FrankenWillys

BABOOZLE

Caught the Bug
Got everything buttoned up today and went for a test drive. Jeep ran great on the highway towards the end it was having trouble stalling out coming to a stop. I'll rebuild the carb next. Gloves would have been a wise choice since it was in the low 40s today. Here's a few shots with the new wheels I picked up from klungly and his CJ buggy. IMG_4026.jpg IMG_4032.jpg IMG_4031.jpg


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BABOOZLE

Caught the Bug
I went ahead and rebuilt the carb tonight. It didn't look too bad but one of the screens for the needle and seat was clogged as you can see from the picture. I'll have to test it out tomorrow after work. IMG_4056.jpg IMG_4057.jpg IMG_4059.jpg


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BABOOZLE

Caught the Bug
Finally got around to picking up the other FrankenWillys. It's my brothers and we have some work to do. It has a D44 from a Scout so the caster is off and the jeep wanders all over the road. Typical problem with axle swaps from Scouts. IMG_4290.jpg


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BABOOZLE

Caught the Bug
After a seven hour drive we finally made it home. IMG_4296.jpg
My time is limited because I have a six month deployment coming up so I went ahead and got to work. IMG_4297.jpg
In about an hour I had the axle pulled and in the back of Klungly's truck. Time for a little surgery. IMG_4298.jpg


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fiend

Caught the Bug
After a seven hour drive we finally made it home. View attachment 257752
My time is limited because I have a six month deployment coming up so I went ahead and got to work. View attachment 257753
In about an hour I had the axle pulled and in the back of Klungly's truck. Time for a little surgery. View attachment 257754


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Cool. Years ago I had a '63 Willys Wagon similar to yours. The last year before they went to the Wagoneer. Mine was yellow with root beer brown inserts. Original color was a metallic teal, fitting for 1963 I guess. Somewhere along the way an AMC 304 V8 and TH400 tranny were swapped in, which I rebuilt. I drove it from Cali to Boston and back. Got a lot of attention along the way. Good times. Have fun with yours!


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BABOOZLE

Caught the Bug
Cool. Years ago I had a '63 Willys Wagon similar to yours. The last year before they went to the Wagoneer. Mine was yellow with root beer brown inserts. Original color was a metallic teal, fitting for 1963 I guess. Somewhere along the way an AMC 304 V8 and TH400 tranny were swapped in, which I rebuilt. I drove it from Cali to Boston and back. Got a lot of attention along the way. Good times. Have fun with yours!


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Thanks! Hoping to make this a daily driver again.


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AZ Explorer

Caught the Bug
Just found your thread, I love it. Lots of great stuff in here. As one who enjoys classics, I can say you have two of the best representing. I'm not a purist so the franken-parts are pretty cool because they are functional and, maybe (hopefully) a little more reliable.
 

klungly

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IMG_20170509_205900367.jpg IMG_20170509_211751006.jpg IMG_20170511_160106154.jpg IMG_20170511_202034214.jpg IMG_20170511_202041754.jpg IMG_20170511_211415966.jpg IMG_20170511_211438162.jpg IMG_20170511_211507843.jpg waiting on a ball joint spanner wrench to be able to press out the ball joints and take the knuckles off. Removed the shock mounts, the welds were pretty nasty.

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