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[914043]

owned 50 years preserved for 40 and now a 4 year refresh.

[DBF]

Beautiful car and amazing you kept it all these years. That car has to have a lot of great memories, and more to be had in the future. Enjoy!

If it turns out someone replaced the original bumper, would you replace it with an original type, or keep it because that is the way you've had it for all these years? I'd keep it the way you bought it. I own a 1942 Ford GPW (WWII jeep) bought from the WWII vet who bought it when he was discharged in 1945. Jeeps were being sold as surplus at the base he was stationed at the end of WWII, and he picked the nicest jeep he could find, along with a new engine in a crate. When he got it home, he put in the new engine, built a log splitter with the original engine, and used it as a farm jeep. He made a number of modifications over the years including fixing a couple rust spots and a repaint using some paint one of the members of his shooting club "liberated" from the national guard post in his town. I often have people comment that this or that isn't original, especially the engine and wrong shade of OD for a WWII jeep. I just smile and nod. At this point, it's more important to me to keep it the way John had it than to return it to factory original.

[914043]

Beautiful car and amazing you kept it all these years. That car has to have a lot of great memories, and more to be had in the future. Enjoy!

If it turns out someone replaced the original bumper, would you replace it with an original type, or keep it because that is the way you've had it for all these years? I'd keep it the way you bought it. I own a 1942 Ford GPW (WWII jeep) bought from the WWII vet who bought it when he was discharged in 1945. Jeeps were being sold as surplus at the base he was stationed at the end of WWII, and he picked the nicest jeep he could find, along with a new engine in a crate. When he got it home, he put in the new engine, built a log splitter with the original engine, and used it as a farm jeep. He made a number of modifications over the years including fixing a couple rust spots and a repaint using some paint one of the members of his shooting club "liberated" from the national guard post in his town. I often have people comment that this or that isn't original, especially the engine and wrong shade of OD for a WWII jeep. I just smile and nod. At this point, it's more important to me to keep it the way John had it than to return it to factory original.

DBF thanks for the support,most think as I do it really doesn't hurt the value much.Iit would be nice to hear from some .of the real qualified people who could give a market analysis. Situations sometimes arise out of nowhere making thoughts of selling possible

[wonkipop]

Beautiful car and amazing you kept it all these years. That car has to have a lot of great memories, and more to be had in the future. Enjoy!

If it turns out someone replaced the original bumper, would you replace it with an original type, or keep it because that is the way you've had it for all these years? I'd keep it the way you bought it. I own a 1942 Ford GPW (WWII jeep) bought from the WWII vet who bought it when he was discharged in 1945. Jeeps were being sold as surplus at the base he was stationed at the end of WWII, and he picked the nicest jeep he could find, along with a new engine in a crate. When he got it home, he put in the new engine, built a log splitter with the original engine, and used it as a farm jeep. He made a number of modifications over the years including fixing a couple rust spots and a repaint using some paint one of the members of his shooting club "liberated" from the national guard post in his town. I often have people comment that this or that isn't original, especially the engine and wrong shade of OD for a WWII jeep. I just smile and nod. At this point, it's more important to me to keep it the way John had it than to return it to factory original.

DBF thanks for the support,most think as I do it really doesn't hurt the value much.Iit would be nice to hear from some .of the real qualified people who could give a market analysis. Situations sometimes arise out of nowhere making thoughts of selling possible

don't listen to/worry about naysayers @914043 .
your car is legit.
it has come down as an artefact and is the result of its own history.
and by your account you are 99% of that history.

see above - i have found at least one 71 914/6 that has been "corrected" incorrectly. as it should have never have had a straight sided bumper.
and now its got one thanks to probably the intervention of a restorer/owner on the "right" path.
because someone said so? or he read something on a forum? or......
the difference is they went backwards up the wrong road.
you are going forwards.

there are two kinds of artefacts.
something untouched (and by implication completely undriven?).
and them that have been driven, but preserved. and legit fixed along the way.

you have #2. its the real deal.

it won't make a shred of difference to its value.
thats a whole different ball game.
because the f4ckers buying these things for big $ would not have a clue (necessarily).
some do. but most don't. they are guided.
the stories i am hearing right now, and i am just a far off from the centre of the world aussie. we have superannuation companies engaged in investing in classic cars!!!???
f f s - no emotional or intellectual or mechanical attachment to the cars.
they are buying them like they are "art" or commodity.
but beware, because now the "experts" are involved because of the $.
just like the art world. and some f wit is going to decide a bumper this or a bumper that by reading some book or looking at a website like this and becoming an expert.
thats how it goes.

leaving aside that problem, your car is exactly the way the japanese treat a temple.
they rebuild it with new wood. its a good thing. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beerchug.gif)

your problem is.
are you gonna drive it.
or clean it up and sell it.

personally i would drive it.
you only live once. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/beer.gif)