Red.

So one day at work, one of my employees was talking about how he had an old Jeep that he'd been fussing with and was basically "over it". I had just picked up the Jeepster earlier in the summer and was head-long into it at the time, so at the beginning of the conversation, I was just listening...and curious. I figured he had some mid-70's run of the mill CJ7 like everyone else and when he told me it was a 55' CJ5...my ears perked up. I always wanted a flat-fender (CJ2A / CJ3A) and I guess this is the next closest thing being it was the first year of the CJ5. He told me the motor hadn't ran in a long time, and the thing had been sitting in a barn for almost 25 years. I then asked him what sort of money he wanted to get out from under it. When he told me 1500.00...I figured it couldn't be anything good. I went to look at it. I come home with another Jeep....and a very "concerned" wife.


Red was a good deal. Probably one of the better ones I've had. The body had been painted in single stage (probably enamel) 20 some years ago, and other than one paint fracture on the cowl that got rust under it, the paint simply needed to be wheeled out. I know...I should have knocked 100.00 off for the busted antenna...right? Lol.


The floors were shot. The motor hadn't run in decades...but it turned over. They said they couldn't get it to fire. There was no gas tank (it goes under he seat). Other than that, this was going to be easy.



But... I had other priorities to get done first, so Red got wrapped in a tarp and put on the side driveway...to sit....one whole winter. Poor guy.