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I recently purchased a M38 and have a bill of sale. I've done some research and found that in my state of Illinois a title can be created if a bond is posted for 1.5x the "appraised" value. The funds are held by the state and in three years if no liens or claim to ownership are made you get a...

I did some testing in a salt exposure. I place a bare metal bolt, a zinc plated bolt and a zinc plated chromate bolt in the water softner brine tank for about a week just above the water line. The bare bolt is showing extreme surface corrosion. The zinc is turning a bit chalky and the chormate...

The Caswell Plating is a process that is true zinc electroplating. The kit comes with the chemicals create a bath that efficiently allows the current to flow from a sacrificial zinc plate (neg)(99% pure zinc) to the part (pos). Once a part is plated with zinc it is dipped in the chromate dye...

The first step in what is sure to be a long restore project will be the carb. I decided to do something small as a meaningful first step. I tore the carb apart and ordered a Caswell Copy Cad plating chemicals. I didn't but the kit just the Copy Cad chemicals and yellow chromemate. So far it has...

M38 arrived in good condition 2 weeks ago. Sorry for the delay in updating all. I used Uship auction to find a shipper and things worked out without a problem. Jeff Roberts did a great job for a fail price. He even help me roll the M38 into the garage. I can highly recommend him for any services...

I am using Jeff Roberts to ship the jeep out of Greer SC to Algonquin IL. I will report how that works out. Should arrive early next week.

My first post of many. First - thanks Doug for the find, hauling and storing at your place until I get a chance to get back to Il. Shipping is arranged and should take place at the end of this month or the beginning of March. I will be posting progress and lots of questions as this project...