Willys Jeep Panel

[rustyrat1960]

My "EYE BALLS" are "POPPED!"
and
MY "BRAINED IS FRIED!!"

Man Oh Man!!
This is one "SUPER FANTASTIC BUILD
Thank You for sharing this Great build Dave!!
I am watching !!
Later
Russ

[darkside]

A little more progress. The plug wires are done other than the coils. I'm not real happy with the right side engine, but there was no room to run the wires behind or in front of the engine, so the wires had to go over the top.



Believe it or not, the exhaust dumps were the hardest parts to make so far. It took 3 pieces to make each side along with a little bondo and a lot of shaping. I'm very happy with how they came out so the work was worth it.

[darkside]

I keep struggling through this build, but it's really fighting me.

The front suspension is coming together and I'm about ready to permanently mount the engines.





I tried as hard as I could to make internal door hinges, but poor planning left no room for them. As aggravated as I am with this build I wasn't about to redo the cage, so I went with external hinges. I know they aren't correct, but it is what it is. I do however like how they make the body look older than it really is.

[darkside]

While looking through the pics of this build, I stopped at this and was inspired to do something I've wanted to build for a long time. A Hot Rod Bread/Milk truck from the 50's.



To do it proportionately to my eye, the roof and body both needed to be stretched. By just adding to the bottom I think I was able to give the illusion of a chopped delivery truck.
This is where I'm at right now.

I'm going to do the rear as a one piece door, I've cut the two small windows into one large back window.

[darkside]

I decided to do a bare bones sheet metal interior with just upholstery on the door panels. This meant sanding the inside of the body smooth. I then made the sheetmetal for the roof surround and the side body braces only to forget just how much room the rollcage takes up. My best solution was to save the back section of the roof and all of the side bracing.

Here is what's left. it's upside down.



You can get an idea on why the front had to get tossed.





Next up was to clean up the door gaps. I used .010 x.060 to wrap the edges of the doors ans sanded to fit.



Opened up.





A shot through the back door .

[wagonguy1989]

WOW I really like how this is coming along! That's my kinda custom!!!

[darkside]

I might be adding a trailer to the build.

[darkside]

Wow did I have to do a lot of grinding and sanding to the inside of this trailer shell! It was a half inch thick in one spot.





After about an hour of work with the Dremel, I have a shape good enough to get started. First up, the floor.





Next up was the frame, axle, and suspension.

Upside down.



Right side up.



The frame lines up to the floor using six pins Four at the ends of the side rails, and two under the frame's airbag mounts.



Everything in place for a visual.

Opened up.





Closed up.

[Steve-o]

This is truly a Awesome project ,
Freakin wild man !!! ;D ;D

[darkside]

The trailer presented a small problem, how to tie a hitch into the Jeep's frame. The easiest way I could figure was a plate that bolts to the rear frame section. This way I don't have to strip and repaint the frame piece.

I didn't have any appropriate size square tubing, so I used 1/8" "L" to build it. I added .040 half round to the end to represent the flange. When the Jeep is sans trailer, the other receiver has the plate mounted to it.

The ball is a pin.



The trailer part of the hitch is .080 x .250, I cemented small plates at the end to make the round part. Once they dried, I drilled and shaped it.



The plate.

[badroadahead]

Just beautiful!!

Man I love it.

Dave

[JerryG]

A lot of great detail work going on there and it shows! Should be really cool when done knowing all that went into it. Another GREAT BUILD!

[darkside]

The floorpan and frame for the trailer are done.



Then I moved on to the cargo for the trailer.

I bought a Vandal kit to steal the mini bike engine. I decided to do a mini trike chopper based on the design of a kids tricycle.

As the Jeep has two engines, I guess the trike should too.





With the frame, seat and forks figured out, it was time to make wheels and tires.



The beginning of the footpegs can be seen also.







After the first tire was cast, I trued it up and will recast it.



I then went back to the trailer and made the fenders. I started with an unknown set from the 30's. I combined the front half of the backs with the back half of the fronts, filled the sides and finished of the backs.

[darkside]

Fabrication on the bike is done. I stripped the chrome from the kit engine and made new molds. If they have more detail, I'll cast two new ones and then it's on to the detail work.

Here is how it's going to look.

[darkside]

I decided the trike deserved better rear wheels.

I cut a piece of tube (3/8"?) to make the hoop for the rim. I then cut a piece that fits snugly in the hoop and five pieces of .030 hex rod.



After arranging the spokes, I added a small drop of MEK to a length of .080 rod and pressed it into the center of the spokes. Once it dried, I added a drop of CA for added strength.



Then the spokes were centered on the small hoop and cemented in place.



A small length of tube was added to the back to mount the axle. Cemented at first to get as centered as possible, then Ca glued.



The spokes were trimmed to the outer part of the hoop.

Front



Back



Slide the center in from the back and cement into place.



An improvement over the steelie wouldn't you say?