Terry's 1950 Willys CJ3A

TerryD

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I'll get to work on this tomorrow....

So here we go:

I was doom scrolling FB Marketplace and happened upon an ad for this fine beastie.

I offered him a Yamaha Kodiak 400 ATV for it in trade and he accepted.

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Got it home and unloaded, and found out that there isn't a single bolt holding the tub to the frame. The weight of the engine in the bed was the only thing that kept the tub on for the drive home!

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TerryD

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Covington, Va
you doin too much! if you dig youll find! patch it and roll! this aint no resto, its a rusto! we got sonic to hit up.
The issue with these CJs is that those panels ARE the structure. I've got to add back some metal so the body doesn't just fall off going down the road.

The nice thing is that they're all basically flat and square. No fancy metal work required.
 

TerryD

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Covington, Va
The body sides will get good steel. I was gonna build channels with some 18ga 1x1 angle and then build the floors with signs if I can find them. PROBABLY labeled side down and painted on top but possibly the labeled side up. Not 100% yet.

Need signs cheaper than sheet metal though.
 

TerryD

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Covington, Va
The girls helped me pull the glass out of the windshield frame and remove the frame this evening.

Then I got out my spot weld cutter and played with it some. I managed to remove one of the body braces from the tub in usable condition. I've got a LOT of work to do on this thing.
 

TerryD

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Covington, Va
I'm afraid I have too much on my plate to deal with right now and had to sell the CJ project.

There will be another, but when I can unload some ATVs.
 
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