Vehicle:1952 Willys Pickup Truck Vehicle name:Willy Location: Provo, Utah Trails: Utah, Moab - Helldorado (upper and lower), Hell's Revenge,
Behind the Rocks, Golden Spike, Prichett Canyon, Steel Bender, Metal Masher, Moab Rim
Cedar City - Three Peaks,
Delta Utah - Cat Canyon (summer and winter), Chainsaw, Wild Horse
California - The Rubicon
On Escalator, Hell's Revenge Moab, Utah
On the Rubicon (old paint)
Taking a break Cat Canyon, Delta Utah
Pritchett Canyon Moab, Utah
Motor--350 Bowtie
Fuel Injection--No FI here, Quadrajet carb
Cooling--Custom Griffin alum radiator w/ 14" elec fan
Tranny--SM465
T-case--NP205
Front Axle--Dana 44, 3/4 ton, 4.10 gears, ARB locker
Rear Axle--Dana 60, 3/4 ton, 4.10 gears, ARB locker
Tires--35x12.50x15 BFG M/T's
Wheels--8 lub modular alloys
Suspension--Custom spring over, front - 1972 Ford Hiboy, rear-Chev
Suburban minus the overload leaf
Steering--Home made with Chev steering box
Shocks--Rancho 9000s
Bumpers--Home made 1/4" rectangular steel tube (indestructable)
Rocker Skids--Home built armor under doors and tube outlining
the front fenders
Other Accessories
Interior roll cage, home built
Front fenders trimmed and TJ flares added
Bobbed bed
Boxed and shortened 76 Suburban frame
Chevy tilt steering column
Home built traction bar
Future plans
winch
custom tubular flatbed tied into roll cage and frame
bigger gas tank
removable top with roof rack
Notes from Dallas
I started building this truck when I was 14 and got a stock willys
pickup truck for my birthday. From then to now it has become an ongoing project to
make a better rockcrawler and still be street legal. All modifications were
performed by me and/or my father, but all ideas and theories were mine
I have an interior roll cage, 35 inch Bfg’s, suspension is custom
spring over in front and back. Front using 1972 stock ford highboy springs: rear
using stock chevy suburban springs minus the overload spring.
The 1952 willys body is mounted on a 1976 suburban frame that has
been shortened, boxed, and bobbed behind the leaf springs. The body has been equipped
with rock slide armor underneath the doors and tube outlining the front fenders to
protect against impact. The front fenders have been enlarged so the tires wont rub
and equipped with TJ fender flares. It is steered by a Chevy tilt column.
The bed has been bobbed. The bumpers are made
of ¼ inch square tube that is indestructible. The engine is cooled by a custom
aluminum radiator from griffin radiators and a 14" electric fan. Steering consists
of Chevy truck power steering. The box had to be moved 4 inches forward on the frame
to accommodate the pittman arm and leaf springs. With its leaf spring suspension it will ramp 786 on a 30 Degree
ramp. Wheel hop is controlled by a custom traction bar on the rear.
Dallas
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