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                                                      the windows once were...      removed side to side to narrow
                                                                                    removed side to side to narrow
                                                      The condition was more        the overall width. These two
                                                      than rough and most would     surgeries put the Willys roughly
                                                     have declined immediately.     the same dimensions as an
                                                     That would have been a great   A-model Ford.
                                                     option, but not one I had.        The top was chopped 6”
                                                     First, this was my nephew and   at fi rst and later another 1  ⁄2”
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                                                     this would be his fi rst hotrod   taken out to give it that sinister
                                                     ever. Second, I was stone      look. The rounded top was cut
                                                    broke and needed the money      off and a fl at roof replaced it.
                                                    and that always trumps the      Six inches was removed from
                                                    fi rst place. In all of this I have   the bottom all the way around
                                                    learned one very important      to shorten the stance even
                                                    lesson. With enough surgery,    further. It was channeled over
                                                    the ugliest girl ever can become   the frame which was built from
                                                    the prom queen which is always   scratch. An L kickup frame in
                                                    better than the trailer queen!   the rear allowed room for a
                                                      The multiple surgeries this   backseat. Not much of one,
                                                    Jeep went through were as       however. The motor is a mid
                                                    follows: 30” removed from       80’s 350 with a mid 70’s 350
                                                    the center end to the end to    tranny. Seats are curtacy of Iron
                                                    shorten the side profi le and 10”   Ace Hotrod Seats. All the other








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