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That is by far the best looking rear bumper out there. I also like the bumpers for the front from them.

The superchargers have a sealed gear case that does not need service for 100k. The coupler for the rotors does make a little noise at idle. I am going to look into some more performance spark plugs and get back with you. Copper core plugs are much better but do not last long 5-15k. We have...

Thank you for your service from a retired Marine. Guam is a beautiful island, I really enjoyed everytime I have been there. Congrats on the Gladiator!

This pic showing the relaxed windshield has black and red circles on the side of the subframe. The black circles are the lower link points that will be on the outside of the frame. The red circles are the upper link points that will be on the inside of the frame. The belly pan will be...

We then drilled all 24 holes and bolted it all down. The hardware will be countersunk screws later. This will hold everything perfect and square while we finish welding next week.

Then we removed the body and flipped the frame over. With the body off the frame, you can see all the work that went into the 8" stretch in the doors, floor and the hat channel work to support the tunnel cutout. The frame is madrel bent 2x4 3/16 tube and the front winch bumper, rear bumper...

We have been working on the Willys as time allows. We are tearing the Willys down to work on the frame so we relaxed the bends on the windshield to lay it back a little more so it is not so upright. The change is just a few degrees but makes a difference. Before After

Thanks for following the build.

You are going to love it!

Where are you in Calif? We are located in North San Diego County. Love the Scramblers!! I have a Stretched 46 Willys (in the build section).

Looking at the 4 link calculators for this. We are at 99% anti-dive in the front and 99% anti-squat in the rear. I am going to make the frame mounts for the upper links so they have 2 settings. This way I can just change the upper link frame point and go from 99% to 81% on both the front...

Starting to look at the 4 link calculators for this. The frame in the center is 8 inches tall so I can get real nice separation for the links at the frame. The frame measures 25 inches inside/inside and 29 inches outside/outside. The rear suspension will use trailing arms and triangulated...

We are finished with the hood and front fenders now. Everything is welded trimmed and mounted. The bottom edge of the hood was trimmed to finish the "highline clearance" for the front. Next couple pics are just getting some perspective from a little higher. The frame table is 25" tall that...

We are trying to keep a bit of the old school Willys look with a 105" wheelbase long arm coilover setup. This will be built to race across the desert and climb rocks like the Ultra 4 Race Jeeps. We designed the subframe so we could drop in an LS engine, 4L80 transmission and Atlas...

Thanks! Tony is the master welder, he has been welding for over 40 years! This has been one of those projects that takes way too long because we only work on it when schedules allow. I enjoy the fact that there is no time crunch and we can take our time with the details. We probably have well...

Really liking how it is turning out so far!

We did the final fit and welded the fender sheetmetal to the hood today. We plug welded it on the bent edge against the hood. We will bond the sheetmetal to the tabs we welded onto the tubing next.

Fit and welded the tubing for the fenders to the hood. We will do a final fit of the sheetmetal before welding it to the hood and tubing.

We are back working on the front fenders again. The tabs came in so we fit them, TIG welded them and now will prepare them to be welded to the hood sides. First we trimmed and fit the tabs to the tubing for the fenders Next we clamped it all in place for welding. Then welded the tabs to the...

Today we finished up the drivers side and matched it to the other side.