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

Now I'm a bit confused, yeah, that was easy, I realize you build the coupe outside your home as you are with the pickup, so where is Sue's Roadster pickup while you are working in the garage ? And is Langys Hot Rod Shop at a different premises for the customer work you do ? What ever the situation is, you do absolutely brilliant work and I too appreciate you taking the time to photograph and explain to us how and why you do things. And now we know what pees you off in the workshop and we promise not to ask why, can we all be your helpers in the garage please.....;)

Dragged my Mig welder out tonight, use it very rarely these days, everybody wants to see Tig these days, Anyway plug welded the stake bed pockets onto the sides and sanded down the welds, it will need a thin skim of filler (gasp shock horror !!!) to sort it out straight as the sheet pulled around slightly.
I also went and collected the front panel we bent up that I forgot the other day, thats the next job to sort.



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Now I'm a bit confused, yeah, that was easy, I realize you build the coupe outside your home as you are with the pickup, so where is Sue's Roadster pickup while you are working in the garage ? And is Langys Hot Rod Shop at a different premises for the customer work you do ? What ever the situation is, you do absolutely brilliant work and I too appreciate you taking the time to photograph and explain to us how and why you do things. And now we know what pees you off in the workshop and we promise not to ask why, can we all be your helpers in the garage please.....;)

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Whip we have a single car garage on the side of our house which houses Sue's Roadster pickup, my domain is the large workshop at the bottom of our garden, we are an end house so have a side access to the workshop.

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Great work, what primer did you use? Is it brush on? Thanks for the great details here.

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Great work, what primer did you use? Is it brush on? Thanks for the great details here.

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Ryan I just rollered on some epoxy primer to stop flash rusting from handling, it will get sanded and sprayed later.

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Great work, what primer did you use? Is it brush on? Thanks for the great details here.

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Ryan I just rollered on some epoxy primer to stop flash rusting from handling, it will get sanded and sprayed later.

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We like to use Por 15 for steel and rust issues, problem is it doesn't come off easy, and you definately want to have a top coat over the Por 15 while it's still a little tacky or nothing will stick to it! They actually now make a top coat for it. Can't beat it for rust and bondability!

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We like to use Por 15 for steel and rust issues, problem is it doesn't come off easy, and you definately want to have a top coat over the Por 15 while it's still a little tacky or nothing will stick to it! They actually now make a top coat for it. Can't beat it for rust and bondability!

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Epoxy far exceeds the spec of Por15 Steve, its not porous and has anti corrosive qualities.

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Picked up the front panel I had left at the machine shop and last night made a start on it, first job was to prepare the tube that gets welded to the top edge to be the roll, I like the idea of having a bolt each end on this to anchor it to the bed sides so first job was to cut the tube to length and turn up a couple of weld in bungs with threaded holes in them.



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These were then welded into each end of the tube and the welds smoothed out.



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Then the tube was tacked to the front bed panel the same way as we did the sides, this is where I realised I had my a slight error :o I had measured the tube but not allowed for the 2 thickness's of sheet either end so each end was slightly shy :( school boy error but thats what you get for rushing :LOL:



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I found an easy solution though, well 2 easy solutions, the first was to split the tube and extend with a piece of solid, the 2nd was easier so went with that, a standard washer was the same thickness as the sheet and with one side trimmed was a great fit :cool:



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The washer was tig welded in place and sanded smooth, no one will ever know :LOL:



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The sides had to be drilled for the small bolts that hold the front panel to the sides, so measurements were taken and the sides drilled.



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Today I took it all outside to see how it looked bolted together, looks pretty good to me :3dSMILE:



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The open ended tubes on the sides were bugging me so I turned up some stainless bungs to cap them off, nothing fancy but practical.



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Just been in catch up mode,Steve.. Haven't been in here for a while,,just a little look here and there.. This is looking awesome..Really nice work,as usual..Love your detail.. :cool::cool: One kool pickup..

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Just been in catch up mode,Steve.. Haven't been in here for a while,,just a little look here and there.. This is looking awesome..Really nice work,as usual..Love your detail.. :cool::cool: One kool pickup..

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Hi Robin, thought I hasn't seen you around here recently, your spending more time on FB I guess ?
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He nicely posts F1 trucks on there for me!

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He nicely posts F1 trucks on there for me!

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You on there then Steve ??? I have a page on there here https://www.facebook.com/pages/Langy...13793158637853

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Seem to have been hard at it today but achieved very little Started to make up the tailgate but all I got done was the hinge tube and brackets.

Brackets go into urethane bushes in the ends of the tube which forms the bottom of the tailgate.



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Thats alot for most of us to get done! I like the fabbed brackets, simple old school and functional.

Yep, I'll go and "like" your site to get updates. I post stuff about the truck there.

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Hi Robin, thought I hasn't seen you around here recently, your spending more time on FB I guess ?
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Guilty as charged,Steve..:o.. still get on here most days,but haven't spent the time I usually do.. Got a bit of catching up to do.. I like the treatment of your deck sides,,with the bungs in the end of the tube.. A clubmate down here did similar with his pickup bed,,and put small lights in there..looks kool..:cool:

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Guilty as charged,Steve..:o.. still get on here most days,but haven't spent the time I usually do.. Got a bit of catching up to do.. I like the treatment of your deck sides,,with the bungs in the end of the tube.. A clubmate down here did similar with his pickup bed,,and put small lights in there..looks kool..:cool:

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Not a lover of the little lights some put in the rolls myself Robin, I never thought of mentioning it before but my old F100 went to a guy in Australia a few years ago.


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Thats alot for most of us to get done! I like the fabbed brackets, simple old school and functional.

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Yeah I didn't want anything fancy on this build.

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Not a lover of the little lights some put in the rolls myself Robin, I never thought of mentioning it before but my old F100 went to a guy in Australia a few years ago.


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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.. :D..

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. :LOL: I'm getting jealous. Haha

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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.. :D..

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

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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.

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Yes they were/are Lucas

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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!

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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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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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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?

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

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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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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?

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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.



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



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Heres where the U shaped rubber will sit.



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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.



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



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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??

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You going with a wood bed??

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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.

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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 ......

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Hahaha, its unbelievable that there are people like that walking around unattended Whip :rolleyes:

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Must not follow your threads closely to be asking those questions. I did like the detailed shots though!
I'd have replied with an assistant does the welds, see below:
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Must not follow your threads closely to be asking those questions. I did like the detailed shots though!
I'd have replied with an assistant does the welds, see below:
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Now those assistants I could work with :LOL::LOL::LOL:

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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.

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I've got a fair few options Ryan, hopefully all will be revealed shortly

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Now those assistants I could work with :LOL::LOL::LOL:.

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You're not foolin' anyone! With "ass istants" like those.. you'd never get any work done! HAH! LOL..:eek::LOL::LOL: