Thread: 41 Willys Gasser project

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Originally Posted by roadster32

We havnt had much sun here yet Bob

No,Steve...doesnt look like it..We arent getting much here at the moment either...In fact,even though its winter,,I think we have had our quota of rain for the whole of winter in the last week or so..NOW,,,dont nobody tell me its global warming...not here it aint..
Steve,,the Willys is looking good,,love the column,and the seats..the whole package is awesome...

Thanks Robin, hope the weather improves soon.

It was raining here last evening so i had an evening on the lathe sorting my fuel filler and column drop.

I found a lump of 2.5" stainless round bar in the scrap bin so managed to get both bits out of a chunk of it.

Started with this








And produced these










I had an old motorbike flip cap laying around so gave it a repolish and made a flange from a bit of sheet stainless, put it together and got this










Made up a couple of tapped spigots and welded them to the boss for the column support, The bolts that hold the rose joints in place also hold the collar in place on the column, they have points which engage in small holes in the column outer.








Fitted the filler cap and it had stopped raining so made up the filler tube from some stainless bend offcuts, nothing wasted here.

Very nice work on the stainless.

honestly don't think the masking tape will seal the gas fill.....Other than that great job

Maybe i need to step up to some insulating tape

duct tape fixes everything!

:lol::lol::lol:

I made up a light gauge framework that bolts to the firewall to mount the dash and column mount, this allowed me to get my column mount finished.
Left it out overnight and it rained so started rusting in just a few hours No problem as it will get blasted and powder coated.








The dash needs trimming as its well oversize but it looks promising. it needs a little blending and fettling on the ends as its not a 41 dash.

I don't know.I can't put my finger on it.Seems the column is short or the wheel is aways away from the dash.Maybe it's the picture angle.It does seem like the proportion isn't right.

Its a fairly deep dish wheel Gary, maybe that is throwing your eye ???

I trhink it just goes through the floor and not the firewall Gary! Makes it look funny in relation to dash. Then again maybe it's not finished yet so it's hanging there!

Goes through the bottom of the firewall Steve, 3" up from the floor, remember my firewall is set back a fair way and the seats are back as well, its nice and comfortable.

My panel truck was like that too. I sat back further than stock & the engine was set back making the firewall flat up against the back of the dash. The main thing is the steering wheel ends up in a comfortable position in relation to the driver.

From Post 272 the location of the wheel looks just right, provided you can see the column and wheel past the glare....
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Sorry Steve, could not resist the temptation.