Thread: 41 Willys Gasser project

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Looks like that should give good support in every direction, Steve.


Don

Very strong Steve and I'm impressed with the amount of foot room you will have in there, you got room for three pedals. I always thought the Willy's weren't much bigger across the A posts as an Anglia but that looks huge.

Yes mate the front is now like a rock, I still want to add a tube from the firewall to the front of the frame though.

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

Looks like that should give good support in every direction, Steve.


Don

OOOHH MAAAN your Willys is sooo cool !!!!...guess this means i have to drag my '55 Chevy 2dr post out huh ???...lol

Originally Posted by Duane 1950

OOOHH MAAAN your Willys is sooo cool !!!!...guess this means i have to drag my '55 Chevy 2dr post out huh ???...lol

Naw........ you don't have to drag it out.................. I'll do it for you..............
55 2dr post is my 3rd favorite car.......

55 Chevyyyyyyyyyyyyyy.....................ohhhhhhhhhh, (in my best Homer Simpson voice).......................

Well seeing as i have no interest in a royal wedding i thought i would make good use of the long bank holiday weekend.

Cut the front floor panel from a sheet of 12mm ply and clearanced it for the autobox, Its only bolted in at the moment, will glass it fully very shortly.








Once i had the floor in place i could get the front body mounts into place.








Next i made some plates up that bolt to the front mounts at the A post sandwiching the floor, this where my front cage mounts.










Next i made the B post mounts from 4" x 2" box, these needed to be strong as my main cage hoop bolts in here, the box was tapered and capped off and square plate welded to each mount. They are tacked in place and will get fully welded when the body is lifted off. (the box section in the pics is the temperary mounts)














2 more plates were cut and drilled to bolt in at the B post again sandwiching the 12mm floor, this is where the main cage hoop bolts in.








Next i started putting in the steelwork to stiffen up the B post and to provide a mounting point for the lock striker.








This is where it started raining so i retired to the workshop to find something to do, I had a offcut of 3" stainless exhaust tubing so decided to make a weight bar for the rear, i spun up some capping plates for the ends and welded them in place, then i gave the tube a quick polish as it makes it easier to full polish after the brackets were welded on. The brackets fix where the original Willys bumper irons fit, I will cut the bumper irons cutouts in the rear fenders tomorrow and hopefully get it bolted in place.










All in all a good productive day !!! Now for a nice beer or 2





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Very nice work Steve but hey man,what's this not watching the wedding of the century??? You could of sat there with Sue and drunk your beers and made all sorts of wise quacks just to annoy her.

I would rather stick pins in my eyes Whip, i thought it was boring !!!

Sorry Whip been unable to login for the last few days, duno why ??? I would much rather be in my workshop than watching a boring wedding.

Nice stuff, Steve!!! Working on a Hot Rod is a priority over watching any dang wedding on the tube!

Think this is about the best thread I found where attaching a glass body to metal work . Really good lay out , and may be some great stuff when even rejuvenating some old metal .

Thanks mate, thats very kind of you to say.

Originally Posted by bluestang67

Think this is about the best thread I found where attaching a glass body to metal work . Really good lay out , and may be some great stuff when even rejuvenating some old metal .

Thats looking real good,Steve..You arent going to glass the steel frame to the body,are you??Different rates of expansion and contraction,as you probably know..That Willys is coming along in leaps and bounds,mate..Nothin like a gasser in the neighbourhood to wake up the locals...
I hadnt seen you on here for some hours,so I naturally thought you were out with the half million others,lining the streets to watch the wedding.. I had a good excuse too..Didnt want to sit around an 11pm to see it all..

No mate i know about the expansion/contraction thing plus of course glass don't stick that well to steel, Everything is bolted and clamped, I never hang hinges/locks etc etc on the glass, i prefer to sandwich the glass so its not stressed, never had a star crack ever in any of my glass cars doing it this way. i'm probably teaching my granny to suck eggs here as your obviously a laminator

Originally Posted by lamin8r

Thats looking real good,Steve..You arent going to glass the steel frame to the body,are you??Different rates of expansion and contraction,as you probably know..That Willys is coming along in leaps and bounds,mate..Nothin like a gasser in the neighbourhood to wake up the locals...
I hadnt seen you on here for some hours,so I naturally thought you were out with the half million others,lining the streets to watch the wedding.. I had a good excuse too..Didnt want to sit around an 11pm to see it all..

We sure agree on that Dave !!!

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Nice stuff, Steve!!! Working on a Hot Rod is a priority over watching any dang wedding on the tube!