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This is the 60 HP flathead 4 cylinder.
Very nice job on the engine packaging. Detailed routing with ease of maintenance from the looks.
You could keep the 4wd but these vehicles suffered from high speed steering wobble so changing out the axles and steering is the common upgrade along with a motor swap. This gray is the original color from 1948. Many were used by the Army. I will look into the Buick Folgers cover! Lol ... high speed for these trucks 45 mph at wot 55 if you had OD! Lol
I don’t know the exact causes of the death wobble, just know most people change out the steering system. This truck had an added steering stabilizer but it’s max speed in high gear was 45mph. LolVery nice indeed!!
I figured there were some that left the factory as 2wd like the old IH Scouts in the ‘60’s. The first Scout model 80 was 2wd. It seems most that you see are 4wd, or as IH called them, all wheel drive as they limited slip diffs on both ends.
The Scouts suffered from the death wobble as they had 0 caster until the last year, 1980, they had 2 deg.
Any idea if this was the cause of the Willys wobble?
I did my best to consider all maintenance access, it is a small engine compartment!Very nice job on the engine packaging. Detailed routing with ease of maintenance from the looks.