Sourcing parts for my '68 Wagoneer - with a twist
Posted: Tue Aug 06, 2019 2:16 am
Due to my general habit of poor decision making I picked up a 1968 Wagoneer from the Netherlands a few weeks ago and here it sits in my garage in Germany. So I cannot physically scout junkyards and craigslist like I normally would in the states.
I've found a fair amount of parts from RockAuto, BJ's, and eBay - mostly engine stuff. I have an APO address so that helps immensely since I can have things shipped USPS. I can also have things shipped internationally to my phsyical German address, of course. The issue I am having is that it is quite difficult to source misc. parts for a 1968. I should have bought a '74+ because that would have been way easier
I may or may not need to replace some body panels, and those are easy to find - just have to negotiate shipping, but I cannot, for the life of me, find inner wheel wells/fender aprons/fender liners/whatever you may choose to call them. I am not sure why as these seem rather prone to rot...and one can find the outer body panels easily. I also need a gas tank, but I may have to find something not original for that year that works, because again, hard to find. It LPG at the moment and since 1997, but the tank sits in the cargo area which I find annoying as you lose cargo space and I miss the smell gasoline because I'm weird. It has the ability to switch back and forth, but it looks as though no one has used the gasoline system in a long time, so I'll have to replace all or most of it due to general decay and rot.
My main question is, what sources are out there for this earlier model? and do these fender liners exist? or do I have to randomly somehow call junkyards in America and see if anyone is crazy enough to ship the things?
I did find some items I could use from Jeep Recyclers but I had to contact them to see if they could ship the items APO (they're larger, heavy, and somewhat bulky - APO has some restrictions) or if international mail is easier for them, and I'm awaiting a reply. It'd be great if they turn out to be a decent resource.
Parts are very very limited in Europe or $$$ so I am sourcing almost everything from America. Some places are open to shipping to APO, some aren't (for reasons unknown to me) and I'm fairly decent at the interwebz, but any direction pointing, contacts, resources are appreciated to help my poorly thought out Euro-build.
I've found a fair amount of parts from RockAuto, BJ's, and eBay - mostly engine stuff. I have an APO address so that helps immensely since I can have things shipped USPS. I can also have things shipped internationally to my phsyical German address, of course. The issue I am having is that it is quite difficult to source misc. parts for a 1968. I should have bought a '74+ because that would have been way easier
I may or may not need to replace some body panels, and those are easy to find - just have to negotiate shipping, but I cannot, for the life of me, find inner wheel wells/fender aprons/fender liners/whatever you may choose to call them. I am not sure why as these seem rather prone to rot...and one can find the outer body panels easily. I also need a gas tank, but I may have to find something not original for that year that works, because again, hard to find. It LPG at the moment and since 1997, but the tank sits in the cargo area which I find annoying as you lose cargo space and I miss the smell gasoline because I'm weird. It has the ability to switch back and forth, but it looks as though no one has used the gasoline system in a long time, so I'll have to replace all or most of it due to general decay and rot.
My main question is, what sources are out there for this earlier model? and do these fender liners exist? or do I have to randomly somehow call junkyards in America and see if anyone is crazy enough to ship the things?
I did find some items I could use from Jeep Recyclers but I had to contact them to see if they could ship the items APO (they're larger, heavy, and somewhat bulky - APO has some restrictions) or if international mail is easier for them, and I'm awaiting a reply. It'd be great if they turn out to be a decent resource.
Parts are very very limited in Europe or $$$ so I am sourcing almost everything from America. Some places are open to shipping to APO, some aren't (for reasons unknown to me) and I'm fairly decent at the interwebz, but any direction pointing, contacts, resources are appreciated to help my poorly thought out Euro-build.