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CJ-3B at the Races


 
Lots of CJ-3B owners get their Jeeps dirty working or playing off-road, but when it comes time to take a photo, often the Jeep is all cleaned up and standing proudly in the driveway. So there are always people who would like to see more photos of Jeeps in the mud. Bob Christy took these photos of Sean Ford's CJ-3B in Ohio.

Sean Ford in the Mud

Is this enough mud for you?


 

Sean Ford in the Mud?

No? How about this?


 
These 1999 pictures show Sean Ford hitting the mud bog on the obstacle course, while racing his 1953 (or '54) CJ-3B at the Jeep Races at the Tri-County 4 Wheelers races in Lisbon, Ohio. Sean calls his Jeep "Bits & Pieces", and it's powered by an F-head engine, stock except for a .050 shaved head, a 2-barrel carb and an electronic ignition from a Pontiac V8. Sean's 3B came in second in the overall eliminator, against a V8-powered Jeep.
 

Sean Ford in the Mud? Here's what Bits & Pieces looked like in 1999 when it was clean, revealing a POW-MIA reminder on the side, and an ornery expression on the front. This photo shows Sean pulling the hill climb at Lisbon.
 

Rolled July 2002: Sean Ford is back in Lisbon and rolls his 3B on the obstacle course. Bits & Pieces is blue now.
 

Sean Ford Once again in 2004 we have photos of Sean from the Tri-County 4 Wheelers races, where he and his CJ-3B are a great advertisement for the off-road capability of an F-head powered flatfender.
 

Mud A wider view shows the line leading into and out of this water hole on the course. Coming around the curve just before the water hole (below) Sean demonstrates that Bits & Pieces has speed as well as power.
 

Tri-County 2004 In 2006 the Tri-County club unfortunately had to cancel their late-summer events due to flooding which turned much of their grounds into one huge water hole (see Tri-County 4 Wheelers.)
 

Thanks to Bob Christy and Sean Ford for the photos. -- Derek Redmond

Gerald Oswald took a photo of Another Bad 3B (70K JPEG) around 1980 at the mud races in Lisbon.

Also on The CJ3B Page, see More Mud Photos.


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