We love clapped out old beaters just as much as super-spendy high-dollar Jeeps. But the best Jeeps are the real sleepers, the kind that look like they’ve been at the bottom of a lake for the past 40 years but burn up any trail with amazing ease. Adam Woodlee’s ’52 ****** truck is just one of those Jeeps. At first sight you’d expect to find a tired factory driveline begging for mercy while trying to push 39.5-inch tires. Instead you find a rappy Tuned Port–injected and roller-cam’d Chevy 350 mated to a TH350, dual transfer cases, and 1-ton axles. The paint scheme resembles the barnacles you might find under a ship, and friends joke with Adam about clear-coating the ****** so it doesn’t lose its, uh, luster. But as with any sleeper this one sports some sweet mods that you might not catch at first glance. Check out the drool-worthy stuff Adam and his dad Dwight did to the ’52.


HARD FACTS

Vehicle:
1952 ****** Truck

Engine:
Chevy 350

Transmission:
TH350

Transfer Case:
NP205

Suspension:
Homebuilt/sprung-over

Axles:
Dodge Dana 60 (front)
GM 14-bolt (rear)

Wheels:
MRT Beadlocks/chromies

Tires:
39.5 x 15 x 15 Super Swamper TSL
18.1 x 16.1 Goodyear farm implement

Built for:
Full throttle attacks on Tennessee mud, rocks and waterfalls
What We Think
We want to see more budget homebuilt rigs like this that issue a spankin' when we least expect it

 

 

pics itself reveals that the truck is made to overcome any type of situations and it is a tough one to beat..................:):):)

 

i have that issue on jp mag. i have a 53 truck waitin to be rebuilt. notice the missing lug nut? lol

 

My god. So is the box and cab original from the '52 ******?

 

http://www.jeepforum.com/forum/f22/1...build-1235210/

This is a thread I've been watching for a while now....amazing work.