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Wild Willys - 1949 Willys Truck
What If Willys Built Trucks In 2006?If Willys built trucks in 2006 in cooperation with Jeep, it would probably look some- thing like this, but it probably would be more mild-mannered and sensible for use on the road. By that we mean it would not be tucking 42-inch tires, running a healthy 360 ci V-8, or have locked 1-ton axles. What you see here is a modified version of what might have rolled off the Willys assembly line if it were still mass-producing trucks in 2006. At least that’s what we’d like to hope. This ’49 Willys truck has a mix of good parts from what is old and what is new. With a Dodge-based 360 ci V-8 with multi-port fuel injection and a relatively modern boxed frame, it is the culmination of lots of experience building and driving Jeeps. You see, Chris Durham of Pickens, South Carolina, is known for building some sick and twisted Jeeps. Many remember his iconic custom CJ-10 from many years back, but over the last 13 years he has built several different TJ-based rigs that kind of rewrote the book on the low-slung method of building a TJ. While this Willys may not look or sound too much like a TJ, it does share many of the fundamental ideas that originated with the first fully coil-sprung factory Jeep Wrangler. Add in the coolness of a touch of Willys sheetmetal and a retro mini-bed and you have an awesome rig with looks to match. We ran into Chris out in Moab in 2012 and followed him around on the Pritchett Canyon Trail one day. Follow along as we tell you more about this unique Jeep truck.
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What If Willys Built Trucks In 2006?If Willys built trucks in 2006 in cooperation with Jeep, it would probably look some- thing like this, but it probably would be more mild-mannered and sensible for use on the road. By that we mean it would not be tucking 42-inch tires, running a healthy 360 ci V-8, or have locked 1-ton axles. What you see here is a modified version of what might have rolled off the Willys assembly line if it were still mass-producing trucks in 2006. At least that’s what we’d like to hope. This ’49 Willys truck has a mix of good parts from what is old and what is new. With a Dodge-based 360 ci V-8 with multi-port fuel injection and a relatively modern boxed frame, it is the culmination of lots of experience building and driving Jeeps. You see, Chris Durham of Pickens, South Carolina, is known for building some sick and twisted Jeeps. Many remember his iconic custom CJ-10 from many years back, but over the last 13 years he has built several different TJ-based rigs that kind of rewrote the book on the low-slung method of building a TJ. While this Willys may not look or sound too much like a TJ, it does share many of the fundamental ideas that originated with the first fully coil-sprung factory Jeep Wrangler. Add in the coolness of a touch of Willys sheetmetal and a retro mini-bed and you have an awesome rig with looks to match. We ran into Chris out in Moab in 2012 and followed him around on the Pritchett Canyon Trail one day. Follow along as we tell you more about this unique Jeep truck.
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