My 1950 Willys Trail Rig

[clean4drxj]

Looks great Owen, I would try and holdout on the seats till you get a little further along on this build as I'm sure there will be other things that may take priority over those but... the simple answer is yes..

[OWEN]

Been a while, I have been super busy, had 3 or 4 days off in April that was about it. Still tried to get a little accomplished

More cutting


I added these rockers, they are tied into the frame roll cage tie ins


Mounted my old sliders


New front part of the roll cage




Fuel cell mount




Rear transfer case mount



Jamar steering brakes... still need install but they look nice


Should I buy new seats? I need ones that are only 20" wide (or less)

[tjramplebump]

this build makes me

[OWEN]

the old cell lets you mount battery and winch comfortably right? with room to spare under pass seat?

Why not make some form of "box" or something that can fit above the battery and cell?

Mounting the spare back there too?

For cell choice, i'd say what kind of wheeling are you doing more of???

For trailriding, rock crawling, even rcrocs style competeing the smaller aluminum cell seems like it would be fine. And that style of wheeling warrants the suck down winch. So to me it seems like that would be the way to go. Did you ever have issues with running out of fuel before??

I'd say use the red one if you plan on using it for more of a racing kind of format, where you need to be able to hold more fuel.


Looks good though man glad to see someone has some motivation lol.

For one, believe it or not, both cells are 16 gallon.

The old fuel cell worked awesome, I know some of you have seen the jeep running on its side for long periods of time. The only problem is it cracked, and I repaired it a couple of times, but when I removed it I think it was leaking again.

Really wanted to run a rear winch for suck down and skidding logs on the property. I figured with the red cell, I would make a platform on the rear axle like I did for the ram in the front and mount a winch there.

I have not put much thought into the spare. With the bead locks, I am pretty confident I can limp back to my tow rig on a flat tire to change it. When I first built the jeep, I had a spare tire mount but always left the spare in my truck or home, to save on weight and gain visibility.

I thought about it today some more, I probably will run my old cell (provided I can fix the leak). I already have a potetial buyer for the red one. Having room in the corners behind the seats doesn't do much good for storage if I get a real offroad seat that doesn't flip forward; I would rather have the space at the back. Not to mention, today I got a new issue of Peterson's featuring Jesse Haines' Willys buggies and I got a couple new ideas, one of which involves cutting all of the tube from the main hoop forward out of the jeep and re-doing it, which could net me more space to mount the battery somewhere under the passenger seat or close by. Bottom line, I should have made the back 4 inches longer and things would have been easier

I saw this on Facebook a while back, I am friends with Artec. Probably will go with this mount.


Also ordered my cutting brakes frame SDHQ they will be in next week

[Zullock Holmes]

For cell choice, i'd say what kind of wheeling are you doing more of???

For trailriding, rock crawling, even rcrocs style competeing the smaller aluminum cell seems like it would be fine. And that style of wheeling warrants the suck down winch. So to me it seems like that would be the way to go. Did you ever have issues with running out of fuel before??

I'd say use the red one if you plan on using it for more of a racing kind of format, where you need to be able to hold more fuel.


Looks good though man glad to see someone has some motivation lol.

[Ruepart Hoaxley]

the old cell lets you mount battery and winch comfortably right? with room to spare under pass seat?

Why not make some form of "box" or something that can fit above the battery and cell?

Mounting the spare back there too?

[OWEN]

Fuel cells.

So before I fiddled around with adding tube to the rear, I kinda took some measurements and decided what cell to get... Wound up with this RCI 1162c, its a plastic cell in a steel can, seems a little more durable than my old aluminum one, and it is about the same height so I can still run the YJ sending unit.

Mock up pics





With the new tube that I added to the rear, now I find maybe I can fit the old cell.




With the red cell the battery would fit behind the passenger seat. With the aluminum cell, it would have to be at the rear, in the area shown, but I still would probably have room for a rear winch which I was hoping to run. With the red cell there is no room for a rear winch, unless I mount it to the axle, which would work. The red cell leaves a decent amount of room behind the drivers seat to store stuff. I also want to make a little tool storage box for uder the passenger seat. Gotta be somewhat prepared.

Opinions? I am leaning towards running the red cell, maybe you can change my mind though.

[OWEN]

As promised, back half pics.

I ca't really say much about it, I am happy with how it came out, and I didn't waste a lot of material. Heres the pics.








It took longer one might guess

[OWEN]

How much is actually needed until she's on all fours and under her own power?

Well its sitting on the tires now... I guess I am no longer a jackstands wheeler, I'll have to change my sig. Once I get the fuel cell in, I have to plumb fuel lines and re do some wiring, coolant hoses and a few other minor things ad it should be ready to run. Getting closer every day.

Owen this thing looks great !!! i really like the front clip as well..... makes it look "aggressive" if you will! keep up the good work cant wait to see this thing on the trail!

Thanks, I can't wait either, this redesign has taken too long!

[CntStpTheStnk06]

Owen this thing looks great !!! i really like the front clip as well..... makes it look "aggressive" if you will! keep up the good work cant wait to see this thing on the trail!

[Ruepart Hoaxley]

How much is actually needed until she's on all fours and under her own power?

[OWEN]

I will try to update tomorrow or soon. I got my new fuel cell in. Spent the past few grage sessios fitting up tube to finish the rear back half. Now I need to order some more tube, only have about 5' left.

[OWEN]

Owen, how's your cage held up structural wise? I like the fact that minimal tube was used, keeps it simple.

Really well. If you look back in this thread you will see I removed it. When I unbolted it, it kept its shape and the holes lined up pretty well when I put it back in.

from a purely aesthetics standpoint, i really like that front clip area with the tube and all, very cool

Thank you very much, that means a lot. I know you get to see some pretty cool looking rigs on a regular basis

Please keep all the writing on the side. That would be incredibly badass

I was thinking this a while back, maybe clearcoat it?...

A lot of people have said that, sorry but I don't know If I will, although who knows. My plan was to grind the paint down, spray bleach on it and put it outside to rust, then clear over it. Or just keep the OD.

[Customjob]

Please keep all the writing on the side. That would be incredibly badass

[clean4drxj]

Please keep all the writing on the side. That would be incredibly badass

I was thinking this a while back, maybe clearcoat it?...