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

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Originally Posted by Whiplash23T

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.

Yes you are correct Whip I have indeed give up smoking, no stress really, I'm a pretty strong person and if I want to do something nothing really gets in my way. I have found it pretty easy so far to be fair

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Originally Posted by rspears

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.

Thanks Roger I hope everybody has a great xmas, thanks for the kind words

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That was some great work executing the filler, I really like it a lot! I'm so jealous of your pieces you make with your lathe.

Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe

That was some great work executing the filler, I really like it a lot! I'm so jealous of your pieces you make with your lathe.

I would be lost without my lathe Ryan, you need one in your life mate, merry xmas

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Last night I started to make up the bed skirt panels (not sure of the correct name) I had started to make a rolled rear pan last week but once finished I thought it didn't look right as the bed is very squared off looking so that was consigned to the scrap bin

Anyway popped back to my mate Brians engineering shop and bent up some more 16swg sheet, only had black left but once blasted it will be fine, dims are 5" with 1.125" returns. The wheel end has a 60 degree slash cut and the corner bend I did in my shop.








All the holes are slotted to make it easy to fit and allow some adjustment.








I decided to make it in 2 pieces as its much easier, heres the offside in place.










Heres the finished job with finisher in place, finisher will be held in place by rivet bolts same as filler trim.







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Originally Posted by roadster32

I would be lost without my lathe Ryan, you need one in your life mate, merry xmas

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Thank you, and Merry Christmas to you and your family as well!

That lower panel looks very nice. I agree with Roger and I really admire you for your capability to think up these cool pieces to cover seems or anything else you do. Thanks for sharing this stuff!

Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe

Thank you, and Merry Christmas to you and your family as well!

That lower panel looks very nice. I agree with Roger and I really admire you for your capability to think up these cool pieces to cover seems or anything else you do. Thanks for sharing this stuff!

Thanks Ryan, happy new year to you guys

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Been sorting out Wipers over xmas, started off with a Mini system and widened it to suit, as usual at Xmas time all the suppliers are shut so will have to wait till monday to get a longer drive cable.

First job was to space the wheelboxes off the body, I used some nylon bar for this and turned up some spacers.








The existing finishers were angled and too thick so I spun up a couple of finishers in stainless for the nuts to tighten down on.








The outer steel bundy tubes were obviously the wrong length so needed extending, couldn't find any 5/16" tube so ended up using some 3/8" copper gas tube, the 5/16 is a nice snug fit in this. Then just soldered the joints.










Bolted the wheelboxes in place so now just need to add longer drive cable and mount the wiper motor.











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Steve I'm amazed at how you approach issues that most of us agonize over. For me I look for the best adaptive solution that I can buy, but you just make do with what is available and make it work by fabricating what you need. I'm envious of your talent. I also enjoy your posts as it inspires me to try and think outside the box! Happy New Year, by the way!

Originally Posted by stovens

Steve I'm amazed at how you approach issues that most of us agonize over. For me I look for the best adaptive solution that I can buy, but you just make do with what is available and make it work by fabricating what you need. I'm envious of your talent. I also enjoy your posts as it inspires me to try and think outside the box! Happy New Year, by the way!

I guess its easy for me Steve as I've done the same job so many times before, the Lucas wiper system was used on virtually every car made in the 60's & 70's so its pretty easy to find and they are very easily adjustable for spacing and wiper sweep.

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Good to Know, Hopefully they don't have the Lucus reputation for leaving you in the dark!(or wet as the case may be!) People here still moan about the wiring on their Triumphs, etc...

Originally Posted by stovens

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

Me too.. An inspiration to us..

As usual with xmas time everywhere is shut so still waiting for small bits to finish off lots of jobs so my thoughts wandered to front panels, On the Willys I like to setup the hood first and get the beltline aligned with the door so first job was to find a hood hinge, stock is just a type of piano hinge, I found lots of piano hinge but the hinge part was pretty light duty on them all, luckily my old mate Gary Layton had a bit of heavy duty stainless hinge in his scrap box
Its 1.125" wide on each leg and has a nice chunky 1/4" rod hinge (although this caused a problem)
First it was cut to length and the shape of the recess








Unfortunately the thickness of the hinge meant the width of the leg had to be reduced considerably, Its held in place with 5 bolts so i'm sure it will be be fine.














Well it was xmas so I bought myself a present








Next job kept me nice & warm for a while Had to rub down the fibreglass where I had joined the cab to the firewall. It still needs blending & fettling but I will do that later.





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Are the Willys bonnets pretty flimsy across the rear as with the firewall the way it is it doesn't look like much room for the normal type of bracing under the ,whoops, hood I should of said ?

Originally Posted by Whiplash23T

Are the Willys bonnets pretty flimsy across the rear as with the firewall the way it is it doesn't look like much room for the normal type of bracing under the ,whoops, hood I should of said ?

Whip any single skin is a bit flappy, I just usually add a bit of bracing across the back and some along the sides to keep the shape. actually its a job i will be doing over the next few days
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