Thread: 41 Willys Gasser project

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You must follow the instruction sheets! My only problem was an excellerator petal, that was missing a part. Once I figured that out, and got the missing part, it worked great!

Well been mostly twiddling my thumbs looking for jobs to do while awaiting the arrival of my heads, got an email 2 days ago saying the head guy was back to work and was hand finishing them Hopefully have them soon

While finishing off the carpeting I found I needed some sill finishers so made them out of 1/8" x 1.5" 316 Stainless, shaped them up and gave them a good polish up.












Another little job off the decreasing list was to make a filler for the water injection resevour, I had already made up a round plate to seal the large hole so just needed a small screw on lid., Made it in Aluminium as thats all I had In that size. Was going to weld it but it was easier to make a gasket and bolt it in place, It seals on an O ring.










I had a pair of Holley carbs but got the offer of this pair of Edelbrocks that were new and already modified for a blower and had only been used on a dyno plus I like the look of them better than the Holleys.








I have to sort out the linkages and they came with a Lokar rear bracket, Nicely made but in my opinion a horrible looking thing, gonna either make another or heavily modify this one.






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More beautiful work, Steve. I like the sill plates, but that little tank cap assembly is very impressive. I'd love to have a lathe capable of that, but then I'd quickly come to realize that it's not the machine, it's the machinist!! Thanks for posting!

Originally Posted by rspears

More beautiful work, Steve. I like the sill plates, but that little tank cap assembly is very impressive. I'd love to have a lathe capable of that, but then I'd quickly come to realize that it's not the machine, it's the machinist!! Thanks for posting!

Yes Roger a lathe is a very useful tool, thanks

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Had a couple of hours spare this afternoon so decided to make a progressive linkage, Some of the bits that came with the carbs was Lokar but I was missing the main link rod between the 2 carbs, A quick search around the net gave me a picture so I found some round aluminium bar so drilled and tapped it to make it adjustable lengthwise, a small rose joint on the end and it all looked fine, the other end I machined up a bit of stainless to make a slotted end to make it progressive, my new milling machine has come on handy once again, how did I ever get by before I had it A quick polish and thats another pesky job ticked off







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I can almost hear it running

Nice work as always, Steve!!! When are your heads going to get back to you?

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Nice work as always, Steve!!! When are your heads going to get back to you?

Hmmm i'm really not sure Dave, MTS have told me they are being worked on as we speak and they could be done in a couple of weeks, then I have to ship them by boat as they are too heavy to go by air freight, it would cost a small fortune by air freight

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Yeah, you're really operating at a severe disadvantage with all the outrageous freight charges these days! Makes me (again) realize how easy we have it over here with everything so readily accessible....

Well whilst waiting for my heads to arrive I decided to make front & rear anti roll bars for the car, they are made from Chromemoly tube, 1" at the front & 3/4" at the rear, I'm using some Energy Suspension chassis mounts and an adjustable link each end comprising of 3/8" rose joints and some turned down stainless hexagon bar.

The dual blades each end get boxed off to stop any twisting.













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You do outstanding word , very detailed--------however----------you don't want to make an anti roll bar out of a piece of tubing---------you might want do a little research into the twist properties of the material------

Originally Posted by jerry clayton

You do outstanding word , very detailed--------however----------you don't want to make an anti roll bar out of a piece of tubing---------you might want do a little research into the twist properties of the material------

Steve,
I agree with Jerry, anti-sway/roll bars are solid stock with material qualities ranging to the high tensile area. That tubing has very little resistance to twisting force, IMO. Looks good, but I don't think it will function as you want.

Originally Posted by rspears

Steve,
I agree with Jerry, anti-sway/roll bars are solid stock with material qualities ranging to the high tensile area. That tubing has very little resistance to twisting force, IMO. Looks good, but I don't think it will function as you want.

Roger its quite common place to make anti roll bars in chrome moly tube, I've made them in it for years, it works very well.

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Originally Posted by roadster32

Roger its quite common place to make anti roll bars in chrome moly tube, I've made them in it for years, it works very well.

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Yeah, Steve, I'm a bit red faced by my comment , especially after Jack posting his info from Hotchkiss. Should have known you'd already done your homework on the material, but it looked "light", and then Jerry's comment.... Sorry for the bother

Originally Posted by jerry clayton

You do outstanding word , very detailed--------however----------you don't want to make an anti roll bar out of a piece of tubing---------you might want do a little research into the twist properties of the material------

Why not Jerry, its chrome moly tube

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