mobilecascade
Bigger Hammer
First off, Hi Ya'll! First post and long time lurking.....
Picked up project last year that I traded for, and now the rain has stopped... you know what that means. So I have been searching and looking, but not finding much, and hoping all the big brains I've been reading here can help.
Picked up a '59 wagon from a coworker, sitting on a K5 Blazer frame. He had a book on the build, but cant find it, and now that he is retired, I am kinda on my own. If it were a CJ2A (sitting in the garage now) a CJ5 or CJ7...I could rattle off all the specs. But a re-chassis and being a Chevy, I'm at a loss.
First, I'm trying to determine what year era this running gear is, what axles we have, and if it has a lift. I really want to drop this thing down and narrow it up a bit. There's 4"-ish blocks in the rear, but wondering if that was stock then. Front is springs straight to axle. End tire size would be 35's. Duties for her would be calm digging at the beach, few camping trips up to the cascades, medium trails around here, momma taking her to work, and maybe TRY to get to the Willys Moab Rally in 2018.
Think any Chevy fans could ID and help us out? From there I can make a plan to keep, or just to re-chassis again onto a Waggy/Cherokee. Ultimate would be coils like on an LJ/extended TJ frame. But need to know what I am working with.
Thanks in advance for an insight!!!
Jim
Picked up project last year that I traded for, and now the rain has stopped... you know what that means. So I have been searching and looking, but not finding much, and hoping all the big brains I've been reading here can help.
Picked up a '59 wagon from a coworker, sitting on a K5 Blazer frame. He had a book on the build, but cant find it, and now that he is retired, I am kinda on my own. If it were a CJ2A (sitting in the garage now) a CJ5 or CJ7...I could rattle off all the specs. But a re-chassis and being a Chevy, I'm at a loss.
First, I'm trying to determine what year era this running gear is, what axles we have, and if it has a lift. I really want to drop this thing down and narrow it up a bit. There's 4"-ish blocks in the rear, but wondering if that was stock then. Front is springs straight to axle. End tire size would be 35's. Duties for her would be calm digging at the beach, few camping trips up to the cascades, medium trails around here, momma taking her to work, and maybe TRY to get to the Willys Moab Rally in 2018.
Think any Chevy fans could ID and help us out? From there I can make a plan to keep, or just to re-chassis again onto a Waggy/Cherokee. Ultimate would be coils like on an LJ/extended TJ frame. But need to know what I am working with.
Thanks in advance for an insight!!!
Jim