1948 Windshield and New Steering Wheel

Last Thursday our local Giant Nickel had an add for two 1948 Jeeps without engines for $1,500 each. If you wanted engines the Jeeps were $2,000 each. So I called Les in Yakima and we talked. He mentioned he had lots of parts and something about windshields, PTOs, and an overdrive. So we went to Yakima yesterday to see what he had. I ended up buying a 1948 windshield, because it had the integral footman loop, for $100. While there I saw a new Jeep steering wheel. It wasn't until I returned home to compare what I saw to what I had that I realized that it was exactly like mine. So I called this morning and bought it for $50. Our daughter, who lives in Yakima, will pick it up this week and bring it to Richland next time she comes for a visit.

Yeah, my suspicions proved true. The footman loop is an integral part of the windshield frame, not screwed or riveted on like the rest of the footmans on the Jeep. Nobody could tell me that. I had to find an intact one to prove it one way or another.

I didn't know that Jeeps had overdrive. I wonder when they started offering that. Maybe it was an after market item.