Former Jeep CJ-5 Plow- Older Build

[Chuck Most]

Here's another plow truck I built several years back. I've seen tons of old plow trucks that are rusted so badly that the body is barely hanging on, and/or has been damaged extensively. Some of these trucks are relegated to "lot" duty (ie- they never leave the property they plow and will likely never see road use again unless a complete restoration is undertaken), and as such, are sometimes stripped of their bodies completely and turned into purpose-built plow rigs.

This unfortunate machine began as an AMT/Ertl reissue of the MPC Jeep CJ-5, which I had purchased as an incomplete parts kit. The frame was there, as was the engine, but I had quite a few 'blanks' to fill in, so off I went to the 1:25 junkyard (in similar fashion to what a guy fabricating a 1:1 example might do in similar circumstances). The plow itself was an incomplete glue-bomb example of the uber-rare MPC Jeepster piece I picked up around the same time as the Jeep parts kit.

So, that's one way to save a Jeep from the heap... even if, in the end, the Jeep would have liked the heap option...

[Chris White]

that might be a bit cold to use, awesome build

[disabled modeler]

Reminds me of the old Dootlebugs of the 20s/30s....cool...I have often built things from whatever I could find.

[1930fordpickup]

Very creative .

[mikemodeler]

Crude but effective Chuck! That would need some ballast in the back end if you wanted to move any snow, looks like the front axle is not driven and those street tread tires don't appear to be studded!

I remember many a rusted out pickup or suv used in this manner back home and yours is a great replica of some of them!

[Davewilly]

Thats cool!

[Apriliadan]

This to is an awesome build, could you make chains for it?

[the goon]

Nice.

Mark

[slusher]

Very cool and creative, real nice work..

[Helix]

Nice

[PappyD340]

Very NICE build there Chuck!!

[Danno]

A modern doodlebug! Good stuff.

[kjc99]

Great way to use some parts, looks awesome!

[peekay]

Wonderful!