One for the haters

[Jeep Driver]

 

 

 

[Pete M]

love it   Icon sure makes some cool stuff.

 

a multi-layered sheetmetal chassis... where have I seen that before...   oh right!    we have something in common with the rolls-royce. (though not something I'm especially appreciative of)

[Jeep Driver]

I would love to be a scout for this guy. I contacted his office one with a car I thought he might be interested in, I still keep an eye out.

[HOrnbrod]

"One for the haters"?  What's there to hate? Weird....

[Jeep Driver]

The purists, plenty here, plenty everywhere. 

 

 

I interacted with someone from Novak last week who stated that the biggest hurdle they have is selling their product to a group of purists. 

 

 

[cruiser54]

Here's a Bentley I sorted out for a guy recently.

383 crate stroker, carbureted, Ford 9 inch, Rack and pinion steering. 

 

 

 

 

[HOrnbrod]

What did you do to "sort it out"?

 

Damn, I love that Bentley dash and gauges.  

[FrankTheDog]

I never understood why any jeep guy would be a purist. Jeep never had a problem putting other automakers engines and transmissions in their product.

AMC and Buick engines in Kaiser Jeeps. 

Chevy and Renault engines in XJ’s.

TH400’s and TF727’s and TF999 in SJ’s and CJ’s. Plus there’s more I’m sure.

[cruiser54]

14 hours ago, HOrnbrod said:

What did you do to "sort it out"?

 

Damn, I love that Bentley dash and gauges.  

Those are aftermarket gauges. 

 

I had 41 hours of living with this car, not counting road tests that stranded me twice. 

 

Mostly driveability issues. vapor lock, underhood temps, overheating, fan issues.

 

Here is a short summary from memory after it was done. I know it's maybe 2/3 of what I did. I'd fix one thing and note 2 or 3 that needed to be addressed in the future. 

 

 

1954 Bentley issues.doc

[Jeep Driver]

 

That's an interesting lift.

 

[cruiser54]

6000 lb capacity.

[Jeep Driver]

15 minutes ago, cruiser54 said:

6000 lb capacity.

Is it yours? Who makes it?

[cruiser54]

Yes, it's mine.

 

 

[Jeep Driver]

I want one. 

 

New garage first though.............cart before horse.

 

I bet it's nice that it can be pushed out of the way.........IOWs it does not consume your entire garage. 

[cruiser54]

YUP. yOU CAN ALSO SET DOWN ONE VEHICLE WHILE WAITING FOR PARTS OR WHATEVER, AND SCOOT IT UNDER ANOTHER CAR. 

[87Warrior]

That is a nice lift! 

[HOrnbrod]

4 hours ago, cruiser54 said:

Here is a short summary from memory after it was done. I know it's maybe 2/3 of what I did. I'd fix one thing and note 2 or 3 that needed to be addressed in the future.

"First off, about 80% of all fasteners I encountered were not snug!!!!"

Damn, who owned this thing?

[cruiser54]

19 hours ago, HOrnbrod said:

"First off, about 80% of all fasteners I encountered were not snug!!!!"

Damn, who owned this thing?

+One of my propane customers.

 

He and some old hotrod builders built it over a period of a few years in Kalifornia. 

 

He hated the way it drove and stranded him and was ready to put it in his barn and cover it up. Had $80K into the build. 

 

His neighbor, who has a 51 Chevy Pickup resto-rod I helped sort out, told him to give me a call.