That was the most dramatic “self healing” change I have ever seen to date. The trans must not work on the weekends 😂 Edit: the Parking brake doesn’t work, for all those that think I have it locked in the whole video.
Nope, we sure didn’t. Pulling it was just a recap for anyone who is seeing this video by itself without the others - hence why I wrote “in our last video” on screen. It was like 1.5 minutes of recap at the beginning since the video today wouldn’t make sense without context for anyone new.
Ah the classic postal Jeep, My wife and I were rural mail carriers in Oklahoma for over 30 years. Early on in our careers we had to provide our own vehicles. In 1990 when they had gotten through replacing most of the Jeeps they had a big surplus sale down at the plant. We ended up buying over the course of a couple years four Jeeps. And I wouldn't be surprised if the odometer was actually correct. When we got our first couple of ones they just had 40,000 mi on them. Of the hundreds of Jeeps that they had on sale back then I only saw one that had over 100,000 miles on it. Most of them were driven in the city very short mileage sometimes as little as seven or eight miles a day six days week. The engines were great and ran as smooth as silk and were easy to repair. But sometimes there were some uncommon model specific items that were very hard to find when they broke. We were assigned LLV's around 1994 so I was happy to sell off my collection. We only put about 10 or 15,000 mi on them before we got rid of them. I'm surprised your Jeep was in as good as shape as it was. That sheet metal would naturally rust down here in Oklahoma without any salt on the roads. And fenders would crack from metal fatigue. I'm glad you sold it to someone who would give it a little more life. Thanks for the video.
ft cobb Oklahoma is still the same way my old 8 grade pre algebra teacher has to drive his own car because the town post office doesn't supply them he still working at the school as the pre algebra teacher but hes still working mail
Remember, this us a US Government Vehicle. If my time in the military has taught me anything, its that the only vehicle the curbs harder or accelerates faster than a rental car is a US Government Vehicle. Even if its a straight 6 mail truck. My bet is it was run dry because somebody didnt pay attention, ran it, then sent it to auction.
Sitting for long periods of time just seems to cause those old Chrysler transmissions to gum up. my old 66 Fury II would act the same way after sitting over the winter. Weirdly, if you left her to idle for 20 minutes and go through all the gears manually, she would come right back around and be 100% again all summer.
my grandpa told me chrysler transmissions dont pump in park like chevy and ford they pump in neutral and to check the fluid you have to put it in neutral and engage the park brake
@@EmpireofRust muh grandpa had a transmission on hes 84 b250 van with a 318 rebilt and he taught the transmission guy that this was back around 2003 when we moved from texas to loisiana
This is so cool. I had a 1976 DJ-5D that I drove the entire year of 1996 at age 17. It sounded EXACTLY like that. And now I can smell the exhaust, raw gasoline, and mold driving down the road!
Used to drive one of these as my "classic" car. A 1975 model DJ-5D. Sold it to a rural route driver to pay off my wife's wedding/engagement ring and miss it every day.
Awesome job getting the Red, White, and Blue out of its postal death hole and running again. Glad to hear the vehicle or parts of her are going to get another shot at life
Nothing more demoralizing than being passed on a gravel road... in Iowa! Person that passed you thought who delivers mail on Sunday night. Good technical content as always. Thanks Luke
I kept thinking, "man, if I were a rural mail carrier, I'd totally find a DJ-5 like this!" Then at the end you said you sold it to a rural mail carrier. Awesome!
I drove those delivering mail. They dont die. I drove one all day , engine tapping away , and at the end of the day, I figured Id get some gas , and oil! lol. It was 4 qts low!! lol Filedl it up, tapping decreased and still ran fine???? One tip. Watch the bumps while driving. The keys always popped out of the ignition! theyd be on the floor without you even knowing. You probably can use a screwdriver to start one. A real drawback is that they arent 4 wheel drive, like people think. But put a set of tire chains on it , they go everywhere in the snow! Glad those days of my life have passed! lol The later trucks werent much better, Just larger, but still not large enough.
something to note, those mail jeeps often came with either 4 wheel drive or a limited slip diff. watching you peel out in the dirt at the end tells me you got one with a limited slip diff. also that extra line coming off the fuel filter is in fact a fuel return line. both the 73 mail jeep and the 72 gremlin i had had those. with out them the fuel pump over powers the float and will flood the carb.
also those 6 cylinder amc engines had hydraulic lifters in the 70's so some of that noise you were hearing was likely collapsed lifters. my gremlin had sat for 11 years when i finally got it. took some lifter cleaner in the oil to get them all to pump back up.
Glad you found someone to appreciate the (semi) old Jeep. Always thought the postal versions were cool. Now you can look for a '79/'80 Pinto postal version(seriously I doubt there are any left). A really cool postal unit were the '67 Fairlane Couriers. I'm not sure those were offered in civvy configuration, only one I remember was the postal unit.
Drove those Postal Jeeps the first few years of my Postal Carrier. They were scary to drive above 40mph and steering was loose. So happy when the LLV (current postal vehicle) came on the scene. Also appreciated that the LLV was larger for today’s mail/parcel volume.
Anyone else listen to Luke's theme song where it says "it'll get you there, it'll get you there quicker" as he's hooking the tractor to the jeep on the side of the road?🤣😂 But, seriously, I love your videos Luke.
Love the content Thunderhead Loving this revival as well, oh and we gotta get you a new mic so i dont have to turn up volume to 60 lol... But cheers from Flint Mi
The gear oil in the sump reminds me of a story my dad shared with me. Many years ago he had a Fordson Major tractor with a rear axle/trans/hydraulic issue. He put EP120 oil in to try and solve it and the tractor would barely move when cold!
Pretty cool that you found a taker on the old postal delivery mule. With any luck you got your time & money back out of her with the sale. At least it was saved, and you no longer have a derelict vehicle on the property. Great job.
Another good tip for identifying a knock sound. Valve train moves about half as fast as the crank. So a rapid knock is likely bottom end where as a slower knock is probably valve/lifter noise.
You are one of the most thorough and talented CZcams mechanics. I would drive from Kansas to have you fix my vehicles LOL. I know you aren’t a full-time mechanic though.
There are plenty better than me in other automotive avenues, I’m just fairly decent with engines - always loved trying to get things “just” right. It’s also just fun to figure out engine tuning issues and fix them 🤓
I actually did drive one of these 'back in the day'. They're even worse to drive than you think. The mileage my not be as high as you think, most of the driving was from mailbox to mailbox. So maybe 25 miles a day, a lot of stop and go driving. They were originally painted blue with white window trim and roof, and a red stripe down the side. Repainted all white to be more visible. The fun thing was driving them in the snow with tire chains. The rattling against the wheel well was deafening. Good times.
That’s great that it basically fixed itself and got sold to a a good home. I would love to see how the project of transferring the body over to a 4-wheel drive chassis transpires as well as the end result.
I'm impressed it's even moving under its own power with how much damage that engine has and the trans just don't want to work well at all good video Luke @ThunderHead289
Great video! Would have been cool to see a rebuild or even an engine swap but you got little time and much to do so totally understand sending it on to the next owner. Would have called her T1000 the way she was fixing herself haha
Big Hi from the UK to Uncle Luke , I have watched you for a while now and each video just gets better . I love the big iron you have in the USA and your explanation videos are great .
A flip mobile. A dangerous vehicle for sure. They can flip over at less than 20mph. Saw a guy roll his a couple times back in the 80’s. Landed on his head. Bent the floor with his head. His buddies following behind drove him to the hospital. I don’t know his fate. These have been workhorses for years and had a niche purpose. Can’t say that I wouldn’t own or drive one myself, but the limits definitely need to be respected. Cool video 👍😎 Maybe a follow up if the new owner is successful and willing.
I love Kevin, but a forever home at his place is the same difference as me just parking it back in the tree line. It’s off to someone who is willing to give it a new lease on life where both myself and Kevin never ultimately would have.
(Poor Aussie accent) Rod knock? That’s not a rod knock. This! is a rod knock! ....Kevin pulls up in his AMC Eagle. Enjoyable mini-series. Glad u found a home for the old girl.
The horse seems happy about the Jeep having oil pressure haha. These things are so cool, I got to putter one around my neighbors yard when I was a kid, he used it to deliver news papers on a rural route.
When you hit the gas on the gravel there both rear tires spun. I wonder if it might have some kind of positraction in the rear. Wouldn't surprise me since these were expected to operate in all weather. They had to drive through deep snow and all kinds of other crap.
I'm so glad you got this vehicle running again fairly. This mail truck deserves to be fully restored and put In a museum with live test drives to keep it going.
Even with its issues someone could definitely use the frame and somebody parts to fix up their old Jeep. Man this makes me really miss my 66 Kaiser Willys, Which I had a Buick 225 in
Many moons ago a local pizza place had a fleet of these for deliveries. My dad had one he drove back and forth to work. Plus he used it when driving out into the county to go fishing at local lakes. Had a GM Chevy II four cylinder w/a two speed iirc The 232s in this vintage are hard to kill IF taken care of. Neglect them and you will have problems sooner than you should.
The magic postal fairy came by overnight and waved her magic wand. Now the thing runs great. That little 6 cylinder may have been tired but she's still a good puller I bet. Might have gotten good gas mileage too.
I was a ptf in the 80s and very often got the spare to do pivots more worn out the the assigned jeeps,had no ps or pb wished I had pb more then steering,they often showed under 100.000 miles but they idled. For 6 or more hours a day.the lifters would starve for oil when climbing hills and would clatter,losing power,till you headed back down.the oil pressure always seemed to be like yours till you pulled to next mailbox.in winter we had a few with water in ps box and would freeze.not to mention a mile of play.
wow flash back to my dad old letter carrier days. that jeep you could hear comeing up the drive-way. so cool to see it drive, & move under it own power. love that old jeep.
Its always nice to see a Vehical that has been lawn art for years restored back to something useful, even if it just gets used as a parts car. As that way rather than having 2 scrap vehicles you can get some more use out of one of them and hopefully stop both from leaking oil and other nasties onto your local water supply. Rightly or wrongly I am of the option making stuff last longer is just as important as moving to away from using big powerful gas gusslers to go get stuff from the shop.
That was the most dramatic “self healing” change I have ever seen to date.
The trans must not work on the weekends 😂
Edit: the Parking brake doesn’t work, for all those that think I have it locked in the whole video.
🤣🤣
Postal office management.
My ‘02 Jeep used to be like that…it was like she was mad at making her sit in the yard too long
Didn't we do this already??
Nope, we sure didn’t.
Pulling it was just a recap for anyone who is seeing this video by itself without the others - hence why I wrote “in our last video” on screen.
It was like 1.5 minutes of recap at the beginning since the video today wouldn’t make sense without context for anyone new.
Ah the classic postal Jeep, My wife and I were rural mail carriers in Oklahoma for over 30 years. Early on in our careers we had to provide our own vehicles. In 1990 when they had gotten through replacing most of the Jeeps they had a big surplus sale down at the plant. We ended up buying over the course of a couple years four Jeeps. And I wouldn't be surprised if the odometer was actually correct. When we got our first couple of ones they just had 40,000 mi on them. Of the hundreds of Jeeps that they had on sale back then I only saw one that had over 100,000 miles on it. Most of them were driven in the city very short mileage sometimes as little as seven or eight miles a day six days week. The engines were great and ran as smooth as silk and were easy to repair. But sometimes there were some uncommon model specific items that were very hard to find when they broke. We were assigned LLV's around 1994 so I was happy to sell off my collection. We only put about 10 or 15,000 mi on them before we got rid of them. I'm surprised your Jeep was in as good as shape as it was. That sheet metal would naturally rust down here in Oklahoma without any salt on the roads. And fenders would crack from metal fatigue. I'm glad you sold it to someone who would give it a little more life. Thanks for the video.
im a rural carrier in nova scotia canada, i drive a dodge caravan lol
@@donairsauce2496 much respect, those Canadian winters would be a challenge to say the least.
@@jamesh6229 it's the wind that gets ya
ft cobb Oklahoma is still the same way my old 8 grade pre algebra teacher has to drive his own car because the town post office doesn't supply them he still working at the school as the pre algebra teacher but hes still working mail
As a rural letter carrier in a rather big city I always forget that truly rural stations still don’t have postal vehicles. Interesting story
"...any time you ever have any sliver of optimism and you just get punished..." I love it, Luke! Kind of like no good deed ever goes unpunished!
Remember, this us a US Government Vehicle. If my time in the military has taught me anything, its that the only vehicle the curbs harder or accelerates faster than a rental car is a US Government Vehicle. Even if its a straight 6 mail truck. My bet is it was run dry because somebody didnt pay attention, ran it, then sent it to auction.
She wanted to live and be appreciated again! Loved this revival! Glad she found a home. Thanks for sharing! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
That was probably the best case scenario for that little Jeep. That really makes me happy to hear.
Sitting for long periods of time just seems to cause those old Chrysler transmissions to gum up. my old 66 Fury II would act the same way after sitting over the winter. Weirdly, if you left her to idle for 20 minutes and go through all the gears manually, she would come right back around and be 100% again all summer.
The Chrysler spool up thing is an oddly real deal - knowledge and the one who who showed me first hand comes from dylan mccool
my grandpa told me chrysler transmissions dont pump in park like chevy and ford they pump in neutral and to check the fluid you have to put it in neutral and engage the park brake
@@joshuafisk5080 Yepper...I used to put them in Neutral for a few seconds before placing in Drive.
@@joshuafisk5080 100%. Always idle torqueflites in neutral, not park!
@@EmpireofRust muh grandpa had a transmission on hes 84 b250 van with a 318 rebilt and he taught the transmission guy that this was back around 2003 when we moved from texas to loisiana
This is so cool. I had a 1976 DJ-5D that I drove the entire year of 1996 at age 17. It sounded EXACTLY like that. And now I can smell the exhaust, raw gasoline, and mold driving down the road!
Used to drive one of these as my "classic" car. A 1975 model DJ-5D. Sold it to a rural route driver to pay off my wife's wedding/engagement ring and miss it every day.
Awesome job getting the Red, White, and Blue out of its postal death hole and running again. Glad to hear the vehicle or parts of her are going to get another shot at life
Nothing more demoralizing than being passed on a gravel road... in Iowa! Person that passed you thought who delivers mail on Sunday night. Good technical content as always. Thanks Luke
I kept thinking, "man, if I were a rural mail carrier, I'd totally find a DJ-5 like this!" Then at the end you said you sold it to a rural mail carrier. Awesome!
That was a nice trip down memory lane, thank you for such a nice tribute to such an odd old vehicle, I’m glad it has a future.
I drove those delivering mail. They dont die. I drove one all day , engine tapping away , and at the end of the day, I figured Id get some gas , and oil! lol. It was 4 qts low!! lol Filedl it up, tapping decreased and still ran fine???? One tip. Watch the bumps while driving. The keys always popped out of the ignition! theyd be on the floor without you even knowing. You probably can use a screwdriver to start one. A real drawback is that they arent 4 wheel drive, like people think. But put a set of tire chains on it , they go everywhere in the snow! Glad those days of my life have passed! lol The later trucks werent much better, Just larger, but still not large enough.
something to note, those mail jeeps often came with either 4 wheel drive or a limited slip diff. watching you peel out in the dirt at the end tells me you got one with a limited slip diff. also that extra line coming off the fuel filter is in fact a fuel return line. both the 73 mail jeep and the 72 gremlin i had had those. with out them the fuel pump over powers the float and will flood the carb.
also those 6 cylinder amc engines had hydraulic lifters in the 70's so some of that noise you were hearing was likely collapsed lifters. my gremlin had sat for 11 years when i finally got it. took some lifter cleaner in the oil to get them all to pump back up.
Glad you found someone to appreciate the (semi) old Jeep. Always thought the postal versions were cool. Now you can look for a '79/'80 Pinto postal version(seriously I doubt there are any left). A really cool postal unit were the '67 Fairlane Couriers. I'm not sure those were offered in civvy configuration, only one I remember was the postal unit.
Wow you brought back some memories there, I remember the post office near us had a bunch of those Pintos when I was a kid.
Drove those Postal Jeeps the first few years of my Postal Carrier. They were scary to drive above 40mph and steering was loose. So happy when the LLV (current postal vehicle) came on the scene. Also appreciated that the LLV was larger for today’s mail/parcel volume.
Anyone else listen to Luke's theme song where it says "it'll get you there, it'll get you there quicker" as he's hooking the tractor to the jeep on the side of the road?🤣😂 But, seriously, I love your videos Luke.
What's the name of that theme song
@@kevinsukdolak5007 The Steeldrivers - Good Corn Liquor
Love the content Thunderhead Loving this revival as well, oh and we gotta get you a new mic so i dont have to turn up volume to 60 lol... But cheers from Flint Mi
yup i had my phone and car volume to the max and still couldn’t really hear him lol
I'm glad it's getting reporpused. I had one and it ran like a champ. Took it through some knarly mud roads that 4x4's were afraid to go down.
Well , ya still the best mechanic on the net. And the best to explain things in common language. Thanks fer ya hard work and all and God Bless.
The gear oil in the sump reminds me of a story my dad shared with me. Many years ago he had a Fordson Major tractor with a rear axle/trans/hydraulic issue. He put EP120 oil in to try and solve it and the tractor would barely move when cold!
My father is a retired letter carrier. He drove those jeeps.
Pretty cool that you found a taker on the old postal delivery mule. With any luck you got your time & money back out of her with the sale. At least it was saved, and you no longer have a derelict vehicle on the property. Great job.
Another good tip for identifying a knock sound. Valve train moves about half as fast as the crank. So a rapid knock is likely bottom end where as a slower knock is probably valve/lifter noise.
That little Jeep is awesome. I know a guy who dropped a 350 in one. He had to modify the firewall among a few other things, but that thing hauled.
Honesty this was one the most enjoyable revives I watched! Thanks for sharing.
You are one of the most thorough and talented CZcams mechanics. I would drive from Kansas to have you fix my vehicles LOL. I know you aren’t a full-time mechanic though.
There are plenty better than me in other automotive avenues, I’m just fairly decent with engines - always loved trying to get things “just” right.
It’s also just fun to figure out engine tuning issues and fix them 🤓
I actually did drive one of these 'back in the day'.
They're even worse to drive than you think. The mileage my not be as high as you think, most of the driving was from mailbox to mailbox. So maybe 25 miles a day, a lot of stop and go driving. They were originally painted blue with white window trim and roof, and a red stripe down the side. Repainted all white to be more visible. The fun thing was driving them in the snow with tire chains. The rattling against the wheel well was deafening. Good times.
That’s great that it basically fixed itself and got sold to a a good home. I would love to see how the project of transferring the body over to a 4-wheel drive chassis transpires as well as the end result.
Good job Luke , as they say , the mail must go thru !! The old girl just wanted to live !!
Buy the way, I forgot to congratulate your Wife on finishing Vet school. Proud of y'all!!!!
I’m so proud of her, what a haul that way for her
I'm glad its gone to a new home, its too cute a little jeep to be sitting in a field rusting.
Completely agree
I'm impressed it's even moving under its own power with how much damage that engine has and the trans just don't want to work well at all good video Luke @ThunderHead289
I drove one of these in college. I loved it! Would buck the drifts in Northern Michigan just fine. It was a blast to drive.
Glad to hear she's going to a decent home. Jeeps are strange beasts. But, in the end, they are still beasts.
Emily is the best! Not just letting you play with your toys and film it for us, but actually participating! 😂
Glad the car got saved in some form!
Great video! Would have been cool to see a rebuild or even an engine swap but you got little time and much to do so totally understand sending it on to the next owner. Would have called her T1000 the way she was fixing herself haha
The little shoe making elves turned auto mechanics paid you a vist one night, but could only do so much. Nice it's got a new home.
Big Hi from the UK to Uncle Luke , I have watched you for a while now and each video just gets better . I love the big iron you have in the USA and your explanation videos are great .
A flip mobile.
A dangerous vehicle for sure.
They can flip over at less than 20mph.
Saw a guy roll his a couple times back in the 80’s.
Landed on his head. Bent the floor with his head.
His buddies following behind drove him to the hospital. I don’t know his fate.
These have been workhorses for years and had a niche purpose.
Can’t say that I wouldn’t own or drive one myself, but the limits definitely need to be respected.
Cool video 👍😎
Maybe a follow up if the new owner is successful and willing.
I get the feeling you LOVE your tractor, me too Luke, me too!!!
Junkyard Digs has recently been expressing some curiosity about becoming a "Jeep person". Perhaps he could give this fine vehicle a forever home.
I love Kevin, but a forever home at his place is the same difference as me just parking it back in the tree line. It’s off to someone who is willing to give it a new lease on life where both myself and Kevin never ultimately would have.
It's tough to tell on the video, but that knock sounds like a classic case of worn out AMC rocker arms and bridges.
Always a great video from Luke...
that was my thought broken rocker bridge if it has the alloy ones.
(Poor Aussie accent) Rod knock? That’s not a rod knock. This! is a rod knock! ....Kevin pulls up in his AMC Eagle.
Enjoyable mini-series.
Glad u found a home for the old girl.
The horse seems happy about the Jeep having oil pressure haha. These things are so cool, I got to putter one around my neighbors yard when I was a kid, he used it to deliver news papers on a rural route.
She’s a sweet rig, perfect for the homestead and thank you for sharing.
Emily is such a great sport for our weird hobby.
I would of used the mail truck to drive to your mailbox and back. Coolest way to get the mail ever
Great video Luke! As a Jeep guy, I’m looking at mail carriers now! But the coolest thing I thought was the way you pulled up that fence post!!
When you hit the gas on the gravel there both rear tires spun. I wonder if it might have some kind of positraction in the rear. Wouldn't surprise me since these were expected to operate in all weather. They had to drive through deep snow and all kinds of other crap.
glad to see you found a home for it while having fun bringing it back from the dead. good stuff
The forward clutch and high/reverse clutch seals were notorious for getting hard on those old 904's - bet the heat softened them up a bit :-)
I'm so glad you got this vehicle running again fairly. This mail truck deserves to be fully restored and put In a museum with live test drives to keep it going.
Even with its issues someone could definitely use the frame and somebody parts to fix up their old Jeep. Man this makes me really miss my 66 Kaiser Willys, Which I had a Buick 225 in
All the Mail Trucks in my area sound pretty similar to this one. Hear them coming a mile away!
thats gonna be cool, lucky guy that got it, hope he lets ya do a update on it, would like to see how it comes out after
Gotta love them old jeeps, She's happy someone took an interest in her! 😊 ✌🏻🇺🇸
Coool!! My father drove those jeeps at the local post office
Ever think about finding an old Thunderbolt sort of build to tackle? One can dream of such things lol Ya send the jeep packing for sure :-))
Luke, you have a solid gift for teaching. Superb explanation! Yours is one of the most educational car channels on youtube.
Love the background music. The Steeldrivers are great.
Many moons ago a local pizza place had a fleet of these for deliveries. My dad had one he drove back and forth to work. Plus he used it when driving out into the county to go fishing at local lakes. Had a GM Chevy II four cylinder w/a two speed iirc
The 232s in this vintage are hard to kill IF taken care of. Neglect them and you will have problems sooner than you should.
There's a Popular Mechanics type build guide out there for turning those old Jeep mail carriers into campers.
Live the theme song. Our Mail man had one of these could here him coming up the hill every day sure takes me back thanks for sharing this video.
If you don't know, the theme song is Good Corn Liquor by The SteelDrivers
Thanks
Glad you decided to mess with it Luke, at least it still has the chance to do it's job rather than returning to mother earth
Love these revivals! Your projects are so relatable👍🏻
I’m in love with this thing. I have to find one.
You made my day. That ole Jeep runs good. Great job 👏
I love you channel! You are great, love the level of tech, struggling and especially the overcoming!
And the VGG joke, epic!
Nice way to finish off the series, and thanks for bringing it back to life. Way cool.
Cool it lives on! Strangely enjoyable series. Keep em coming!
Not only back in the day. They still drive the same way. Scary 😟
Thanks for sharing this video Luke!
Good job Luke it's cool to see that thing running I remember them when I was growing up as mail carriers and sometimes a ice cream carriers
Love the steeldrivers! Everytime you put that song in videos I have to tap my feet lol
That lady really does love you. ❤
Great video! Thanks for sharing the info about the engine noises. Very useful!
I have no idea why but I love that thing and now I want one
The magic postal fairy came by overnight and waved her magic wand. Now the thing runs great. That little 6 cylinder may have been tired but she's still a good puller I bet. Might have gotten good gas mileage too.
Been waiting for thr jeep video good stuff 👍
Awesome! Love the little one wheel peel in the gravel. Thanks for sharing. God bless.
Nice work, uncle Luke. Brought her back from the grave AND found her a new home!
Awesome video man!, many thanks for making this series! 👍🏻
Thanks so much 🙂
There is at least some oil pressure. Guage and/or sending unit toast. Cool video Luke! Great content!! Keep it coming please!!
Way too cool man, thanks for the upload.
Great jeep and video😎
Love your videos man been watchin for years
Wife and I were in Tennessee last week , took the jack Daniels tour , had your theme song running through my head the whole time
Thanks Luke! The content is appreciated as always. I’m glad the Mail jeep found a suitable home. :)
I was a ptf in the 80s and very often got the spare to do pivots more worn out the the assigned jeeps,had no ps or pb wished I had pb more then steering,they often showed under 100.000 miles but they idled. For 6 or more hours a day.the lifters would starve for oil when climbing hills and would clatter,losing power,till you headed back down.the oil pressure always seemed to be like yours till you pulled to next mailbox.in winter we had a few with water in ps box and would freeze.not to mention a mile of play.
wow flash back to my dad old letter carrier days. that jeep you could hear comeing up the drive-way. so cool to see it drive, & move under it own power. love that old jeep.
Another great video Uncle Luke
Its always nice to see a Vehical that has been lawn art for years restored back to something useful, even if it just gets used as a parts car. As that way rather than having 2 scrap vehicles you can get some more use out of one of them and hopefully stop both from leaking oil and other nasties onto your local water supply.
Rightly or wrongly I am of the option making stuff last longer is just as important as moving to away from using big powerful gas gusslers to go get stuff from the shop.
DAMN THE LIGHTS EVEN WORK!
Great video Luke
Nice she was put back into service! Great job Luke!
Should get Kevin over there to pressurewash it in the rain! :D
Cool to see it's going to a great home that's awesome Luke @Thunderhead289
Nice job! That’s a fun little buggy!