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Update and a good one for a change after various annoying little problems the motor is now pretty much dialed in and running pretty sweetly now, unfortunately I missed Dragstalgia which I was really disappointed about
I took it out for a quick drive up the road and everything seems fine but i'm not convinced about the front brakes, you have to stomp on them pretty hard to get it to stop, a quick call to Wilwood and I found out they now do a narrow forged Dynalite caliper which would more or less replace the Vectra calipers I am already using, result !!! It would mean new caliper brackets but that wasn't gonna be a big deal.

Calipers turned up in 3 days but I hadn't thought of adding brake pads to my order so back onto them and they arrive tomorrow The pics below tell the story and I also changed the brake flexis to Black, still 100% stainless but with a black over lay, looks better I think. The Wilwood writing on the calipers is gonna have to go though.












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WOW they look like twice the stopping surface

Originally Posted by cffisher

WOW they look like twice the stopping surface

Yes Charlie should be much better, I asked about a bit of sponsorship and got a generous discount too, I will have to leave the name on for a while I think.

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They look very nice on there! Great work on the mounting brackets!!!

Well the brake pads turned up on time so we bled the brakes and got a nice pedal, the pads need bedding in as they are the hard green type.
It was nice and quite outside today (for a while ) so a quick trip up the road was in order to test the brakes All was good and Sue did a short video without me knowing so here it is

41 Willys gasser - YouTube

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WoooooHooooo. Way to go Sue. Looks and sounds great Steve! Can't wait to see this one at the strip!

Well I'm amazed Steve, where were all the neighbourhood kids, young and old, racing down the footpath too get a good close up look at " That Neat Car " from down the street. Hell anywhere else in the world you could of filled a grandstand with bystanders just attracted to that mighty sound, oh well, I suppose it is hard to compete against boring girlie sport called football aye. The car looks and sounds bloody perfect for us petrolheads...

Sounds fantastic.

Still doing minor changes to the car, changing bits i'm not entirely happy with, one of these was the solid engine mounts, I gave them a try but couldn't live with the vibes to be honest so I picked up a pair of hockey pucks which I drilled out, I also turned up a couple of aluminium cups for the pucks to sit in and it gives a bit of side support to stop them squishing out sideways.










I also changed the rear windows, I originally had 1/4" acrylic but was never happy with the look, they seemed too thick, anyway I changed them for 1/8" and now they look much better.





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Great work. It sounds and looks amazing! I was shocked too no one was out trying to see the super bad ride out on the town street. That hockey puck is a great idea and I'd love to steal your idea.

I'm starting to think this car maybe cursed Sorted everything for the Supernats until today , Willys all fine and on the button but on the home some little scrote on a scooter hit my car at 40mph, couldn't believe the damage a scooter could do !!! Car is a writeoff as airbags gone off and all sorts of damage
I tried to hire something with a towbar but nothing available, at 1800hrs I had all but given up hope but I got a call from Dave the MOT guy who said he had a Transit with a hook I could borrow , this meant 2 trips, one with the trailer tent and one with the car, not too bad I thought on the way back from picking up the Transit I got a text from Mister Tee on here saying he could detour and tow the trailer tent for me
So Cinders will go to the ball

I can't thank Dave & Mo enough for helping out, its great to have such wonderful friends, thanks guys.






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Sorry to see about your accident. At least everyone was ok. (Not killed)

Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe

Sorry to see about your accident. At least everyone was ok. (Not killed)

If it had been the Willys I would of finished the little fooker off !!!

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he hit both those cars??????????

What the heck was he doing? Trying to go between the cars?