Thread: 41 Willys Gasser project

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That's going to be a very cool addition to the Willys.

cool .. dads drag truck never had one of them..but they did have a 727 with push button dash shifter. they would run the hemi up till it.s throat was clear and very mad... then puch the button .... all four tires would clear the ground . they stop doing it or it was band at the track as some guy was missing part of his foot when the trans came up threw the floor to see him

Heck, that is awesome and no way would you want to hide the mechanism in a box. I like the drilled bracket and it certainly gives it that real race car imagine, a real bonus for the interior feel of the car.

Originally Posted by roadster32

Thanks, I get the repro stuff from Mike at Willys Reproduction Parts in SoCal.

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Thanks for the reply. I think this is the place? http://www.willysreplacementparts.com/prices.html

Originally Posted by Gojeep

Thanks for the reply. I think this is the place? WHATS NEW AT WILLYS REPLACEMENT PARTS

Sorry mate I threw you a curved ball there, it's Willys Replacement Parts not reproduction.

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I think I was pretty lucky to find it guys, I've been thinking though about converting it to electric as it is around 50 years old and possibly unreliable ???
My idea is to keep the look but hide a small microswitch inside to work a hidden modern roll control.

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It stopped raining for a while last evening which gave me a chance to weld in my remote oil filter mount. They show just enough to be noticed.







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Originally Posted by roadster32

They show just enough to be noticed.


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Pretty much the same philosophy my painter has............

Originally Posted by Bob Parmenter

Pretty much the same philosophy my painter has............

She would of been a great help when priming my Willy


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Originally Posted by roadster32

She would of been a great help when priming my Willy


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Yeah your"Willy" would still be white

Might be hard too....................get some work done with a painter like that in the shop! Very cool brake lock! Steve how would you convert it to electric? Do they actually make these things in electric versions? Sorry, don't know much about drag cars!

Originally Posted by stovens

Might be hard too....................get some work done with a painter like that in the shop! Very cool brake lock! Steve how would you convert it to electric? Do they actually make these things in electric versions? Sorry, don't know much about drag cars!

No electric ones Steve but inside this is a barrel valve, there is room inside for a mini micro switch which the barrel valve could operate, thin wires could be hidden inside one of the brake pipes, simples !!!


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Clever!

Managed to just get my chrome hinges on before it started raining yet again

Looks even better now.







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I snapped off some possible locations for the supercharged tags, no 1 is my fave so far


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