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I got a new camera so I could take some better pictures in the low garage lighting. Basically I just spent an hour or two playing with the new camera and taking lots of reference pictures and measuring things...... A few people have been asking me about the frame so I thought I would take some...

maybe mount one of these? :Wow1::wings: That looks like the cannon on the front end of a A10!

I basically need to add something to take its place. I am thinking I might use a section of 1.5 or 1.75" tube and tuck it in the area where the rear floor makes it first step. Then have a plate for the body to sit on in the middle like stock. If I did it right that tube could have the rear...

Not to much stuff tonight..... I welded in the tube sleeve things in the rear crossmember/bumper..... Weld, flap disc, weld in hole, flap disc, chamfer hole.... I then test fit the rear bumper on the tub to make sure the holes lined up. IT FITS! It went together pretty well. Some of the...

I started working on the rear bumper tonight. It seems little stuff like this takes a little more time.... I measured the rear crossmember and rear bumper a few times...like a dozen! Between the measurements from the frame and body I think I got a fairly accurate set of numbers for the rear...

Its one of the coolest for sure. I can't wait till mine is done :) I hope it will be close to that cool! I will have to dig around and see if I can find the original magazine article.

I just ordered my motor mount crossmember and motor mounts from Speedway. Shipping was a little bit much at $30 for base UPS. http://www.speedwaymotors.com/V6-Buick-Motor-Mount,3272.html I probably could have built something but I decided this would make things go faster and easier. I'm...

http://www.pirate4x4.com/forum/showthread.php?t=983126&highlight=soni That has some of the most current pics. If you need any info on it let me know. I still have the original article on it somewhere...

The one on the left is Soni Honeggers, probably my favorite jeep of all time. Its still around too.

Thanks. It was a long day, but TOTALLY worth it to see the body on the new frame.

Overall the frame fits pretty darn good! Here is where I am at now. I need to pull the engine out of the frame and then kick it back outside.... A few thoughts and notes for those doing a similar project.... -A welding table that is shorter would have made this easier. Lifting the...

That was a LOOOONNNNNGGGGG day........ I started by airing up a flat tire on the trailer and then hooking up the truck. Then I had to get everything turned around the other way in the driveway. The Willys almost came off the trailer by itself, but I ended up getting a little help from the...

It would be interesting to get a weight on both. I tried NOT to go overkill on the material. The tubing is only 1/8" wall. The side plates are only 1/8" plate. I'm trying to add strength where its needed and not go completely overkill on everything.... I am shooting for a final weight of under...

Hey look a frame! I welded the front bumper and rear crossmember in after tapping on the frame with a hammer for a few more minutes. Overall I am very happy with how square it came out! So far with welding it is still between 1/16 and 1/8 on square over 124+ inches. After I welded on the...

I am going to make some simple body mounts out of some angle cut sections of the same 2x4 box tubing as the frame. It would be very easy to raise the mounts to provide a body lift. I am not going to do this however. I want to keep this little guy as low as practical. I'm basically building...

Tonight I jigged up the frame on the table..... I'm pretty happy with how it turned out overall so far. I was able to get things pretty square. The overall rail length is between 122.188 and 122.250 ( tape measure ). Both rails are within that range, and I cannot really detect much of a...

I welded up the speed holes in the 2nd frame rail after work tonight. I think by the last hole I wasn't doing half bad booger welds....figures. I'm happy to say that the rails stayed pretty dang straight during all the cutting, building, and welding.... Next I think I will be welding...

The 'spacer' is an adapter from the 2bbl Rochester stock manifold to the Holley 2bbl carb. I did that conversion a few years back when the Rochester just wouldn't run right anymore. The holley 2bbl is similar to the motorcraft ford stuff and I had always had good luck with those....

The induction problem does open up a can of worms for sure.....everything from engine swaps to new intake packages to fuel injection.... I basically want a non-electric 'simple' solution. I don't want the complexity of fuel injection.....the wiring, fuel tank requirements, etc. Its not that I...

Thank you. My original frame was just too tired to mess with. Once I decided I wanted to stretch the wheel base a touch and change to 'rear' springs at all four corners the old frame just wasn't worth working with. At that point I started looking at new 'factory' style frames and aftermarket...