Grand Willys Project

[Fat Chili]

Originally Posted by Gojeep

1300 km Road trip this weekend to pick the 48 Willys up.

Out of curiosity but slightly off topic: Are the steering wheels in these the same as 48 - 53 CJ's, Sheller brand, or are they completely different.

The CJ3A Sheller steering wheel I am after is pretty much the same as the late MB wheel but made out of black opposed to green bakerlite.



Cheers

[Mickb]

Originally Posted by Fat Chili

Out of curiosity but slightly off topic: Are the steering wheels in these the same as 48 - 53 CJ's, Sheller brand, or are they completely different.

The CJ3A Sheller steering wheel I am after is pretty much the same as the late MB wheel but made out of black opposed to green bakerlite.



Cheers

I dont want to wreck the build thread so happy if this is deleted after you have read it....but the willys pu/wagon/sd steering wheel is different here is a photo of one in my 51...they changed to black later on..also this is a sheller wheel in my 53 m38a1 but it is the green..will keep me eye out

Also i have seen them willys trucks before some where.... it was near a grain recievel i did some work at it was a couple of hours from home..Near Greenthorpe/Cowra i think any way have a safe trip.....shame its south of here plenty of room to stay here and the fires never out its bloody freezn atm..let me know if ya get stuck..cheers mick

[Fat Chili]

Mickb - thanks for the info.

[4WD4FUN]

Nice Build Up GoJeep.
You must spend a lot of time measuring things as you have not Mounted the Fire wall to the rails or the front sub frame to the rails.
You also have to allow for length of hood inside guard measurements from firewall to grill and fit radiator in there also as you have lifted the motor and taken it back on the sub frame to suit the Cherokee fire wall and Willies front end yet all I see is Boxes planks jacks and car stands.
You must have some good sketches drawn up of this concept.
One of the best build starts I have seen
Cheers Allan

[Gojeep]

Don't mind the extra posts as still related to Willys pickups in the end.
These were the ones you saw too Mick. Didn't see the reply until just now as would have liked to see your 51 pickup.
Allan, lots of measuring, drawings and photographs along the way. Hope I have taken enough and it all works out! Time will tell.

[Gojeep]

Well after 8.5 hours of driving we got to the place to pickup the new Willys.
Unfortunately water had got into the front drums and locked both wheels and there was not enough traction to drag at back far enough. So muscled the winch hard to drag it up onto the trailer.


Our stop last night on the way home from picking up the new Willys pickup. Slept in the back or the XJ and got a good 8 hours sleep and not cold at all given it is the middle of winter right now. Jeep pulled like a train and never missed a beat. Could just leave the cruise control on a 100 and never slowed. Used way less fuel than I was expecting to which saved another $150 odd dollars off the expected cost.


Thought this was the best way getting it off due to the locked front drums. Just lifted it up with the crane until just clear of the deck. Then rolled it off the end, using the winch to control the speed, and onto a pair of wheel skates.


Just left it in the drive though area into the workshop overnight until the car trailer was returned in the morning. New sign looks good above it.

[Mickb]

Nice buy..any idea of the year yet looks like the serial number plate might be missing ??and its hard to get many clues from the photos it looks like it doesnt have the foot starter the key start came in around 52/53..also where did the 6-226 truck end up is it going to be restored ..anytime your heading through let me know...also like the xj them wheels look fantastic...cheers mick