My 1950 Willys Trail Rig

[OWEN]

Well I've been working on it pretty steady in my new shop. It runs and drives now but there is still a little left to do. I decided to 4 Link the rear with coils and stretch it +100"WB before it sees the trail and I still have to do the exhuast and skid plates and wire the winch

Heres some pics.

"Interior"
Seats are cloth Recaros out of a VW
Harnesses are 5 point RJS





Radiator
I finally found a radiator that fit... from a pre 1980 toyota landcrusier FJ40.. I wound up buying a brand new 4 core unit from radiator barn... the one in the pics was for mock up. The other cooler is a transmission cooler i am using to cool the ram assist steering. The electric fan is from a cherokee and wired for manual control or thermostic control, selectable via a 3 way toggle switch. The jeep runs pretty cool with this setup






Hyd clutch
The Bellhousing is from a chevy truck with stock hyd clutch. I am running a jeep cj7 clutch master and slave (6/8 cly) which is nice becuase they use 1/4" inv flare fittings. the only downside is having to run the slave upside down to clear the header which is kinda close...but i made a heat shield and wrapped the slave and line in 1200 degree heat reflective tape





Engine and Fuel System
The Engine is a 4.3 TBI fuel injected v6 from my old s10. When the s10 was my daily driver, I built this engine. Everything went to the machine shop and it runs great... has about 20k miles on it. The TBI is a simple system to wire and runs great... When I rolled my s10 it was still running upside down, I had to turn the key off. I put a new distributor in this time around because I broke the old one putting the body on myself one time.
The fuel cell is an RCI 15 gallon aluminum
The pump is a factory ford efi pump for pickups with dual tanks.







Rear suspension
I am using XJ front coils, 15" travel shocks, Ballistic joints for lowers with 2" .25 wall square tube, 3/4 rod end uppers with 1.5" .25 wall DOM, and Ballistic coil retainers. I have pics of some of the stuff but who cares, all ive done with building this so far is measure and research and buy stuff

thats it for now, i havent taken pics in a while but hopefully i will this weekend

[CSaddict]

Sick build. Can't wait for more updates!

[Kyle]

Id upgrade that XJ fan to the newer style with more blades for even better cooling. Very nice build, i wish i had a shop and the talent you have, id never have to buy anything again, id just make it.

[CumminsJeep]

i love this build....i cant wait to see this thing run one day

[bucketokarma]

Impressive build, can't wait for more updates.

[Hydra]

I'm pumped to see this done, keep it up!!!!

[OWEN]

Id upgrade that XJ fan to the newer style with more blades for even better cooling. Very nice build, i wish i had a shop and the talent you have, id never have to buy anything again, id just make it.

do you know what years they are found in? ill keep my eyes open. It cools nicely now but its only 40 degrees out tops

stay tuned for more projects. I'm doing my tow rig next, altho nothing to this extreme... but i cant be towing something like this with the rustbucket i have now

[wannabejeep]

do you know what years they are found in? ill keep my eyes open. It cools nicely now but its only 40 degrees out tops

stay tuned for more projects. I'm doing my tow rig next, altho nothing to this extreme... but i cant be towing something like this with the rustbucket i have now

I still have that bigger electric fan. I won't be home until the 28th but you're more than welcome to it.

[DrThunder]

Those fans aren't made to be a push style fan, they are a pull style correct? I know the one on my jeep is. I think you're best off going down to the auto store and getting a 16 inch fan, 14 if you have to. The fans they sell there have a reversible blade for if you want to use it push or pull, surprised the jeeps works well that way. Like you said it is only 40 degrees out. Looks great otherwise! More Pics!!!!

[OWEN]

I wired to to be a pusher. positive to black, negetive to red and done. bench tested with a battery (watch your fingers) Its about the biggest fan I can fit, so if i go with something else it will be something that spins faster

new battery in it and it starts every time. Im probably going to start 4 linking it this week

[OWEN]

Ordered everything from Ballistic this week
Joints
Tube inserts
Jam Nuts
High Mis Spacers
Clothing

Here's a teaser


They are selling like hot cakes, 3 times stronger and about $20 less, and still made in USA

Going to run TJ rear springs (Thanks Dana)

102"WB looks nice on the graph paper

Ill throw up some pics when i start cutting

[netrachamp1853]

I wish i could say ive helped a little but alls i do is sit back and watch owen do his thing haha.

[OWEN]

Heres a spring bucket design similar to what im going to do....

The bottom is retained and the top is free to a certain point. The pics explain it best





Max droop, note the sping cant come off the guide


Works well...



Pics are from JV Fabrications "Project Red Mistress" i saw on pirate

[OWEN]

I wish i could say ive helped a little but alls i do is sit back and watch owen do his thing haha.

You go wheeling every weekend... which motives me to get it done!

[crosbike]

picz arent working for me