Thread: 41 Willys Gasser project

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Steve,
Lookin' good! Are you going to have to run a mid mount?
Ken

Thats on the list to do later today Ken, thanks

Originally Posted by Ken Thurm

Steve,
Lookin' good! Are you going to have to run a mid mount?
Ken

Looks good Steve..what a neat use for an old taxi chassis..The taxi club boys getting a bit precious over you misusing one of THEIR chassis,are they??Could be worse,,think what they say to us guys about ruining ModelTs,,and there were 15,000,000 of those suckers built..
Anyway,good build happening here,will keep an eye on it too..love Willys gassers..

Did the mod on the centre section last night, raised it slightly for tailshaft clearance, Couldn't make the mount though as couldn't find the TH400 mount i bought.







I did the panhard bar the other evening in square to match the ladder bars but forgot to post the pics.







I had a few hours spare this afternoon and my mate turned up today with a van so i got him to use it to pick up the body from my lockup, once we got back with it we played arund and mocked it up.

The firewall was removed as it won't be needed.










I bolted in some temperary wood spars to hold the body at the right height.












This will have to be removed soon.








Drilled & bolted a fender on, and drilled and bolted the frontend together.












Next we mocked up to get an idea how it will look.

That is so cool looking Steve,absolutely wantable,yeah I made that word up. Now back to the first question, I didn't know B & D made fish tank pumps so there is one thing I have learnt today,but where do the fish swim in it ???

Originally Posted by Whiplash23T

That is so cool looking Steve,absolutely wantable,yeah I made that word up. Now back to the first question, I didn't know B & D made fish tank pumps so there is one thing I have learnt today,but where do the fish swim in it ???

Geez, and I thought the Brits had a lock on the dry, tongue-in-cheek humor

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I don't know first hand , but I would have to guess as far away from the pickup tube as possible.

I put one fish in each cylinder Whip

Originally Posted by Whiplash23T

That is so cool looking Steve,absolutely wantable,yeah I made that word up. Now back to the first question, I didn't know B & D made fish tank pumps so there is one thing I have learnt today,but where do the fish swim in it ???

Mate i can't tell you the aggro over this and its from fellow hotrodders, they don't say why they don't like it but prefer to talk behind my back on a private forum. I guess they havn't got the spine to say it to my face

Originally Posted by lamin8r

Looks good Steve..what a neat use for an old taxi chassis..The taxi club boys getting a bit precious over you misusing one of THEIR chassis,are they??Could be worse,,think what they say to us guys about ruining ModelTs,,and there were 15,000,000 of those suckers built..
Anyway,good build happening here,will keep an eye on it too..love Willys gassers..

Originally Posted by roadster32

Mate i can't tell you the aggro over this and its from fellow hotrodders, they don't say why they don't like it but prefer to talk behind my back on a private forum. I guess they havn't got the spine to say it to my face

Steve,its the same down here...There are a number of guys who have built fully fendered 33/34 coupes,and put them on late 80s/early 90s Mitsubishi L200 pickup frames..They fit well,with a small amount of modification,and the frames are CHEAP,solid and handle well..But do they get rubbished for doing it..my oath they do..Private forum??good stuff...you can say what ya want ,without fear of being taken to court,,,hmm,works well,ay..
Steve,find out who it is and confront them,then ask them how THEIR little project is coming along..If you can build that Willys so it looks right,and does the job...who cares whats under it..

Yes mate it was on a private forum where they thought their comments wouldn't be seen but they didn't realise i have friends there too A friend informed me of what was being said so i embarrassed them all by posting their comments on our NSRA forum for all to see I think it opened a few eyes.

I'm an easy going bloke really and i live and let live and just do my own thing but the comments were very personal and scathing, I wonder who the winner is here as i'm the one with full order books and have had an increase of enquiries since this happened

I did confront one of them as i happened to have his address in my phone so drove the 40 miles to his house and rang the bell at 9pm, Now as you can imagine i was pretty angry and at 6ft and 16 stone i'm not exactly small but he opened the door and went white rapidly and blubbered it had all been taken wrongly, he was so scared i felt sorry for him and left but at least he now know's !!!

The thing that really annoys me is that these people are nice to my face and would never say it to my face !!! Oh and the fact also none of them have ever built a car despite being in our hobby 30 years or more !!!

Nothing funnier than folk i guess !!!

Originally Posted by lamin8r

Steve,its the same down here...There are a number of guys who have built fully fendered 33/34 coupes,and put them on late 80s/early 90s Mitsubishi L200 pickup frames..They fit well,with a small amount of modification,and the frames are CHEAP,solid and handle well..But do they get rubbished for doing it..my oath they do..Private forum??good stuff...you can say what ya want ,without fear of being taken to court,,,hmm,works well,ay..
Steve,find out who it is and confront them,then ask them how THEIR little project is coming along..If you can build that Willys so it looks right,and does the job...who cares whats under it..

Originally Posted by roadster32

Yes mate it was on a private forum where they thought their comments wouldn't be seen but they didn't realise i have friends there too A friend informed me of what was being said so i embarrassed them all by posting their comments on our NSRA forum for all to see I think it opened a few eyes.

I'm an easy going bloke really and i live and let live and just do my own thing but the comments were very personal and scathing, I wonder who the winner is here as i'm the one with full order books and have had an increase of enquiries since this happened

I did confront one of them as i happened to have his address in my phone so drove the 40 miles to his house and rang the bell at 9pm, Now as you can imagine i was pretty angry and at 6ft and 16 stone i'm not exactly small but he opened the door and went white rapidly and blubbered it had all been taken wrongly, he was so scared i felt sorry for him and left but at least he now know's !!!

The thing that really annoys me is that these people are nice to my face and would never say it to my face !!! Oh and the fact also none of them have ever built a car despite being in our hobby 30 years or more !!!

Nothing funnier than folk i guess !!!

Good onya Steve,,I hope word got around real quick that you got in his face,,,what a pack of useless weasels...For what its worth,I think that,if the taxi chassis works,use it..thats what hotrodding is all about,and,down here,we also,have had to improvise a great deal,as what we sometimes want,is either too expensive,or not available..Carry on brother,it looks like a gasser to me...
Oh,yeah,HAPPY BIRFDAY from us down here..Hope it was a good one..now get back to work..OOps,I should too..