I was hoping you were going to fit the rabbit diesal in but hopeful is different to reality . Everything you have done to this jeep getting it roadworthy I did to a 1963 series 2 Land Rover and a heck of a lot more including a new 2.8 Nissan turbo diesel engine, overdrive .and diffs from a 1963 rover car to up the ratio . That thing used to bust drive shafts for a past time if I forget to disengage the overdrive so I fitted a Salisbury back axle from a long wheel base land rover and having the diff to match the front .
Nice Jeep. You should look for a Kaiser Jeep M715.. they were manufactured for only a couple years at the Toledo facility back in 1967-69. They are an awesome off road truck. Also indestructible like the 1986 Toyota SR5.
@@XPFTPwho cares. It is their band, their name. You are free to not listen or listen. This is what makes America great. You have choices you can make.
Hey Matt, I own an upholstery shop in South Carolina. If you can get them to me I'd be happy to redo them for you. Love this series and how well the old jeep has come around!
A suggestion? Do the wheels! Even if you only rattle can, Craigslist rebuild, it'll really make the vehicle pop! My 2 cents. All in all, it looks great!
Several years ago, I started watching this channel because Matt and Mrs. Matt were renovating an old church (because I enjoy building restoration videos). Well, here we are, watching the restoration of another old vehicle! Don't know why, since I am not really a gear-head, but what the heck I enjoy Matt's ramblings, challenges, and successes! Way to go! 👍👏❤
Matt refrence the seats contact Dennis Collins with coffee walk. His business is CB Jeeps in Texas. They specialize in restoring old Jeeps it's worth a try. Good luck !
They (Collins Brothers Jeep) specialize in mid 70s and newer Jeeps, so they probably won't be much help. Kaiser Willys is a better source for earlier Jeeps like this one.
Tip for the bushings.... With so many comments I am not sure if you will see this one. Those bushings require you to put the car on its wheels before final tightening. If you tighten the bolts up in the air you preload the suspension at the wrong point. The center steel sleeve locks in place and the rubber turns a small between the outer and inner sleeves. Tightening them at full droop in the air can over stress the rubber joint. It may not matter on the jeep but on performance cars the correct procedure on the bushings makes it handle like it is suppose to. Windshield --- always use plastic tools for the seal.
Hello Matt. I just got home from having triple bypass surgery. I feel like one of those machines before you restore them. I can not express enough how happy your videos make me. Among all the gauze, pills, and restrictions I got to watch my friend fix a Jeep. God bless you.
God bless you, sir. There is a saying that for every day you spend in hospital takes a week of recovery. I did seventeen days plus supervised nursing home maducations for sepsis.A long seven weeks with a half million at least. Love Medicare part G It took spinal surgery to clean out the mess and the surgeon later told me they were highly concerned about paralysis.
I enjoy every episode of Matt's DIESEL CREEK viedeos. This one was special because my Father bought a Jeep just like this back in 1955 for the farm we lived on in SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. He taught Mom how to drive the Jeep around the fields and through the woods. We had a bunch of BLACKBERRY VINES all over the farm and Mom would take the Jeep to pick BLACKBERRIES in the summer. My brother and I would ride on the tailgate to the patches of berries. Mom, not being real good with the clutch on the Jeep, would "DUMP THE CLUTCH" and leave my brother and I, "BUTT FIRST" in the middle of the prickly vines.
You can use a string in the rubber windshield gasket. Cross the ends over a few inches in the middle. You can add some soapy water too. Put the corner of the windshield in and pull on the string. It will lift the rubber lip up and over the glass slick as you please.
Matt, what I like about your videos is that things don’t always go perfectly. You make mistakes and then work around them or fix them. That teaches me more than just watching everything go perfectly. Thanks so much!
The original video on getting this Jeep out of the barn is what got me started watching Diesel Creek, and have been watching every episode since. This brings so many memories back, and a tear to my eye. After my dad's '46 Jeep turned to dust, he bought a brand new '64 Jeep with a metal half-cab and snow plow. None of the fancy electric/hydraulic stuff of today. The hydraulic valves had actuator rods that came in the cab through the firewall. I learned to drive in that Jeep at age 14 plowing snow, and dad always let me drive it home from the last job. I loved that Jeep, and wish I had it again. We pulled hundreds of trailer loads with that thing, too. Thanks, Matt, for the trip down memory lane, and enjoy that beauty.
When working on suspension a critical step is to tighten all of the bolts at ride height with weight on suspension. Ride height should be neutral so bushing can flex up and flex down. If you tighten stuff with suspension drooping it flexes up to the ride height then has no room to go up because it's already stretched.
Agreed….. I hate to see this. Doing it that way just twists the crap out of them and will give you a temporary lift. Once the bushes rotate with the weight of the vehicle they are under so much permanent preload they are already doomed to premature failure. I like to leave them a loose and drive around the yard a bit, then park on level ground and tighten up. But that’s just me.
Hi Matt, Jeep looks good. One suggestion, pull the seats out and use a do it yourself bed liner kit on the floor, will help preserve it and make it easier to wash out when needed.
What a perfect end to this video, jeep in happy place, Matt in happy place and doggo has it nice and comfy in the back of this nice barnfind, a man cannot ask for more than this
Rugged Ridge makes complete, ready to install CJ seats with frame, springs, padding, upholstery, everything for about $200 each. They might not be 100% identical to originals but would give you seats without paying through the nose to reupholster the ones you have...
Matt, consider the floor, a good cleaning/rust removal, then Rustoleum followed by a good bed liner coating. Just a suggestion....glad you saved her from the rust pile and the "lifted 44's" crowd.
I was thinking the same thing when watching him fight with those old screws. Impact driver is a cheap tool and essential. Surprised he didn't have one. I own one and we have three in the shop I work at. Also works well on Allen screws and small nuts and bolts that are stuck.
Matt, I would check with the suppliers that make restoration parts for M series Jeeps. They might have available the heavy duty canvas seat material that all military jeeps used.
Love your Jeep, when I was a spring chick sometime in the 80s my granddad had a jeep in the farm (in Brazil) and I fell in love instantly, I sworn that I would own one one day. Good to see you doing the old elbow grease, that turned out great and it's saved from destruction and in good hands. Keep up the good work. Also good to see the dogs around.
Just a note for you CJ5 seat covers. If you haven't already tried check out J C Whitney Co. They carry a lot of Jeep parts. Thanks Love your content Mike Sain
It's great and you've shown how anyone could work one of these so much so than anything modern. Seats - you're a smart guy, do them yourself! Sure you can
For the screws you can sometimes take a thin cut off wheel and cut a line into the top of then, which then you can use a big flat head screw driver to get them out. 👍
Awesome job. Would have liked to see the wheels get a little freshen up. Plus the turn indicators and speedometer fit. All in a lovely usable jeep. Nice 💯
Awesome job getting the CJ back in shape! You've got more restraint than I do. When I used to restore barn bikes, there was always "the next thing" that I'd end up doing. Took a long while to figure out when enough was enough. I always dig the Semi-Supervillans intros. 👍
This is literally a dream of mine. Own some acres in PA, build a nice shop and get old Jeeps running again. I’m glad somebody is out there doing it, at least I can live vicariously through the channel. That thing is a BEAUTY!! Another great video. 👍
my my Matt what a fantastic little project this was . I saw 2 Jeeps Jeep 1 looked so rough and by video end Jeep 2 really looked the piece . Just shows what some care and attention to details can really do . Well Done . also Greetings from your fan here in New Zealand .
This is the vehicle that brought me to the channel. I wasn't a big diesel guy, but Matt has won me over. I even surprised a mechanic with some info I picked up from here!
Matt. When mounting a window in the rubber seal, first put a piece of rope in it. Put in the glass and pull the rope out with a hand. Use the other hand to give a tiny amout of pressure on the glass. To mount the Pees (that's the Dutch word for the rubber lace), put the lace in like you did and then use a small tool that will look like a half cut pipe (a C shape). Than you pull the tool backwords over the lace in the space of the rubber. A finger tip of oil will make it a smooth job. Have done this on a lot of boats in the past. Your Jeep is a beauty!
There is a plastic tool we used at the Subaru factory made of UHMW polyethylene I believe called a “white stick”. It worked wonders on the back windows of Isuzu pickups when we used to build them. (They had the same glass design with the rubber gasket.).
Been an Auto glass Tech for 26 years and you are wrong on your directions on installing a lace in windshield. Matt pretty much did it right in a weird cavemanish type of way that’s required with not much knowledge or the correct tools. Good job Matt.
As a Jeep owner since the age of 16, it makes me really happy to see old jeeps like that being kept original. You better get used to other Jeep owners waving at you and walking up to you in parking lots to talk about Jeep stuff. lol I'd suggest sandblasting and painting the wheels and then putting a paint-on liner on the inside of the tub so it doesn't rust out. She's a beaut, Matt. Great video!
I was thinking that he should at least use that patina treatment to the wheels to stop further rusting as bare minimum. But certainly would be good to do something to those floor pans.
Matt, I don’t know what is better, seeing this true barn coming to life, or you and Meatball enjoying the drive! For me both are priceless! As is your content!
It still wasn't road legal in Pennsylvania. No license plate or state inspection. He could put an antique plate on it to get around inspection, but it does restrict what you can do with it and limits mileage. In PA you can also use the regular plates that were issued the year the vehicle was made for an antique plate (for vehicles older than 1976) but the one on the jeep is 1958, it would have to be 1964 to use it.
The seat frame, parts book just calls it a bracket, on the CJ5 is bolted to the bottom of the seat. You should be able to take the whole assembly out, unbolt the frame from the old, and bolt it onto the new seat. If it's been welded then some hack job has ruined your day. Replacement seat frames are in the neighborhood of $300 last I looked but that was a few years ago. Also, it has been 1,102 days since the last time we saw the 1957 Autocar :)
I've had three Jeeps over the years and having worked on all of them I really appreciate watching someone restore and breathe life back into the older ones. I've lifted and customized but in some cases, like this one, I'd say keep it stock looking and modernize it mechanically so it runs and drives better and safer. Nice work Matt!
I'm with you Matt, keep the Jeep original, a good running and driving "survivor". The only thing I would add is a roll bar and a Bimini top for protection from the summer sun when you're out enjoying it.
My skid steer (Cat 226B3) has the same rubber system for holding in its back window, which is also the emergency exit. I got stuck in it one day and had to bail out through the back window - I’ll hand it to you Matt you got that windscreen back in quite handily. For the life of me I couldn’t get the skid steer window back in. It was a bit more tricky due to location and angle perhaps, but still - well done! I rather like that system. Makes it possible to do your own glass without special tools and knowledge. Added: the end result with the whole jeep looks fantastic - great job!
I have a 61 M38A1, almost identical. I cut all the springs and junk off the seats and made up some cushion panels with foam and plywood and covered them with material. About 25 years ago and still good to go. Great vid
Great jeep vidja love to see these old classics on the road! Also I hope to see more videos with the pup involved. She's beautiful and seems to like going for rides.!
Wherever did you find such a good understanding mrs diesel creek. Spending all your time out of site, spending lots of money on rusty heaps and making them good. She’s a diamond and worth the world to a man like yourself. Im full of envy.
Thanks for this wonderful Jeep video, Matt! I’ve been waiting patiently to see the CJ5 get some attention. Love your videos and what you’re doing. Keep up the great work!
Matt! Install the rubber in the glass then use a small diameter rope to pull the edge of the rubber over the frame. You dodged a bullet by doing it the way you did, especially with the tweaked frame!
The guy I used to work for restored Lincoln zephyrs as his hobby. He ordered a set of all the glass for one of his cars complete with factory logos on the glass. It was packed in a custom built plywood container but somehow the shipping company managed to fold it in half and drove over the top of it leaving dually tracks across it. Best part was they attempted to deliver it in that condition.
Jeeps got me to watching your channel. Now it was the beater witha heater that did it but loved that you found this and got it back in decent shape. Enjoy.
Thanks for watching this series everyone! drop a comment below and let me know what you would do different with this Jeep!!
the band needs to change there name. its kind of comicbookish. childish in a way ...
I was hoping you were going to fit the rabbit diesal in but hopeful is different to reality . Everything you have done to this jeep getting it roadworthy I did to a 1963 series 2 Land Rover and a heck of a lot more including a new 2.8 Nissan turbo diesel engine, overdrive .and diffs from a 1963 rover car to up the ratio . That thing used to bust drive shafts for a past time if I forget to disengage the overdrive so I fitted a Salisbury back axle from a long wheel base land rover and having the diff to match the front .
@@XPFTP you a fan of The Beatles?
Nice Jeep. You should look for a Kaiser Jeep M715.. they were manufactured for only a couple years at the Toledo facility back in 1967-69. They are an awesome off road truck. Also indestructible like the 1986 Toyota SR5.
@@XPFTPwho cares. It is their band, their name. You are free to not listen or listen. This is what makes America great. You have choices you can make.
Hey Matt, I own an upholstery shop in South Carolina. If you can get them to me I'd be happy to redo them for you. Love this series and how well the old jeep has come around!
I think painting the wheels would be a great final touch after upholstery. Love the patina!
Agree.
What colour though? 🤔
@BrickTop086 A Gloss creme or light grey as a contrast?
Naw some used wagon wheels offa a late 70s keep painted. Off white😊😊
Ball joint press works good on bolts rusted into bushings. Also good for bushing install
A suggestion? Do the wheels! Even if you only rattle can, Craigslist rebuild, it'll really make the vehicle pop! My 2 cents.
All in all, it looks great!
My thoughts too. Nicely painted rims always makes any car look better
@@Frank-Thoresenyeah some jeep wagon wheels and. 235. Tires too
The HARBOR freight. aaaaaa. OOOOOO. GAAAAHHHH MAKE A GOOD ATTENTION GETTER
You know it's going to be a great episode when you get not one but two intros!
That was for the people that came in late. Matt thinks about his audience’s happiness.👍
😂😂
Several in fact 😂
Getting a little bit dotty with several repeated clips and also forgot the speedo cable. 😅
that was such a boring episode
sick ass jeep
Several years ago, I started watching this channel because Matt and Mrs. Matt were renovating an old church (because I enjoy building restoration videos). Well, here we are, watching the restoration of another old vehicle! Don't know why, since I am not really a gear-head, but what the heck I enjoy Matt's ramblings, challenges, and successes! Way to go! 👍👏❤
I was questioning the several years ago until I went back in his videos and realised I've been watching for 5 years! Time flies
@@Jacobtheunwise 👍😀
Yeah the church proved to be more then matt wanted so he sold it.
@RumMonkeyable same
I’m anxiously awaiting the overhead crane lol
Matt refrence the seats contact Dennis Collins with coffee walk. His business is CB Jeeps in Texas. They specialize in restoring old Jeeps it's worth a try. Good luck !
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Those aren't CJ5 seats nor are they the M38 seats so as stated I would call the Collins Brothers Jeep place
They (Collins Brothers Jeep) specialize in mid 70s and newer Jeeps, so they probably won't be much help. Kaiser Willys is a better source for earlier Jeeps like this one.
Viewing from the Philippines, thanks for sharing I'm doing a lot of what Ur doing. Flat Fender rig ! Love the New Finish !!!!
3 minutes in he already forgot to edit a piece out. classic Matt
Scrolled thru a lot of comments to get here. Started to think I was tripping
LOL I thought I was the only one
He does this a lot where he repeats takes and leaves both in, it’s just part of his style I guess. Still great videos
Must be tough to be perfect. Get a life.
I missed that part that was funny
Love It would not change a thing. Same Year I was born . Thats cool as hell
Tip for the bushings.... With so many comments I am not sure if you will see this one. Those bushings require you to put the car on its wheels before final tightening. If you tighten the bolts up in the air you preload the suspension at the wrong point. The center steel sleeve locks in place and the rubber turns a small between the outer and inner sleeves. Tightening them at full droop in the air can over stress the rubber joint. It may not matter on the jeep but on performance cars the correct procedure on the bushings makes it handle like it is suppose to. Windshield --- always use plastic tools for the seal.
And if the tention isn't release on the road springs they will break, so wheels on jeep on all four wheels than tighten the rear shackle bolts
“FRA-GEE-LAY, must be Italian.” A timeless classic.
Don't shoot your eye out Matt!
It’s Canadian!! Yankees, lol
Another great video Matt. Have fond memories in a jeep like this.
Hello Matt. I just got home from having triple bypass surgery. I feel like one of those machines before you restore them. I can not express enough how happy your videos make me. Among all the gauze, pills, and restrictions I got to watch my friend fix a Jeep. God bless you.
God bless you, sir. There is a saying that for every day you spend in hospital takes a week of recovery.
I did seventeen days plus supervised nursing home maducations for sepsis.A long seven weeks with a half million at least. Love Medicare part G
It took spinal surgery to clean out the mess and the surgeon later told me they were highly concerned about paralysis.
Hey Matt, try a shake and break tool for those screws. Mustie I did a review on it.
I wish you a speedy recovery!
@@ohiofarmer5918 Follow the doctor's instructions, don't rush things be patient! May you recover over time so that you can enjoy life again!
I enjoy every episode of Matt's DIESEL CREEK viedeos. This one was special because my Father bought a Jeep just like this back in 1955 for the farm we lived on in SOUTHERN ILLINOIS. He taught Mom how to drive the Jeep around the fields and through the woods. We had a bunch of BLACKBERRY VINES all over the farm and Mom would take the Jeep to pick BLACKBERRIES in the summer. My brother and I would ride on the tailgate to the patches of berries. Mom, not being real good with the clutch on the Jeep, would "DUMP THE CLUTCH" and leave my brother and I, "BUTT FIRST" in the middle of the prickly vines.
So you fell in the stickers buttwards?
Some great memories 👍😄
What a sweet ride! I think I mentioned before you’re inspiring me to look for a CJ5 for myself. Although you can only have so many toys.
You can use a string in the rubber windshield gasket. Cross the ends over a few inches in the middle. You can add some soapy water too. Put the corner of the windshield in and pull on the string. It will lift the rubber lip up and over the glass slick as you please.
Matt, what I like about your videos is that things don’t always go perfectly. You make mistakes and then work around them or fix them. That teaches me more than just watching everything go perfectly. Thanks so much!
I love all of your videos mr matt keep up the good work. Youre doing an awesome getting your machines in working progress god bless 🙏🙏
Great to see the old jeep still kicking always an awesome day when Diesel Creek posts a video
The original video on getting this Jeep out of the barn is what got me started watching Diesel Creek, and have been watching every episode since. This brings so many memories back, and a tear to my eye. After my dad's '46 Jeep turned to dust, he bought a brand new '64 Jeep with a metal half-cab and snow plow. None of the fancy electric/hydraulic stuff of today. The hydraulic valves had actuator rods that came in the cab through the firewall. I learned to drive in that Jeep at age 14 plowing snow, and dad always let me drive it home from the last job. I loved that Jeep, and wish I had it again. We pulled hundreds of trailer loads with that thing, too.
Thanks, Matt, for the trip down memory lane, and enjoy that beauty.
Matt have you tried Clint at C&C Equipment
Nice work
WOW, SHOCKING !!! Great job
Love the progression of the muffler removal. Impact gun,fire,hammer,channel locks,cussing,grinder, hammer,channel locks, success!
When working on suspension a critical step is to tighten all of the bolts at ride height with weight on suspension. Ride height should be neutral so bushing can flex up and flex down. If you tighten stuff with suspension drooping it flexes up to the ride height then has no room to go up because it's already stretched.
Failing to do this will also cause premature bushing failure and strange handling characteristics.
Thanx dude, I didn't wanna be the one to hafta point that out :)
Agreed….. I hate to see this. Doing it that way just twists the crap out of them and will give you a temporary lift. Once the bushes rotate with the weight of the vehicle they are under so much permanent preload they are already doomed to premature failure. I like to leave them a loose and drive around the yard a bit, then park on level ground and tighten up. But that’s just me.
@@rallydriver5741 You would be amazed how many shops or mechanics with "30 years experience" Dont know basic things.
Thanks Matt - love the ride!
I like them old jeep. They were a simple yet rugged vehicule.
Which is the way it should be
Great serie!
Hi Matt, Jeep looks good. One suggestion, pull the seats out and use a do it yourself bed liner kit on the floor, will help preserve it and make it easier to wash out when needed.
Tinted matching blue would be perfect
NO
Spray with wax and bar chain oil
@@gerry-p9x It's the Mustie way.
Zinc phalsfate spray kill all surface rust
looks Great love the color. leave it as is and use it like jeeps were meant to be used
What a perfect end to this video, jeep in happy place, Matt in happy place and doggo has it nice and comfy in the back of this nice barnfind, a man cannot ask for more than this
Rugged Ridge makes complete, ready to install CJ seats with frame, springs, padding, upholstery, everything for about $200 each. They might not be 100% identical to originals but would give you seats without paying through the nose to reupholster the ones you have...
I just checked their website. Those are nothing like what I need unfortunately.
My favorite part was the coat made it pop
Matt, consider the floor, a good cleaning/rust removal, then Rustoleum followed by a good bed
liner coating. Just a suggestion....glad you saved her from the rust pile and the "lifted 44's" crowd.
Bro you got lucky with that tub not being rotted out like most are Nice jeep.
What you need when working on the older stuff is an impact screwdriver. It's not that expensive but we'll worth the investment.
I was thinking the same thing when watching him fight with those old screws. Impact driver is a cheap tool and essential. Surprised he didn't have one. I own one and we have three in the shop I work at. Also works well on Allen screws and small nuts and bolts that are stuck.
I have a nice Snap-On one, the bit I needed was busted at that time 🤦🏼♂️
I have a nice Snap-On one, the bit I needed was busted at that time 🤦🏼♂️
@@DieselCreek Sounds like mine. The bit you need the most is usually twisted or broken.
Was thinking the same thing but he got 'em out.
I was watching when you found this jeep in the barn. WOW!! What a great project! You really brought her back! Great series of videos Matt!
Those seats look just like the M151A2 Army Jeep I used to drive. Looks like a direct swap, bolt pattern and frame.
As long as I can remember Ive wanted an Old Jeep! Ive lived in the Sierras and down in the Desert all my life!
Matt, on the tub and other rusty parts you might want to put some rust converter to stop the rot and make it look better. Great job so far!
Matt, I would check with the suppliers that make restoration parts for M series Jeeps. They might have available the heavy duty canvas seat material that all military jeeps used.
I love Matt's humor. Also the way he's willing to tackle almost anything!
I love the way you left the Jeep (patina) as original as possible. Definitely came out good. Great job Matt.
Looks like fun on such a simple old machine.
Love your Jeep, when I was a spring chick sometime in the 80s my granddad had a jeep in the farm (in Brazil) and I fell in love instantly, I sworn that I would own one one day. Good to see you doing the old elbow grease, that turned out great and it's saved from destruction and in good hands. Keep up the good work. Also good to see the dogs around.
Just a note for you CJ5 seat covers. If you haven't already tried check out J C Whitney Co. They carry a lot of Jeep parts.
Thanks
Love your content
Mike Sain
Will man looks like you turn that thing into a beautiful machine even though it's 50-years-old
It's great and you've shown how anyone could work one of these so much so than anything modern. Seats - you're a smart guy, do them yourself! Sure you can
For the screws you can sometimes take a thin cut off wheel and cut a line into the top of then, which then you can use a big flat head screw driver to get them out. 👍
Brilliant mat loved watching the wee Jeep series.. great job well done 👏
That clear coat over the patina was a great call. The jeep looks amazing the way it is.
That really turned out pretty awesome great job
Awesome job. Would have liked to see the wheels get a little freshen up. Plus the turn indicators and speedometer fit. All in a lovely usable jeep. Nice 💯
Awesome job getting the CJ back in shape!
You've got more restraint than I do. When I used to restore barn bikes, there was always "the next thing" that I'd end up doing. Took a long while to figure out when enough was enough.
I always dig the Semi-Supervillans intros.
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Don’t forget the wipers! Treating the floor, pan and wheels would be the icing on the jeep.
Great job on the restore. Looks fantastic
Nice job in getting it street legal Matt. Only thing missing is a rear view mirror on windshield frame.
Great work! My only suggestion would be to sand blast the floor, bed and undercarriage, and paint bed liner on all of it.
Good stuff. Love the patena I have an 88 wrangler with a 83 front clip on it. Love it with a 6 in it. Got 3rd place in a car show with it.
Dogs and Jeeps, two of my favorite things. Matts videos are good too.
This is literally a dream of mine. Own some acres in PA, build a nice shop and get old Jeeps running again. I’m glad somebody is out there doing it, at least I can live vicariously through the channel. That thing is a BEAUTY!! Another great video. 👍
my my Matt what a fantastic little project this was . I saw 2 Jeeps Jeep 1 looked so rough and by video end Jeep 2 really looked the piece . Just shows what some care and attention to details can really do . Well Done .
also Greetings from your fan here in New Zealand .
It's good to see an old Jeep get a second chance at a useful life. It looks great, Matt.
This is the vehicle that brought me to the channel. I wasn't a big diesel guy, but Matt has won me over. I even surprised a mechanic with some info I picked up from here!
It turned out sharp for you Matt the stuff you used really worked well nicely done 👍😎🇺🇸 NY
Detailing cars in my youth, I was taught to pay special attention to the wheels, tires and hubcaps. Really sharpens your overall look.
We are not done with the series until you show us the new seats, LOL. Glad to see her back on the street, turned out great.
Might try these guys for the covers...Great job! Rosco is a star. Now you have to pave the drive as well.....Keep that vehicle looking nice
Matt. When mounting a window in the rubber seal, first put a piece of rope in it. Put in the glass and pull the rope out with a hand. Use the other hand to give a tiny amout of pressure on the glass. To mount the Pees (that's the Dutch word for the rubber lace), put the lace in like you did and then use a small tool that will look like a half cut pipe (a C shape). Than you pull the tool backwords over the lace in the space of the rubber. A finger tip of oil will make it a smooth job. Have done this on a lot of boats in the past. Your Jeep is a beauty!
Why? Did it not work the way he did it?
There is a plastic tool we used at the Subaru factory made of UHMW polyethylene I believe called a “white stick”. It worked wonders on the back windows of Isuzu pickups when we used to build them. (They had the same glass design with the rubber gasket.).
@George-dy3pt it did work. But it's future knowledge for possibly both the autocars too.
WRONG... When the gasket has a locking strip the gasket goes on first, then the glass is worked into the gasket
Been an Auto glass Tech for 26 years and you are wrong on your directions on installing a lace in windshield. Matt pretty much did it right in a weird cavemanish type of way that’s required with not much knowledge or the correct tools. Good job Matt.
As a Jeep owner since the age of 16, it makes me really happy to see old jeeps like that being kept original. You better get used to other Jeep owners waving at you and walking up to you in parking lots to talk about Jeep stuff. lol
I'd suggest sandblasting and painting the wheels and then putting a paint-on liner on the inside of the tub so it doesn't rust out.
She's a beaut, Matt. Great video!
Naw used jeep factory wagon wheels and interior coated with. POR 15
I was thinking that he should at least use that patina treatment to the wheels to stop further rusting as bare minimum. But certainly would be good to do something to those floor pans.
I like jeeps, but I can’t stand. The Jeep wave thing. But that’s nothing compared to these damn ducks. 🤦🏼♂️
@@DieselCreek get used to it. We put decoy ducks on our. CJ just to settle them down
You will be better off getting new seats….that actually might be cheaper.
That thing looks beautiful Matt, well done
Matt, I don’t know what is better, seeing this true barn coming to life, or you and Meatball enjoying the drive! For me both are priceless! As is your content!
Only one thing missing in the video, the reactions of people at the car show to the Jeep!!
Loved the video and the rust struggle!
Yessiree was looking forward to having people go WOW at the car show 55:34
It still wasn't road legal in Pennsylvania. No license plate or state inspection. He could put an antique plate on it to get around inspection, but it does restrict what you can do with it and limits mileage. In PA you can also use the regular plates that were issued the year the vehicle was made for an antique plate (for vehicles older than 1976) but the one on the jeep is 1958, it would have to be 1964 to use it.
@@siegelge the plate can be any age older than 1975. That plate is registered to this jeep. It is in fact, road legal.
The seat frame, parts book just calls it a bracket, on the CJ5 is bolted to the bottom of the seat. You should be able to take the whole assembly out, unbolt the frame from the old, and bolt it onto the new seat. If it's been welded then some hack job has ruined your day. Replacement seat frames are in the neighborhood of $300 last I looked but that was a few years ago.
Also, it has been 1,102 days since the last time we saw the 1957 Autocar :)
Nice ending to a good series.
I've had three Jeeps over the years and having worked on all of them I really appreciate watching someone restore and breathe life back into the older ones. I've lifted and customized but in some cases, like this one, I'd say keep it stock looking and modernize it mechanically so it runs and drives better and safer. Nice work Matt!
I'm with you Matt, keep the Jeep original, a good running and driving "survivor". The only thing I would add is a roll bar and a Bimini top for protection from the summer sun when you're out enjoying it.
Good one Matt! Looking forward to seeing the seats fixed, new lights and you taking it down the blacktop!
Guy and his dog going down a country road on a fine summer day. Doesn't get much better than that...
Matt long deserves 1 million subscribers. Let's get him there 🥇
Watching you do your work inspires me,I can do something like that,love your channel, keep up the good work!
Have a nice Sunday People. ✌🏻
As always it's such a pleasure to hang out with you Matt. See you on the flipside!
My skid steer (Cat 226B3) has the same rubber system for holding in its back window, which is also the emergency exit. I got stuck in it one day and had to bail out through the back window - I’ll hand it to you Matt you got that windscreen back in quite handily. For the life of me I couldn’t get the skid steer window back in. It was a bit more tricky due to location and angle perhaps, but still - well done! I rather like that system. Makes it possible to do your own glass without special tools and knowledge.
Added: the end result with the whole jeep looks fantastic - great job!
A little bit of spray in bed liner on the inside of the tub and on the bumpers would go a long way in cleaning her up and keeping her rugged
I have a 61 M38A1, almost identical. I cut all the springs and junk off the seats and made up some cushion panels with foam and plywood and covered them with material. About 25 years ago and still good to go. Great vid
We had a 3b. A few yrs ago and used buckets from a early pinto
Great jeep vidja love to see these old classics on the road! Also I hope to see more videos with the pup involved. She's beautiful and seems to like going for rides.!
Wherever did you find such a good understanding mrs diesel creek. Spending all your time out of site, spending lots of money on rusty heaps and making them good. She’s a diamond and worth the world to a man like yourself. Im full of envy.
Awesome product for restoring some decent clear cote.
Looks really nice. Wish I could have such old 4x4.
As for restoration, this is the classic case of it’s not good enough to deserve it or bad enough to need it. A solid driver for years to come. Enjoy!
That opening shot with the log pile, all I could think of was The A Team and Hannibal saying "when the bad guys come along we blow this thing!"
Nice job sir Nice Jeep Nice show cool Garage 😃👏👏👏👏👍👍👍👍
Dennis Collins out in Texas may be your man. Anything Jeep Dennis knows and like the saying goes "If Dennis doesn't have it, you don't need it".
My favorite parts were just getting road worthy components all around. But happy with the way the blue + clear coat turned out!
Thanks for this wonderful Jeep video, Matt! I’ve been waiting patiently to see the CJ5 get some attention. Love your videos and what you’re doing. Keep up the great work!
Matt! Install the rubber in the glass then use a small diameter rope to pull the edge of the rubber over the frame. You dodged a bullet by doing it the way you did, especially with the tweaked frame!
How about wiper blades
The guy I used to work for restored Lincoln zephyrs as his hobby. He ordered a set of all the glass for one of his cars complete with factory logos on the glass. It was packed in a custom built plywood container but somehow the shipping company managed to fold it in half and drove over the top of it leaving dually tracks across it. Best part was they attempted to deliver it in that condition.
Typical United Parcel Smashers
@@or-what The company I worked for had the same name for them!
Jeeps got me to watching your channel. Now it was the beater witha heater that did it but loved that you found this and got it back in decent shape. Enjoy.
Glad you took the dog with you, that was perfect. Glad to see you finishing another old project.