Update – 9/1/2016: The paint is on, the seat covers are being made and the Jeep is looking like a little princess! The hard part now will be get past the first scratch, but that will not take long on the back roads of the ranch. The interior is Sherwood Green, which was the original color of the Jeep. The exterior is Luzon Red, which is an improvement over the red it had before. Both colors came in a high gloss, which I recommend against; besides being a little gaudy, they show up all the imperfections underneath. But they work well together and went on very well.I have continued to find treasures in the barn: a front blackout headlight, the right blackout taillight and a complete engine (in pieces). Each trip back to the ranch ends up being quite an adventure.
An unhappy surprise when I got it back on the road is the 90 degrees of free play in the steering wheel: I’ll be rebuilding the drag link at a minimum, I don’t want to think about what it would involve at the worst. Either way, it will be heading back to the ranch this Fall.