Cool junkyard find
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Just got a '70 Jeepster Commando
How's that Commando doing, Mudder?
My 17 year old son just came home with a '70 Commando that his grandparents gave to him. It has a V6 in it - I was wondering what displacement it was, sounds like 231 cubes, eh? It's pretty stock with the exception of headers, and only a little rust. The transfer case handle doesn't seem to be connected to anything, so I guess it's stuck in 2 high. The manual hubs say "Sears and Roebuck / Allstate" on them - never knew Sears was into that kind of gear.
Hope this doesn't turn into a money pit like some of the other "Free" cars I had. I can see a fair amount of homebrewed engineering on it, but at least I'm not looking for too many replacement parts (yet).
My 17 year old son just came home with a '70 Commando that his grandparents gave to him. It has a V6 in it - I was wondering what displacement it was, sounds like 231 cubes, eh? It's pretty stock with the exception of headers, and only a little rust. The transfer case handle doesn't seem to be connected to anything, so I guess it's stuck in 2 high. The manual hubs say "Sears and Roebuck / Allstate" on them - never knew Sears was into that kind of gear.
Hope this doesn't turn into a money pit like some of the other "Free" cars I had. I can see a fair amount of homebrewed engineering on it, but at least I'm not looking for too many replacement parts (yet).
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Cool!
I like hearing these sories too!
Is it still good and solid?
After looking at vehicles that saw every New England winter in their life, finding something solid of this age is rare.
Not many bone yards like this around anymore. Most out my way don't keep anything older than 5-10 years.
We had a real old yard over in Lancaster that kept cars for decades. It was cool seeing '55 Chevys with the old 265 V8 still in place and the wrecked 1950's Studebakers.
I like hearing these sories too!
Is it still good and solid?
After looking at vehicles that saw every New England winter in their life, finding something solid of this age is rare.
Not many bone yards like this around anymore. Most out my way don't keep anything older than 5-10 years.
We had a real old yard over in Lancaster that kept cars for decades. It was cool seeing '55 Chevys with the old 265 V8 still in place and the wrecked 1950's Studebakers.
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Buick also had an aluminum 215 cube V8 back in the day. It later was bought by British Leyland and became the 3.5L motor used in the Rovers and Land Rovers.
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There are no pictures on the original post, is it just me? or is it really gone. Can some one post it again?
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The original post is from 2005
so the link is pretty old, Vijay. I revived the thread thinking he'd have it running good by now. My son's Jeepster needs a bit of TLC and I thought I might get a few tips and suggestions.
