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To: wally_bert

Willys? How old is that puppy?


49 posted on 06/14/2016 4:14:13 PM PDT by sparklite2 ( "The white man is the Jew of Liberal Fascism." -Jonah Goldberg)
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To: sparklite2

1965 with bits of 2016 in it.

A lot of the original internals were in worse shape than I thought so when money allows, it gets periodic major upgrades. Parts are murder and I’m based in a carport so weather can get me.

The dash is just about reworked. I made a lot of modifications to try to make it future friendly which Willys did an exceptional job of not doing.

I have tons of photos but here are a few of it with the long languishing project CJ7 and the once in a while played with 79 K5.

http://s1381.photobucket.com/user/Todd4077/library/?sort=3&page=1

The next big job is the steering box. It suffers badly from Willys wobble. Amazon is the best place on parts. All in all, looking about $350 for everything.

Thanks to professor youtube, it doesn’t appear as complicated as I thought.

Suspension is next. The springs are weak and rusted a bit. Then finally tires. I have some Cragar wheels that I got on Ebay for a great price for it that have been in the basement for way too long.

Eventually the transmission will have to come out. There has been one brake line repair due to rust so there is probably more. There are full kits out there. Again pricey but when it needs brakes, it needs them.

I’m looking to put a 69 model windshield on it since mine is rusted and has only support for the vacuum motors. I bought a pair of those aftermarket wiper pairs. They never worked at all.


61 posted on 06/14/2016 4:47:14 PM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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Here is the F-134 idling.

The engine compartment has been refined a little more since the second clip.

https://www.youtube.com/user/tvengr4047/videos


77 posted on 06/14/2016 5:05:39 PM PDT by wally_bert (I didn't get where I am today by selling ice cream tasting of bookends, pumice stone & West Germany)
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