1959 Willys Truck

[nwbearcat]

It all started with a truck I got in High School and the plan was to turn it in to a lifted 4X4. My dad and I put all new running gear under it from a 1978 Chevy 1/2 ton and then it sat for years. The engine got water in it and locked it up. I decided it was time to do something with this cool truck and I always wanted to build a rat rod. I started with the cab chopping the top 7" and sectioning it 4". The frame I am building out of 2x4 3/16 tube and has a 6" z in the front and 11" in the rear. I am using a solid axle setup from Speedway and a Chevy 12 bolt in the rear. The trans is a 5-speed manual with a brand very well built be me with 13.2:1 compression alcohol burning Chevy 383. The tires and wheels will be bias 28.5" in the front and 31" in the rear (not the ones on it in pics). It is coming along really good I just got the bed cut down to 4' last night. Hope you like!

 

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[CORPO]

nice work on the section! keep it up

 

[39chev]

Thats gonna be one sick ride with that engine tranny combo. Hope you like to buy tires. [cl

 

[nwbearcat]

Thats gonna be one sick ride with that engine tranny combo. Hope you like to buy tires. [cl

That is funny you say that when I picked out tires that looked cool but mostly were cheap!

 

[Thunder1]

Great work! It's gonna be bad as in very cool! I like it.

Thanks for posting

Thunder

 

[dmw56]

Shouldn't your brake calipers be on the back? Bleeder on the top?

 

[nwbearcat]

yeah they will be when I put them on the axle was upside down and not thinking put them on backwards

 

[39chev]

Hey cheap tires are good tires when your just gonna burnem off! Should be just fine to cruise on too.

 

[cantwell.colton]

That is funny you say that when I picked out tires that looked cool but mostly were cheap!

hey i like those tires ..
what kind are they and where did ya get them?

 

[whytesmoke]

Looks good keep up the hard work.

 

[nwbearcat]

hey i like those tires ..
what kind are they and where did ya get them?

They are:


Both from Coker Tire

For the Rear:
700-16 TORNEL LITE TRUCK 6 PLY
http://store.coker.com/700-16-tornel-lite-truck-6-ply.html

For the Front:
670-15 DENMAN HIGHWAY
http://store.coker.com/670-15-denman-highway.html



I like the side bite to them and the tread patern is cool. Plus they are TUBELESS!!

 

[bikedude]

i have 7 inches out of this cab.it looks lower then yours?i scraped this cab because of too much rust and too low of roof.the last pic is where im at with my 54.just installed a toyota 4x4 box and colum.well i guess after looking at yours again they are about the same

 

[Thunder1]

i have 7 inches out of this cab.it looks lower then yours?i scraped this cab because of too much rust and too low of roof.the last pic is where im at with my 54.just installed a toyota 4x4 box and colum.well i guess after looking at yours again they are about the same

Too much rust and a roof too low?? I didn't realize that was ever a possibility!!

Sounds to me like you threw away a perfectly good cab! [S

I like the 54.

Thunder

 

[bikedude]

Too much rust and a roof too low?? I didn't realize that was ever a possibility!!

Sounds to me like you threw away a perfectly good cab! [S

I like the 54.

Thunder

lol i would have to run without doors because the rockers wouldnt hold them up plus do the flinstone thing with out floors.i still have the rusty cab

 

[mikec4193]

Welcome to RRR, I love to see old willys trucks getting built into rats, too many of them end up in the clouds with huge mudder tires and crawling along rocks. Jeeps are cool, you are gonna have a blast with it. daring to be different. Willys rats rock...)))