[zjrog]

Sounds like it will be a cool ride...

When I get out from under other projects, I've got my sites on a 51 Willy's pickup. Well the cab is what I'll be getting. I want to drop the shell over a Ranger floor and firewall so I can have a 4 banger (likely turbocharged), since the Willy's floor is rotted out. Lots of ways to drop a Ranger 2WD frame into the weeds. But the whole goal is to be sort of ratrod-like, minor chop-top as I'm 6'3", but be able to be daily driven if need be, hence the 4 cylinder. I have considered a Cummins 4BT from a breadtruck even. I like the idea of using an old aluminum boat... I'd like to see that. Hmmm, I wanted to the 4 for saving money on fuel, to be different. Not too sure I could make the Willy's very aero...

My uncle swore by the older Mercedes 240 Diesels. He drove 3 of them into the ground, each with better than 300,000 miles on them.