Bart's 2009 1953 Willys buggy

Still don't have a name for it yet, but for now I call it my Junk.

Chassis, and suspension by Kyle Listul

Cowl, hood, grill, tail gate, head lights, turn signals and title - 1953 Willys CJ3a

Motor - 2003 5.3 Chevy, ECM and harness by Jim's Performance

Tranny - 700r4 with reverse manual valve body

T-case - Atlas II 3.8

Axles - Dana 60s, 4.88s with Detroit Lockers, disk brakes

Tires - BFG 39 x 17 Krawler stickies

Wheels - Poison Spider beadlocks

Misc stuff:
Howe full hydraulic steering
Custom Aluminum radiator
Fox air shocks - 2.5 x 16 front, and 2 x 16 rear
Sway-a-way air bumps in front
Summit Machine aluminum upper front links, tie rod, drive flanges and shifter knobs.
Tera links and rod ends on the other links.
Summit Racing 16 gal fuel cell, and tons of other misc stuff
Art Carr shifter
Willwood masters and brake pedals
Auto Meter speedo and gauges
Dash, body panels and paint by UVU auto trades
Hot Rod wires wiring harness
Pioneer AM/FM CD stereo
39 Ford tail lights
rock lights
large trailer tongue tool box for tools
cooler rack
The list goes on and on and on and on and ...
Build thread is here http://www.rockymountainextreme.com/showthread.php?t=50940

Need to get some decent pics

 

[Bart]

Don't know if this will work. There's a couple of bad pics in http://rockymountainextreme.com/showthread.php?t=63422

 

[spaggyroe]

I LOVE your buggy Bart.
Nice work!

I'd love to hit the trail(s) with you when I finish my junk up.

 

[RuggedH2]

Thanks...

That thing is badass.

Wanna sell it?

 

[Bart]

Finally have a couple of pics on RockChucker. There are a lot more pics coming, but I have to wait for a friend to get home and email them. Had a blast in Moab.

 

[Greg]

Hows that extra long wheelbase treating you Bart? Do you spend much time dragging the belly across big rocks?

 

[Kiel]

Yeah we need pics of you doing the upper helldorado waterfall

 

[LT.]

This buggy is beautiful! So many details that you get lost trying to find them all. The orginal lights, 39 Ford tail lights, old school cooler, well thought out placement of every gadget in the buggy. BEAUTIFUL!! I want it! I will try and put my own spin on Bart's idea. Perfect. Thanks again for all the much needed help.

LT.

 

[Bart]

Hows that extra long wheelbase treating you Bart? Do you spend much time dragging the belly across big rocks?

Loving it. I went to the right side of the breakover on Upper Helldorado, and have rubbed a few times, but the climbs more than make up for it. It crawls Widowmaker and the far right buggy line on Potato Salad. Just momentum up the waterfall on Greenday, UH, and Mickies.

Yeah we need pics of you doing the upper helldorado waterfall

There was a photographer there and he's supposed to be sending pics. I'll post them when I get them.

 

[Goose]

Loving it. I went to the right side of the breakover on Upper Helldorado, and have rubbed a few times, but the climbs more than make up for it. It crawls Widowmaker and the far right buggy line on Potato Salad. Just momentum up the waterfall on Greenday, UH, and Mickies.



There was a photographer there and he's supposed to be sending pics. I'll post them when I get them.

wow!! sounds like that thing is a climbing machine. I thought that you might like the longer wheelbase. sounds like you had a blast down there.

 

[Meat_]

It just crawls everything.... sickening really


It was hard toting it around for 3 days and not using it Bart

 

[Bart]

It was hard toting it around for 3 days and not using it Bart

I can imagine. Thanks again Steve and Meat for baby sitting and delivering my baby.

 

[rockreligious]

way cool rig, looks like the right combination of proven ergonomics(if thats the proper word) and yet its unique, not stamped from the cookie-cutter, same old over copied buggy build.