Making Of The Willy Mammoth

[79coyotefrg]

  I'll give you a rear stinger

  ooooooh 


ok maybe just a wheely bar 

[Willy Mammoth]

WHAT?

Oh, OK here are some pictures of the progress for this weekend.

First pic you see me willing the sawsall to come to me so I can cut on the rear deck panel.

Then it installed.

[Willy Mammoth]

Here we are bending up some tubing for the EXO that will be removable for our normal FL. wheeling trips.

[unclejpl4x4]

Ok  well it's ok then   looking good..............
can i send you my 93 pickup and some $$$
1. SaS
2.exo
3.bob
4.flatbelly
5. 3z

[Lady Di]

UncJ... less and more situps will help you with #4 

[Willy Mammoth]

Here is the start of the stininger.

I also changed the rear third from 5.71's to the 5.29's and welded the armor on that was sitting in a box on the shelf.

Last one is of the dog cage sitting on the new deck.

[Lady Di]

Oh, OK here are some pictures of the progress for this weekend.

First pic you see me willing the sawsall to come to me so I can cut on the rear deck panel.

he has a way with tools!

[DTB]

I see the force is strong within you, young one. 

[unclejpl4x4]

UncJ... less and more situps will help you with #4 

i almost fell over

[skipnrocks]

Here we are bending up some tubing for the EXO that will be removable for our normal FL. wheeling trips.

Hey Mark,  good to see you like the removable exo,  now people wont think im crazy.  Do you have any drawn up plans on your desighn,  curious where your connection points will be, and what you use to connect with.  Have you thought about doing a front clip also that will protect that pretty hood and fenders?  Thats kinda what i was planning a 3 piece,  one for each side and a clip to protect the hood,  but Ive got tubed fenders up front to mount too..   

PS where did you get the rubber blocks on your hood for your windsheild to rest on? 

lata
WILLYNILLY

[Willy Mammoth]

Hey Mark,  good to see you like the removable exo,  now people wont think im crazy.  Do you have any drawn up plans on your desighn,  curious where your connection points will be, and what you use to connect with.  Have you thought about doing a front clip also that will protect that pretty hood and fenders?  Thats kinda what i was planning a 3 piece,  one for each side and a clip to protect the hood,  but Ive got tubed fenders up front to mount too..  

PS where did you get the rubber blocks on your hood for your windsheild to rest on? 

lata
WILLYNILLY

The rubber blocks are Marlins bump stops with the ears cut off. Drilled and tapped for 5/16" bolts.

I have one fender bar made that ties into the stinger, but ran out of material.

I plan to use some U clamps made out of 1/4"x 2 flat bar that have a thru bolt behind the cage. This way the bolts can be taken out and the EXO will slide off.

Plans I'm making this up as I go along.

[Lady Di]

 Plans! We don't need no steekin' plans!   it's all laid out in MrW's brain!

[skipnrocks]

Plans! We don't need no steekin' plans!   it's all laid out in MrW's brain!

LOL I love it, a family after my own heart,  cant wait till I get to see how it turns out. 

[Bazzi]

hmm you guys need an wacation.

come to Iceland, when you guys will get borred of sight seeing you can come work on my truck...  I know I don´t have time for it.

[Willy Mammoth]

We worked on it all last week and was able to get the 5.29 gears back it the front as well. 


Mrsw ran the lathe and made up the bushings for the EXO while I worked on building the 3rd.

No body got hurt or killed in the process so that is all good. 

[Willy Mammoth]

Started making progress on the EXO, but had to take it for a test run.

The Jeep club was having a night run and thought it would be fun to go test it out for a while.

[unclejpl4x4]

wow that dose look good

[CTENG in KS]

Holy...is that the final position for the stinger??!!

[unclejpl4x4]

i was looking more at the backtop  rail   whats gone keep it from hiting the paint?   
maybe a strut from the rollbar?

[Willy Mammoth]

i was looking more at the backtop  rail   whats gone keep it from hiting the paint?  
maybe a strut from the rollbar?

  Me> <unclejp4x4

Did I say it was done yet. Have faith there, I will get to that soon. 

[Lady Di]

Holy...is that the final position for the stinger??!!

The front? Yeah, that's the position.
It's a work in progress

[SWAMPER]

You guys making a removable exo...damn...I was hoping to be the first...im using a different approach though

[Lady Di]

where's your build thread swampy?

[Willy Mammoth]

Here is where we are at now. Progress is a little slower than expected, but That is to be expected.

[crawlerdan]

mark, you are the crazy neighbor i always wanted, the house next to me is for rent

[unclejpl4x4]

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[Rocksurfer]

That is the ugliest exo I've ever seen, keep up the good work. 

[skipnrocks]

Lookin  good man,  have you thought about puting a clip over the hood to protect it in a roll also?

[gotrocks]

of course you go and do that now MRW.  I was thinking about doing a removable exo on my runner and was hoping that I was going to be the first.  Its in my shop right now and I haven't gotten to my exo yet.  Most people around here think I'm crazy for wanting an exo but once I repaint my truck I don't want to trash the body and at the same time don't want an exo all the time.  I'm probably not going to have it done by the time the roundup comes up so I'll have to give yours a good inspection and copy some ideas if you don't mind.

[Lady Di]

That is the ugliest exo I've ever seen, keep up the good work. 

  There's that green eyed monster rearing it's head again. Don't be jealous just cause you're driving a Junkarai now, we can't all be cool.
that exo is BAD! I hope the stinger is at a good angle, we were following Marlin's picture at the top and in his ads. I'll have to get a picture from the angle that his picture is at.

And Gotrocks we'll let you inspect and copy for a small surcharge      JK, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.