My 1950 Willys Trail Rig

[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]

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

[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

[Zullock Holmes]

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

[Trailer Ray]

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

[OWEN]

Think that's strong enough?

lol which part?

[Trailer Ray]

Think that's strong enough?

[clean4drxj]

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

[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.

[netrachamp1853]

SUPER BEEF

[OWEN]

Oh yea that is a new GMB high volume water pump, I figured I would replace it while it was convenient

[OWEN]

looks awsome man, how narrow is that front 60?

the one in my jeep? its full width, the one I took out was 65" wide

all i can say....this build is absolutely insane

Ah its just booger welds and expensive parts collecting dust, but it is fun

Welded links



I broke out the wire feeder to save some time, welded up most of the stuff on the front axle, just waiting for my kp gussets/shock mounts from ballistic, and I want to bed a tube to rotect the whole thing and add a d ring for hooking up the winch.





Assembled and painted my engine black for better heat cooling and to look cooler and I boxed in my upper link frame mounts and gusseted my motor mounts






I really hate painting but I added a little class to my knuckles

[kracker]

all i can say....this build is absolutely insane

[netrachamp1853]

looks awsome man, how narrow is that front 60?

[clean4drxj]

those are some purdy knuckles