Thread: 41 Willys Gasser project

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Finally got my blower drive completely sorted. I wanted a nostalgia idler pulley arm, the type that clamps around the snout, The original bracket type idler arm was real ugly, had a look around the net and was horrified at the prices upwards of $140 for a decent one !!! There were lots of thinner ones for cheap money but I wanted a minimum of 1 inch thick.
Luckily my mate Paul found some 1" aluminium plate at work so I decided to make my own, found a website with dimensions on it so marked out the plate and popped to my mates to use the Bridgeport mill.
Took about 3 hrs to make up but well worth the effort.








Once home again I sparked up the polisher and gave it a good going over, luckily the aluminium plate was real good quality so it only took about 45 mins to get a nice shine on it.








All I need now is a belt and that's another job struck off the list











My electronic speedo turned up so finish wiring the dash could be ticked off the list too
I only had mechanical speedo kits in stock so had to wait for one to arrive.
The dash is easily removed by undoing 5 x 6mm button head bolts, the dash is wired through 3 x 6 way waterproof plugs & sockets so can be pulled out in a few minutes.







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Thought sure you'd make that arm out of stainless

Steve, that dash panel looks amazing, can I ask please, what grade flake is that and is it the same you used on your '32 ? I was going to ask how you tighten the blower belt too but as I'm typing this the answer came to me so save you having to explain to this old fart how it works. hey it is 10.30am and I'm still have asleep so that is my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

Originally Posted by Whiplash23T

Steve, that dash panel looks amazing, can I ask please, what grade flake is that and is it the same you used on your '32 ? I was going to ask how you tighten the blower belt too but as I'm typing this the answer came to me so save you having to explain to this old fart how it works. hey it is 10.30am and I'm still have asleep so that is my excuse and I'm sticking to it.

Yes Whip it's the same mini flake as my 32, belt is tensioned by moving the idler arm and tightening the pinch bolt.


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Originally Posted by cffisher

Thought sure you'd make that arm out of stainless

Too heavy Charlie

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With that polish job it almost looks like stainless.

Jack.

Originally Posted by Jack F

With that polish job it almost looks like stainless.

Jack.

Jack it was a real nice piece of aluminium, came out of the local Ejector seat testing plant

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This looks like an awesome build from the little it Ive seen! I havent gotten through all 89 pages just yet, I have to ask where did you or where are you going to purchase your headlight trim, glass, buckets and the rest of that good stuff at? I need a good recomendation, I myself am putting the finishing touches on my 41 Willys truck.

Upon further reading into the thread somewhere around the 50ish page mark you fit your trim up I see, that really does help finish it off. I totally agree that the Willys needs the trim pieces to finish it off. Looks like you dealt with Mike at Willys replacement parts? I talked to him earlier in the week, havent dealt with them yet but he seems to be a good guy. Theres not too many people around that sell these parts ive found.

Originally Posted by 1923tbucket

This looks like an awesome build from the little it Ive seen! I havent gotten through all 89 pages just yet, I have to ask where did you or where are you going to purchase your headlight trim, glass, buckets and the rest of that good stuff at? I need a good recomendation, I myself am putting the finishing touches on my 41 Willys truck.

Upon further reading into the thread somewhere around the 50ish page mark you fit your trim up I see, that really does help finish it off. I totally agree that the Willys needs the trim pieces to finish it off. Looks like you dealt with Mike at Willys replacement parts? I talked to him earlier in the week, havent dealt with them yet but he seems to be a good guy. Theres not too many people around that sell these parts ive found.

Hi,yes i got my Willys bits from Mike at Willys Replacement Parts, I'm happy with the general quality but i do have a gripe, the chrome on first inspection is good but i've had to have the rear lights rechromed already and it hasnt been on the road yet !!!
Its the same old problem of no copper has been used, also I noticed my door handles are going off slightly too, Not really impressed as these parts were definitely not cheap !!!


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Yea I hear that, 635 for the whole light assembly. That's somewhat concerning with the chrome for the price. I haven't found anyone else with the whole assembly yet with the h4 reflectors like I want.

Thanks for the response! Looks like your motor is going to be lots of fun!

Originally Posted by 1923tbucket

Yea I hear that, 635 for the whole light assembly. That's somewhat concerning with the chrome for the price. I haven't found anyone else with the whole assembly yet with the h4 reflectors like I want.

Thanks for the response! Looks like your motor is going to be lots of fun!

Just to let you know the chrome on the headlights looks much better quality and is holding up fine.

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Good deal, thanks again! Ill be keeping tabs here.

Hi Steve what you make till so far it is f......king beautiful ;almost 2 years ago I bought an new hood from you for mine Willys 41 áfter many changes like rebuild the motor Ford 460 and the the C-6 trans an roll gage inside (not like gasser style) I finally changed also the color of my Willys from red to matt Blue and on the doors pin-up style nose art and small pin stripes it was ready for me I thought but after 2 race weekends in Holland I decided that I should changes the front and after seeing all the pictures of yours Willys I also decide to go for the Gasser style it will give me more "problems"but it will be solved
I hope to hear and see from your engine some roaring noises
have to find out how I can send some pictures or smaal picture next to title

Originally Posted by Willys41

Hi Steve what you make till so far it is f......king beautiful ;almost 2 years ago I bought an new hood from you for mine Willys 41 áfter many changes like rebuild the motor Ford 460 and the the C-6 trans an roll gage inside (not like gasser style) I finally changed also the color of my Willys from red to matt Blue and on the doors pin-up style nose art and small pin stripes it was ready for me I thought but after 2 race weekends in Holland I decided that I should changes the front and after seeing all the pictures of yours Willys I also decide to go for the Gasser style it will give me more "problems"but it will be solved
I hope to hear and see from your engine some roaring noises
have to find out how I can send some pictures or smaal picture next to title

Yes I remember your friends picking it up, Changing to a Gasser style sounds good, look forward to seeing some pics.

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Not much of an update i'm afraid but the weather has been proper *poo*e recently, I had been planning to cut some wooden bows out of 12mm ply to hang a headliner from, also wanted to put some 12mm ply around door openings, Will wait for it to get better weather me thinks :yes:

However i've been busy modifying my block ready for boring for the +30 probe blower pistons, the block has now gone to the machine shop and next bit of progress will be assembling it.
A job i don't want to do for a good while is the polishing of the crank, It took forever but was worth doing.








I've been waiting for Santa to bring the various engine bits and he didn't let me down , luckily he had a large sack as he bought me Roller rockers, stainless timing cover, K1 H beam conrods and custom made Probe blower pistons, Roller cam and roller lifters.














Happy new year to you all


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