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Wildcat455
03-30-2007, 05:39 PM
Someone was interested in some old pics I had of wheelin' some of my previous rigs.
Glamis Sand Dunes shortly after buying it

http://i13.tinypic.com/4bzrr40.jpg

Ramping it at one of the Jamborees

http://i9.tinypic.com/2njzr5w.jpg

After painting it

http://i10.tinypic.com/42xz5tj.jpg

White tanks Oreo Wash

http://i9.tinypic.com/34g7x5j.jpg

http://i12.tinypic.com/3zqe4hd.jpg

http://i13.tinypic.com/2uo06r8.jpg

Parker

http://i14.tinypic.com/3yrg8i1.jpg

http://i11.tinypic.com/2lk47rl.jpg

http://i11.tinypic.com/4bpr51c.jpg

http://i13.tinypic.com/2nu0h81.jpg
Wildcat455
03-30-2007, 05:40 PM
Upper Terminator


http://i12.tinypic.com/2usu807.jpg


Ajax

http://i7.tinypic.com/4hb9yc0.jpg

http://i11.tinypic.com/33kr6h5.jpg


Anaconda

http://i13.tinypic.com/49bpriq.jpg

http://i11.tinypic.com/2e5js4h.jpg


Asylum

http://i9.tinypic.com/2q011xk.jpg

http://i10.tinypic.com/334uh6v.jpg

http://i12.tinypic.com/33ooeau.jpg
Wildcat455
03-30-2007, 05:40 PM
Axle Alley

http://i3.tinypic.com/2hfp1tg.jpg

http://i10.tinypic.com/3yy49xt.jpg

http://i9.tinypic.com/4gjc4k6.jpg


Raw Deal

http://i9.tinypic.com/345d95h.jpg
Wildcat455
03-30-2007, 05:44 PM
All these rigs were carbureted!
LOST TJ
03-30-2007, 05:48 PM
http://i12.tinypic.com/33ooeau.jpg

That is insane man!!!! :eek: Looks like you've definitely had a blast over the years. :cool:
shannonmac
03-30-2007, 06:03 PM
those are great!!!!
Crawldit
03-30-2007, 06:30 PM
I LOVE the old school rigs. I'd love to pick up a Willy's one of these days and build it up with my son. Those are some nice looking rigs.
rockr
03-30-2007, 06:37 PM
nice....thanks for sharing:D
xFallen
03-30-2007, 06:40 PM
All these rigs were carbureted!

Smokin' cool Bill. :cool:
weasel_ugs
03-30-2007, 06:40 PM
It almost looks like an evolution of the Jeep time line. Don
twstdtj
03-30-2007, 06:47 PM
Sweet!!!!

I like the desert camo !! :cool:
Wildcat455
03-30-2007, 06:48 PM
Yeah, Jeepin has been good to me, I do have allot of memories on the trails, and I got a little misty eyed digging these old photos up. :o
Wildcat455
03-30-2007, 06:50 PM
Sweet!!!!

I like the desert camo !! :cool:

Hehehe! Yeah, for a leaf sprung carbureted rig, that one was pretty capable.

The only thing that held it back was the guy driving! :D
Wildcat455
03-30-2007, 06:51 PM
BTW, right after that rig, I built the Blue Buggy...
twstdtj
03-30-2007, 06:52 PM
Was the brown and current blue all evolutions or the original Willys
twstdtj
03-30-2007, 06:57 PM
http://i11.tinypic.com/2lk47rl.jpg


Nice Pimp Hat :D :eek: :D
Wildcat455
03-30-2007, 06:58 PM
Was the brown and current blue all evolutions or the original Willys

Not sure exactly what you mean, but those were all the same Jeep, just in different stages of it's metamorphasis. BTW, the grille is the ONLY thing that made it from the original Jeep all the way to the Blue buggy.

The Brown Jeep (CJ-7) has a completely different history.
Wildcat455
03-30-2007, 06:58 PM
Yeah, I was wonderin if someone was gonna say something!! :o
RokNRich
03-30-2007, 07:18 PM
That is a very cool evolution Bill. Thanks for sharing. :)
AZG23
03-30-2007, 08:42 PM
thats very cool Bill....its like what we were talkin about out at white tanks all came to life seeing the pics...! thanks fer sharin'
AZXJ
03-30-2007, 09:16 PM
I remember when the Willy's was blue and running 33's.. Campout up on 300 about 6 months after I bought my first XJ.. Great memories!! Gas on wet stumps, great food and Wonderful friends!!
Wildcat455
03-30-2007, 11:08 PM
I remember when the Willy's was blue and running 33's.. Campout up on 300 about 6 months after I bought my first XJ.. Great memories!! Gas on wet stumps, great food and Wonderful friends!!

ABSOLUTELY!!

My wife still asks about you... But I'm not too concerned!! :eek:

Have we wheeled together since then?? Good Memories there, Dave!
AZXJ
03-30-2007, 11:18 PM
:D haha!!!

Another few years and I'll wheel with ya agian.. Once my Buggy is done..
you know my builds, they take years to finish.. :D haha
Wildcat455
03-30-2007, 11:26 PM
If Joe West is paying attention, I remember wheeling with him on Axle Alley. He had EVERYTHING on that TJ (Except a blender, otherwise we'd have been making Margaritas!) I think he broke a front shaft, but I'm not sure... At any rate, fun was had by all, but mostly me... :D

I think in one of those pics you can see DougB, one of the original "Dirty Half Dozen" that started the AZVJC... Matter of fact, I think you can see his back in the Parker Photos and his white TJ also..
Joe West
03-31-2007, 07:31 AM
I'm paying attention... I remember Axle Alley... but I don't remember what broke that trip, I thought it was just a flat tire but over the years I broke enough things that I don't recall them all. It is one of the reasons I carried so much crap; I hate not having what I need (and more).

Your Jeep was at the blue painted stage on the first run I went on with you... it was broken arrow and you broke your right rear axle shaft. I still have pictures of us fixing it on the trail.

Good memories...


Awesome pictures Bill... thanks for sharing.

If Joe West is paying attention, I remember wheeling with him on Axle Alley. He had EVERYTHING on that TJ (Except a blender, otherwise we'd have been making Margaritas!) I think he broke a front shaft, but I'm not sure... At any rate, fun was had by all, but mostly me... :D

I think in one of those pics you can see DougB, one of the original "Dirty Half Dozen" that started the AZVJC... Matter of fact, I think you can see his back in the Parker Photos and his white TJ also..
Wildcat455
03-31-2007, 08:40 PM
Yeah, I remember driving home at 35 MPH the whole way on the front axle!!
lancetkenyon
04-01-2007, 10:41 AM
Those are great Bill! It is amazing what you have done over the years to the rig.
Antman
04-01-2007, 07:46 PM
Hey Bill. What ever happened to DougB? Don't hear anything about him anymore.
I used to buy all his junk parts!:p
desertdawg
04-01-2007, 09:05 PM
Thanks for sharing those pics!:cool:
Wildcat455
04-02-2007, 07:15 AM
Hey Bill. What ever happened to DougB? Don't hear anything about him anymore.
I used to buy all his junk parts!:p

I don't know... he just kinda dissapeared from wheeling.

Allot of the people who we started out with and wheeled with in the "Early Days" aren't around. :(
It's been a while since I heard from Len Sullivan, Scott Kruize, Bob Trenton, Joe Clark and Bruce Browell.

It's hard not to think of Joe Clark and Bob Trenton when I run trails like Raw Deal, Judgement Day, and Gila Monster (The one at Table Mesa).

Chris Lewis, the guy in the camo jacket at the top of the last obstacle on Axle Alley doesn't wheel anymore.

Ross Skinner still has a Jeep... I think an LJ... I still keep in touch with him, but I haven't been out wheelin with him in a long time. He's just into the forest exploratory mode, I guess..
BTW, Ross' son is busy becoming a Navy SEAL :cool:
live24wheel
04-02-2007, 09:50 AM
If you look really close in a pic or 2, you can see hair on the top of Bills head! :D
Wildcat455
04-02-2007, 03:36 PM
If you look really close in a pic or 2, you can see hair on the top of Bills head! :D

No you can't, silly! :rolleyes:
I started shaving my head before all this Jeepin' Stuff! :cool:

Hell, Charles Barkley took the fashion cue from ME!!!

(Hell is not a cuss word, I checked! :D )

Ohh, and if you don't know who Charles Barkley is... (NO he doesn't sing "Crazy"!) Look up some Phoenix Suns history.
T.C.'S TOY
04-02-2007, 03:44 PM
Whow Bill great shots of all your rigs,definately an experienced wheeler and a leader of our sport.Skinner and i have wheeled all over the north country but haven't heard from him in a couple of years guess he is really involved in the community up here in Payson.....Thom (T.C.'S TOY):)
Easyover
04-02-2007, 03:53 PM
Upper Terminator


http://i12.tinypic.com/2usu807.jpg




I would have stopped right there with the build! That's a sweet 3B fo sho! thanks for sharing.
Wildcat455
04-02-2007, 04:15 PM
I would have stopped right there with the build! That's a sweet 3B fo sho! thanks for sharing.

Yeah, trust me, I have the whole Hindsight is 20/20 thing for tearing that one apart.
Wildcat455
04-02-2007, 05:02 PM
Whow Bill great shots of all your rigs,definately an experienced wheeler and a leader of our sport.Skinner and i have wheeled all over the north country but haven't heard from him in a couple of years guess he is really involved in the community up here in Payson.....Thom (T.C.'S TOY):)

Talked to him today, he's the IT guy at the Payson Hospital now...

Maybe we should get together for a run or something? The timing couldn't be better with it warming up...

Bill (Antman) invited me up. I'm thinking I really need to slow down a little and get my butt (I checked, Butt is not a dirty word!!) up there! :D

Ross has been asking me about getting together anyway. Might as well make it an off roading trip!