My 1950 Willys Trail Rig

[Even]

Love this project Owen, it's coming along nicely.

One question though, did you put any thought into fabbing some sort of skid underneath the front trussing/ram mount? The way that plate creates almost a right angle in relation to the axle itself seems like it could potentially be a big hang up. It appears to be pretty high up though, so you may not be too concerned with it. Just thinking out loud.

[OWEN]

so...itll be done by next weekend?

yea... I wish... I'll get it done and take it out this fall, if there are any SIS runs.

Love this project Owen, it's coming along nicely.

One question though, did you put any thought into fabbing some sort of skid underneath the front trussing/ram mount? The way that plate creates almost a right angle in relation to the axle itself seems like it could potentially be a big hang up. It appears to be pretty high up though, so you may not be too concerned with it. Just thinking out loud.

Thanks, yeah I thought about that too, I didnt feel like adding anymore weight to the front axle, so I didn;t do anything. We'll see how it works, I can always add more.

[Customjob]

yea... I wish... I'll get it done and take it out this fall, if there are any SIS runs.

We will make one if there is nothing:
The official "OWENS RIG IS DONE SHAKEDOWN RUN" (bring your own chair)

[kracker]

man...youre working the shit outa that welder huh? nice stacks o dimes!.....all thats TIG?

[OWEN]

We will make one if there is nothing:
The official "OWENS RIG IS DONE SHAKEDOWN RUN" (bring your own chair)

Lol it can be at my house if you feel like making the drive.

man...youre working the shit outa that welder huh? nice stacks o dimes!.....all thats TIG?

its 100% duty cycle lol... the only stuff I have MIG welded was the axle brackets to save some time. I am only running a #9 air cooled torch, its nice for doing all the tube welds and stuff on the frame, you get way stronger vertical and overhead welds with the TIG. The Ballistic Shave kit I stick welded with 7018. Thanks for the compliments, I am working on becoming a code welder.

[OWEN]

More...

Welded up some little tie rods...


Welded a new fill hole in my front diff cover, made it out of a 1/2" x 1" bushing.


Painted them both and installed! (after an hour or so of fiddling with the shims to get the clevises line up on the ram)


Clocked the Stak and bolted it on!




Ground clearance way better


Started cutting the hood to clear some shock hoops, going to have to cut a little more I think but it should look kinda neat

[kracker]

in the time that it took me to reread this whole thread...you did all that?


wow....digging those knuckles too! J/W ...how much was that welder?

you should hold a welding class,Owen...cause youve got it down...my neighbors been a welder for 35 years(granted hes old as fuck) and he doesnt come close to what youre doing...

[clean4drxj]

fwiw worth welding and fabricating are 2 different things but yeah owens deffenitely got that down!

[OWEN]

in the time that it took me to reread this whole thread...you did all that? Maybe sometimes it takes me a while to update, but sometimes I do manage to do a lot


wow....digging those knuckles too! J/W ...how much was that welder?

you should hold a welding class,Owen...cause youve got it down...my neighbors been a welder for 35 years(granted hes old as fuck) and he doesnt come close to what youre doing...

Maybe sometimes it takes me a while to update, but sometimes I do manage to do a lot

I have a Hobart 200 MIG and a Miller Maxstar 152 TIG/stick with a snap box, I paid under 1000 for each machine.

I work with guys that make my welds look like a joke, but I don't think it can be taught past fundimentals... you can either do it or you can't (my opinion)

[kracker]

fwiw worth welding and fabricating are 2 different things but yeah owens deffenitely got that down!

just saying might be good thing for some newbs to see how its done...and judging by his thread ...seems like he knows his shit...and hes very humble,too..pretty rare these days

[clean4drxj]

just saying might be good thing for some newbs to see how its done...and judging by his thread ...seems like he knows his shit...and hes very humble,too..pretty rare these days

you're absolutely right!

[OWEN]

just saying might be good thing for some newbs to see how its done...and judging by his thread ...seems like he knows his shit...and hes very humble,too..pretty rare these days

I am a relative newb myself, this project has been a great learning experience for me.... thanks for the kind words.

I have been too busy to update this past week but got a few things done. Tommy, a few others, and myself tossed the cage in, 5 guys total, went great.

Got some bolts in it and immediately started using some masking tape... this stuff works great!



This is going to be tube.


New body line


Hacked off the rear section of the frame.



Cut some unneeded tube out, set up the rear axle ~107" wb but that could change, I have to start messin with the 4link calc again.

[kracker]

are you dovetailing it? whatcha gonna use for rear shock setup?

[OWEN]

are you dovetailing it? whatcha gonna use for rear shock setup?

It was dovetailed before, going all tube this time. Going to skin over what I can, my friend Chris just gave me about a 3'x20' piece of 14ga aluminum I was going to skin it with. Rear shocks are Fox 2.0x16" Air Shox mounted somewhere on the tube.

[Ruepart Hoaxley]

I can't wait to see this thing in action.