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

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Great work and nice score on that cell!

Excellent catch on the fuel tank Steve. Can you take a photo of the Tow Hitch from the rear please from down level as I am thinking along the same lines for making one for my T but I have two problems with my idea, one, I don't really want it to be visible when not in use and two, I think our laws have stopped us making our own tow bars as they have to be rated etc. so may have to have a tow bar manufacture make it with their rating stamped on it.

Originally Posted by rspears

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

Yeah I couldn't believe it when I took a tape to it !!!
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Not much last night as it suddenly got freezing but I did get to make a mount for my Carter fuel pump and pre filter, I mounted them on a plate as the plate is in turn mounted on 4 x Mini exhaust rubbers, yes the pump does have rubber mounts but a bit more don't hurt.







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Originally Posted by Whiplash23T

Excellent catch on the fuel tank Steve. Can you take a photo of the Tow Hitch from the rear please from down level as I am thinking along the same lines for making one for my T but I have two problems with my idea, one, I don't really want it to be visible when not in use and two, I think our laws have stopped us making our own tow bars as they have to be rated etc. so may have to have a tow bar manufacture make it with their rating stamped on it.

Yeah no problem Whip, mine will be a bent piece of roll bar tube, like a swan neck shape.

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Now fitted

Wanted to get the tank mounted up and needed some 30mm aluminium angle, nothing on my shelf so popped over to my mate Garys who had some spare, whilst there the angle was welded to the tank, my tig will do aluminium but the Miller Dynasty Gary has is the dogs doo dahs for welding aluminium.








Today I got it mounted, 3 x 5/16" bolts each side is just right








Next job was a bit of one step forward and two back as I had already fixed the bed floor in place but I was never happy with how high it was, I wanted it lower, So I decided to reduce the height of the kickup, out with Mr Angle grinder and a few minutes later a piece of 1/4" plate was welded in, The original frame here is 2 pieces of 1/8" where the 2 C's meet.









I then made up a 2" x 1" x 18swg box ring frame which is welded to returns on the bedsides.








Much better now and it gives me more clearance on the tank.





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Great work and those aluminum welds look awesome!

I reckon all gassers should have a weight bar, so lets make one of them !!! A piece of 3" stainless tube was cut at 56" long and a 2.5" hole bored in the centre, next a piece of 2.5" tube was welded in and the edges smoothed. This is for the towbar to fit through.








Next we needed some brackets to mount it, wanted 5/16" or 3/8" stainless but the scrap bin was bare but I did find some 3/8" aluminium plate
I bored a 3" hole in it and shaped it up/








Got it mounted and centered up, just need to make some end caps for it and then can polish it.
Oh tube is held in the brackets by some hidden grub screws.
The piece of tube sticking out is simulating the removable tow bar, thats a job for later.









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Very nice work! That turned out pretty slick!

One of those days today where don't seem to get much progress !!! Plus short day due to temperature not getting over 5c today, anyway the 30mm x 5mm stainless bar I ordered arrived so I got the bed strips sorted, Willys had steel bed floors if I remember right but I wanted a rubber floor for hard wearing.








The rear strip needed to be angle really as I wanted it to cap off the end of the ply, I knew this was gonna try and bow so clamped it down to the bench welded it and left it to cool, u clamped it after a few hours and the barstard was like a boomerang !!! Spent the next 2 hours getting it straight again !!!





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It only did that to test your stress levels Steve to see if you reached for a cigarette as I believe you are trying to give up smokin'. If that is true I wish you all the best as I have been there and done that and it isn't easy. The truck is progress well though evn with the cold temps. My Brother lives up in Middlesborough and is expecting snow tonight that is blowing down from the north.

Managed to sort a little problem I had with the fuel tank filler, I mounted the tank as high as I dared which left only 2" between the bed, floor and the tank,
I didn't want to access the tank through the floor as it never looks right, anyway I decided to use 1.5" stainless tube,








I hole sawed a 1.75" hole through the bed subframe sides for the filler to run through and welded in a sleeve.












first problem was the bend into the tank, I removed the plastic filler but kept the ring of bolts.
Had a look in the scrap bin but no 6" round aluminium bar, managed to use a jig I had made ages ago, hope I don't need it again.








Next up I machined the piece of aluminium bar into this, I dropped the inner mounting flange so I could still use a mandrel bend.










Next up was a stainless flange for the bend to weld too, also made a gasket for this.










A few bits of straight and half a bend got me over to the hole I had made previously in the bed subframe.








Next was the outer filler tube it self, I found an old filler cap on my shelf but it was for 2" tube so first job was to make up an adapter, only had a lump of steel so thats what its made of.

A bit more straight bits and a 90 degree bend shaved to 75 degrees and it was done.










It looked a bit bare on the outside so I turned up a finisher that looks like its rivetted in place, its actually bolted.







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I love the way your brain works, Steve, quickly getting to the "how can I make this work" point and solving what seem to be insurmountable problems bit by bit. Good on ya', and hoping you & Sue enjoy a Merry Christmas, too! Thanks so much for posting details.

SWEET . Love the way you add those million little exceptional details to each project!