Thread: 41 Willys Gasser project

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Finally picked up a pair of trail plates for the handles/locks, big thank you to my friend Paul Nichols (morris460) who donated them.

First job was to make up some solderless nipples as i'm using stainless cables to link them to the locks, I welded a nipple to each trail plate arm to accept the cable.

The lock arm already has an arm ready to accept the cable nipple.

It all works real nice.

Hell Steve, something so simple and you make artwork out of it and and giving me another idea of how or what I may be able to do with the door catches on my bucket.

Hardly artwork Whip but it does work nice

That's great info, Steve. This will help a lot of guys with similar issues. (me, for instance)

Simple and efficient, I love your common sense approach, IMHO, it's what makes your build threads so interesting.

Steve,

Ditto on the great info. I am disappointed however that you didn't make that socket head lock screw out of stainless.

Jack.

Didn't want to blow the budget Jack

Common sense & cheap go hand in hand mate
Many thanks for the comments

Glad it helped somebody mate, Its all worth it when its helpful.

I think when UPS delivered the last parts, Steve was too distracted to see if they were stainless. Not sure why?

Funnily enough Steve our UPS girl that calls is a black cutie but not as cute as that one

Originally Posted by stovens

I think when UPS delivered the last parts, Steve was too distracted to see if they were stainless. Not sure why?

If my UPS delivery person looked like that, if the nuts and bolts I ordered were made of marshmallows I would accept them and order some more.

Jack.

I'll wager she looks good comin' or goin'!!!

Probably COD

Now the doors are virtually there i started on the hood, Its taken a couple of evenings to get right but i found the best way was to get the hood lined up with the beltline and then adjust the fenders to suit,

It fits pretty well but being a single skin it tends to be a bit floppy so needed a little bracing here and there, first i attended to the rear side corners that stick out a little, it needed a simple brace on the curve to keep it in the right shape.

A bit of measuring and a piece of tape to keep the sides constant and work progressed.









A piece of 3/8" ply was cut as a stiffner and the area keyed up, the ply is held in place with a few blobs of body filler. Then matting applied, no picture of the matting going on as my fingers were a bit sticky.










Here its fitted back on the car, 32 hood hold downs like they used back in the 60's, apart from a bit of blending and fettling of the gaps its virtually there. There will be no tight door gaps here as Willys were never known for their great panel fitment, don't want it too perfect otherwise it will look like a glass car