Willys long cab

[kenny c]

I was waiting and wondering about this. I'll be watching.

[joedoh]

[Torchie]

You might want to think about straightening up that "C" pillar on the 3rd door.
If you haven't already. Or not.

Torchie

[Skip]

As much as I prefer the look of a two-door, the extra door is so practical that I have to agree with the idea.

I must be getting old. Grandpa cars have four doors, not hotrods. Or at least they did when I had one. A grandpa, not a four door.


PS- After looking at pic #2, I had to check to see where you live.

[I-R-POPS]

Originally Posted by I-R-POPS

The only thing I have gotten done for the past week was to create more work for myself.

I don't like the fact that to get access to the rear of this thing you would have to crawl over the front seat. So I'm going to make it a three door.

I scored another pair of doors that I will combine and shorten 3-4", keep the ability to roll the window up and down and mount it suicide style on the passenger side.

Here what I have rollin around in my pea brain.

Originally Posted by bob w

Here we go again! This build just became more fun to watch.

Originally Posted by Old Iron

Originally Posted by Torchie

There you go getting tricky.
😎😎😎😎
Torchie

I can't seem to leave things alone when I see something that I think needs to be changed.

[I-R-POPS]

Originally Posted by kenny c

I was waiting and wondering about this. I'll be watching.

Originally Posted by joedoh

Watching my progress may be like watching paint dry!

[I-R-POPS]

Originally Posted by Torchie

You might want to think about straightening up that "C" pillar on the 3rd door.
If you haven't already. Or not.

Torchie

I agree there Torchie. I plan on straightening that up. Looks kinda goofy as is.

Originally Posted by Skip

As much as I prefer the look of a two-door, the extra door is so practical that I have to agree with the idea.

I must be getting old. Grandpa cars have four doors, not hotrods. Or at least they did when I had one. A grandpa, not a four door.


PS- After looking at pic #2, I had to check to see where you live.

You're going to have splane about pic 2 and where I live. I'm old and dense.

[I-R-POPS]

Not a lot done today.
I did manage to set the bed on to find the sweet spot
Next is to make the mounts.
Then I can shorten the frame.

I want to get the cab mounted solid before
I go to cutting the side out for the add on door. Maybe I can avoid things
moving too much that way..

[Skip]

Originally Posted by I-R-POPS

I agree there Torchie. I plan on straightening that up. Looks kinda goofy as is.



You're going to have splane about pic 2 and where I live. I'm old and dense.

He used a pic of the left side of the car while talking about putting a door in the right side. Unless he was in a country with right hand steering. I used to work for a company that made both right and left hand drive trucks.

[I-R-POPS]

So I pulled the drive train out of the Dakota frame to remove the lift on the front end and it dawned on me that the torsion bar set up and cross member was going to be in the way of the transfer case when moving the engine/trans back enough.

I may need to go to a 4x4 straight axle instead of the IFS.

Back to the drawing board for a new plan.