My 1950 Willys Trail Rig

[Trailer Ray]

looks awesome. i dont like the poopy brown color tho

[DizzDizz]

You I hit u on fb call the shop tomorrow after1ish

[OWEN]

when i get home next weekend i may to stop by and check this out. you gonnabe around sunday the tenth?

Not sure yet... I was gonna send you a message anyhow, I am getting ready to order air bumps for all four corners, from LII... maybe you can deliver them lol... I'll send you a message on fb or something.

Update I was gonna post but fell asleep...

New rad... Its a Griffin 2 row "drag race" radiator, 13"x22", 2 row, 1.25" tubes. I talked to a tech at Griffin, this rad is meant to keep drag cars cool for 1/4 mile, but he assured me it should keep my 160hp v6 cool during continuous use... which is great because it is perfect sized.



Finally got everything welded on my front axle, wire wheeled and primed it (twice), gonna paint it tonight





Workin on the rear axle a little, still crunchin numbers for my new rear link setup but I setup the brake caliper brackets for the new hubs. It worked well I just double up the spacers and it was perfect... welded them on (tin foil protects from spatter)


Welded in the brackets for my trans crossmember, couple tough spots with the TIG but they aren't coming off.


And finished the crossmember



Made these gussets for the front frame half, I was going to do double tube but I think this is just as funtional and honestly I don't like how "double tube" looks anyway.


more to come

[DizzDizz]

when i get home next weekend i may to stop by and check this out. you gonnabe around sunday the tenth?

[Zullock Holmes]

coming along sooooo awesome can't wait!!!

[OWEN]

Owen, I got very excited when i saw you posted in here . Can I be there when this thing gets broken in? This thing is gettin knarly!

I am workin on it, I actually had the day off today since I worke an all nighter last night. I'll post a little update later. I'll let you knwo when I am going to take it out again, hopefully by the end of summer

[Customjob]

Owen, I got very excited when i saw you posted in here . Can I be there when this thing gets broken in? This thing is gettin knarly!

[OWEN]

looks nice man

we should hang out and consume adult beverages some time

Always up for that im my schedule allows, if you don't have my # still shoot me a pm.

i'm i'm sitting here 6000 miles away from my jeep i've been plotting what to do when i get home, do you mind if I steal your truss idea here?

Sorry yes is it patented haha

[Jeepbonehead]

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.

i'm i'm sitting here 6000 miles away from my jeep i've been plotting what to do when i get home, do you mind if I steal your truss idea here?

[grundlepunch]

looks nice man

we should hang out and consume adult beverages some time

[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.

[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

[stockk5]

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

[clean4drxj]

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

[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