Thread: 41 Willys Gasser project

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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

The triangle hood pc by the bottom hinge,you going to add a filler pc in??.I honestly don't remember if the older gassers where like that.

Very nice the work you have done.

The triangle hood pc by the bottom hinge,you going to add a filler pc in??.I honestly don't remember if the older gassers where like that.

Very nice the work you have done.

Yes Gary there is a small triangle piece to go in, all Willys had it, some people make it part of the hood.

Got to the last job on the hood over the weekend, because its a single skin it tends to move a bit, remedy was to add a couple of stiffners down the sides.

I used a piece of 1/2" x 16swg square tube either side, first i curved it to follow the line of the fenders.

















Next i fitted a rivnut in either end and bolted it to the hood side, this allowed me to check the curve was right and recurve if needed, I will glass up the holes later.

















Refitted the hood and it was spot on, had a nice gradual curve to the sides, so removed it for glassing in place.

damn good work. I salute you. salute.gif

Thanks mate, its appreciated

Wow, Steve, that is really starting to take shape. It looks like you have temporarily pushed the 26 (or 27) into a corner?

Don

Steve,A moment of off topic is you don't mind.The two pixs of those other cars got my memory trying to remember what is the wheel base of these cars??.Is it 96"??.

Still working on it when i can Don, built up the short block and reworking the heads at the moment, port matching, bowl reshaping, porting, CCing etc etc, there is a lot of time in the heads alone.
I'm pressing on with the willys as i've had interested parties from the USA & Australia that want me to sell/export to them, The bodies are selling way better than i thought they would.

102.5" or 104" depending on the year Gary