Strange willy
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So I bought a 31' Willys C133 pickup off eBay in April of 2012 with the intent of building a mid-engine rat, the body is real straight with only a few small rust holes, the wood is junk and it was held together with wire when I picked it up out in Parker, Co. There were less than 3000 trucks made in 31' so pictures or parts are extremely hard to find.
So I spent the rest of the year staring at this body stuffed in my garage trying to figure out the design and gather parts, my girlfriends cousin happened to have a mid 80's Jag that I robbed the rear axle out of and a 500 ci/Th400 combo out of a 72 caddy. I chose to go with IFS in the front to match the Jag IRS in the rear but I don't have $4000 to buy the Heidts open wheel kit that I really like the looks of, so with a bunch of emails between a few company's I have enough info to build my own. With the living room in our apt filling with boxes of parts in February I feel I have enough stuff to start.
Lower A-arms 1 1/8" Dom with Chevy ball joint
Upper A-arm 1" Dom with Dodge ball joint
I'm using 69' Camaro drop spindles so I had to ream the upper holes to make the Dodge ball joints fit.
So I spent the rest of the year staring at this body stuffed in my garage trying to figure out the design and gather parts, my girlfriends cousin happened to have a mid 80's Jag that I robbed the rear axle out of and a 500 ci/Th400 combo out of a 72 caddy. I chose to go with IFS in the front to match the Jag IRS in the rear but I don't have $4000 to buy the Heidts open wheel kit that I really like the looks of, so with a bunch of emails between a few company's I have enough info to build my own. With the living room in our apt filling with boxes of parts in February I feel I have enough stuff to start.
Lower A-arms 1 1/8" Dom with Chevy ball joint
Upper A-arm 1" Dom with Dodge ball joint
I'm using 69' Camaro drop spindles so I had to ream the upper holes to make the Dodge ball joints fit.