So i bought a 51 Whilly

Ba-Riedo · Dec 7, 2009

I saw this today and it was sweet, thanks again for letting me bring my broken jeep over to your place for a few days, Hip.:awesomework:

I'll get that suck-down rope taken care of for you.

-Alex

Hip · Dec 7, 2009

no problem glad to be able to help out a fellow wheeler. :awesomework:

Hip · Dec 8, 2009

ordered the summit universal 18 circut harness today.:kiss:

dove'd85 · Dec 8, 2009

Hip said:
ordered the summit universal 18 circut harness today.:kiss:

good it's crunch time:flipoff:

Hip · Dec 10, 2009

bump stops are tacked in place, front winch controller in place. new gears sent to bobby long for cryo, made a deal on a detroit. have a deal working for an ARB.

kinda need the ARB so i can get a good measurement for axel length, but have cash on hand for them.

yes crunch time.

dove'd85 · Dec 10, 2009

Hip said:
bump stops are tacked in place, front winch controller in place. new gears sent to bobby long for cryo, made a deal on a detroit. have a deal working for an ARB.

kinda need the ARB so i can get a good measurement for axel length, but have cash on hand for them.

yes crunch time.

:cheer: awesome!!!! got the runner goin, can i come up this weekend and work on my junk

Hip · Dec 10, 2009

yeah but its freakin cold out there. i have had the heater on for three days and its a whoppin 35 degrees inside the shop.

Hip · Dec 12, 2009

more sheetmetal

started in on the cowl area today. i got all the wires from summit:awesomework:

spent all morning pulling the heated from my old dead boat and after getting it all out the two fan motors are froze. im gonna bring in in the house and see if it unfreezes:redneck: also got the twin wiper motors.

mounted the remote/solenoid box for the front winch.

Hip · Dec 21, 2009

well didnt do anything picture worthy. made a ton of progress in the dash cowl area. took the heater out of my boat and plan on fitting it under the dash somehow. might have to relocate the stero some.

made a bunch of nuted tabs for the sheetmetal i have made.

things that have arrived lately.

ARB for the front.
Detroit for the rear.
wiring harness from summit.
sent my yukon 5:38 gears to bobby long for cryo and two 300M u joints.

this week if possible i need to get the arb installed so i can measure the exact length and order shafts for the front end.

tick tock 46 days till departure.

Hip · Dec 29, 2009

well i lost too much time due to being sick. so im not gonna even attempt to take the whilly to KOH 2010. still gonna go just gonna take the jeep instead.

so the boat heater is in place and now i think im ready for dis-assembly for final weld and paint the chassis.

so the first weekend of the year if your not too hung over come on by and help me rip this thing apart.

Hip · Jan 4, 2010

ahh the litle things that take so much time.

the whilly now has a heater:awesomework: had to relocate the stereo some what. had to make a angled platform for the dash to raise the back of the stereo. also made a rear hanger for the stereo so maybe it can take shock a little better.

gonna order some 1/4 turn fasteners and make a bunch of tabs for the skins.

made the first attempt at side skins and the one template i made actually fits both sides:awesomework:

anyone wanna do a quick tig weld job at thier shop?

on the angled platform for the stereo.:beer::beer:

Hip · Jan 10, 2010

progress

pictures of the heater and rear stereo mount.

skins in progress.
the rear are done.

rubikong1 · Jan 10, 2010

The rear looks so awesome with the Willy's tailgate!

War-Jeeper · Jan 10, 2010

Looks frickin sick Hip!

dove'd85 · Jan 11, 2010

looks good hippy!!

Hip · Feb 23, 2010

well back from KOH with some new ideas and stuff for finishing the rig.

decided to take a weekend and just clean the shop.

get rid of a bunch of junk cluttering the place up and get all the new parts organized and in one place so i can find them.

ordered the rear bump stops and pin type cans today.

need to mock up a belly pan.

maybe put a notch in my hood to widen out the rear so it matches the tube lines???

gettin real close now.

Ba-Riedo · Mar 2, 2010

Come on Hip, finish this!

I wanna see some updates.

-Alex

Hip · Mar 2, 2010

i worked on it some sunday. made the rear suckdown winch pully mount and welded the sway bar brackets to the axel tubes.

rear bumps will be here soon so i can get those mounted. then its just little details.

an old man once told me. the devil is in the details.:haha:

Hip · Mar 17, 2010

ok a few pics of the skins

not real happy with the fold area in front well but its gonna get torn to **** anyways, it'll hold some paint and stickers.

crapyota · Mar 18, 2010

looks good hip!! like you said it will get tore up down the road...

so whats left? looks like its getting close.

when do you think it will make its first trip out? the rocks memorial day? walker any weekend. or go down and hit the busywild first thing..

i want to be there when it happens...