Some bodyparts

The grill is new but the fender and hood is original parts

Maybe someone here could help me figure out which year my tub is from ?
It have been streetched by a previus owner.

The floor have been replaced and is flat due a have a flat frame.

The X marks were it have been stretched about 8" I'm going to shorten it to make it look original again.

 

Cool. I love seeing different stuff from different places.

The tubs looks like it was CJ2A tub, not the ? I don't think its a CJ3A since it has the slot above the steering column for the column shifter rod.

 

Ok I'm looking for a war grill for it

cool!

You MAY want to think about keeping the stretch, or part of it anyway. sitting in a stock length flat fender is difficult without pushing the seat back and cutting into the fender well. 4" stretch might be perfect seating distance. I think that's about how far my seat sits now, about 4" farther back (just guessing, I don't know for sure)

I might keep a little of the streetch, but it's going to be shorter I don't like how it looks now

Nice!

I bow to your ingenuity
Shame those aren't portal axles as from a Laplander, still interesting though.
Are they lockable as well? I think not...?

Yeah I was looking at som portals but my budget didn't allow it

I don't know what your wheelbase is currently, but I'd consider leaving the body long and 'channeling' or raising the middle portion of the floor ~4" so the tub can sit down over the frame (so that the 'bed' would sit on the frame and you would have minimal gaps under the front inner fenders). I think it would look a lot better this way. With the long tub, you could put the seats directly on the (raised) floor and not be too cramped I would imagine.

The wheelbase of the Felt is 82 inches and I belive that the wheelbase of a willys is between 75 and 80 inches. If I would lower the tub so the gap under the fenders would be smaller. The frame and gearbox would be right were i will have my feet The drawback with a straight frame, but it will look good in the end whit some big tires to fill out the wells

 

cool!

You MAY want to think about keeping the stretch, or part of it anyway. sitting in a stock length flat fender is difficult without pushing the seat back and cutting into the fender well. 4" stretch might be perfect seating distance. I think that's about how far my seat sits now, about 4" farther back (just guessing, I don't know for sure)

 

Nice!

I bow to your ingenuity
Shame those aren't portal axles as from a Laplander, still interesting though.
Are they lockable as well? I think not...?

 

I don't know what your wheelbase is currently, but I'd consider leaving the body long and 'channeling' or raising the middle portion of the floor ~4" so the tub can sit down over the frame (so that the 'bed' would sit on the frame and you would have minimal gaps under the front inner fenders). I think it would look a lot better this way. With the long tub, you could put the seats directly on the (raised) floor and not be too cramped I would imagine.

 

Here is the AW71 gearbox that I was about to use but it was so long so I changed it for the BW55.

The adapter so that the automatic would fit together with the transfer box.

Power steering from a Volvo 164

The BW55

About to remove the transfer box

The transfer box

The engine and the old gearbox is going to be removed soon

 

This frame looks solid and strong, we had many of them years back here in iceland, what are your engine plans, keep the volvo or put v6 or v8 in it, those red block volvos engines are the best ever build, I got one driven 220.000 miles. (350000km) and no oil burn. Ilike your project, keep posting. og venlig hylse.

 

I'm glad that you like the project
Yeah it's a very strong frame and this one is in very good condition.
I have replaced the original B18 engine (64hp) with a B23a (112hp).


Some more pictures.
I have started to disassemble the transfer box

A little further in the disassembly. Looking through all the gears and bearings so everything is in good condition.

Some parts that's going to be cleaned and painted

Clean and ready for paint

 

That transfer case looks VERY similar to the dana 18 found in your typical flat fender. Any idea what the gear ratios are in the transfer case?

 

The ratios is 1,36:1 High and 3,25:1 Low


Some more parts to clean

Some clean parts

Redy for paint

Some fresh paint can do so much

 

Bought an other one :smokin:

Just needed the window frame but the price was good :grinpimp:
And it's always good to have spares.

 

Cleaning some more parts

Driveshaft

Redy for some paint

Checking some fitment

Cutting out the corner on the window frame, I'm going to weld in a bar in the middle later to give it the old split window look

 

The transfer box got the first layer of paint

And a second layer

Sandblasted the e-brake, going to make some changes on it before i paint it

One of my other cars getting some love

 

I want one of these!!! That thing is badass!!!

 

Time to put the transfer box back together

The masking is removed and the surfaces have been cleande

Making sure the bolts won't fall off

I have also painted some more parts

 

changing some seals befor putting the rest of the transfer box together

New ones in

Ready

 

Nice to see such detailed work.

 

The front axel is removed

And now in the garage

Start to dissasemble the right side

Cleaning the bearings

 

Clean bearings. I'm glad to find out the bearings are in good condition. theas bearings are very expensive in Sweden. Over 600$ a pice :S

Removing more grease :O

Started to sandblaster some parts

 

I have been out playing in the snow with some fiends

Then home to the garage to clean some more grease

 

This is a way cool project, really digging how different it is from the usual. Right on.

 

Glad you like it

More parts that's is going to be cleaned / sandblasted

Going to reinforce the diff casing

Some parts painted

I have cut away the engine mounts. Have to move them further back because of my shorter gearbox

transfer box mount painted

Front axel ready for paint

 

Got some new bearings and seals for the front axel last week

Going to get the last of them tomorrow. So i can put it back together and put it back on the frame

So i can start measuring the tub :smokin:

 

Working on

Some more parts painted

One side of the front axel is put back together

Brakes are put back together

Some more new seals

One in place

One side finished :smokin: Going to put freewheel hubs on it

 

Nice build You've got a excellent frame and stout drive train that is going to take you in Jeepin' style to anywhere you want to go for sure!

Enjoy seeing the progress and keep going!!!

 

Thank you : )

The engine and transmission have found it's way back in the frame
Have made som new engine mounts

I have cut my tub in half so I can start measure how much of it I can cut away, should be about 4"

Starting to fix some old holes in the dash

Looking a little better

 

Starting to look like a Willys
the body is going to be closer down to the frame

Redoing old repairs

Replacing with new fresh sheet metal

 

4" of the tub is cut away

So now it's stretched 4" from the orginal length

One side welded

The other side is finished

Looks better

 

Also built a bracket for the power steering pump