Popular Post munzieb Posted April 7 Popular Post Report Share Posted April 7 (edited) I have been using my local UPS store to enlarge and clean up my patterns and the manager, Chase, has been very helpful. Told him I would cut a car for him. He has a Jeep Wrangler Sport and loves to drive it on Folly beach in SC near Charleston. All the hardware on the front and the treads on the tires were the hardest part to cut. The rest is mostly straight lines. I did the "Paint-in" method on the tires and around the windows. I'll give it to him tomorrow when I drop off some packages for my wife. BTW, I tried to buy a Jeep pattern from H. Botas and even emailed him and looks like he has stopped selling them. He mentioned about going through some changes? on Facebook. Edited April 8 by munzieb Add Picture artisanpirate, meflick, ChelCass and 14 others 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edward Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 Very Nicely done, he will love It! munzieb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjweb Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 Excellent job, RJ munzieb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scrappile Posted April 7 Report Share Posted April 7 (edited) AWESOME-NESS! I was raised on a WWII war surplus jeep my Dad purchased for like $600. What I learned to drive in at 10 years old. It was our hunting rig, tractor and Dad's to and from work driver. And became a pretty good pick'em up, short race drag car in my freshman year of high school. I rolled my car. Dad said I could use the jeep. He had put a V-8 in it a few years before.. I cleaned it up. My brother painted it for me when he was in Auto shop a nice metallic gray. His girlfriend's mom re-did he seats for me in a nice red Naugahyde. I could beat any other friend's car through a stoplight. And got flagged down many time by girls wanting a ride. It was great time. Not real good for parking.. no back seat... front seats were pretty far apart. We had it until after I went into the service. Then Dad sold it.. all those years of fun with it and sold for $1600 with many miles on it. Later in life I bought a '68 CJ-7 Had it many years.. wish I had not sold it. Many times hunting Jack rabbits, friend sitting on the front fender and on top with .22s driving out across the sagebrush shooting the many many jack rabbits there was back then... No SIR! I would not change my life for any the modern day youth has.. they can have all their fancy things computer games, etc. I would not trade them for a minute. I loved my life as a kid living out in the country.. Hunting, fishing, free to do most anything outside of the city limits. Floating down the river on homemade rafts, going hunting with .22s any time. I do not think kids today really know what freedom is. I feel so sorry for them. The jeep got me excited and carried away. I shut-up now. Edited April 7 by Scrappile danny, wombatie, munzieb and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Monk Posted April 8 Report Share Posted April 8 Awesome pattern and cutting. munzieb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wombatie Posted April 8 Report Share Posted April 8 He will be overwhelmed by your creativeness. Excellent work, as always. Marg munzieb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munzieb Posted April 8 Author Report Share Posted April 8 9 hours ago, Scrappile said: AWESOME-NESS! I was raised on a WWII war surplus jeep my Dad purchased for like $600. What I learned to drive in at 10 years old. It was our hunting rig, tractor and Dad's to and from work driver. And became a pretty good pick'em up, short race drag car in my freshman year of high school. I rolled my car. Dad said I could use the jeep. He had put a V-8 in it a few years before.. I cleaned it up. My brother painted it for me when he was in Auto shop a nice metallic gray. His girlfriend's mom re-did he seats for me in a nice red Naugahyde. I could beat any other friend's car through a stoplight. And got flagged down many time by girls wanting a ride. It was great time. Not real good for parking.. no back seat... front seats were pretty far apart. We had it until after I went into the service. Then Dad sold it.. all those years of fun with it and sold for $1600 with many miles on it. Later in life I bought a '68 CJ-7 Had it many years.. wish I had not sold it. Many times hunting Jack rabbits, friend sitting on the front fender and on top with .22s driving out across the sagebrush shooting the many many jack rabbits there was back then... No SIR! I would not change my life for any the modern day youth has.. they can have all their fancy things computer games, etc. I would not trade them for a minute. I loved my life as a kid living out in the country.. Hunting, fishing, free to do most anything outside of the city limits. Floating down the river on homemade rafts, going hunting with .22s any time. I do not think kids today really know what freedom is. I feel so sorry for them. The jeep got me excited and carried away. I shut-up now. Paul, that is a pretty impressive back story! I'll call you the next time I need a fill in copy for one of my projects. That was quite a story. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munzieb Posted April 8 Author Report Share Posted April 8 Just dropped off Chase's plaque. Very happy with the results! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAIrving Posted April 8 Report Share Posted April 8 That smile on his face says it all! Great job! munzieb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jerry walters Posted April 8 Report Share Posted April 8 Bernd. you are a pretty COOL guy for sharing your talents. Jerry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MarieC Posted April 8 Report Share Posted April 8 Wonderful work! I also grew up with a Willie's Jeep. We used it on our cattle ranch as well. I do remember many times that we had to use the handcrank to get it started on those cold winter days! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munzieb Posted April 8 Author Report Share Posted April 8 Funny how an old crank can bring back fond memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
munzieb Posted April 8 Author Report Share Posted April 8 1 hour ago, jerry walters said: Bernd. you are a pretty COOL guy for sharing your talents. Jerry Not really cool, just running out of wall space for plaques. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie E Posted April 9 Report Share Posted April 9 Great job! munzieb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denny Knappen Posted April 9 Report Share Posted April 9 That is awesome. I can see why the tires were a bugger to cut. munzieb 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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