Thread: 41 Willys Gasser project

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I remember when I was a kid and my dad would take me with him to the local track. He had a buddy that was running a 32 with a big block. He could lift the front end hitting second. He found a set of leaf springs and mounted them something like the way you did. He used a set of wheels off a hand truck. He would put white shoe polish on the wheels each run and we would check to see it both wheels hit the ground or not.

Cheers mate

Thanks Don, it looks like we will definitly be over in mid september

Is this the answer your looking for ???

Bob what are cornbinder parts ???

Bob was referring to a somewhat ancient farm implement that was used to harvest corn

Originally Posted by roadster32

Bob what are cornbinder parts ???

Cornbinder = International Harvester.

Originally Posted by roadster32

Is this the answer your looking for ???

Steve,when I saw a picture of a wheelie wheel being hung off a spring by a 1/4 20 and you being a master car crafter,it didn't fit the rest of your project.Now I am going back to the cheap seats and join in the with the rest of the crowd wave.I am very much enjoying your build.Very nice.

1/4 20 ???

Originally Posted by roadster32

1/4 20 ???

Steve what I was looking at was two pixs in post 158 where the wheels are just screwed on and the threads are exposed.

Oh i see, they are actually 1/2" bolts Gary, Cheers for the explanation i knew i was missing something

Been playing with hinges for the trunklid and suddenly thought "I don't need these, they are just extra weight" So i decided to put all the removable panels on pins.

First job was to make up the tabs for mounting the pins on, i used the offcuts from the old firewall and beefed them up with 3 extra layers of matt & resin, nice and thick.

These were held to the trunk gutter with 2 small screws for each corner after 3 layers of matt were applied, then a piece of wood was clamped to them to keep them in line. then any gaps were filled with chopped matt and resin.












Next i needed pins, I could of bought some but i realy wanted stainless so i used 10mm stainless bolts and cut the heads off them and shaped the ends by spinning them in a drill and shaping with a soft disc in an angle grinder. I then drilled the holes for the clips and then gave them a quick polish.



















All 4 fitted to the shell









The round plates were holesaw offcuts from my 26T project, I'm glad i didn't throw them away now. 3mm Mounting hoes were drilled and countersunk machine screws used with nylok nuts underneath, stainless R clips came from Ebay.










Also Picked up a nice big rad from a friend, not sure what it was for cos its huge !!!

Anyway made up some mounting brackets and struts and got it fitted. It was an absolute pig to weld the brackets on as whoever made it tinned the sides with solder, even ground off it still spat & farted !!!

Steve, lookin great. Amazing workmanship on those stainless bolts (now pins) just amazing.

Don Jr.

Just read through your thread, Steve. This is some outstanding work; I'm hooked from here on! You definitely take car building to the next level, I feel like a total beginner after reading this.

Steve,
Good idea on the trunk pins! They look right, and as usual your workmanship is outstanding. I've used that drill & disk method a few times chamfering edges or forming a point on round stock, but nothing like your pins. They look better than you could have bought!