Thread: 41 Willys pickup street rod build

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I had a few threads in here about choosing paint color and such. Now its off to the body shop.

Ive had the truck a few years now. It was sitting outside wasting away when I found it, a lot of corners were cut in the original build. It really wasn't running correctly either. I had been looking for a Willys for awhile and fell in love when I found this truck. Since then I've installed a new flywheel, ignition system, and also installed fuel injection. These few things got it running correctly, along with a few other odds and ends.

So it was onto paint then. It took me forever to choose a color. I love orange's so I decide to go with a sunset orange pearl color. I like the red that the truck was originally but this will make it pop just a little more. Overall I started out with a pretty good body.

So here is what I started with.




The headlights were a bit of a mess (being held in with cut out funnels), and a Buick grille. Those now have been replaced with proper headlights and grille.



As of today here she is




There shall be more to come. I am just happy the issues with the body are now fixed.

I think you made some great choices and as always, thanks for sharing the pics!

That's a great improvement. Can't wait to see it in orange. Good choice.

Mick

Yep, that orange should make it even more of an attraction than it is in that red. Nice truck before, and you're making it better & better.

Very nice work on the body! Is that the orange behind the green cart?

No its going to be a little lighter than that, kind of a copper sunset. The orange back there is amazing looking, but its a tri-coat which I wanted to stray away from. The only reason I wanted to stay away from the tri-coats was because of how hard it is to match. I drive it all over, so if I scratch this it will be an easier fix. Thanks for the compliments though!

I love hearing people are driving there cars instead of trailering them every where.

I hear you on the tri color paint. It should help cut down cost some what too. (What good paint is cheap anymore though?)

haha yea nothing is cheap anymore. Anyways here are some more updates coming. The pictures I have were taken with my Iphone so they don't really capture the whole color prism.





(it did manage to capture the dust in this one though lol)


I also told him to go ahead and do the column, it was showing a little wear anyways. Im really happy with it.

That looks really nice!

That looks great, and i glad you went back with the stock headlights and grill.. looks nice..

I like that shade of orange a lot! Ya' done good in the color chase!

Another update here: Its almost done, just some wet sanding and buffing going on here. It looks hugger orange in the dark shop here, but as you can see its a different beast in the sunlight.







The new front end

Matched interior

Very nice probably one of a few Willys I've seen without a blower under the hood

Originally Posted by cffisher

Very nice probably one of a few Willys I've seen without a blower under the hood

Yea I wish to an extent that it had a blower, but the driveability of this thing is just too good. Its fuel injected now anyways so I'm happy with it. A blower is always nice though