Hi,

        My name is Little Ugly, now you are probably wondering why I am sporting Old Glory's colors and why I have such a funny name. Well in 1975, I caught the eye of a gentleman by the name of Harold (Frosty) May. At this point I did not look too good. So after Frosty did some wheeling and dealing he traded an eight H.P. Cub Cadet and $100.00 cash just for me. I became the fifth in a family of Jeeps. As I came down Frosty's driveway on a trailer and in bits and pieces in the back of a pickup, Mrs. Jill Frost (Micki May) laid her eyes on me for the first time. The first words I heard come out of her mouth were "Ugly!"

        During the winter months, Frosty and his son Terry (Weepy Jeep) Henderson worked really hard on me. I am a 1942 Ford GPW. What Frosty and Weepy did to me was unbelievable. When they finished, I was two wheel drive with 1968 DJ axles and a 4:73 Posi-Trac. I am powered by a 350 H.P. Chevrolet V8. My transmission is a 1961 Chevrolet three-speed overdrive. I have comfortable Fiat bucket seats. I also have a VW's steering column and a Packard's ignition switch.

        By now it is 1976 and this is a year for celebration. I wanted to remember this celebration so I was painted red, white, and blue. Now that I was done, I was the smallest in the family, so the name Little Ugly was given to me. I really enjoyed my new life. I was the run about for ice cream, hot dogs, and Sunday drives. 1978 was a very dark and saddened year for me, as Frosty passed away. Things did not turn out too bad as Weepy took over for him. We did a lot of traveling. I was getting tired and it seemed as though Weepy liked to stick his foot in the carburetor a little too much, my paint was fading also. I was then parked in a dark and dreary shed.

        There in the shed is where I sat until the year 2000. Weepy was now about the same age as Frosty. When he took a look at me, he thought that it was time that he brought me back to life. With the help of a friend, Ralph Becker, I went under the recuperation process of getting sanded and paint gunned. Weepy wanted to keep me red, white, and blue So when Ralph & Weepy finished I looked like an American Flag Boy did I love the new paint job! Weepy put some new seals in my transmission and rear end and put disc brakes on my wheels. Weepy dropped a 1957 Chevrolet 283 Power Pack, balanced and bored .060 over, into my engine compartment. Boy do I sound nice! Terry (Weepy), along with Sherry (his wife) and Jake (his son) now enjoy me like the run about Harold (Frosty) and Jill (Mrs. Frost) did. I am glad to be alive and flying the red, white, and blue again.

Harold May 1965

Summer 1976 Lil' Ugly with Her first red wihte and blue paint job

1978 Jeep Show. Danville IL Lil Ugly and Weepy

Summer 1979 Getting ready for Vacation

Summer 1979 Vacation on the banks of the Mississippi at St. Louis Arch

Summer 2001 Before and After

Summer 2001 Just after repaint

Spring 2003 Family Picture

2004 Jeep Plant Sign, Toledo, Ohio

2007 Silver Lake State Park in Hart, Michigan

Band Shell, Port Washington, Wisconsin

1957 Chevrolet 283 V8 powerplant

2006 Broken Right Rear Axel

2007 Lake Express Ferry on way to Silver Lake

2007 EAA Air Show