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

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Veery cool Steve but you have a problem..... those handles haven't got the " old car sag " that make them look down all the time. See there is another example of your brilliance, fibreglassing those lttle support tubes to hold the cable from floating around inside the door creating issues down the track. I bow down to you oh Master Car Builder/ Teacher.

Steve, so much great work here. Thanks for taking the time to continuely show your work. I really liked the trick to form that bulge in the door. What brand window kits are those? They look close to a window regulator in freightliner FLD120 semi's. Keep up that great work!

Its been a lovely day for working outside, sun shining and warm, working in T shirt & shorts, wonder how much longer it will last ??? Anyway I got the door inner back on its hinges and set about getting the door skin lined up, fit was pretty good so with one hand holding the skin in place I drilled a few small holes for screws to temporally hold it in place until its time to bond them together, looks pretty good, little bit of making good but thats no problem, will gap it up once bonded.
I also got some rear tyres 31x 10.5 x 15 so popped my rear wheels on.













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As always nice progress Steve. I also apreciate the details of the fiberglass work your doing!

Originally Posted by Whiplash23T

Veery cool Steve but you have a problem..... those handles haven't got the " old car sag " that make them look down all the time. See there is another example of your brilliance, fibreglassing those lttle support tubes to hold the cable from floating around inside the door creating issues down the track. I bow down to you oh Master Car Builder/ Teacher.

Thats funny Whip because on my Coupe I engineered a little droop in to look authentic
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Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe

Steve, so much great work here. Thanks for taking the time to continuely show your work. I really liked the trick to form that bulge in the door. What brand window kits are those? They look close to a window regulator in freightliner FLD120 semi's. Keep up that great work!

They are EZ wiring kits Ryan, i'm a dealer for them so thought I should use what I endorse.

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Originally Posted by stovens

As always nice progress Steve. I also apreciate the details of the fiberglass work your doing!

Cheers Steve, its just everyday stuff to me but it is time consuming for sure

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Those doors have come up nice Steve..Fiberglass.... hmmm.... the stuff we do,that so many other people hate.. Love the details in your inner doors,too.. Nice..

Originally Posted by stovens

As always nice progress Steve. I also apreciate the details of the fiberglass work your doing!

Cheers Steve, its just everyday stuff to me but it is time consuming for sure

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Originally Posted by lamin8r

Those doors have come up nice Steve..Fiberglass.... hmmm.... the stuff we do,that so many other people hate.. Love the details in your inner doors,too.. Nice..

You know Robin I just don't get why people don't like it, its so easy to work with and you can produce shapes it would take hours to make in steel, I'm no GRP expert, I just picked it up as I went along

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Originally Posted by roadster32

You know Robin I just don't get why people don't like it, its so easy to work with and you can produce shapes it would take hours to make in steel, I'm no GRP expert, I just picked it up as I went along

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yup,Steve.. It's a very interesting product.. The things you can do with it.. A little bit of thought and away ya go.. A couple of years ago,I had a Kenworth front delivered to me in two pieces,,and a third piece fell off while I was grinding up the inside.. Ya know,,I had that ol' bitch all stitched up in a few days,,even managed to line up the rips in the paint back to where it all began.. hehe.. I have a box of ugly little patches of plastic,and aluminum which i use to make shapes with,and to screw things together to form whatever I need,in the repair of this stuff.. It's awesome.. carry on mate..It's lookin good..

That little truck is looking sweet Steve. I always wondered if the ez wiring window kits were worth a darn. They must be good if you sell and install them.

Thought I would have a break from GRP for a few days so looked at the rear of the chassis, It dips downward slightly which wasn't making fitting my fuel tank easy, also as I want a towbar it wasnt that strong so I decided to chop it off and replace with some nice sturdy 3" x 1.5" x 1/8" box section.
While I was making the U section on the bench I incorporated the towbar, Its a receiver type so it can be removed.

Sue was out shopping so had to tig weld it myself, it ain't that hard really








Once the box was welded a 2" hole was bored in the centre to accept a piece of 2" x 1/4" wall CDS tube, this tube comes up at 1.5" ID so before welding in place it was bored out slightly to 1.630 to accept 1.625" CDS roll cage tube, this will be the removable section and will be swan neck shape to get the ball height down a bit. A stainless steel bolt gave up its life to become a securing pin after a short time in the lathe










I added some braces and gave it a quick squirt of primer. Hopefully weld it in tomorrow night.







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Got the new rear chassis section in, first time i've used my mig for over a year !!!

This was the offending part, out with my fave tool Mr 9" grinder , it never stood a chance














Next I got my gas tank out and measured up for it, I got lucky with this tank as my mate Gary Layton originally ordered it but the dimensions were wrong for his project so Summit resent the correct tank, they didn't want it back as shipping was too dear so they said keep it , Oh look it seems to be the perfect fit in the Willys truck












I welded in some struts to make the towbar even stronger and these also will mount the tank.






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Originally Posted by roadster32

.......Oh look it seems to be the perfect fit in the Willys truck

What good luck!! Almost looks like it was built to fit as opposed to simple good fortune!