Well it arrived on time, but it came on a trailer He tried to start it to drive it off the trailer, I didn’t think too much about it, we pushed it off and into the driveway Easy enough, compared to new cars this weighs nothing All the canvas were up, but I did notice it looked a bit tatty, still not a problem, I can get new canvas from Worthing canvas’s I was thinking of getting a full winter kit for it 

With no heater in these things, they are going to be cold in the winter I took photos of it and sent off an order for all the canvas I could find, half doors, canvas windscreen cover; I was going to replace the lot

That included new front and rear seats

It had been in the driveway for a week now, I had made sure the battery was charged up; I noticed the fuel gauge wasn’t working, but on lifting the fuel cap there was fuel in there

But I did notice the fuel pipe came out of the top of the tank, strange but I didn’t take much notice

I was going to take it around the block, its first test drive

I was looking forward to it; I knew it would start on the button

Right I fired her up, a bit of spluttering, then she settled down, had trouble finding reverse, but its where 1^st gear should be

No problem, she was now on the road, all I had to do was 3 lefts and that would be me around the block, only a small incline

Anne took a couple of shots

I set off, 1^st left

Coming up the incline to the 2^nd left, she spluttered a bit and coughed and died, I started her again, no start, I had to push her into the kerb, the house that I stopped at, bloke came out and gave me a hand pushing it, then he snapped away on his phone

This was embarrassing, first time out and she’s bust

I looked in the tank, no juice, where had it gone?

I saw juice in there 5 minutes ago, don’t know how much but it was there

I had to get it dragged back by Anne, then off to get some juice

I put 20 litres in it, still nothing on the fuel gauge, but it started, no banging or spluttering

I was off around the block; well she completed it, twice

Now was the time to give the old girl the once over

The fuel gauge don’t work, the oil gauge bounces, the speedo don’t work, the lights are pretty dim, only one indicator works, only one wiper and that was manual

The engine didn’t look so good now

It was time to go online and find out about this Jeep

I found a couple of websites, a couple dealt with Willy’s/Ford Jeeps

I posted photos of the Jeep; there was a deluge of replies

Wrong carburettor, wrong air/oil filter, wrong light clamps, windscreen bent and corroded, wrong fuel tank, wrong fuel tank clamps, wrong seats, this wasnt sounding good

There was a radio in the back, but that didnt work, who would I call anyway ?

A guy call Adrian contacted me and said he could give it the once over and might be able to fix the problems, now this was an offer too good to refuse

(Apparently he is very well known for work that has been done on a lot of Jeeps, very highly recommended)

I arranged a date to take it too him for an inspection at least, I was hoping to leave it with him to look at it and give me an idea of cost