[Beeman]

Originally Posted by ex670c

Hi Mandeep,
Post 1979 Mahindra introduced the JEEPs as Mahindra JEEP.
They Changed the Steering Wheel to the present 2 Spoke on all models.

Regards

Arka

PS - 2 spoke & 3spoke are not interchangeable require to change the milling

This is not mandeep. But ya he's here with me. And he's asking wether you would like this V8 toyota engine with transimission but without ecu. You were looking for it.....

[Spyder]

Hi Beeman,

Great looking jeep!! Are you from Chennai. I have a friend who has a very similar job on his jeep. He got his done in Kerala. You may want to get in touch with him for parts. I remember him telling me that he and his dad spent hours in old gujlis and antique shops to get spares. plus his dad had some old parts saved up for the jeep serveral years back! Let me know.

Cheers,
Spyder

[Beeman]

No im from punjab......

[Ram]

Originally Posted by quadra

Nice job done there beeman. We can see some very hard work there.
I am to interested to know more about sniper lights [ sounds very cool ]

What Beeman calls a "sniper light" was actually a single armored baffled lamp mounted on the left fender with a long visor and a steel ring guard for protection from a stray bullet. This was called a blackout light.


Blackout lighting was a second world war requirement for night-time combat operations.

The design intention of the blackout light was:
To provide a white light of 25 to 50 candlepower upto but not beyond 10 ft directly in front of the light.

While operating the Jeep in total darkness, the light was to barely indicate vehicle position to another vehicle walking behind or in front of the Jeep yet keeping the Jeep invisible to a distant enemy.

The light had to be shielded so that the top of the low beam was directed 2 or more degrees below the horizon. On a level road, 100 feet away the light was required to be no more than 30 feet wide.

And the light was to be invisible to an aircraft above 400 feet, even while the Jeep was climbing or descending a 20 percent grade.

Congratulations on a nice restoration Beeman! A solid capable VFM vintage off-roader with near original appointments.

Ram

[Beeman]

Thanks for the brilliant explanation ram !!
And thanks for the compliment.

[pdev29]

hey man you have done a wonderful job there,
hats off to you.

[karlosdeville]

very very neat...i gotta get me one of those...!

wooden steering wheels arent original as far as i know...the thin 3 spoke ones originally fitted are still easily available, i think they were common to the mahindra light truck range and some other assorted vehicles...

[theMAG]

There's this Sikh restorer of old jeeps and Gypsies in ND that I was reading abt in an article in The Hindu(Bangalore/Karnataka ed), on 13-12-06. Apparently he purchases rusted/broken down or otherwise derelict jeeps/Gypsies from various sources including the Indian Army auctions, and painfully and lovingly restores them with new engines. He even gives his customers a 1 year warranty on these, which includes a new engine swap if the fitted engine breaks down.

[Beeman]

well there are many sikh restorers there......just come to punjab you'll see plenty. Im one of them

[theMAG]

Beeman,

A beautiful job done!

[madbullram]

Well done job mate...thats really neat.

[janeckozzy]

bee-autiful work beeman.. real nice to see an original jeep.. btw where do these army auctions happen an how does one get to know of them

[naveendhyani]

this jeep surely rocks. awesome work & i believe the feel to do it urself would have been the best.

[RAINMAKER]

While at the Subject,

Heres a Complete Blog on the restoration of my CJ3B.

1967 JEEP CJ3B RESTORATION & MODIFICATION

Vivek

[pdev29]

@ Rainmaker

Hey man wonderful job,
hats off.