Thread: Oh no not another Willys Gasser build, this time a Willys shop truck

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Are those Lucas headlights on the F100? When I was a kid growing up in Ohio they were illegal, wish I had a set of them.

I am not seeing the opening for the stake pockets. You do want the ablility to run a billboard on the side of the bed...
Sorry to question your plans.
Great work as always!

Great work! You said you don't want any thing classy on here, quit using stainless and polishing it. I'm getting jealous. Haha

Originally Posted by lamin8r

Nice looking truck it is,too,Steve..Wow,,I wonder what the freight cost to ship it to Aussie.?? We shipped some panels up to your neck of the woods a couple of years back.. cant remember what that cost,,but,obviously a whole lot less than an F100.. ..

I think they guy I sold it to said it was £2500 to shop over to Australia

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Originally Posted by NTFDAY

Are those Lucas headlights on the F100? When I was a kid growing up in Ohio they were illegal, wish I had a set of them.

Yes they were/are Lucas

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Originally Posted by ScooterCO

I am not seeing the opening for the stake pockets. You do want the ablility to run a billboard on the side of the bed...
Sorry to question your plans.
Great work as always!

No I won't being running stake sides mate, I don't like them at all, cheers for the kind comment

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Originally Posted by roadster32

No I won't being running stake sides mate, I don't like them at all, cheers for the kind comment.

Just curious, what's the purpose of the stake pockets if there are no openings in the top rail? Simply there for stiffening & visual from the side?

Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe

Great work! You said you don't want any thing classy on here, quit using stainless and polishing it. I'm getting jealous. Haha

I'm gonna put a few shiny bits on Ryan just as highlights, otherwise it will look well bland at the rear, but nothing like my coupe

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Originally Posted by rspears

Just curious, what's the purpose of the stake pockets if there are no openings in the top rail? Simply there for stiffening & visual from the side?

Yes Roger they offer a bit of stiffness plus if you have ever seen a bed without them they look kinda odd !!!

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Been making good progress with the bed, one of my pet hates is rattling tailgates so I decided to put a return on the sides of the tailgate so I could glue in a U shaped rubber, basically 2 pieces of angle, I couldn't find any angle so cut some 3/4" box down each side.







Some nice chap pm'd me saying I didn't show enough welding pics and asked if it was because I farmed it out I explained Sue does all the welding and left it at that what a dork !!!
So just for him, here its tacked up & then welded.










Heres where the U shaped rubber will sit.









Just need to make a cross piece to go under the tailgate (nothing in the scrap bin) and it will be virtually ready for fitting.








I also altered some bolts to look like rivet heads to hold the tailgate hinge brackets in place.








I finally made a decision on my rear lights, couldn't make my mind up between 32's or these 37 Chevy's, I plumped for the 37 Chevys as they are nice and the squareness suits the bed shape and I've not seen them used much before.





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You going with a wood bed??

Originally Posted by cffisher

You going with a wood bed??

Sort of Charlie, gonna be 3/4" Plywood with ribbed rubber bonded on top, I wanna be able to use this little truck.

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So you tell Sue her welding is looking darn good and she is got the penetration perfect. Now you better get back to your hoovering so not to disturb her welding mate. Cheek bugger some of us aye ......

That's going to be a neat shop truck

Great work on the gate. I've been curious what do you have for a cab? It seems like you're getting close to needing ones here soon.