Jeep with no name

Nearly $2,900 donated and 924 toys! Todays turn out was 88 Jeeps! I stole these pics from Mark Jenks. Mark was a huge help/asset in getting our Jeep on the road! From generous donations to tons of time helping with wiring and other things. We appreciate it Mark!

What a great start to the 9th Annual Titletown Jeepers Toys for Tots Ride! We had an amazing turn out this morning. Thank you everyone for the kind words regarding our Jeep Jeep with no name. We'll have a final Jeep and toy count later on today!

We did something super cool! In January of 2019 Chet McDonald donated this Jeep to us, it was in pieces as you'll as in the photos. He started on this project over 20 years ago, life events got in the way and it was never completed. We invited Chet and his family out Monday night to see it. They where amazed at our program and how this beast turned out! Yes, it was originally a Laredo. You'll see the original hood in one picture with factory striping.

It will also be on display at the school December 2nd for the 9th Annual Titletown Jeepers Toys for Tots Ride the ride leaves from the school, I believe around 10am.

I will post a complete build sheet with sponsors, helpers, etc. shortly! We appreciate everyone that was involved with this and our program as well.

Great turn out today, 188 cars, up nearly 40 from last year!

We have a slight shifting issue with the Jeep. The park rod is giving us a challenge. Gracie, dropped the transmission pan and now has a lovely tint of red on her hands! Auto shop is not just for guys!

Yep… tonights burst of energy=Kwik Trip!

Our car show is this Saturday! The students make the trophies, this is a sneak peak of this year’s trophy. Tonight we are painting trophies, continuing work on the Jeep repair and assembly. We have a great turnout tonight!

Seymour High School Activities is doing something really cool! Building an all electric motorcycle. Very few schools have a paint and body program. We did them a solid and put some Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes down on their scoot! Glad to see other schools doing cool Industrial Arts projects!

Last week we had an amazing week! Motion Products, Inc invited us over for a tour and to get our Jeep running and break it in. On the way home, someone cut us off. When we hit the brakes, our trailer floor buckled loosening the straps sending our Jeep into the trailer sides. We are fortunate nobody was hurt. Between our current class and a handful of alumni members, the hood was repaired and painted, two new front fenders painted and installed. Some minor body damage repaired and going into primer tonight. Stop and see us Saturday May 7th at our annual Freedom High School Auto Club car show! We’ll have both our Jeep and Square body projects on display!

Thank you to our friends at Quadratec for sponsoring us many amazing products including these TEN Factory one piece axle shafts made by Motive Gear and way cool floor mats! We appreciate your generosity!

Want to hear something really cool? Our Jeep is getting closer to running. The crew at Motion Products, Inc has offered to help us do the first start and break the engine in on their dyno! Motion builds some of the most beautiful cars on the planet, multi multi million dollar restorations on Vintage exotics and sports cars! How cool is that!

Nolan, a Senior here at Freedom High School is taking the dash out for possibly the 19th time lol to make way for the steering column install. All the controls, cables, etc. for the heat and defrost will work when the Jeeps complete.

Our Jeep is getting closer to the finish line! Our friends at Quadratec are sending us one piece axle shafts, rims, seat belts, horn button, floor mats and other parts we need for the ole girl! Thank you Quadratec for supporting our high school auto class. Our goal is to get this thing to The SEMA Show this fall!

Oh no! The C-Store was out of the heavy Sun Drop, so we are trying diet tonight.

We have a great turn out tonight! Thanks to Mark Jenks of the Titletown Jeepers for coming out and helping us with the wiring. We did have a set back tonight, we found our rear differential carrier is badly worn. Special thanks to our sponsors! Harbor Freight Blaster Products Sherwin-Williams Automotive Finishes De Pere Auto Center Auto Aces O'Reilly Auto Parts Quadratec Collins Bros JeepPomp's Tire Service Toys For Trucks Baril Engine Rebuilding, Inc. Rugged RidgeMiller Welders3M Auto The SEMA Show Bergstrom Automotive U.S. AutoForceTruck HeroVan's Sales and ServiceTom's Cabinets Inc.

Special thanks to Mark Jenks from Titletown Jeepers for coming out tonight and helping us figure out our wiring.

We do not have a toy count on todays Titletown Jeepers Toys for Tots drive, we should have it tomorrow. They did however raise $1,900 in cash and the Titletown Jeepers matched it. So in addition to what toys was brought in today, you have this! Great work!

Today the Titletown Jeepers used Freedom High School as their staging area for the 7th annual Toys for Tots drive. We served hot coffee, donuts, showed our Jeep progress and gave tours of our shop! Thank you to all that attended and donated to both our program and the Toys for Tots program! I don’t have a number, but we had a lot of people and Jeeps!

They need to come back off for paint. This was had a 258 inline six in it originally! Now, AMC 360! We spent some time tonight getting our brackets for alternators, power steering, crankshaft, etc. all lined up. We are getting closer!

Thank you Rugged Ridge for your support! Check out the cool front and rear seats for our schools Jeep CJ!

Special thanks to O'Reilly Auto Parts! Tom, Zach and Ryan for the generous sponsorship of our Jeep and delivery besides! New brake rotors, calipers, pads, new radiator, lights, hoses, belts, starter, alternator, water pump, plugs, wires, the list goes on. O’Reillys has been a major supporter of this program for the last 7 years or better! Thank you for your continued support!

We violated our own rule, measure twice, cut once. The factory cross member was missing so we made one. Somehow ovwr COVID and two years we lost the Jeeps skid plate which also houses the gas tank. Luckily our friend Brian Jensen from Riverside Welding Company was here tonight. He is going to instruct us on how to build a skid plate and we already took a 1/2 inch out of our cross member.

10:10pm and it’s a wrap! All lined! Nice work Logan!

What a night! Final clear on the roll cage, hood, and tailgate. Within a 1/2 hour we’ll be done box lining the CJ floor. We started putting intake, distributor, etc. on our AMC 360. We also finished mocking up the floor or our square body at Project Hat-Trick. The floor in the Chevy was made of raw cut lumber that we cut and machined here at the school. A Chevy did not have a wood bed since around 1972.

Assembling the dash! Super cool to have the original Laredo Tachometer and clock!

A few more parts to primer!