Thread: glass bodies willy's who is good?

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a friend of mine is looking for a 33 willies body now i am not in the "know" of glass bodies so does anybody make one and who is good reputable place to deal with?

Street or race? makes a big difference!!!!!

street with some racing. wants to copy mid 60's chopped 33 willys gasser

Have your friend take a look at this site, not the cheapest but good quality!!!!! Put one of these together for a guy probably 10 or 12 years back, he's still driving it---with no cracks or other uglies yet!!!!!

Willys Coupes and Pick UP's by Chuck Finders

Outlaw Performance in Pennslvania

Jerry, I don't think Outlaw offers the '33 Willys body that he's looking for.

Mike

If ya can talk Bob or Rob Ida to build ya 1, you won't find better

What about Factory Five? Factory Five Racing. They have a 33 but is that what you are looking for?

Originally Posted by Bug

What about Factory Five? Factory Five Racing. They have a 33 but is that what you are looking for?

Factory Five's is a stylized '33 Ford, not even close to the Willys, and it's not really even true to the '33 Ford shape as it's a purpose built road race/autocross machine built to fit the tube frame chassis. Just my $0.02.

Superior Glass 1933 Willys Coupe and ScottRods Willy's Hot Rods - 33 Coupe were the only two I had seen before Dave posted his link, and I don't know anything about either one of them. Superior has their coupe listed under "Race Bodies" so a guy would want to check before assuming it's good for the street.

Thank's Roger, now I know.

Originally Posted by Bug

Thank's Roger, now I know.

Hey, not a problem. Not preaching in any way. I looked at the FF33 pretty close when I was trying to figure out which way to go on a build. At first blush I really liked it, but then as I looked closer I started seeing the places where the lines were just not like Henry (or Edsel) did them back in the day, and the differences kept stacking up to the point that I just could not go that way. I came to the conclusion that it is a purpose built kit (it really is a kit, not just a body/frame), not intended to replicate the original bodies, but to be "close enough" to look like a hot rod. It's not a bad deal, it just did not work for me. Time will tell how the resale market treats them.

Hope I didn't offend in my original reply.

No issue on my end. Good info to have.

friend is tickled pink with the info thanks guys. boy looking at them mades me rethink the new project but alas it will continue to be worked on slowly