Thread: 41 Willys Gasser project

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Originally Posted by roadster32

You don't like your nuts where they are then Whip


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Great minds,Steve...haha..was thinking the same .. Yeah,,go grey primer..looks kool..

Originally Posted by lamin8r

Great minds,Steve...haha..was thinking the same .. Yeah,,go grey primer..looks kool..

Hahaha thats what Sue always says to me when ive done wrong Robin

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Seems to be getting so much closer , I hope to see it running on you tube soon .

The car really looks nice Steve! Looking forward to seeing the car in some on-track action now!!!!!

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

The car really looks nice Steve! Looking forward to seeing the car in some on-track action now!!!!!

Your not the only one Dave, I reckon not flaking it this year will save me 4-5 weeks work, thanks for the kind comments mate.


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"must be carful not to get ahead of self" how many times I've done that....I put the door panels on my Nova then relized I hadn't put the outside handles on yet

Originally Posted by cffisher

"must be carful not to get ahead of self" how many times I've done that....I put the door panels on my Nova then relized I hadn't put the outside handles on yet

How many people havn't done that Charlie I know i've done similair


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I've been looking for some valve covers for the Cadillac motor to clear my roller rockers, the only ones that do the job are the fabricated type, MTS Cadillac sell them but at $400 i thought they were a tad expensive

I found a company on Ebay cheaper but they were real thin 16swg ally and really poorly made so decided to make some

My mate folded the ally sheet for me at work so all i had to do was make up the fixing bolt sleeves and weld them together.

I was going to get another mate to do the welding as i very rarely do Aluminium so i'm not as good at it, anyway i was impatient and wanted to see them done so the Tig was sparked into life, for those that are interested i used a 2.4mm rod with a 2.4mm tungsten for the main part and a 1.6mm tungsten for around the bolt holes, It came out ok and better than i thought it might !!! They are going to be polished anyway.

I scored some original 60's Offenhauser NOS breathers off ebay US, there will be some people that think fabbed valve covers are not in keeping but I think thats the sort of thing they would of done if they couldn't get something way back then.

Offenhauser must of had funny rulers back in the day because the measurements on the instructions are not the same as on the breathers













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Nice look to those. Boy you only had to drill 40 holes between the two!

Originally Posted by stovens

nice look to those. Boy you only had to drill 40 holes between the two!

:lol::lol::lol:


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A pair of very cool valve covers, Steve, and I agree that they would be something that an innovative guy would have done back in the day. Do the mounting holes have a "stepped" shoulder inside the mounting holes we see? Just wondering what type of attachment you plan?

Originally Posted by rspears

A pair of very cool valve covers, Steve, and I agree that they would be something that an innovative guy would have done back in the day. Do the mounting holes have a "stepped" shoulder inside the mounting holes we see? Just wondering what type of attachment you plan?

Yes Roger the tubes have a step in them to accept Allen cap head bolts, I'm sure your right about back in the day but i've already recieved death threats from the period police

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Steve

For someone who doesn't weld AL much those are very nice looking welds.

Jack.

Originally Posted by Jack F

Steve

For someone who doesn't weld AL much those are very nice looking welds.

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Thanks Jack, It won't fall apart for sure but they are not the neatest run of beads I've ever done, When your doing it all day you get a rythem going but i do very little aluminium these days, But after saying all that i just got 2 aluminium welding jobs come in today, Spooky !!!


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So how'd ya fare on the two jobs?