Progress

Above you can see that I got the brake drums painted and mounted. I also got the hubs all done and painted. I am pleased with the outcome. Below can be seen a few pictures once I mounted up the tires. I love my Willys. It makes me happy. Wish I had more $ to make it happier. Oh well.

got the motor, trans, & transfer case in

Suspension

So I'm not going to type much cause I don't really want to. Below is the suspension and axles and tires all mounted up and looking sweet. Next week we will drop in the engine, transmission, transfer case, clutch, bell housing, new drive lines, and hopefully even work quick enough to get to overhauling the brakes. Its coming along. Just need more time and money!

Axle Axle bo Baxle.

First coat on rear axle. Above and Below.

First coat on rear axle. Above and Below.

First coat on front axle. Below

Second Coat on Rear Axle. Below

Second coat front axle. Above

Together with the frame. Another week and it should be in a rolling chassis.

Here are some better pictures of the frame and wheels. I took the last set with my iPhone which albeit a sweet device it is not the best camera. so, here is some better ones.

I GOT MY FRAME BACK!!

The top picture is the front axle and the next one is the rear. I have spend sooo many hours cleaning them so that I can paint em and get em mounted up. I am just about done. I would guess a few more hours of scrubbing and then paint!

Below are the pics of picking up the frame and its new look on life. It sure looks nice! I can only hope that I am doing justice to my grandfathers vision of what he would have done.

Taking the frame to get sandblasted and powdercoated. The guy that is doing it was about half of the fellow I was going to have do it. Thanks to Dave for putting me in touch with him. Thanks to Lee for taking me. I need a truck sooo bad.
Below are some quick pics before we took it to get powdercoated just so you can see the condition before and be able to compare after. Also you can see some of the metal work I so craftily did. Well done Dan!

Jan 25, 2009

Under the sleeping bag is the motor that just got back from the shop. $2500!! Yowzers!


Some new shoes for the jeep
And some more parts just waiting to be put on! This is all the brakes and suspension.

A video from when I picked up the Jeep

New Photos--Dated Nov 23 2008

These photos are old. They were taken on Nov 23, 2008. I will attempt to remember to take more soon and post them. This is essentially the breakdown of the suspension and dropping the axels out from underneath.