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Porkchop, The New Willys Jeep, and the Great Samaritan
Meet Porkchop The Monday of Memorial Day weekend, we went up to Sacramento to look at a 1952 Willys Jeep – a M38A1 “field extended ambulance prototype.” A friend of mine, Dave Alexander pinged me on...
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Willys Jeep: Porkchop’s Brakes
Ready for inspection! After bringing Porkchop home last Monday (you know, the name has grown on me, it just… fits) today was the first day that I was able to really get in and around it to find out...
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Willys Jeep: Ballad of Porkchop’s Brakes
Not surprisingly, Porkchop needs new brakes. All of them. Front brakes, rear brakes, parking brake, brake lines, master cylinder, everything. So, I went ahead and bought everything I needed for a...
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Willys Jeep: Calm Before The Storm
It all started so well this morning. A beautiful day, sunny and cool. I had finally gotten the right tools (after my third trip to Home Depot and another one to Sears) to fix the problems that I...
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Willys Jeep: Porkchop’s Clutch Arm Problem
Problem area This is a quick and dirty post to describe a particular problem that I’m having. Part of what I have to do when replacing the master cylinder (that is, converting it to a dual master...
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Willys Jeep: Porkchop Suspension and Trailer (pictorial)
I’ve been falling behind in my reports of progress. The good news is that instead of writing about working on the Jeeps, I’ve actually been working on the Jeeps. Here is a pictorial of some of the...
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Willys Jeep: Porkchop’s Undercarriage Makeover
Here in SillyCon Valley, a rainy day is a rare occurrence, so where I would normally be out working on Porkchop or Badger I needed to find alternate Jeep-related activities. Since I have left the...
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Willys Jeep: Porkchop on Fire?
Wait, is that smoke? It looks like smoke. Good grief, is Porkchop on fire!? I have really, really missed Porkchop. I brought him to a local garage (a trusted mechanic) to double-check my work on the...
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Willys Jeep: Operation Porkchop
75% of The Horde You ever see those makeover shows where a team of highly capable people come and work on a project that turn out to be real before-and-after showstoppers? Shows like Overhaulin’, and...
View ArticleWillys Jeep: Porkchop’s Body Damage
A video showing Porkchop’s chassis and body damage due to a rear-end collision I had not been aware of.
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Willys Jeep: Calm Before The Storm
It all started so well this morning. A beautiful day, sunny and cool. I had finally gotten the right tools (after my third trip to Home Depot and another one to Sears) to fix the problems that I...
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Willys Jeep: Porkchop’s Clutch Arm Problem
Problem area This is a quick and dirty post to describe a particular problem that I’m having. Part of what I have to do when replacing the master cylinder (that is, converting it to a dual master...
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Willys Jeep: Porkchop Suspension and Trailer (pictorial)
I’ve been falling behind in my reports of progress. The good news is that instead of writing about working on the Jeeps, I’ve actually been working on the Jeeps. Here is a pictorial of some of the...
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Willys Jeep: Porkchop’s Undercarriage Makeover
Here in SillyCon Valley, a rainy day is a rare occurrence, so where I would normally be out working on Porkchop or Badger I needed to find alternate Jeep-related activities. Since I have left the...
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Willys Jeep: Operation Porkchop
75% of The Horde You ever see those makeover shows where a team of highly capable people come and work on a project that turn out to be real before-and-after showstoppers? Shows like Overhaulin’, and...
View ArticleWillys Jeep: Porkchop’s Body Damage
A video showing Porkchop’s chassis and body damage due to a rear-end collision I had not been aware of. [youtube=”https://youtu.be/cc9XeBlPg8M”] The post Willys Jeep: Porkchop’s Body Damage appeared...
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Storage Short Take #36
Getting Virtual Conference Fatigue?With everything happening on the Covid front, there are many industry associations (SNIA is just one of them) that are staying virtual for the time being. From what I...
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