Whats the worst "bubba mod" you have come across?

[4x4M38]

Probably running a little weird without any backpressure!
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Brian
1950 M38
MC11481
http://www.willysmjeeps.com/v2/modules.php?set_albumName=album372&op=modload&name=gallery&file=index&include=view_album.php

[Halfbob]

M38 20890612 had MB handles bolted all around the body, Stainless steel metal pop riveted on one side and galvanized steel pop rivet on the other,
Frame was rusted in two and patches welded over rusted areas to keep it together sadly after removing all parts that were salvageable I had to put her out of her misery an scrap the remains.
I have posted some photos in my gallery of her before her final reward.
Almost forgot the heater coil in between the driver and passenger seat plumed to the engine wit garden hose.

[LTDan]

Here is a doozie of a bubba mod.
Bubba decided that he did not want to just listen to the sound of the engine or the wind, Bubba needed some sweet tunes. But where to put the raido? "I dont need no stinkin gauges and I have an old tag laying around."

And here are the results

[Halfbob]

If you need another panel I have several!

[m3a1]

Does welding a bell housing back together count? I have one of those.

[CapnDan]

You guys shouldn't be so hard on Bubba...
I was nicknamed Bubba as a kid and still called that by close family.

My worst mode was a steel plate welded over the slave cable recess.
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Danny L. Harris
aka Bubba
1954 M38A1

[RonD2]

Hey Danny,
I've heard it said that Bubba is one of the main reasons why a lot of jeeps survived the decades to get some love today. There are folks totally restoring what I used to think was junk. Not any more. I'm glad to see the miracles they do.

I try not to be too hard on Bubba --- a man's got to do what a man's got to do, but I also enjoy a good laugh and a WTF? once in a while.......

I see no reason why a skilled man who happens to be called Bubba can't have a good reputation --- so far as old jeeps are concerned anyway.

Good luck!
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Ron D.
1951 M38 Unknown Serial Number
1951 M100 Dunbar Kapple 01169903 dod 5-51

“The only good sports car that America ever made was the Jeep."
--- Enzo Ferrari

[Galen]

I have a friend that restores mostly WWII jeeps, but recently received a rare M38C to restore. Crazy thing is, the entire external side of the tub has sheet metal brazed onto the original sheet metal! He's had to take a grinder to knock down the braze joint & peel off the added sheet metal to find mostly pristine original tub with only light surface rust. We can't figure out why someone would go to all that trouble, when they could have simply painted the jeep!

Interesting thing is how rare the M38C is - windshield is original & has the cutout for the recoilless rifle barrel, & the rear has the additional cast iron spring sockets on the axles, and the bed of the tub has the drilled holes for the ammo carrier rack. Seems these landed in Canada, & most of the information he's getting is from a fellow up there.

Anyone here know much about them?
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Galen
1947 CJ2
1953 M38A1

[whydahdvr]

Maybe that additional exterior sheet metal was intended to protect the underlying body metal from rust and Winter damage. Would it have added any structural strength or affect any radar or other early type of ECW signature?
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North Shore, MA
Santa Fe, NM
1942 GPW
1952 M38
1964 Apollo 5000 GT

De Opresso Liber

[ih8pepl]

I guess I should consider myself lucky, the worst ive been dealing with is an entire "Restored" Jeep worth of home made patch jobs and welding done by Stevie Wonder... the only thing worse than his welds is his use of bodyfiller and a paint gun.

[JeepDrivingRay]

I've seen a lot of Bubba mods.
my brother and i bought a jeep tub from a guy , we looked at it at night didn't really look all that close because it started drizzling rain...turns out what we ended up with was probably 5 lbs or fiberglass resin with one piece of fiberglass tar poured over that and slightly smoothed then they laid bed liner over that covering major rust that was just the top side of the tub, 2x4 timber frame work underneath the tub and enough sheet metal screws to start a hardware store probably forgetting some other things that were not right
Moral of the story never buy something you don't look at very good and never buy something at night .
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61 M170

[Naugha]

Here is a M38 I saw in a Central Fl. junkyard that never had a Bubba.... or maybe had a bad Bubba. Sad to look at.



My Texas M38 came with a wooden dash board.



Here is a Bubba creation that I may use.



And here is the 1/4" plate Bubba added to the jeep. No holes for a winch .... I think this was a Bubba solution for 'death wobble' because of the added stabilizer arm and the total lack of front end service. Was tempted to keep it, but nah.


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Don Alvarez
Retired HS Teacher
Central Florida
M38 Project

[maeserik]

I saw this jeep last week in the Netherlands, museum 'Het Loo'
I think the jeep is from the Dutch army.
chassis : cj2a ?
body : kind of M38
windscreen : cj3a ?


Or is it a pre nekaf, made in the Netherlands or a special order ?

gr Erik
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1942 GPW 71336 my son's jeep restored now
1951 M38 MC11891
1953 VW beetle (genuine german Käfer )
1957 fantastic wife

http://www.surfacezero.com/g503/showgallery.php?cat=1865

and this webside

[JeepDrivingRay]

When you think you have saw it all and see half this ...
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61 M170

[Investig8]

After reading this entire thread of bubba's work, I must say that I am one lucky man. I purchased my M-38 from a man who disassembled it, including the engine and left the pistons, head, etc. sitting in the elements for several years. The only "real" bubba features I have found so far were a broken motor mount taped back together with electrical tape and two small "straps" screwed onto the rear fender of the tub to cover tears in the metal. All in all, easy fixes! Yes, compared to the gentlemen represented here, I am indeed a lucky man!
Dennis
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Dennis Haas
1953 M-37
1952 M-38