I picked this up for $400 today, I think it was a great deal even after I got it home and cleaned it up some. Lots of work to be done, but I'm WAY ahead of building it from scratch myself, which was the other option.
Paint sucks, but so does the Jeep so big deal.
It was originally a military (Air Force I think) electrician's trailer so there are LOTS of little cubbies and fitted slots for a variety of tools and parts. Most of this will get stripped out and replaced with my own variety.
Cubbies and Cuties-
I want to mount a spare tire here, as well as some other light-weight boxes for vehicle recovery, chock-blocks, etc. 50cal ammo cans would look the part and serve well at the same time.
Here is the biggest problem with it right now. The hinge/weather seal deteriorated sometime since the Korean War and someone welded on two small flimsy hinges. I need to figure out a way to replace the rubber and get a good water-tight lid again. Lots of work in that sentence.
Axle is great, leaf spring and bushing are tight and the width is only slightly wider than my Jeep. Just about perfect! I like that it has shocks and that there is plenty of space for me to mount both a water can and fuel can underneath. I need some help finding something that will work though, I'd really like plastic and I'll build a skid plate if I need. I think a Mexican Creditcard (aka siphon hose) will work to get water and fuel out. Maye a blue hose for water and red for fuel.
The only other thing I need to figure out is how to haul dead critters home on it after the hunt. I might end up simply strapping them to the top or quartering them and stuffing them inside. I'll work on that over the summer by shooting Californians and hauling them back west.....
05-02-2008
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