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Skippy · 08-06-2006, 11:13 PM

But if you have an advise tords the direction I am going I am all for but I am tired of hearing that I shoudl elt it be and I WONT

Got Rocks? · 08-06-2006, 11:22 PM

cant wait to see it done

ill give you ohhh say 15months

OIT_TLT · 08-06-2006, 11:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Skippy

But if you have an advise tords the direction I am going I am all for but I am tired of hearing that I shoudl elt it be and I WONT

go for it, but be sure to take your time with the cuts is all i gotta say. im not sure how tall you are, but im pretty sure you will be wanting to move the seat farther back which by just doing that, you'll be cutting the body up a little bit. the body on my flattie is ALL fiberglass, so when people tell me to not cut up an old jeep, i tell em that its not even the original tub and that they should leave me alone. the only decision that matters is done by the person who's name is on the title

Skippy · 08-07-2006, 07:53 AM

Thanks yea I am not doing all of the work but what ever I can I dont think i will take 15 months more liike 6 but yea I was gonna move the seats back about 4 inches

CRF450R · 08-07-2006, 08:11 AM

Looks sick! I say chop it and bash it!
You should also give it the olive drab paint job!

4link4eva · 08-07-2006, 08:12 AM

Hey there, as a temporary solution to your suspension troubles, get some old engine oil, a paintbrush, and dab loads of it in between the leaves on your springs, worked a treat on my Landy.

gregrocks90046 · 08-07-2006, 08:19 AM

my usual response..........

CHOP IT!

kris · 08-07-2006, 09:24 AM

Jeeps are for girls, glad to see a Willys. I want poison spider type front fenders on my 52 willys but that project is still way back in the line, after the 95 Tahoe ,84 Camero , 82 Camero and 57 Chevy Apachie flat bed. Should be done next centery

Rockpiledriver · 08-07-2006, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by Skippy

But if you have an advise tords the direction I am going I am all for but I am tired of hearing that I shoudl elt it be and I WONT

Don't listen to em get the sawzall out and go to town.

Congrats on the find!

TwistedXT · 08-07-2006, 11:28 AM

great googly moogly

15 leaves per pack!!!!

i dont think i have 15 leaves on my entire turck! that axle will break before you get any flex... Id say take about at least 10 leaves out per pack...

the RTI score must be something like a 4 maybe 5

DirkDigler · 08-07-2006, 11:33 AM

so it has a 3A windshield?
Is the frame boxed?

moonbuggy · 08-07-2006, 11:52 AM

what year is the taco your selling and is it 4wd? price?

NorCal 2500HD · 08-07-2006, 12:13 PM

gotta love todays youth, they hack it now and then a few years down the road they realize they had a gem....

been there done that.

Crawlerguy851 · 08-07-2006, 12:32 PM

Omi god that's a f'n Jeep! Jeeps suck ***! Toyotas are way better...can I drive it?

Skippy · 08-07-2006, 12:38 PM

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Originally Posted by DirkDigler

so it has a 3A windshield?
Is the frame boxed?

No the frame is not boxed but we will be puttign a few cross members and it is a 3b winshield I was dis apointed but Some times you win sumtimes you lose

LumTheMad · 08-07-2006, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Skippy

This car is purpose bought to be built into a rig I dont want a yj like every other A hole in the world there are a few out ther eI have seen that I liek but 99% are bull crap I wan t a willys that has been cut up I like the looks if some one wants to buy it is is $100,000 cashin hand or you cna you can just sit bakc and watch a rig being built. It may not be be a buggy capeabel but I have to dirve it every day so F off and let me do wut I want

I was gonna be all nasty when I posted cause I'm a YJ owning A-hole

but if you want to waste time and money and time, you go right ahead, more power to you. Get a new blade for the sawsall or fill up the oxy and acy tanks, or clean off the plasma cutter.
Youth and exuberance always fails against old age and treachery.

flatfender · 08-07-2006, 01:29 PM

It's your Jeep, do what you want, you bought it.
I myself have a '47,
4.25" lift
Buick 231 V6
6 point cage tied into frame
^ to give a small idea
I started with a stock runner about 8 years ago and had grand plans like you but now I find myself pricing some nos springs, rims and tires, why? becouse I actually enjoyed wheeling it in stock form, good challenge, and the look on the faces of the "built rigs" owners when a little old Willys came trundling up the trail and drove around them was priceless (oh god, now I'm gonna hear it "my truck has such and such and your puny Jeep is useless, or blah, blah, blah WHATEVER).
What I'd like to see you do is to run it for a few years like it is, the only thing I'd change would be those springs.

dittohead · 08-07-2006, 02:17 PM

Im not sure if i was clear in my first post. I meant that you should get a yj frame and another flatty tub, and go from there. You WILL be either swapping a new frame in or building your own. The stock flatty frames are complete junk for what you are wanting to do. I have built and wheeled several trucks and i know from experience and LOTS of wasted $$$ that its always cheaper to do it right once than wrong several times. I have owned my current early bronco for 10 years and i have rebuilt it myself several times, and its down yet again for the 1 ton axles. My buddy built a flatty out of a $50 tub that had no floor. He runs a shortened scout frame and all toyota driveline, and a rear 4 link. It works killer and was cheap, and he didnt cut up something of any value. He created something valueable out of junk. I dont think anyone is trying to bash your project, it just there is alot better ways to get what you want without completely destroying something that cant be replaced. I guarantee you will regret cutting it up years later. It comes with age. Another plus is that you can be wheeling the near stock flatty, and building a serious rig for tougher trails at the same time.

Time in the seat of a less capable rig makes for a better driver, and that person tends to get alot more respect from seasoned wheelers than some newb in a built truck who cant drive for ****. I have seen it personally many times.

Trike Kid · 08-07-2006, 02:18 PM

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Originally Posted by NorCal 2500HD

gotta love todays youth, they hack it now and then a few years down the road they realize they had a gem....

been there done that.

Don't you have a job making perfectly good trucks useless?

eric113 · 08-07-2006, 02:39 PM

If your smart, you use some the money you get from the taco and buy a tow rig and trailer. That way you have still have a way of getting home if you break, and it wont beat you to death. Won't get sick of driving it because of gas prices, tire wear, ect..ect.

08-06-2006, 11:13 PM	#21
Skippy Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2004 Location: stuck in a damm jar Posts: 277	But if you have an advise tords the direction I am going I am all for but I am tired of hearing that I shoudl elt it be and I WONT

08-06-2006, 11:22 PM	#22
Got Rocks? RCC Addict Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Provo Posts: 1,868	cant wait to see it done ill give you ohhh say 15months

08-07-2006, 07:53 AM	#24
Skippy Quarry Creeper Join Date: May 2004 Location: stuck in a damm jar Posts: 277	Thanks yea I am not doing all of the work but what ever I can I dont think i will take 15 months more liike 6 but yea I was gonna move the seats back about 4 inches

08-07-2006, 08:11 AM	#25
CRF450R TEAM RCC Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: THE ALIEN WORKSHOP Posts: 770	Looks sick! I say chop it and bash it! You should also give it the olive drab paint job!

08-07-2006, 08:12 AM	#26
4link4eva RCC Addict Join Date: May 2006 Location: In England, looking for the threadlock... Posts: 1,150	Hey there, as a temporary solution to your suspension troubles, get some old engine oil, a paintbrush, and dab loads of it in between the leaves on your springs, worked a treat on my Landy.

08-07-2006, 08:19 AM	#27
gregrocks90046 RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Crawlifornia Uber Alles Posts: 1,146	my usual response.......... CHOP IT!

08-07-2006, 09:24 AM	#28
kris RCCRAWLER TEAM DRIVER Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Voiding warranties Posts: 418	Jeeps are for girls, glad to see a Willys. I want poison spider type front fenders on my 52 willys but that project is still way back in the line, after the 95 Tahoe ,84 Camero , 82 Camero and 57 Chevy Apachie flat bed. Should be done next centery

08-07-2006, 11:28 AM	#30
TwistedXT Powered by Awesome Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: Parker, Colorado Posts: 3,622	great googly moogly 15 leaves per pack!!!! i dont think i have 15 leaves on my entire turck! that axle will break before you get any flex... Id say take about at least 10 leaves out per pack... the RTI score must be something like a 4 maybe 5

08-07-2006, 11:33 AM	#31
DirkDigler I wanna be Dave Join Date: Jan 2004 Posts: 5,027	so it has a 3A windshield? Is the frame boxed?

08-07-2006, 11:52 AM	#32
moonbuggy Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Ventura Posts: 326	what year is the taco your selling and is it 4wd? price?

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08-07-2006, 12:13 PM	#33
NorCal 2500HD Rock Crawler Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Fremont/Newark, California Posts: 710	gotta love todays youth, they hack it now and then a few years down the road they realize they had a gem.... been there done that.

08-07-2006, 12:32 PM	#34
Crawlerguy851 Rock Crawler Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Clarkston, MI Posts: 661	Omi god that's a f'n Jeep! Jeeps suck ***! Toyotas are way better...can I drive it?

08-07-2006, 01:29 PM	#37
flatfender Quarry Creeper Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Deland Posts: 376	It's your Jeep, do what you want, you bought it. I myself have a '47, 4.25" lift Buick 231 V6 6 point cage tied into frame ^ to give a small idea I started with a stock runner about 8 years ago and had grand plans like you but now I find myself pricing some nos springs, rims and tires, why? becouse I actually enjoyed wheeling it in stock form, good challenge, and the look on the faces of the "built rigs" owners when a little old Willys came trundling up the trail and drove around them was priceless (oh god, now I'm gonna hear it "my truck has such and such and your puny Jeep is useless, or blah, blah, blah WHATEVER). What I'd like to see you do is to run it for a few years like it is, the only thing I'd change would be those springs.

08-07-2006, 02:17 PM	#38
dittohead RCC Addict Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Vancouver Island B.C. Posts: 999	Im not sure if i was clear in my first post. I meant that you should get a yj frame and another flatty tub, and go from there. You WILL be either swapping a new frame in or building your own. The stock flatty frames are complete junk for what you are wanting to do. I have built and wheeled several trucks and i know from experience and LOTS of wasted $$$ that its always cheaper to do it right once than wrong several times. I have owned my current early bronco for 10 years and i have rebuilt it myself several times, and its down yet again for the 1 ton axles. My buddy built a flatty out of a $50 tub that had no floor. He runs a shortened scout frame and all toyota driveline, and a rear 4 link. It works killer and was cheap, and he didnt cut up something of any value. He created something valueable out of junk. I dont think anyone is trying to bash your project, it just there is alot better ways to get what you want without completely destroying something that cant be replaced. I guarantee you will regret cutting it up years later. It comes with age. Another plus is that you can be wheeling the near stock flatty, and building a serious rig for tougher trails at the same time. Time in the seat of a less capable rig makes for a better driver, and that person tends to get alot more respect from seasoned wheelers than some newb in a built truck who cant drive for ****. I have seen it personally many times.

08-07-2006, 02:39 PM	#40
eric113 Moderator Rule Breaker Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Austin, Tx Posts: 5,970	If your smart, you use some the money you get from the taco and buy a tow rig and trailer. That way you have still have a way of getting home if you break, and it wont beat you to death. Won't get sick of driving it because of gas prices, tire wear, ect..ect.

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