When I was in high school more than 30 years ago I went to school my sophomore year in this 1955 Willy before we broke it down to restore it (then it sat in the weeds for the next 10 years). In 1995 I loaded all the parts into the back of a U-Haul style truck and transported it to Tacoma Washington to start the restoration.





The frame was rebuilt to include new custom made cross beams and a total boxed in frame. The axles were replace with Chevy axles.

An air tank out of a Peterbuilt was installed for the air operated step bars



The firewall was modified to accept a Chevrolet 350 V-8



and a V-8 was rebuilt along with the 350 turbo automatic transmission and set onto the frame in custom made motor mounts