[Canadian country boy]

You dont clip power poles or parked cars as you drive by? 🤣

 

[Canadian country boy]

Last thing I needed was another project but how can you say no to free?!

Free is good my friend. 👍
He (or she) who dies with the most toys - wins 😁

 

[mttaff]

You can see all the way to tomorrow in these mirrors! No car sits high enough lol

 

[mttaff]

Free is good my friend. 👍
He (or she) who dies with the most toys - wins 😁

😁😎

 

[mttaff]

 

[mttaff]

 

[mttaff]

Mirrors work lol

 

[mttaff]

Got it in its new home.

 

[mttaff]

It is a wreck but I think it's a pretty doable project.
It appears to have a 1986 360 and a 208 transfer case.

 

[mttaff]

I got excited for a minute when I looked inside for the first time because a saw the shift lever but it is actually just the shifter for an auto tranny lol. False advertising.

 

[Canadian country boy]

Mirrors work lol

No doubt! Lol

 

[Canadian country boy]

Got it in its new home.

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Hey your Willys already has a small block Mopar in it! Nice! 👍

 

[Canadian country boy]

Hey check this out, Steve Magnate just released this video on this Jeep and talks about the Willys 👍

 

[KurtfromLaQuinta]

The mirrors you have on your truck are huge! Lol

Those used to be called West Coast truck mirrors.

 

[SuperBurban]

Those used to be called West Coast truck mirrors.

They still are.

 

[mttaff]

Correct.

 

[mttaff]

After looking it over a little bit, I'm thinking I might try to keep the willys frame. I won't know for sure until I get the body off but it doesn't appear as rough as I thought. Looks like they welded the main engine crossmember out of a dodge into the willys frame. If I get the body off and it looks solid, I may grab some metal and box the frame. I figure that would be easier fab work than getting the cab and fenders to fit the dodge frame. Plus, there's a pretty significant wheelbase difference so the dodge frame would need shortened. We'll see how it works out.

 

[mttaff]

What a job! Decided the best thing to do was to start removing the body so I could get a look at everything. Rust everywhere lol. It's been sitting in a field for 15 years. The cab is pretty solid, it will need some rocker repair, floor repair and a cab corner but it's all pretty straight forward. The bed is trashed. Bed sides would probably be usable but all the crossmembers etc are junk. Might end up fabbing a bed or flat bedding it. The frame is yet to be determined. I will probably repair it mainly with stuff I have on hand, ratrod style. My middle son is excited about it so I gotta do something lol. He worked with me all day on it and it was cold in the barn cause no heat. Snowing outside.

 

[mttaff]

 

[KurtfromLaQuinta]

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Not wasting much time there!