Blaze
Gear Grinder
- May 18, 2010
- 15
- Willys Model
- Willys Year:
Hi All,
A new member from MN getting started on my 1st Willys truck build. I got bit by the 'Old Truck Bug' in high school 20 yrs ago helping a friend rebuild a 64 Chev. I later discovered Willys trucks when a friend bought a 53 and I fell in love with it. I have a 48 and 50 from what I can tell, and they've both been abused a bit over the years. Good thing I've only got $100 into the pair! I'm looking to bring some life back to them, though I'm pretty much a newbie and never done body work or major mechanical stuff before. I'm willing to learn, though!
I'm deciding which one to start with: the 48 is a 2wd and the Go Devil I4 is pulled (came that way). Needs a box, but the rest of her is fair. I'm 95% sure this is NOT the original hood.
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The 50 is a 4wd and had a different powerplant in the 80s. The PO pulled the motor and it's been sitting for 10yrs now, so I have lots of options to work with here. Lots of work to do, but I love this baby.
[album:3s4uqvde]690[/album:3s4uqvde]
Anyway, very happy to find this site and love the build threads. I will be asking lots of question along the way, I'm sure.
Brad, aka Blaze
A new member from MN getting started on my 1st Willys truck build. I got bit by the 'Old Truck Bug' in high school 20 yrs ago helping a friend rebuild a 64 Chev. I later discovered Willys trucks when a friend bought a 53 and I fell in love with it. I have a 48 and 50 from what I can tell, and they've both been abused a bit over the years. Good thing I've only got $100 into the pair! I'm looking to bring some life back to them, though I'm pretty much a newbie and never done body work or major mechanical stuff before. I'm willing to learn, though!
I'm deciding which one to start with: the 48 is a 2wd and the Go Devil I4 is pulled (came that way). Needs a box, but the rest of her is fair. I'm 95% sure this is NOT the original hood.
[album:3s4uqvde]689[/album:3s4uqvde]
The 50 is a 4wd and had a different powerplant in the 80s. The PO pulled the motor and it's been sitting for 10yrs now, so I have lots of options to work with here. Lots of work to do, but I love this baby.
[album:3s4uqvde]690[/album:3s4uqvde]
Anyway, very happy to find this site and love the build threads. I will be asking lots of question along the way, I'm sure.
Brad, aka Blaze