project slow devil

A man named Bob is arriving at my house on Saturday to buy my 1948 Willys CJ-2A. He plans to take it on an epic road…

Back in November, I went on an epic off-road trip with some friends in their two Nissan Frontiers. I led the way in “…

Earlier this month, I drove my 1948 Willys CJ-2A through a deep mud pit, filling the engine with water. Worried sick…

For as long as I can remember, I’ve been spending most of my weekends fixing what has swollen into an overwhelming…

After a brief visit with my doctor, Tom, the O’Reilly Auto Parts clerk, I’ve learned that living alone in a small…

The Mahindra Roxor is the modern incarnation of the original civilian Jeep, the Willys CJ-2A. But to find out if…

After two of my vehicles—my 1986 Jeep Grand Wagoneer and my 1948 Willys-Overland CJ-2A—decided to crap the bed this…

Oh god. This is going to be bad. After my “budget build” 1948 Willys Jeep, dubbed Project Slow Devil, turned from a…

From day one, all cards were all stacked against this idea. Pretty much every major mechanical part on this 1948…

Upon my arrival in Michigan yesterday, I poured myself out of the driver’s seat of the 2017 Ford Raptor tow vehicle…

After the tragic incident in rural Kansas that claimed my fiber camshaft timing gear, I had to tow the little CJ-2A…

My 1948 Willys—nicknamed Project Slow Devil—has been dead since its engine lost all compression on a rural Kansas…

As darkness fell on the Walmart parking lot in Goodland, Kansas, my coworker Freddy and I couldn’t stop scratching…

I never expected my 1948 Willys CJ-2A to make it 1,300 miles; the thing started out as a pile of rusty garbage, and…

My Willys CJ-2A farm Jeep—a junker whose rust brought me to the brink of insanity, and arguably beyond—continues to…

With its seemingly endless mechanical and electrical faults, I was convinced my 1948 Willys CJ-2A off-road project…

A few minutes after writing this post about the commencement of my 1,800 mile journey to Moab, my 1948 Willys CJ-2A…