Life with “Maggie”

Back in 2010, I was working on the restoration of a 1964 CJ5. I had planned to replicate an M38A1 paint job on it. While talking about military vehicles with my brother Randy, he said, “I should trade you the old Dodge I never use for the motorcycle that you never ride.” I thought he was kidding. He loved that truck. Even though he used it to plow snow and haul wood, it did sit in his yard most of the time.

I thought about that truck all night. Growing up, I had watched it in action and even rode in the back of the truck for a 4th of July parade in the late 1970s.

By the next morning, I decided to see