I have a 49 Willys Truck and am putting it on a 97 AWD 5.0 Explorer chassis. I had another rusty cab and tried to fit it and ended up removing everything, and eventually threw it away. So now I'm using another Cab that has full floors and everything. I am very hesitant to cut it all away, where the rusty one was no issue. I tore out most of the Explorer dash, was thinking of using like you were, but essentially it won't work, but I will keep the wiring and refit the dash into the Willys dash (I did this on a 74 Dodge Motorhome I swapped in a 5.9 dodge truck motor and its wiring, I put all the dash gauges into the motorhome dash..) So I've been very interested in seeing how you get it done. The Willys is very narrow compared to the explorer, so I had to cut away all the heater stuff just like you had to. My I suggest less talking and more doing...
Just found your channel..you spoke about how hard it was to bend metal. Can you add more weight outward so to give you more leverage when bending your sheet metal?
I am about to start mounting a 1950 F-1 on a 2002 Explorer chassis and have watched all of the videos on your other channel numerous times. I was afraid you had abandoned your project when you quit posting videos and was very excited to stumble upon your new channel. However, I was concerned when you mentioned that you were going to remove your other channel, as I am relying on those videos to guide me when I start cutting the Explorer apart late this summer (I have to upgrade the electrical system in my garage before I can weld anything out there). Is there any way to transfer your old videos to your current channel? Thanks for sharing everything you have done thus far. Much appreciated. Al
I had been wondering what happened with this project. Glad to see it finally resuming.
I have a 49 Willys Truck and am putting it on a 97 AWD 5.0 Explorer chassis. I had another rusty cab and tried to fit it and ended up removing everything, and eventually threw it away. So now I'm using another Cab that has full floors and everything. I am very hesitant to cut it all away, where the rusty one was no issue. I tore out most of the Explorer dash, was thinking of using like you were, but essentially it won't work, but I will keep the wiring and refit the dash into the Willys dash (I did this on a 74 Dodge Motorhome I swapped in a 5.9 dodge truck motor and its wiring, I put all the dash gauges into the motorhome dash..) So I've been very interested in seeing how you get it done. The Willys is very narrow compared to the explorer, so I had to cut away all the heater stuff just like you had to.
My I suggest less talking and more doing...
Just found your channel..you spoke about how hard it was to bend metal.
Can you add more weight outward so to give you more leverage when bending your sheet metal?
I am about to start mounting a 1950 F-1 on a 2002 Explorer chassis and have watched all of the videos on your other channel numerous times. I was afraid you had abandoned your project when you quit posting videos and was very excited to stumble upon your new channel. However, I was concerned when you mentioned that you were going to remove your other channel, as I am relying on those videos to guide me when I start cutting the Explorer apart late this summer (I have to upgrade the electrical system in my garage before I can weld anything out there). Is there any way to transfer your old videos to your current channel? Thanks for sharing everything you have done thus far. Much appreciated. Al
Not entirely. I actually moved this project to a new channel. Search for "goofy foot garage". That's where I moved this project to.