1953 Willys Overland Jeep 4x4 Pickup

[Giants Fan 85]

I found it. Helped him push it onto his trailer today. He's gonna do a frame off ... be a killer retromod. He's prepared to sink 10 grand into it. It's a shell.

 

Be a bad ass 4x4 though. Keep telling my bro, "It was born a 4x4".

 

Gotta keep it a 4x4! He wont listen.

 

$500

 

Wasn't easy to get it rolling. But it's in my bro's backyard now.

 

There's other deals out there. I gave this one up. Almost bought a 1988 Wrangler this morning for $800. Woulda bought it, but it sold.

 

Kinda torn ... I can spend like $700-800 and get back the full hard top and sliders (sold my old sliders for $350) that I used to have and really increase the value of my Jeep at the same time.

 

OR ... summertime ... best time to find that killer project.

 

Just missed a 1967 GTO the other day .... $1,000. A steal.

[Giants Fan 85]

Restordorded 53 Willys Pickup:

 

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[Giants Fan 85]

There is a little brass emblem riveted to the front quarter. Says, "Original Overland Jeep" and I spit on my thumb and cleaned that off ... and pointed it out to my brother. "Dude ... you gotta keep that!"

 

Baby steps. He'll listen to me eventually.

[Giants Fan 85]

Oh yeah, and my brother's crappy battery for his winch wasn't charged enough ... little 2,000 lb piece of crap anyway, so I drove my Jeep up on the neighbors lawn (with permission) and we used my Jeep (MOPAR) battery to power his crap-ass winch. And I focking pushed, as hard as I could. Got it on the trailer. Pushed like I was maxing out, I was all, "AAAAHHHHRGGGHHH!!" like my bro was reeling in a fish, "Ok, one more ... I got it tight now .... PUSH!"

 

"AAAAAHHHRGGGGHHH!"

 

I really am a total bad ass. Pushed that truck up onto his trailer. Most the drivetrain was in the back. No steering wheel, had to turn the wheels manually.

 

I can feel it in my shoulders. That required some serious bad-assery. My shoulder definition is sick. I don't know anybody else strong enough to pull that off. There's a reason why my brother asked me to help. I'm a big, strong mf'er.