Farm Truck Willys

[Metal Militia]

I recently became the new owner of the Willys pick up cab that was built by pardonmyn00b, and have been slowly letting a truck form around it. It finally reached roller statues so i guess its time to start a build thread. Basic plan is a mostly stock, barn find, work truck sort of deal.

Other parts include heavily modded leaf sprung MRC axles and RC4WD 1.55 Landies wrapped and Rocky Country tires for a vintage 4x4 look. Power will be directed through an R3 2 speed transmission and Hammer T-case. All of which is connected together with a bunch of laser cut bits and pieces.

the basic lay out im aiming for


I took 2 mostly complete sets of MRC axles, shaved the cases, cut them up, and ended up with two complete axles 1" wider.



The axles cases were than JB welded along with the inner support tubes.

the frame was cut from 1/4" aluminum and the straight center section bent to make it 1/2" wider in rear.


The following weeks up until today have included u-bolts, spring mounts, shackles and hangers, t-case mount, steering, servo mount, and trans shift servo mount.

[sgtbham]

N00b does some nice work! Love the truck so far man!

[dittohead]

Excellent work on the chassis

[mcleveland1969]

Nice! Big fan, I have 2 1:1 willies pickups.

[sellenk]

Nice project Andrew, frame & axles turned out good.

[old man 52]

Nice work on the axles. I too have had a few 1.1 willys. I'll keep watching for more updates.

[Metal Militia]

Originally Posted by sellenk

Nice project Andrew, frame & axles turned out good.

Thanks Curtis. You should come to the next comp, I should have the chassis drivable by then and we can do some trail riding. I think this thing is going to look awesome next to your sammi

[youngblood]

When I saw the body for sale I was a little worried what might happen to it. Glad to see its getting the propper treatment, the chassis and axles look perfect.

Hope to see this in person some day, love it.

[Szczerba]

great start. love me some leaf spring builds.

[ROWDY RACING]

Originally Posted by youngblood

When I saw the body for sale I was a little worried what might happen to it. Glad to see its getting the propper treatment,

You don't know Andrew too well then.

JK, looked good when I saw it the other day.

[Metal Militia]

Originally Posted by ROWDY RACING

You don't know Andrew too well then.

I already have a willy i like to beat on, this one's safe

[ROWDY RACING]

Originally Posted by Metal Militia

I already have a willy i like to beat on, this one's safe

I bet you do.

[pardonmyn00b]

I like where you're taking this. The chassis looks great and the widened MRC axles are dope. I never thought of doing that!

[canadianbacon]

This looks great, nice work. Wasn't this Willys blue and white at some point in time when another member had it?

[scale4x4]

No, you're referring to the truck 51willysjeep owned, that f-150highlift originally built. I had this body originally, I bought it off a guy on here back in sept. of 2010 I believe, I painted it and put the interior in it which looks like it has been removed. If you search you can find the thread I had on it.

[Metal Militia]

Originally Posted by scale4x4

I painted it and put the interior in it which looks like it has been removed. If you search you can find the thread I had on it.

You are correct, the interior has been removed and is being rebuilt to accommodate the running gear.

Scale4x4s build.
55' willys pickup ( body built by pardonmyn00b)

No major updates on the truck currently other than getting some test electronics wired up. I hope to make the first test run on the rock at our local comp this weekend

[Arctic Fire]

Need some inspiration? this is one of my all time favourite trucks on Pirate 4x4, build thread here: 61' Superior Traction Willy's Pick-up build thread - Pirate4x4.Com : 4x4 and Off-Road Forum Build this, (tractor tires and all) and you'll have one of the most unique crawlers out there.





I've always wanted to build this truck, tractor tires, wood bed and all, but I have never had the body. DO IIIITTT!!!

[Metal Militia]

I remember seeing that truck before while searching for something willys related, I think the same guy has a cj with the same tires. Unfortunately thats a little more extreme than what i have planed for this body, but im sure if you squint hard enough or get really hammered it might kind of resemble it.

sadly I wasn't able to get the test electronics squared away in time for the test run so that will be postponed for another weekend.

[ngward79]

Man what a score , n00b always make some nice stuff. I'm jealous ! Great work so far, looking awesome but I must say I was a little disappointed thinking you'd be doing another metal body. Keep us posted .

[Metal Militia]

Thanks, but I think you have me confused with another builder. Iv never done a metal body rig. In fact this is my first and only build thread on this site to date.

edit: a quick board member search and some build thread snooping would lead me to believe your thinking of Metal Masher

No updates on the truck for now, Iv been procrastinating a lot lately