Extreme Willys Wagons and Trucks

I obviously have a loooong way to go, but I got this far with the cab and now I'm getting the axles and frame ready.

Getting closer and closer to finishing this up. Built 5.3 and 4l60e, 3 link front with coilovers and a dana 44

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I don't get on here much anymore. Mostly just lurked back in the day, absorbing everything I could at the time. A lot of projects come and gone since then, but my current Wagon project is getting to the point that I thought I would share a bit. It's a 1960. Top is chopped 3 inches, windshield dropped into the cowl to even up the lower horizontal line with the side windows. Hood cut about 3 inches also, and fenders 'high-lined' to match the body seam on the side. The entire floor was chopped out and channeled down over a 2015 JKU frame. Then I made all new beadrolled floor panels, firewall, dash, and wheel tubs. The cage is fully recessed into the B-pillar to try to keep a little bit of shoulder room. Has PRP seats and harnesses, and a fold-and-tumble CJ seat in the back. I've got a Rugged Radios system with bluetooth intercom and a Maxbilt console. For the price and time required, I just couldn't duplicate the console, so I bought it instead of building one. Floor and interior walls are coated with Lizard Skin SC and CI for sound and heat. Running an onboard-air system from Viair with a little 2 gallon tank in the back.

The drivetrain is a 2006 LQ9 and 4L65E, with an Atlas 2spd transfer case. I was even able to make the cruise-control work, with the LQ9's TAC module. I did all the wiring harness and programming myself. Body harness was a 27-circuit system from Painless. Axles are Dana 60's from a Dodge, 5.13 gears, Yukon Grizzly in the back and Zip in the front, 4340 Shafts, 35-spline Yukon hubs. I did a regular triangulated 4-link in the rear, and a 4-link with panhard in the front. Ram assist steering with the big PSC JK box. King 2.5 remote reservoir shocks and King bumps with RockCrawler triple-rate JK springs. A lot of the tabs and brackets, as well as the diff covers, came from RuffStuff. Rear bumper is from an old Dodge farm truck. I cut a foot out of each side, then used a TMR bearing pivot to make a swing-out carrier that holds a full-size 40" Trepador spare. On the rear tailgate, I cut several inches out of it, and then remade the pivot, so that I could keep a full-size rear window. Doesn't really matter much at this point, because I can't see a damn thing with that big tire back there. Front bumper is just the factory Wagon bumper with a foot cut out of the middle. The mirrors are some old west-coast truck units that a buddy picked up at a swap meet. I cut down the brackets so they would fit the profile of the door, then bolted them on with some nutserts. Rear tail-lights are frenched-in units from a 90's Cadillac. They fit the body profile so well. I love 'em.

Still on my to-do list is making front window channels and figuring out a way to use a single piece of glass (or Lexan, as I'm bad about busting glass) instead of the wing-windows. Reworking the doors so they close better. Getting some interior panels made to close out the sides and doors. Finishing up the rotopax fuel-can 'pockets' in the front fenders, and running boards from the front fenders to the rear. Working out a storage system for the rear cargo area (This rig's main function is long-distance camping/trail riding.), and a removeable roof rack. I also want to add air-conditioning. A lot of little details that still need to be done. I'll see if I can get a few more pics loaded here.

Here are a few shots of it over the last couple years. It's totally road-worthy now, and I actually drove it from Illinois to Colorado this Summer to do some trails out there. Unfortunately, I got sick the first night we camped, and had to return home. But it hammers along pretty well for an old rag.

Few more, in no particular order.