UPDATE: Still Available
(02/11/2011) Lots of details provided.
“For sale is a newly constructed rat rod willys truck. It has a total of 250 miles on it since completion. All parts were purchased new, the ones that weren’t were completely rebuilt. There is a total of $18,200.00 in parts alone in this car! It is a bargain at the asking price. The truck is as follows. Cab was sectioned 10″ down middle, channeled 10″ over frame, and 2″ taken of the bottom all the way around to remove external rocker panel. Floor structure is 1.5″&3/4″ box tube sheeted in 12ga. Gm column, full gauges, tach, shift light, cheetah scs shifter, bucket seats with seatbelts. It is wired front to back with a new harness. All lights and signals work perfectly. Truck has clean mi title, and is licensed in mi.
Frame- 2×3” boxed tube with full x bracing, mustang II front suspension, (“all new, hub to hub”) rack
and pinion steering, ladder bars on carrera coilovers in rear. 9″ ford with 4:11.1 gear. Wheel bolt patern is chevy 5 on 4 3/4″. Four wheel disk brakes with willwood dual master cyl, front and rear bias adj willwood pedals. Front tires 7.50×15 MT ET Drags. Rear tires 14x31x15 firestones. Front wheels are American racing ansens, and rears are centerline convo et’s.
Engine- Professionaly built 1965 small journal 327 chevy. .030 over, balanced, blueprinted, forged crank, forged 6″ howards rods, forged Keith black pistons, high pressure oil pump. Edelbrock aluminum rpm heads, roller rockers, and crane girdles. Camshaft is a custom ground Howards solid lifter flat tappet. Intake manifold is a wieand high ram with 2 600 cfm afb’s and edelbrock air cleaners. Full Mallory ign. 15/8 headers. 2 spd powerglide with brake, 4200 rpm convertor. For more info call mugsy at (nine o six)three seven o-otwo93 before 5pm est.
This car is a blast to drive! It rides great, handles well. All it needs is a new owner. Will consider trades for machine tools. Ie: lathes, verticle and horizontal mills, metal shears, pan and box brakes, shop equipment, trailers, gooseneck or bumper pull in the 14-18k gvwr range. Flatbeds, tiltdecks, or dump. Also, bobcats, dozers, backhoes, loaders, or tractors as long as they’re of a minimum value of 12k. If more pictures are needed, drop me an email address, and I will send some to you.”