PAPPY : 1954 Willys CJ3B

[Lance628]

Those are going to look badass

 

[wayoflife]

No way! I assumed no one made these tires anymore. That great to know and I bet they look really good on Pappy. :yup:

There a company called Coker Tires and they specialize on making original classic reproduction tires. These 700x16 NDT (non directional tires) were made by Firestone back in the day and they were made using the original molds. They even have all the logos and markings. It's way cool. Had to get inner tubes for them and tire liners to make the work too. Now, I've either gotta find a shop that will work with these or I might have to get me a home tire machine. :crazyeyes:

 

[USMC Wrangler]

There a company called Coker Tires and they specialize on making original classic reproduction tires. These 700x16 NDT (non directional tires) were made by Firestone back in the day and they were made using the original molds. They even have all the logos and markings. It's way cool. Had to get inner tubes for them and tire liners to make the work too. Now, I've either gotta find a shop that will work with these or I might have to get me a home tire machine. :crazyeyes:

I love excuses for new tools! :cheesy: Those will look great on Pappy!

 

[wayoflife]

Oh yeah, just picked up our new wheels from the powder coater (damn fast and cheap I might add) and here they are!


Shot out of the box


And a couple next to Pappy with his new NDT tires.

 

[thardy]

Looking forward to seeing these mounted!

 

[MR.Ty]

I agree! I look forward to seeing them all mounted up. :yup:

 

[cozdude]

Pappy is going to look so awesome with new original wheels and tires on him!

 

[Gadget]

We're a long way off but we're kinda hoping to make it look like this when all is said and done.

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Is this a right hand drive one?

 

[SKT]

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Woot Woot - the NDT's and freshly powder coated wheels are gonna look great!

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[Sessoms14X]

Oh yeah, now we're talking :yup:
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Nice Eddie, I'm definitely subscribing to this one. I'll need some help on where to go for parts for my 48 CJ2A

 

[wayoflife]

Okay, bought me a manual tire machine from Harbor Freight, installed it and wrestled with some tires today! This first shot is of one of our new wheels mounted up. The rag is just there to help prevent damage to the wheel.


Lubing up the NDT tire.


Working the NDT onto the wheel


Getting ready to install the inner tube - god I hate these things.


After setting up the bead, it's time to air up.


Ta-da! Installed and ready to be bolted up to pappy!

 

[OverlanderJK]

So badass! Super jealous!

 

[Trail Bud]

very cool!!

 

[10frank9]

Dang that looks so old school I love it.

 

[dcm80401]

Nice, remind me of my childhood. My father always had some old Willys around.

 

[hinrichs]

Great job on getting the tires mounted up at home :thumb:

 

[wayoflife]

Great job on getting the tires mounted up at home :thumb:

Thanks, it was a hell of a job if only because of the stupid inner tubes. You really have to man handle the tires on and that's hard to do when you're trying hard not to damage the inner tubes or the valve stems :crazyeyes:

 

[NFRs2000NYC]

Curious, why did you choose to go with white wheels vs the black ones? Is that period correct, or you just liked it better?

 

[wayoflife]

Curious, why did you choose to go with white wheels vs the black ones? Is that period correct, or you just liked it better?

The wheels came black and we purposefully had them powder coated white as that's how they would have come back in the day. So yeah, they are period correct now.

 

[piginajeep]

The smile sums up the jeep perfectly..