Thread: 41 Willys Gasser project

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Boy your Santa "Had" deep pockets Looks like your on the way

Well the weather has been a little kinder today so carried on knocking jobs off the list
I needed to sort out something for Steve Hudson to tack the headliner too so before I did anything I stuck a piece of ply to the inside of the roof to mount the dome light on, to keep the wiring tidy and out of the way some small pieces of stainless tubing was stuck to the roof and around the door rame for the wiring to pass through.










Next up I needed a finisher to go under my steering wheel hub, noting too fancy just something tapered, had a rummage through my aluminium stock and found a piece of aluminium round bar just big enough, a short while on the lathe and it was done, a quick polish and it was slid in place. I will polish the purple anodising off later.








Next up I started cutting the wood for around the inner door frame, I used 3/8" plywood and screwed it into place as some of the edges have curves, I will glass up the holes and repaint once its all hard & dry.
I bonded it in place with GRP bonding paste after keying the fibreglass














Got both sides done but then it got dark so the roof struts will have to wait till next week


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Nice work Steve, the little bits and pieces sure do eat up a lot of time in the course of a build, don't they?

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Nice work Steve, the little bits and pieces sure do eat up a lot of time in the course of a build, don't they?

Absolutely right Dave, you think your nearly done and along come the little pesky jobs !!!


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Any chance of an update, Steve? I'm suffering from withdrawal symptoms having not seen your fantastic fabrication skills lately.

I was about to post the same thing! Inquiring minds want to know!!

Originally Posted by rspears

Any chance of an update, Steve? I'm suffering from withdrawal symptoms having not seen your fantastic fabrication skills lately.

Hi Roger been busy prepping the motor but its still pretty cold here , you have to remember this has been built outside and i'm not gonna freeze my nuts off putting the motor in plus I now have a strained muscle in my back to cope with because i bought a nice 3/4 size mill, it was an absolute bitch to lift into the shop


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Sounds like a beast of a machine! I'd love to have a mill in my shop some day!

Originally Posted by roadster32

Hi Roger been busy prepping the motor but its still pretty cold here , you have to remember this has been built outside and i'm not gonna freeze my nuts off putting the motor in plus I now have a strained muscle in my back to cope with because i bought a nice 3/4 size mill, it was an absolute bitch to lift into the shop .

Steve,
Good to know you're alive & kicking, even if not the "high kick" due to a strain in the back! Those are a true pain to deal with, and unfortunately only time heals. We'll look forward to an update when you have something to share.
Cheers!

A few people asked for more recent pics so as the sun returned today i took a few.















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Very, very cool! Thanks for the new pic's.

Ditto, One Hot lookin little Shrimp! Look Out Bubbas, Bubba Gump is gonna smoke a few shrimps on the pavement!

Steve, the car is looking great! Well Done!!!
I am a bit concerned that you might get a bit of rear wheel rub. It looks as if the rear springs are getting a bit of sag?
We are all waiting to hear that beast rumble.
Thank you for your great post.
Scott

Originally Posted by ScooterCO

Steve, the car is looking great! Well Done!!!
I am a bit concerned that you might get a bit of rear wheel rub. It looks as if the rear springs are getting a bit of sag?
We are all waiting to hear that beast rumble.
Thank you for your great post.
Scott

Yes Scott I have new springs to go on, just too cold at the moment to fit them.

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Had an hour to spare this evening so thought I would deal with the windshield wipers, I've had the motor and wheelboxes in for age's but needed to sort the arms & blades.
Seeing as I had used a Mini setup I picked up some stainless arms & blades.
Obviously these were made for RHD and were too long so first job was to shorten the arm and bend for LHD










Next the blade had to be shortened slightly.












Once everything was welded I put them on the car for a try out.





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