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I am looking for a Willy's Jeep tub with a tail gate like my old 1961 Willy's Jeep.
I over heard some guys talking at lunch the other day about this high school kid who had been given an old Jeep by his dad, but that the Jeep had recently been damaged in a storm. As the guys talked more about the boy and his Jeep I learned that the boys dad had suffered a heart attack last year and died in the field while loading hay on a flat bed truck. I also learned that several other boys from his high school had asked some local body shops for assistance, but non were willing to donate their time or supplies. I turned around and introduced myself and told them I could not help but to over hear their conversation and that I wanted to talk about this buddy and his Jeep more. I had already began to think in my mind about a benefit ride like we did for Peck to help raise the money for him to get his dads Jeep back together.
After talking to these guys and getting more of the story, we went out to the old run down farm house where the boy lived with his mom and grandparents to see the Jeep. The Jeep did not look that bad until I got around to the side of it in the barn. The CJ-5 Tub now has two u-shaped openings in the sides. Perfectly across the fenderwells. I did not see any damage to the frame or suspension parts and it did not have a roll bar, seats or anything else in the back to get damaged. I knew why I was there as soon as the the boy came out to greet me and his friends. Picture a cheerful, short and mildly over weight 17 year old boy with a slight touch of down syndrome. That is the boy who owns this old beater jeep. I stayed on and talked to that young man and his friends for several hours before loading up to come home. Before I drove off though, I promised that young man that I would find him a good tub for his Jeep and that I would change everything over for him and repaint it some time this winter. I have also promised to take him rock crawling as soon as I get my buggy done.
ANY HELP WITH FINDING A TUB AND TOP CHEAP WOULD BE GREAT
I over heard some guys talking at lunch the other day about this high school kid who had been given an old Jeep by his dad, but that the Jeep had recently been damaged in a storm. As the guys talked more about the boy and his Jeep I learned that the boys dad had suffered a heart attack last year and died in the field while loading hay on a flat bed truck. I also learned that several other boys from his high school had asked some local body shops for assistance, but non were willing to donate their time or supplies. I turned around and introduced myself and told them I could not help but to over hear their conversation and that I wanted to talk about this buddy and his Jeep more. I had already began to think in my mind about a benefit ride like we did for Peck to help raise the money for him to get his dads Jeep back together.
After talking to these guys and getting more of the story, we went out to the old run down farm house where the boy lived with his mom and grandparents to see the Jeep. The Jeep did not look that bad until I got around to the side of it in the barn. The CJ-5 Tub now has two u-shaped openings in the sides. Perfectly across the fenderwells. I did not see any damage to the frame or suspension parts and it did not have a roll bar, seats or anything else in the back to get damaged. I knew why I was there as soon as the the boy came out to greet me and his friends. Picture a cheerful, short and mildly over weight 17 year old boy with a slight touch of down syndrome. That is the boy who owns this old beater jeep. I stayed on and talked to that young man and his friends for several hours before loading up to come home. Before I drove off though, I promised that young man that I would find him a good tub for his Jeep and that I would change everything over for him and repaint it some time this winter. I have also promised to take him rock crawling as soon as I get my buggy done.
ANY HELP WITH FINDING A TUB AND TOP CHEAP WOULD BE GREAT
