41 Willys Gasser project

Not much happening as winter is now upon us but i did have to put in a firewall behind the seats, was going to use aluminium sheet but decided using 3mm ply was easier and once it had some glass & resin on it it would stiffen up.

Did it in 2 pieces for speed and ease.

Heres the opening to block off



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First a template was cut and tried for fit.



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Next a layer of glass mat was applied to each side.



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All glassed in place, like a steel panel now.



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Also got my battery box made up & fitted.



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Also when i went to the chrome shop this week some of my cage/seat mounts had been done, He is doing it in between jobs so hopefully the rest will be done next week.



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Absolutely brilliant sir and as usual,to your amazing standard. I like the lightening holes in the battery box as it help with the go faster weight reduction diet.

Steve keep em coming I love this thread!

Dunno about brilliant Whip, its just straight forward glasswork as i see it but thanks anyway.

Its getting pretty nippy here Steve so progress will be sparce i think.

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Steve keep em coming I love this thread!

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y Steve, I understand! It's cold and wet outside here, and I don't have room here to move in my garage, so in reality 99% of the work I do is in the backyard, and weather! I desperately need to finish a dresser so my clothes have a home, but right now can't sand in the rain. Or for that matter refinish the pine chest with danish oil and get it to kick and dry out, before use. So I'm surfing the web for truck parts today. Did find a rear suspension kit that replaces the springs and shocks that has some potential. Also have a coupon for springs I need to use.

hi steve,i am enjoying your build as i am also working on a 41 willys coupe/. i wonder what dimension you ended up with across the body at the rear of the doors. mine is a mess and i wanted to check it. thanks for any help you can give and keep up the good work. i hope this is the correct place for a question, i am new to the site. thanks bob

Hi Bob, welcome to this site, There are lots of great people here, I myself have made some great friends here,
Questions are not a problem, If i can help in any way just ask. My measurements are taken from both of a friends stock Willys so i can be sure they are correct, I will have a look thrugh my emails and get you the dimension for across the B posts. Will post shortly for you.

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hi steve,i am enjoying your build as i am also working on a 41 willys coupe/. i wonder what dimension you ended up with across the body at the rear of the doors. mine is a mess and i wanted to check it. thanks for any help you can give and keep up the good work. i hope this is the correct place for a question, i am new to the site. thanks bob

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I gave my Mags to a machinist as the plan has changed slightly and i needed more accuracy than the old bridgeport i use has, I needed to come up with a pair of grease retaining caps for the outside of the hub so i spun a pair up in the lathe from 2.5" aluminium bar.

Firstly i bored out the shape and then turned the outside shape into the bar, then the outside was sanded to a nice radius.



The first one came out perfect :D



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But i screwed up on the second one by taking off to much material, these are only 1/16" thick so it was easily done :rolleyes:

I always say everybody screws up occassionaly but the important thing is how you rescue the situation and save the day by not having to remake another !!!

Welding was my first thought, Now i don't do much aluminium welding and certainly not on something this thin !!! Anyway popped over to see my mate Gary and we decided to have a go at it, as soon as the TIG sparked up it blew a hole so it was decided to run 2 beads 1/4" apart with 1.6mm rod and then fill in the gap between with 3mm rod, It worked a treat although doesn't look pretty !!!



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Back at the workshop it went back in the lathe and the inside was rebored and cleaned out, then the outside was recontoured and sanded. A liner was made to be a slide fit inside so it could be gripped securley in the chuck.



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A quick wipe up on the polisher and the job was done, 3 equidistant holes were drilled for machine screws that secure it to the wheel hub.



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Beautiful.

You are a sucker for punishment but man does your stuff come out nice because of it.

I was told God loves a tryer :LOL:

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Beautiful.

You are a sucker for punishment but man does your stuff come out nice because of it.

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I was told God loves a tryer :LOL:

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In the immortal words of Yoda: "Do, or do not, there is no try"

I'd say you fall in the "do" column.........

Steve once again your making parts I can't find, I think I need to offer up the services of my dusty dented truck for your mistakes. I still haven't recieved the mirrors you fabricated, but think you must be waiting for all the wheel caps to be done to send them as a package deal, in trade I'll be sure to advertize for you for free out here in California!:LOL::3dSMILE::D**)

Ha ha ha. :LOL::LOL::LOL:

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In the immortal words of Yoda: "Do, or do not, there is no try"

I'd say you fall in the "do" column.........

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:LOL::LOL::LOL: Steve just where is Petaluma ???

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Steve once again your making parts I can't find, I think I need to offer up the services of my dusty dented truck for your mistakes. I still haven't recieved the mirrors you fabricated, but think you must be waiting for all the wheel caps to be done to send them as a package deal, in trade I'll be sure to advertize for you for free out here in California!:LOL::3dSMILE::D**)

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Hay Steve. How about you shorten your first post. Like move the pictures to the second hahaha.I'm getting to know your car better than mine. :LOL::LOL:

Petaluma is just North of the Golden Gate Bridge by about 45 miles, off US HWY 101. It's a charming Victorian Town of around 50k people surounded by agriculture on all 4 sides. We are also about 12 miles west of the town of Sonoma, and maybe 20 miles as the crow flies east of the Pacific Ocean. All in all a nice spot for your next visit! :)

And it's the town where American Graffiti was filmed.............

This is a great build...Thanks for posting...Very nice..

Steve must be working on customers cars, haven't seen too much lately.


Don

Not had much time lately Don and our winter is kicking in, funny years ago as a lid i worked outside through the winter, can't do it anymore :LOL:

Had to paint some kitchen cabinet doors today so thought while i had the gun out i would do a test piece to see what my Blue flake was going to look like.

I chose the master cylinder as I had already smoothed it out a bit.

First up i gave it a couple of coats of Epoxy primer



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After it had dried it got a quick key up with 600 wet and a coat of Black epoxy on it, I've decided to use a Black basecoat this time as it will save me a lot of work when i paint the body, I can primer it in Black and then go straight on with the blue flake therefore saving money on bascoat and time.



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Steve the color is perfect. Like the deep blue with flake. Reminds me of my first motorcycle helmet!

Very sparkly (is that a word?) Flake looks good. Is that what you are doing Sues cabinets in? :D

Don

Thanks Steve, I like the deep blue too, There is another blue flake Willys in england and quite a few people said the blue was too close to it, Pic below :LOL: As you can see they look identical :rolleyes:



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Steve the color is perfect. Like the deep blue with flake. Reminds me of my first motorcycle helmet!

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I've done Sues cabinet doors in Black with Pink flake panels, thats what she wanted and even if i say so myself they look pretty badass.



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Very sparkly (is that a word?) Flake looks good. Is that what you are doing Sues cabinets in? :D

Don

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I bet Sue liked the movie Pretty in PINK! :)

She likes everything pink Steve ;)

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I bet Sue liked the movie Pretty in PINK! :)

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That actually looks really good. On another forum a lady on there had a custom made dining room table made out of a car hood. It was custom painted and flamed and came out super nice.

Sue's a keeper for sure. :)


Don

Don maybe she has a sister?

I think a custom car hood table maybe just a little too far Don :LOL:


Just incase i forget I would like to wish You, Dan, Don jnr & Taylor a very merry christmas, This goes to all the other nice people on here.

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That actually looks really good. On another forum a lady on there had a custom made dining room table made out of a car hood. It was custom painted and flamed and came out super nice.

Sue's a keeper for sure. :)


Don

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Sue does indeed have a sister called Janice but she is butt ugly i'm afaid :(

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Don maybe she has a sister?

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Maybe for Uncle Bob then?

Yes !!! :lol::lol::lol:

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maybe for uncle bob then?

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Better watch out, Steve, Bob will be asking you for pin up pictures of Sues Sister. His stash is running a little low these days. :eek::LOL:

Merry Christmas to you and Sue also, and to everyone else on here.

Don

Here are a couple of pictures of that table/hood. They really did a nice job on it but I would be afraid of scratching or denting it by actually using it.

Don

Got a call from the chrome plater today to come and collect my xmas pressie

He had plated all my front springs, a few small parts and finished off my rollcage, If its not raining tomorrow i will put the cage together for a pic.





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Happy xmas to you all

I love shiny gifts!

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I love shiny gifts!

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Me too Steve, I reckon I may of been a magpie in a former life :LOL:

Should add a really nice look to the car Steve, must be a really 1st rate plater you use!!!!