Posted by WA-Hal on December 06, 2010 at 12:32:37 from (208.81.157.90):
In Reply to: 1951 willys pu posted by kennebunksawmill on December 05, 2010 at 13:27:33:
I had a 1948 4 cylinder pickup years ago. It ran very well off road and I took it to some places I almost couldn't believe it would reach. Unfortunately on the road, it was kind of slow. I think it would do 50, but that was really running the rpm's up there. I was afraid I might blow up the little flathead 4. I drove it to work some in the Winter, and it never left me stranded. Finally a guy came along and offered me twice what I paid for it, so I sold it. And regretted doing so ever since.
A couple of friends of mine had a Jeep pickup with a Ford OHV 6 cylinder that they drove to high school. It was geared higher than the pickup I later had, and was a decent highway rig. Another friend had one that had been extensively modified, with a 350 Chevy, Muncie 4 speed, a more modern transfer case and different axles front and rear. It was a real hot rod, that did well in sand drags and on a regular drag strip, it would get into the 12's. The way he built it, he had very little problems with breakage, and we had a lot of fun with it.
I considered swapping engines in my pickup, but never did. I always thought a Pinto 4 cylinder would work well with the original drivetrain, since they could be revved pretty high. Or there would have been plenty of room to install most any of the small block V-8's, although I doubt that much of the original drivetrain would have held up well to that much power.
The only real negative thing I remember about my Jeep pickup was that the door latches didn't work just right, and occasionally I had the driver's door open unexpectedly. They were probably just worn out, and maybe it is possible to get new parts to repair them. But you might consider checking your Jeep for that problem. It is flat scary to have a door suddenly fly open when you are going around a corner kind of fast! Luckily I was using my seat belt.
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