41 Willys pickup project

[1923tbucket]

If you can call it that, the truck was pretty well built to begin with. It really was not finished though and the paint work is no where near the level it should be for the quailty of the rest of the truck. Many little things have been overlooked with the truck; things like door weatherstripping (that helped cause the door skins to crack), oversized carb, improper starter and I could go on.

I am pretty young for the general street rod hobbyist, I'm 28. My dad always took me to the York PA street rod shows when I was younger and I got hooked. It wasn't easy, he doesn't work on cars. I had to buy all my own tools and I have taught myself everything. I've been working on my own stuff for about 10 years now and have done quite a bit of fab work since then. I post a lot on here when there is something I'm not to sure of, its helped out greatly. I started out building a tuner car with a 2000 Ford focus, then went into a 69 mustang and traded that for my first street rod a 23 t bucket. I always said that if I got a chance to own a 41 willys or a 32 ford roadster I would take it. I came across it, and being a truck I couldn't turn it down. The price was perfect for me.

There were alot of little things wrong with the truck but I am working on fixing them. I am getting ready to add some original head lights to it, and have it repainted in the fall as the paint work just looks rushed in areas. I have quite a bit of work into it now. Hope you enjoy some of the pictures. I'll keep it updated.

So here are a few pictures of the truck to start


Here is one example of where you can see the rushed paint work. Look under the bed rails.










Here i had already gone through the ignition, carb, and fuel lines, I added a pressure regulator and gauge up on the firewall.

This is currently how the truck sits, the doors are off at the body shop so the cracks in the jambs can be fixed


Here you can see cracks in the door jamb because of the lack of weather stripping, allowing vibration.

Here is the repro headlights I bought, with new buckets and H4 bulbs

and a little video