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Love the picture! Its been my experience that the rusty one come apart the fastest. Rather than having to fully thread the nuts off the bolts, you just snap the bolts  What could be quicker 
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'55 Willys Wagon, the original FSJ
Sitting on a '77 Cherokee frame, Dodge D60's
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03-05-2012, 12:14 AM
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ok a few pics after working hard at this for a few days 
A Weld came loose soooo
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03-05-2012, 05:45 AM
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ok a few pics after working hard at this for a few days
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what?? where's the motor? you guys taking union coffee breaks?
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Ristows right.................again,
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It's like you're unraveling a big cable-knit sweater that someone keeps knitting...and knitting...and knitting...and knitting...
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03-05-2012, 07:55 AM
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Cool beans. Looking good.
Since you have the frame so exposed, and have already found one broken weld, take a really good look where the steering box mounts. The welder I hired to do my critical welds found two cracks in the frame where the steering box mounts, while welding my new shackle mounts.
This would mean you have to take it off the frame, but at this point that's a minor thing to do while it's all tore apart anyways.
Resbum
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03-05-2012, 03:14 PM
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[quote=Resbum]Cool beans. Looking good.
Since you have the frame so exposed, and have already found one broken weld, take a really good look where the steering box mounts. The welder I hired to do my critical welds found two cracks in the frame where the steering box mounts, while welding my new shackle mounts.
This would mean you have to take it off the frame, but at this point that's a minor thing to do while it's all tore apart anyways.
Resbum[/quote
Thanks RES , yeah we checked everywhere after that !
@Mike 
here are a couple of pics of the Factory Dodge crossmember being modified to fit the Cherokee frame
drill holes through the welded on spacers
bolted in the chero
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03-05-2012, 03:36 PM
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Sheetmetal installed. Transmission in place
next will be the details getting it running,drive shafts ,steering brake lines fuel tanks etc. etc.
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03-05-2012, 03:56 PM
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WOW! that dropped in clean as a whistle! 
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Ristows right.................again,
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It's like you're unraveling a big cable-knit sweater that someone keeps knitting...and knitting...and knitting...and knitting...
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03-05-2012, 04:04 PM
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yeah probably not that clean, but its in there lol..it went better than i thought it was going to go.
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See what u can do w/o the bottle in ur hand!
Looks good!
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Wow you made that look so easy. I never thought of using the Dodge cross member, I always see people fabbing up custom mounts and such. Your way so much easier looking.
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-Jon Barstow
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03-05-2012, 10:20 PM
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See what u can do w/o the bottle in ur hand!
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03-05-2012, 10:26 PM
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Wow you made that look so easy. I never thought of using the Dodge cross member, I always see people fabbing up custom mounts and such. Your way so much easier looking.
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yeah i thought of using the crossmember because the Dodge and Amc frames are very similar in Width maybe 1/2 -1 inche off.. Chevy is about 2-4 inches difference.
Thanks for the props guys, but Mweath helped out a ton ! it would have been serious struggle with out his help
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1 more underhood shot before i get back to Wisconsin I still have a ton of stuff to do !
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Is the radiator and intercooler going to fit OK ??
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03-12-2012, 10:51 PM
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Is the radiator and intercooler going to fit OK ??
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I will probably need a couple of slugs off that bottle before its all over !
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03-21-2012, 10:22 AM
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Just subscribed! Looks great. Are those the factory front springs? If not, what springs are you using.
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03-21-2012, 12:28 PM
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How much space between the back of the head and the firewall? I looks like the fan is sitting where the radiator use to.
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'55 Willys Wagon, the original FSJ
Sitting on a '77 Cherokee frame, Dodge D60's
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03-21-2012, 08:05 PM
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Just subscribed! Looks great. Are those the factory front springs? If not, what springs are you using.
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Thanks yes they are the factory springs. it s now SOA |
03-21-2012, 08:15 PM
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How much space between the back of the head and the firewall? I looks like the fan is sitting where the radiator use to.
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about 2 inches...the fan works,but i will be using a electric fan in the front clip is not sitting on straight |
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