{"id":403,"date":"2016-10-01T21:49:16","date_gmt":"2016-10-01T21:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.deilers.com\/AlaskaOrRust\/?p=403"},"modified":"2017-08-21T20:18:42","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T20:18:42","slug":"joe-beadenkopf-his-1953-cj-3b","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.deilers.com\/AlaskaOrRust\/2016\/10\/joe-beadenkopf-his-1953-cj-3b\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Beadenkopf & His 1953 CJ-3B"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Joe Beadenkopf is a thirty-two year old master Auto Mechanic. He’ll be traveling to Alaska with his girlfriend, Emily Means.<\/p>\n

Growing up in a small town in Maryland, Joe lived in a neighborhood of muscle car builders. When he was fourteen, Joe helped a neighbor restore a 1970\u2019s nova. That hooked him on old cars.<\/p>\n

Joe was only eighteen when he bought his first jeep, a 1985 CJ-7. Once he caught the jeep bug, he couldn’t live without one. He’s not been without\u00a0a jeep since.<\/p>\n

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On the Alaska Or Rust trip, Joe is taking his 1953 Willy CJ3B, a jeep he’s owned for 4 years. When he first bought it, the CJ-3B was nothing but a non-running rust bucket. It took years, but eventually Joe rebuilt it with a custom frame and upgraded suspension. He also swapped out the axles for a set of Dana 44s with front disc brakes. The jeep is powered by a fuel injected V6 with a five-speed manual transmission.<\/p>\n

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Joe is no amatuer when it comes to long road trips. In 2015, he drove his CJ-3B across the county. His friend from high school, Greg, joined him riding a Harley. Together they traveled almost 8,000 miles in two weeks. Joe’s goal is to drive his CJ-3B on as many adventures that he can. He can\u2019t wait to hit the road with the East Coast Group and make memories that will last a lifetime.<\/p>\n

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CJ-3B HISTORY:\u00a0<\/strong>The CJ-3B was first produced in 1953 as a transitional model between the low-powered WWII and earl civilian jeeps and the later CJ-5. The biggest visual difference between the early civilian jeeps and the CJ-3B was the taller hood and cowl, something Willys Overland engineers raised\u00a0so they could install the taller f-134 four cylinder engine. This gave the CJ-3B a different look than its predecessors. Here is a comparison between a CJ-2A and a CJ-3B:<\/p>\n

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The CJ-3B was produced in the United States between 1953 and 1968, with production numbers totaling approximately 150,000 jeeps. The design was licensed aboard as well, where even more jeeps were manufactured.<\/p>\n

There is no better source for the extensive history of the CJ-3B than\u00a0the CJ-3B page:\u00a0https:\/\/cj3b.info<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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