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| Author: | djui5 [ Mon Oct 12, 2009 11:54 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Uh oh.... new member of the family |
durangotang wrote: Haven't made it all the way home yet
Very nice!!! Might be a Ford bodied Willys. |
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| Author: | durangotang [ Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:02 am ] |
| Post subject: | Uh oh.... new member of the family |
Haven't made it all the way home yet... in Vail at the moment. Already took it for its first test drive. Starts instantly at 40F weather and everything works great. Even tows like a dream behind the CRD... I'll give the full update and more pics once I get back. 
As best I can tell just now it's a '46 CJ2A... some stuff isn't adding up just yet so it'll need some identifying. Original everything other than a 12V conversion and new tires. 
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| Author: | VoodooMann [ Tue Oct 13, 2009 12:28 am ] |
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not sure about it being a ford body, it has a 7 slat grille, if I remember correctly the fords had 9 slats... |
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| Author: | Inc [ Tue Oct 13, 2009 1:05 am ] |
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Not sure I have the patience for a project like that, but very cool. |
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| Author: | durangotang [ Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:23 am ] |
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Inc wrote: Not sure I have the patience for a project like that, but very cool.
Mechanically it's pretty solid... just not pretty... This thing requires less patience then a SFA KJ  Only 7 or so mobing parts 
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| Author: | Inc [ Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:25 am ] |
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durangotang wrote: Inc wrote: Not sure I have the patience for a project like that, but very cool. Mechanically it's pretty solid... just not pretty... This thing requires less patience then a SFA KJ Only 7 or so mobing parts
So what are your plans for it? Complete restoration or flat fender crawler or??? |
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| Author: | durangotang [ Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:47 am ] |
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Neither really... I'm going to leave it as original as I can but will be adding some basics like brake lights, turn signals, etc. The seats are going to be replaced with the original lowbacks and I'll probably go and re-gasket most of the engine. That's pretty much it for the mechanical plans... the rest is just body work and paint. It's just going to be a fairly original Willys to wheel on easy/moderate trails in Moab  Something like this makes those trails fun again
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| Author: | Inc [ Tue Oct 13, 2009 10:49 am ] |
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durangotang wrote: Neither really... I'm going to leave it as original as I can but will be adding some basics like brake lights, turn signals, etc. The seats are going to be replaced with the original lowbacks and I'll probably go and re-gasket most of the engine. That's pretty much it for the mechanical plans... the rest is just body work and paint.
It's just going to be a fairly original Willys to wheel on easy/moderate trails in Moab Something like this makes those trails fun again Awesome, I'll be looking forward to the project. |
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| Author: | Albert [ Tue Oct 13, 2009 11:21 am ] |
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durangotang wrote: Neither really... I'm going to leave it as original as I can but will be adding some basics like brake lights, turn signals, etc. The seats are going to be replaced with the original lowbacks and I'll probably go and re-gasket most of the engine. That's pretty much it for the mechanical plans... the rest is just body work and paint.
It's just going to be a fairly original Willys to wheel on easy/moderate trails in Moab Something like this makes those trails fun again That is a nice Willys. I am glad you are going to restore it to "original" as possible instead of messing with it. It will look better and be worth more that way in my opinion. Real nice. Congrats. |
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| Author: | kskj [ Tue Oct 13, 2009 5:51 pm ] |
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Nice Willys Ben that will be alot of fun in Moab. |
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| Author: | Tokyojoe [ Wed Oct 14, 2009 5:26 pm ] |
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Reminds me of Jeepin Mamma's rig back when I first joined LOST in 2004. |
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