he did wake up. He became aware of light. He thought he was dead. He wanted to see so he opened his eyes and they were hospital lights. He said he waited a few to get used to them and then realized there was a nurse standing at the end of the bed writing in his chart. He tried to say, "Well, hello there!". He said that poor nurse fell backward in a full faint. He told me he could still hear the back of her head hit the floor after all those years. They became quite good friends, but no, not my mom. I did get to meet her one day, though, while he and I were going out for his work. Mom never knew, LOL! The Army never told his family about the mixup in identity. They just cut him loose after he had recovered. He said the letters he sent made it home about a month after he did. He lived to be 70 years old and died on that birthday in 1979. He was my best friend and I've missed him every day since. One tough old guy he was.... Cheers Terry
@claudec4063 very bad days. My sympathies to the French people who had a war fought in their front yards. I hope to get to France one day. Cheers Terry
My Dad went in On D-Day Omaha Beach first wave. 85 percent casualties . Came home all torn up. But he was a tough old bird. Was building a 1942 Ford Gpw so we could go to Veterans' shows with it. But he passed! Miss him all the time! Please restore this jeep! I've put together about 11 of them. I have lots of parts. Don't use a NOS fuel pump. They don't last with new fuel and will destroy bearings when they leak. Thanks for the video!
I think the designation for the Ford "jeeps" was MJB insread of GPW for Willys. I owened a Ford for many years, it was pretty much original including the Ford logo cast into the engine block and transmission case. If you want this one to be usable a steering change makes them a joy to drive. I changed mine to Saginaw steering with a homemade kit, using original steering column, dropped steering whl. height a couple inches with much smaller aftermarket steering wheel. After change it was an easy one finger steer and much more roim for driver. Drove that Jeep daily many years!
DUDE! Those aren't just spent shell casings! They're 30-06 practice rounds that were used in M1 Garands, Browning M1917s, M1918s, and M1919s during training exercises. Those are collector's items on their own.
I know ya'll don't do a ton of "restorations", but it would awesome to see ya'll go through it, knock off a lot of the rust and bring it back to somewhat of a rendition of what it would have looked like back in the 40's. Old Jeeps are just cool.
If you take the top off and then install the original seats, you can modify the wheel well on the driver side slightly and move the seat back 2 inches. That’s what they did when they came out with the CJ three A’s and B’s that additional 2 inches away from the steering wheel. Also when you showed the underside it looks like it has a Willys MB frame … not a GPW … but during the war lots of parts were used interchangeably between the MB’s and the GPW’s … it was easier to keep them running in the field/war that way. The life expectancy of a jeep during WWII was 60 days. They made over 750,000 jeeps during the war. Please restore it for all us old veterans.
That sounds like a great idea!! Would most definitely make it much more usable! The tub itself is more than likely a MB but the frame is correct GPW. It has the open hole rear frame bars, correct MG turret, and the U shaped front cross bar right for a GPW. As well as its original stamped Ford serial #. I’d like to get a Ford tub to match its original frame. I’m thinking the most budget friendly way to go about it though, is install all the Ford specific bits into this tub. That’s crazy it’s like span was so short! Makes the fact it still exist so much cooler! We definitely should bring it back!
@BudgetBuildz Your tub is probably original to the jeep. Only early GPW's with the Ford made tub, had rectangular depressions for the tool boxes. Willys had their tubs made by a company called ACM (American Central Manufacturing). Ford made their own. Early GPW and MB tubs had the name 'Ford" or "Willys" embossed on their rear panel. But by late 1943 tubs for both Ford and Willys were made by ACM, Ford needing their Willow Run plant for production of B-24's. They used an improved design of tub utilizing the best features of the Ford and Willys tubs, -the' ACM 2' tub. No manufafacturers name was embossed on the rear panel. Yours is an ACM 2 tub. Firewall to cowl pressing is two pieces, as opposed three pieces of the ACM1 tub. Other details are improved hat section under floor bracing (diagonal braces added). But Ford added their own bits (rear footrests, etc ) to their ACM2 tubs. Also, every bolt on the fords had an embossed "F' on them. It's fun to look for all the 'F' markings on all the components of Ford made Jeeps. Also, your engine is probably a post war one, judging by the gear driven camshaft. MB's and GPW's had a silent chain drive. Look at the block under the oil filter for the serial number. Fords started with 'GPW******, Willys with 'MB ********** I do admit that your tub has Willys toolbox lids, so maybe it is a Willys tub, but if so, it is identical to the same time period GPW tub, having been built by the same manufacturer and merely been assigned to Ford's output. .
Oh, definitely! Bashing around trails until the frame cracks or something would be a sad fate. I'd want to see a resto all the way to original markings. *That* would be something to go cruising in!
Please restore that old girl back to her former glory. She's begging to be herself again. The fact that she still moves under her own power tells me she deserves to be beautiful again
Loving your channel after finding it many days ago. An old Army jeep is definitely a must see for me. It's for sure a WWII and Korean War era jeep. I doubt it was ever deployed though. All those rounds in there tells me that it was used as a trainer vehicle for a very long time. Doesn't matter though because a lot of hero's were trained in that thing. Please consider having it sand blasted to bring it back. I've always wanted to do an Army jeep but you don't find them everyday around here. Keep it original to what it was...that's my vote. Edit 10 mins later: I know, having someone blast your vehicle isn't very budgety, but there has to be someone out there that can help out with this one.
Based on the lead images, that is not a WWII Ford, but a Willys M38-7” headlights, closed off vent opening below one-piece windshield. The similar CJ-3A had an operable vent.
That is an amazing find and rescue! That old warrior has stood the test of time and fought off every battle thrown at her. She deserves at least a mild restoration and live out her golden years with class and dignity. Bravo fellas! This one is right up with the Power Wagon as my favorite rescues to date.
I had a 1950 Willys Jeep and painted it Purple and Daytona Red. It stood out. 25 years after I sold it I saw it in a salvage yard in Casper Wyoming. By the time I went back to check on it, it had been sold. Great car and a heck of a lot of fun to drive.
I use to work on those old Jeeps way back when I was in the Army joined at 17 years old, lol. Lose the top, sand blast and restore. Those old boys can go anywhere.
It rolled right outta there like a trooper because they don't make 'em like that no mo'. :) I vote for FULL RESTORATION with authentic U.S. Army markings.
Do her justice guys. Seriously she deserves to be restored back to her military splendor. Pay attention to the transmission and transfer case seals. Also differential seals . Congratulations!
Tip: You ever get into a position where the head will not come off you can pack the cylinder full of nylon rope and then bump the key over it'll push the head off.
It's good to see someone who who has enough intelligence to not only clean out a vehicle before they work on it 👍 and also intelligent enough wear gloves and a mask while doing it!👍💯
I love seeing these WW2 vehicles restored to running condition, no matter what they are! My dad was a Tech Sargent in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He also kept his rank, and served in the Army National Guard Reserves for a long while after the war, (including during the Cuban Missile Crisis) and also the Civil Air Patrol with his same rank, serving as (you known it) communications officer! I had an uncle in the Strategic Air Command (S.A.C.) during the Cuban Crisis, serving as a flight engineer on a B52, just waiting for the "Go Code'. My uncles, and my dad spent a long nervous time on the phone together that night, especially after watching President Kennedy on TV, and were VERY HAPPY when they got the "Abort Code" instead. Two of my uncles were in active service (one U.S. Army, and one Air Force) at the time, with my dad still in the Army reserves. Whew! One Russian submarine and one U.S. destroyer almost made the fatal move, but at the last minute, THEY DIDN'T! THEY BACKED OFF INSTEAD, and so did The Soviet President! With the rank my father had earned in the regular army, he was allowed (as a non commissioned officer) to buy and carry a Smith & Wesson 38 Special revolver into combat in Europe, along with his M1 rifle. He had to use them both during WW2. He kept the pistol ( a WW1 army issue, in good working order) after the war for his own reasons, and for home protection, until he died suddenly on June 26th 1996, of congestive heart failure at home, at the age of 74 years. I was there with mom and one of my brothers. Our other brother was at work. We also have a sister. That day was also her 31st birthday. His death kind of spoiled that day for her for a long time. She's much better with it now though. She has been married for quite some time now, with four grown College Graduate kids. Two boys and two girls. Dad's first combat assignment was as part of the invasion of Europe from Normandy Beach in France, then Europe and into Germany. What a hairy situation that was! He disarmed German Mines, and almost got killed (twice) doing it. He also sewed U.S. mines. His Primary job was maintaining radio equipment, radio telephones, hard wired field telephones, (those sound powered hand crank jobs) and other communications devices. I have one of those hand crank phones (dad picked it up as war surplus) but it's in poor shape! While in Europe, he often worked out of a deuce and a half truck, complete with telephone switchboard, spare radio parts, and reels of phone wire that he had some P.F.C. (private First Class) soldier run out into the field. It was a box truck, not the usual canvas top rig. On the side, he used to take the weak vacuum tubes that were no longer usable in the field radios, and build them (with other small components) into tiny sized radios' that the soldiers in the field could carry in their shirt pockets. They used them to secretly listen in on the B.B.C. with ear phones! THAT WAS A BIG NO NO, but they did it anyway! He never heard of anyone getting into trouble for it though. I think dad made quite a few of those little radios' (and many new friends) too! In return for the radios, the soldier(s) in question would make him a deal (as payment for the radio) and slip him a box of Hershey bars, or a case of peaches, or some other goodies and other such things. What a beautiful deal! As they were getting deeper into Germany, he came across an abandoned German electric generator plant on wheels, meant to be towed behind a truck. The German Army left a lot of stuff behind as they went back to Germany. They were in a big hurry! Anyway, he latched it on behind his deuce and a half and connected it inside his rig and got himself set up with electric heat! You may recall that this was one of the coldest winters on record in Europe at the time. The power plant worked well, but THE BRASS GOT WIND OF IT AND TOOK THE GENERATOR AWAY! DARN! I don't think he was ever reprimanded for having it, or using it though. Who knows for sure, but under other circumstances, some soldier somewhere might have somehow gotten a commendation for original thinking by doing the same thing! To bad that never happened for him. He did get a couple of Purple Hearts for his wounds, several months in the hospital, and other ribbons for his service in Europe. I wish I still had them, but they somehow got lost a long time ago. That really bothers me not to have them! He also said the German beer was VERY GOOD. When he got back home after the war, he tried buying the same brand of beer. They had started importing it to the U..S.A., but they had done something to it, and it wasn't good like the home grown stuff had been in Germany. He never did find any beer that he liked after that. Keep up the good work. I like the methods you use, while being very careful, so that you don't cause further damage to the vehicle as you progress through the restoration process. I'd enjoy having an old jeep like that myself, but I don't have the money. They're so simple to understand how to maintain and run them. I found it funny when you talked while you dunked the parts into the cleaning solution, and said you were "making soup"! Home made soup indeed! Sorry, but it just isn't how "mother would have made it"! I hope you keep enjoying, and doing what you do so well, while restoring these worthy old vehicles back to running condition. Many of us certainly enjoy watching you do it, weather as civilians, or as active and former service persons. P.S.. I hope you don't mind my rambling on so much. It's just that I feel that people should not forget how (with or without the equipment they were provided), just how hard it sometimes is to render service to our country, even when our service men AND women also sometimes experience some good things while they volunteer, or are drafted into military service like so many others were. They ALL still serve, don't they!
I don't usually comment unless I can add useful material. But in this case I just have to say that this Jeep was built the same year that I was born. I have never been into jeeps. My thing was Mustangs. For ten years I owned a Mustang restoration and parts business. I owned them, restored them and raced them. Thanks for all that you bring to the automotive hobby. 😎🏁
Yes , totally restore it. It's old enough that it has earned a restoration. You'll not find too many more of those, so I believe that that one is a keeper.god bless.
I had some memorable Jeep adventures while serving in Korea. The scariest was going up a mountain to one of our communications installations on a steep, loose rock bottom road with only the rear-wheel-drive working, spinning and sliding all over close to the edge. White Knuckles! Our motor pool really sucked. Stayed overnight partying with the permeant manning crew up there and hunted pheasant in the mourning. Next time I went up with our Lt. on a chopper as payroll guard...more relaxed but no party or hunting.
Guys please restore this awesome Jeep! From the tires filling up to running, it deserves to be fixed up! I’m 72 yr old retired lady & have enjoyed your labor of love! I can’t wait to see what you decide to do with it! 👏😊💜
i think this was probably a Marine Corps jeep, the paint looks like "Marine green", which was more of a forest green than the Army olive drab. he lives in south carolina, so i guess that's possible--Parris Island is in south carolina, so maybe this was a USMC vehicle.
I'm 68 years old but I learned to drive in my dads 1942 Ford army jeep. It also had the blackout lights on the front and rear just like the one in the video. We hunted in that jeep my whole young life. He painted it hunter orange and white. Wish I still had it.....
Guys, sorry to disappoint you, but this jeep is not a WW2 jeep - it is M38 which were built after the war, sometimes in late nineteen forties, or early fifties.....
6:12 is a radio Jeep, also 44-45 Ford started using ACM tubs so the body can still be an original with MB toolbox lids you gotta find the number on the driver side toe board
That would make a great project jeep. Outstanding!!! Get it running and keep it running!!! Fix it up just enough to make it clean,and running well . Make super dependable
Great work getting it to run. If I was in charge I would rescue and restore it fully. With the serial number from over 80 years ago, this rusty old timer served in a war and I think it more than deserve a proper restoration!
It's incredible to see a piece of history like this Ford GPW Jeep brought back to life after 60 years. The restoration process is both challenging and rewarding. Kudos to Budget Buildz for preserving such an iconic vehicle!
This jeep is testament to the build quality of that time period, not only cars/vehicles but of most products then. They were built to last, can easily be fixed and can even be repurposed! Great rescue as always!
Don't get me wrong, loved the video and the jeep, definitely needs a resto, but the best part of this one was the smiles, high fives and cheering you and your dad did. I do many projects with my son and value that time more than anything. This is one of my favorite channels, keep up the great work!!
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Sweet! My dad was a tracked vehicle mechanic with the 4th Armored Division in France. He made it as far as eastern France, somewhere between Nancy and Metz. That's where his tour ended. He and the other 3 men in his crew were taking shelter during an artillery attack when their foxhole took a direct hit. Out of the four, my dad was the only one alive but critically injured.
He was taken to a hospital in Cambridge, England. While stable, he remained in a coma for about a year. There was a mixup in dog tags, and he was listed as KIA and buried in France. Naturally, he wasn't awake to straighten out the mess. He wasn't expected to ever recover. I remember him telling me about when he did wake up. He became aware of light. He thought he was dead. He wanted to see so he opened his eyes and they were hospital lights. He said he waited a few to get used to them and then realized there was a nurse standing at the end of the bed writing in his chart. He tried to say, "Well, hello there!".
He said that poor nurse fell backward in a full faint. He told me he could still hear the back of her head hit the floor after all those years. They became quite good friends, but no, not my mom. I did get to meet her one day, though, while he and I were going out for his work. Mom never knew, LOL! The Army never told his family about the mixup in identity. They just cut him loose after he had recovered. He said the letters he sent made it home about a month after he did.
He lived to be 70 years old and died on that birthday in 1979.
He was my best friend and I've missed him every day since.
One tough old guy he was....
Cheers
Terry
👍from Metz!!
@claudec4063 very bad days. My sympathies to the French people who had a war fought in their front yards.
I hope to get to France one day.
Cheers
Terry
My Dad went in On D-Day Omaha Beach first wave. 85 percent casualties . Came home all torn up. But he was a tough old bird.
Was building a 1942 Ford Gpw so we could go to Veterans' shows with it. But he passed! Miss him all the time! Please restore
this jeep! I've put together about 11 of them. I have lots of parts. Don't use a NOS fuel pump. They don't last with new fuel and
will destroy bearings when they leak. Thanks for the video!
BLESS HIDS MEMORY AND SERVICE. TOUGH GUY HE ABSOLUTELY WAS
I think the designation for the Ford "jeeps" was MJB insread of GPW for Willys. I owened a Ford for many years, it was pretty much original including the Ford logo cast into the engine block and transmission case. If you want this one to be usable a steering change makes them a joy to drive. I changed mine to Saginaw steering with a homemade kit, using original steering column, dropped steering whl. height a couple inches with much smaller aftermarket steering wheel. After change it was an easy one finger steer and much more roim for driver. Drove that Jeep daily many years!
DUDE! Those aren't just spent shell casings! They're 30-06 practice rounds that were used in M1 Garands, Browning M1917s, M1918s, and M1919s during training exercises. Those are collector's items on their own.
I know ya'll don't do a ton of "restorations", but it would awesome to see ya'll go through it, knock off a lot of the rust and bring it back to somewhat of a rendition of what it would have looked like back in the 40's. Old Jeeps are just cool.
YES IT JUST GOES TO DHOW HOW GOOD THEY WERE MADE
If you take the top off and then install the original seats, you can modify the wheel well on the driver side slightly and move the seat back 2 inches. That’s what they did when they came out with the CJ three A’s and B’s that additional 2 inches away from the steering wheel. Also when you showed the underside it looks like it has a Willys MB frame … not a GPW … but during the war lots of parts were used interchangeably between the MB’s and the GPW’s … it was easier to keep them running in the field/war that way. The life expectancy of a jeep during WWII was 60 days. They made over 750,000 jeeps during the war. Please restore it for all us old veterans.
That sounds like a great idea!! Would most definitely make it much more usable! The tub itself is more than likely a MB but the frame is correct GPW. It has the open hole rear frame bars, correct MG turret, and the U shaped front cross bar right for a GPW. As well as its original stamped Ford serial #. I’d like to get a Ford tub to match its original frame. I’m thinking the most budget friendly way to go about it though, is install all the Ford specific bits into this tub. That’s crazy it’s like span was so short! Makes the fact it still exist so much cooler! We definitely should bring it back!
@BudgetBuildz Your tub is probably original to the jeep. Only early GPW's with the Ford made tub, had rectangular depressions for the tool boxes. Willys had their tubs made by a company called ACM (American Central Manufacturing). Ford made their own.
Early GPW and MB tubs had the name 'Ford" or "Willys" embossed on their rear panel.
But by late 1943 tubs for both Ford and Willys were made by ACM, Ford needing their Willow Run plant for production of B-24's.
They used an improved design of tub utilizing the best features of the Ford and Willys tubs, -the' ACM 2' tub. No manufafacturers name was embossed on the rear panel.
Yours is an ACM 2 tub. Firewall to cowl pressing is two pieces, as opposed three pieces of the ACM1 tub. Other details are improved hat section under floor bracing (diagonal braces added). But Ford added their own bits (rear footrests, etc ) to their ACM2 tubs. Also, every bolt on the fords had an embossed "F' on them. It's fun to look for all the 'F' markings on all the components of Ford made Jeeps.
Also, your engine is probably a post war one, judging by the gear driven camshaft. MB's and GPW's had a silent chain drive. Look at the block under the oil filter for the serial number. Fords started with 'GPW******, Willys with 'MB **********
I do admit that your tub has Willys toolbox lids, so maybe it is a Willys tub, but if so, it is identical to the same time period GPW tub, having been built by the same manufacturer and merely been assigned to Ford's output. .
Thank you for your service.
I feel like I won the lottery today…….a mustie1 video , a pole barn garage video and a budget builds??? Awesome….
Same here!
U tube is so much better than any tv show
The creators are , the company, not so much
Same. yep, the pole barn episode was a cool one. And the guys from BB never disappoint, what a project. Mother nature took possession already.
@richardthomas1566 Agree 100%
As an old disabled vet (almost as old as this Jeep), I would love to see the old girl brought back to her original glory. Go for it!
YES, FULLY RESTORE IT TAKE THAT UGLY CAB OFF
Oh, definitely! Bashing around trails until the frame cracks or something would be a sad fate. I'd want to see a resto all the way to original markings. *That* would be something to go cruising in!
I'm 62 years old now and remember finding an old Jeep in the woods when I was around 12. Thanks for the memory!!
Genial dos Cletus Spuckler recogiendo basura del bosque 😂😂. Con un poco de suerte Trump os manda a otro Vietnam, gringos
Please restore that old girl back to her former glory. She's begging to be herself again. The fact that she still moves under her own power tells me she deserves to be beautiful again
Give me a full-restoration estimate. I’m really interested
I'd like to see a bunch of follow up videos on this old GPW!!
Sounds like a plan to us!! 😃
I second that! Flat fenders are awesome!
@BudgetBuildzif you need a third, that would be me. Would love to see you make this one really nice. Then bring it out west and put it to good use!
Definitely do a restoration on it. It deserves to be restored, especially after how good it held up after 60 years of being parked in the woods
YES, FULLY RESTORE IT TAKE THAT UGLY CAB OFF.
Loving your channel after finding it many days ago. An old Army jeep is definitely a must see for me. It's for sure a WWII and Korean War era jeep. I doubt it was ever deployed though. All those rounds in there tells me that it was used as a trainer vehicle for a very long time. Doesn't matter though because a lot of hero's were trained in that thing. Please consider having it sand blasted to bring it back. I've always wanted to do an Army jeep but you don't find them everyday around here. Keep it original to what it was...that's my vote.
Edit 10 mins later: I know, having someone blast your vehicle isn't very budgety, but there has to be someone out there that can help out with this one.
It's not a WW2 Ford Jeep.
It's a postwar Willys Jeep!
Probably a M38 Willys MC or M38A1 Willys MD.
I would take the top off and make it look original as you can. That’s an awesome little Jeep. Thanks for another , Brothers .
Enjoyed watching this. I would like to see this brought back to military green. As original as possible.
I always keep thinking WWII happened 60 years ago, but it was really closer to 80 years!
I can feel when you tripped over the tow bar!
I would pull the rest of those other jeeps out of the weeds for parts! A truly great find! Thanks for the video!
Based on the lead images, that is not a WWII Ford, but a Willys M38-7” headlights, closed off vent opening below one-piece windshield. The similar CJ-3A had an operable vent.
I bet that thing would go anywhere. Please do more to restore it even just a little. It's been thru hell and back. It deserves some love.
YES, FULLY RESTORE IT TAKE THAT UGLY CAB OFF
Man, nice a restore would be great, but leave it original !
I love seeing you and your dad work on these projects. It’s nice to see the family aspect of the show.
@The_Gray_Squirrel Really glad you’re enjoying!! Thanks so much 🤗
@BudgetBuildz definitely I like that about pole barn garage too
Thanks for a super video. No bad language, good photography and some interesting history. Really nice.
Cool little rig! Hope you got his little brother sitting beside him. I think this was the most excited I've seen your dad!
I knew this would start before you even started. What a shame people let these relics sit and rot.
This is by far the coolest save y'all have done so far! Please restore this! I can't wait to see more videos on this!
I think that chopper was the military looking for their missing jeep!
That is an amazing find and rescue! That old warrior has stood the test of time and fought off every battle thrown at her. She deserves at least a mild restoration and live out her golden years with class and dignity. Bravo fellas! This one is right up with the Power Wagon as my favorite rescues to date.
35:51 man see helicopter, man happy
Restore this bad boy to its proper glory. Something that withstood time so good deserves to be rewarded with a new lease on life
💯👍😎👌✌🏻✌🏻🙏
This thing was parked 10 years before I was born. In 2025 I'm 50 years old 5 months ago. This would have sat since 1965 to be 60 years. Wow.
I had a 1950 Willys Jeep and painted it Purple and Daytona Red. It stood out. 25 years after I sold it I saw it in a salvage yard in Casper Wyoming. By the time I went back to check on it, it had been sold. Great car and a heck of a lot of fun to drive.
I worked at a Jeep dealer after high school. M38A1s were rare then (1967). I say restore it!!
I use to work on those old Jeeps way back when I was in the Army joined at 17 years old, lol.
Lose the top, sand blast and restore. Those old boys can go anywhere.
YES, FULLY RESTORE IT. YES, TAKE THAT UGLY CAB OFF
The cab was probably made by Jc Whitney &Co..?? Awesome find..! 😮😊
It rolled right outta there like a trooper because they don't make 'em like that no mo'. :) I vote for FULL RESTORATION with authentic U.S. Army markings.
Old skool no power steering
Put an ell on the tailpipe to steer the exhaust away from the tire 😊
I'm a firm believer in never seize I didn't see you use any. I've been turning wrenches since I was 10 in 1960, and believe me it works.
Do her justice guys. Seriously she deserves to be restored back to her military splendor. Pay attention to the transmission and transfer case seals. Also differential seals . Congratulations!
Lots of TIME, $$$$,
And EFFORT…🤷🏿♂️😬😩
After all you've done to get it running you have to restore it near original - saved a piece of history! Congratulations!
without further ado, go through the entire car. A valuable car.
14:50 totally agree. Pulling the pan is the right move. I like it with how much heart and understanding you guys treat those old engines.
it was nice to see you pull the oil pan off before starting it up...
When you ran into the tow hitch, I felt that!
That would be the first delete if it was mine. At least pull the pivot pins or bolts and put it aside!
Haha 😅
@kriswright1022Oh it’s absolutely on its way out!
I cringed and reflexively checked on my shin.
Me too!! I winced and gasped at the same time!! I know that hurt like the devil!!!
Tip: You ever get into a position where the head will not come off you can pack the cylinder full of nylon rope and then bump the key over it'll push the head off.
Glad you made and effort to clean it off before working on it.
Your dad was laughing so much on that ride. Seemed like he just had the most fun ever. Awesome.
It's good to see someone who who has enough intelligence to not only clean out a vehicle before they work on it 👍 and also intelligent enough wear gloves and a mask while doing it!👍💯
Unique combo from the precious history, clean it, make it safe and take it to car shows!
Please do a full restore!
I love seeing these WW2 vehicles restored to running condition, no matter what they are! My dad was a Tech Sargent in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. He also kept his rank, and served in the Army National Guard Reserves for a long while after the war, (including during the Cuban Missile Crisis) and also the Civil Air Patrol with his same rank, serving as (you known it) communications officer! I had an uncle in the Strategic Air Command (S.A.C.) during the Cuban Crisis, serving as a flight engineer on a B52, just waiting for the "Go Code'. My uncles, and my dad spent a long nervous time on the phone together that night, especially after watching President Kennedy on TV, and were VERY HAPPY when they got the "Abort Code" instead. Two of my uncles were in active service (one U.S. Army, and one Air Force) at the time, with my dad still in the Army reserves. Whew! One Russian submarine and one U.S. destroyer almost made the fatal move, but at the last minute, THEY DIDN'T! THEY BACKED OFF INSTEAD, and so did The Soviet President!
With the rank my father had earned in the regular army, he was allowed (as a non commissioned officer) to buy and carry a Smith & Wesson 38 Special revolver into combat in Europe, along with his M1 rifle. He had to use them both during WW2. He kept the pistol ( a WW1 army issue, in good working order) after the war for his own reasons, and for home protection, until he died suddenly on June 26th 1996, of congestive heart failure at home, at the age of 74 years. I was there with mom and one of my brothers. Our other brother was at work. We also have a sister. That day was also her 31st birthday. His death kind of spoiled that day for her for a long time. She's much better with it now though. She has been married for quite some time now, with four grown College Graduate kids. Two boys and two girls.
Dad's first combat assignment was as part of the invasion of Europe from Normandy Beach in France, then Europe and into Germany. What a hairy situation that was! He disarmed German Mines, and almost got killed (twice) doing it. He also sewed U.S. mines. His Primary job was maintaining radio equipment, radio telephones, hard wired field telephones, (those sound powered hand crank jobs) and other communications devices. I have one of those hand crank phones (dad picked it up as war surplus) but it's in poor shape! While in Europe, he often worked out of a deuce and a half truck, complete with telephone switchboard, spare radio parts, and reels of phone wire that he had some P.F.C. (private First Class) soldier run out into the field. It was a box truck, not the usual canvas top rig.
On the side, he used to take the weak vacuum tubes that were no longer usable in the field radios, and build them (with other small components) into tiny sized radios' that the soldiers in the field could carry in their shirt pockets. They used them to secretly listen in on the B.B.C. with ear phones! THAT WAS A BIG NO NO, but they did it anyway! He never heard of anyone getting into trouble for it though. I think dad made quite a few of those little radios' (and many new friends) too! In return for the radios, the soldier(s) in question would make him a deal (as payment for the radio) and slip him a box of Hershey bars, or a case of peaches, or some other goodies and other such things. What a beautiful deal!
As they were getting deeper into Germany, he came across an abandoned German electric generator plant on wheels, meant to be towed behind a truck. The German Army left a lot of stuff behind as they went back to Germany. They were in a big hurry! Anyway, he latched it on behind his deuce and a half and connected it inside his rig and got himself set up with electric heat! You may recall that this was one of the coldest winters on record in Europe at the time. The power plant worked well, but THE BRASS GOT WIND OF IT AND TOOK THE GENERATOR AWAY! DARN! I don't think he was ever reprimanded for having it, or using it though. Who knows for sure, but under other circumstances, some soldier somewhere might have somehow gotten a commendation for original thinking by doing the same thing! To bad that never happened for him. He did get a couple of Purple Hearts for his wounds, several months in the hospital, and other ribbons for his service in Europe. I wish I still had them, but they somehow got lost a long time ago. That really bothers me not to have them!
He also said the German beer was VERY GOOD. When he got back home after the war, he tried buying the same brand of beer. They had started importing it to the U..S.A., but they had done something to it, and it wasn't good like the home grown stuff had been in Germany. He never did find any beer that he liked after that.
Keep up the good work. I like the methods you use, while being very careful, so that you don't cause further damage to the vehicle as you progress through the restoration process. I'd enjoy having an old jeep like that myself, but I don't have the money. They're so simple to understand how to maintain and run them. I found it funny when you talked while you dunked the parts into the cleaning solution, and said you were "making soup"! Home made soup indeed! Sorry, but it just isn't how "mother would have made it"!
I hope you keep enjoying, and doing what you do so well, while restoring these worthy old vehicles back to running condition. Many of us certainly enjoy watching you do it, weather as civilians, or as active and former service persons.
P.S.. I hope you don't mind my rambling on so much. It's just that I feel that people should not forget how (with or without the equipment they were provided), just how hard it sometimes is to render service to our country, even when our service men AND women also sometimes experience some good things while they volunteer, or are drafted into military service like so many others were. They ALL still serve, don't they!
That brass hammer sure looks the part.
I don't usually comment unless I can add useful material. But in this case I just have to say that this Jeep was built the same year that I was born. I have never been into jeeps. My thing was Mustangs. For ten years I owned a Mustang restoration and parts business. I owned them, restored them and raced them. Thanks for all that you bring to the automotive hobby. 😎🏁
15:50 that oil is practicaly already roaring at other dinos
Love seeing historic bits of kit being bought back to life!. Great job!.
Brilliant little truck .
Restore it !!
That old jeep waited to find two nice guys she just can’t wait to be restored go for it we are really proud of you two.
36:00 crossing my fingers for you guys, hope they get the fires out🍀🤞
Yes , totally restore it. It's old enough that it has earned a restoration. You'll not find too many more of those, so I believe that that one is a keeper.god bless.
The one sitting next to it looks to be almost original too. Double-barrel find!
Simplicity is king! If you want to restore it, we love to see it!
good work-greetings from germany!!!!!
34.11 in take the side cover of give oil. The tap. Love you guys. Mick Australia 🇦🇺
Watching these videos reminds me how much it miss my dad. Cherish every minute.. 😊
I had some memorable Jeep adventures while serving in Korea. The scariest was going up a mountain to one of our communications installations on a steep, loose rock bottom road with only the rear-wheel-drive working, spinning and sliding all over close to the edge. White Knuckles! Our motor pool really sucked. Stayed overnight partying with the permeant manning crew up there and hunted pheasant in the mourning. Next time I went up with our Lt. on a chopper as payroll guard...more relaxed but no party or hunting.
If you ask me? I love to see such cars fully restored to its first glory ! ❤ Thank you !
Take that cab off and get some hoops and canvas plus an aftermarket screen and frame
Man this diserve a restoration, great winner. 🎉🎉🎉
Totally Aaaawwwwesome. Wow! Reminds me of seeing the ads in the old comic books for the army jeeps for sale.
Guys please restore this awesome Jeep! From the tires filling up to running, it deserves to be fixed up! I’m 72 yr old retired lady & have enjoyed your labor of love! I can’t wait to see what you decide to do with it! 👏😊💜
Dude it looks like the small brother of the jeep in 'Gods must be crazy' movie😮
Love it! Get rid of that cab!
i think this was probably a Marine Corps jeep, the paint looks like "Marine green", which was more of a forest green than the Army olive drab. he lives in south carolina, so i guess that's possible--Parris Island is in south carolina, so maybe this was a USMC vehicle.
A 1973. C J 5 is was what I learned to drive also
That is so cool. My uncle was a Motor Pool Sgt 1st Class for the 21st Infantry Regiment, 3rd Battalion in Japan and Korean War. Nice job guys
Sweet '55 in the backround--my favorite. A friend had a red one with white rag top on which a greenhouse collapsed. That was a tough pill.
I'm 68 years old but I learned to drive in my dads 1942 Ford army jeep. It also had the blackout lights on the front and rear just like the one in the video. We hunted in that jeep my whole young life. He painted it hunter orange and white. Wish I still had it.....
You guys find autos in the woods like I find pennies in the couch cushions.
Guys, sorry to disappoint you, but this jeep is not a WW2 jeep - it is M38 which were built after the war, sometimes in late nineteen forties, or early fifties.....
@denisnovak733 It has an M38 grill and windshield, installed at a later point. The rest is original.
The Hardtop originated in Europe during Winter. Army Engineers used crashed plane aluminum to build a wide variety of enclosed cabs.
6:12 is a radio Jeep, also 44-45 Ford started using ACM tubs so the body can still be an original with MB toolbox lids you gotta find the number on the driver side toe board
That would make a great project jeep. Outstanding!!! Get it running and keep it running!!! Fix it up just enough to make it clean,and running well . Make super dependable
that hard top, my dad and an uncle had on their jeeps, sold by Sears
Big fan of jeeps to but not a fan of the doors and roof , Id bring it back to its glory days. nice work guys !
I was happy when I got my 2003 Jeep TJ going , I can only imagine how it feels to get that old girl going ! sweet Jeep ..
Great work getting it to run.
If I was in charge I would rescue and restore it fully.
With the serial number from over 80 years ago, this rusty old timer served in a war and I think it more than deserve a proper restoration!
I have used fiberglass cloth on leaky oil pans. It never failed.
Just like the soldiers at the time, this jeep is from the greatest generation!!!
That was awesome! Just wonder where that vehicle has been and what it has seen.
It's incredible to see a piece of history like this Ford GPW Jeep brought back to life after 60 years. The restoration process is both challenging and rewarding. Kudos to Budget Buildz for preserving such an iconic vehicle!
You should restore that one! That would be a cool one to take to shows!
This jeep is testament to the build quality of that time period, not only cars/vehicles but of most products then. They were built to last, can easily be fixed and can even be repurposed! Great rescue as always!
An old time trick to get a stuck head off is to cram rope down into the cylinder and then bump the starter. Head will pop right off.
Needs 1940's canvas top, obviously brakes and the like, be lovely to see it as a classic WW2 restoration!
There was a rag top on the Jeep sitting next this one in the woods.
I would definitely customize your bench seat to give you more leg room! Cool vehicle, Congratulations 👍
Good job 👌
This thing was parked when some of the other cars you have rescued rolled of the production line... That is insane.
Don't get me wrong, loved the video and the jeep, definitely needs a resto, but the best part of this one was the smiles, high fives and cheering you and your dad did. I do many projects with my son and value that time more than anything. This is one of my favorite channels, keep up the great work!!
Thats amazing that got it running and moving again. What about the other vehicle that was beside it in the woods? Was it another Jeep?
I think your kids are getting the best life lesson in 'anything is possible' from what you guys achieve with all of these vehicles. 🤗
When that thing started rolling under her own power i about jumped outta my chair and yelled, "WOOOOOOO!"
GOOD STUFF GUYS🇺🇸🤘
That's an old beauty! Amazing how nice it still was after 60 years. I'd love to see it get a military makeover to get it back to its WW2 roots.
Lovely wee jeep, are you getting the other one too?