My 1950 Willys Trail Rig

[netrachamp1853]

SUPER BEEF

[OWEN]

Bent up some tube for the front axle and welded on some Ballistic KP gussets/shock mounts. That should be everything except maybe some bump stop pads. The lifting eye is there for mock up, location of it will depend on where I set my winch.

[clean4drxj]

I like the progress.. I'll have to come up sometime soon with some brewski's

[Trailer Ray]

Think that's strong enough?

[OWEN]

Think that's strong enough?

lol which part?

[Trailer Ray]

nothin im just busting balls. looks great, theres t00b errywhere up in that bitch.

[Zullock Holmes]

holy shit we have the same adjustable bolt hole upper link braketss

[OWEN]

trials and tribulations, I am a jackass

start... one sunday, too many beers, Ballistic 14 bolt shave kit.

cut the bottom of the housing...


...too much; serious



Well I saved my own ass, I cut a filler piece out of .5" plate.



I stick welded everything with 7018, preheated and post heated, used a 400 degree Tempilstick... cooled down with no cracks and all the bolt holes line up!


I used a large lathe to cut my ring gear... and a 6" grinder... watch yer fingers. Cut to 10"


cover

[OWEN]

nothin im just busting balls. looks great, theres t00b errywhere up in that bitch.

lol I suck at tube, I guess that is better than sucking on tube

front frame section a spent some serious time with a tape measure trying to get it right and I cut it short and it is horribly wrong...



oh yea and I'm lovin the sick low stance, I can use my radiator to prop my hood up (off the front upper arms at ride height)


back to the drawing board. I am going to re-cut and cap the frame (along the yellow line) so the tube butts to it without cutting an angle... also gotta re bend the front frame so its a little longer this time . As far as a radiator I am looking at options for a smaller one or might just run a rear rad

[Trailer Ray]

holy wow. lol. this is the exact reason i wouldnt be able to take on a project like this. everything would be crooked and after a while i would just get mad at it and set it on fire.

[OWEN]

Got the front tube work right this time, and chopped 4" out of the grill




Mock up with the winch, testing my tack welds. With the grill angled like that I am looking at fitting a 16"x 24" Griffen aluminum radiator

Trans crossmember.
boogers...


Fit pretty well

[clean4drxj]

reguardless if you cut the 14b wrong , your fix worked out perfect, looks great so far

[stockk5]

owen your outta control... ill have to stop by and see this.

[ct67_72]

Looks great man. I think I saw it one day maybe last year at a gas station in durham. on a trailer behind a diesel second gen dodge. which would make sense. I diddnt put it together until I saw the 4.3. I distinctly remember the one I saw having a 4.3

[OWEN]

reguardless if you cut the 14b wrong , your fix worked out perfect, looks great so far

yea and the best part is, it should hold even less oil now which is great, I have to spend less time filling it.

owen your outta control... ill have to stop by and see this.

anytime man

Looks great man. I think I saw it one day maybe last year at a gas station in durham. on a trailer behind a diesel second gen dodge. which would make sense. I diddnt put it together until I saw the 4.3. I distinctly remember the one I saw having a 4.3

Yup definately me, I stopped there many times with it, last time was last August, which was the last time I wheeled it somewhere other than my house... Well the old second gen Dodge is gone now and the Jeep will be drastically different from before... even thinkin about grabbing a new trailer... gotta get the jeep done first.