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

 

[Greg]

I'm scared to ask but... where's the pics of your Junk?

 

[Bart]

They're in other threads and I don't know how to embed the link. My skills are lacking in that area.

 

[Goose]

now thats a brave sole, asking to see his junk pics.

the buggy looks like a sweet machine! youve really done some neat things to it.
I really dig the tailgate, that was a nice touch its sweet!

 

[Bart]

Baby's got new eyes

One of my projects before EJS was to get some lights on the rig. I had the old buckets and turn signal pods, but had to get new parts for them. I have everything in except for some new retainer rings that should be here today. The old ones in the pics have green and yellow paint on them. I used some old Hummer H2 Halogen headlights I had laying around. I will be wiring these in this weekend along with the 39 Ford taillights in the rear. Hopefully will get my rock lights mounted underneath before next Friday.

 

[benjy]

You're killing me! It's already in it's painted glory and all you have are these teaser shots? Lets see some overall pictures! Roll it out of the garage if you have to

 

[N8RB8R]

WOW! That is sweet!

 

[mbryson]

Bart, what's your source for the old lights? Does the source have bezels and buckets and such? (my MB stuff is "not so good")

 

[I Lean]

Bart, what's your source for the old lights? Does the source have bezels and buckets and such? (my MB stuff is "not so good")

There might be a spare set of CJ2 buckets with headlights sitting in my garage. No bezels, but that couldn't be too tough.....could it?

 

[Tacoma]

Marc, I've got a spare set of M715 lights you can have, if memory serves they are the same as that era's CJ/MB's...

 

[mbryson]

There might be a spare set of CJ2 buckets with headlights sitting in my garage. No bezels, but that couldn't be too tough.....could it?

I think the CJ stuff is bigger headlights. The MB/GPW is smaller?

Marc, I've got a spare set of M715 lights you can have, if memory serves they are the same as that era's CJ/MB's...

I'll get a measurement of those buckets I have and see if they are the same. Thanks

 

[I Lean]

I think the CJ stuff is bigger headlights. The MB/GPW is smaller?

Absolutely.

 

[Bart]

The buckets are hard to come by but the bezels and other misc stuff can be found at Trailquest.com or Kaiserwillys.com.

 

[Bear T]

lookin great Bart, can't wait to see this thing at EJS.

 

[LT.]

lookin great bart, can't wait to see this thing at ejs.

x2!!

Lt.

 

[Herzog]

Looking good! We better do some wheeling together Bart.

 

[rockreligious]

way sweet, but Id like to see more pix.

Whats the deal with your winch? does your rope come through the grill slats or are you running it down through a fairlead as a suchdown that you can run out forward?

Nice rig.

 

[Bart]

Looking good! We better do some wheeling together Bart.

Looking forward to it. Would be fun to get out and wheel with you, other than just seeing on trails.

way sweet, but Id like to see more pix.

Whats the deal with your winch? does your rope come through the grill slats or are you running it down through a fairlead as a suchdown that you can run out forward?

Nice rig.

It runs straight down through a fairlead and to the axle. It can go forward from there. I used it on the Eagles Nest a couple weeks ago when there was a river coming down it.

 

[Bear T]

More pics, more pics, more pics!!!!!!!!!

 

[RuggedH2]

If the goal is to build suspense...... it's working.

Jeez post the pics already. From what anyone can tell (from what pics there are) this thing looks completely badass and everybody wants to see the damn thing (I know I do).

It's like a strip-tease here.