Thread: 41 Willys Gasser project

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Your right about comprimises Dave, I didn't want the motor up high like a lot of gassers i've seen as the handling is gonna be bad enough without another 900 odd pounds up in the air .

I've got the motor a fair way back as i just love that look.

Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Sure is going to have a great stance, Steve!!!! The bars really came out looking great on the rear end. Engine position should be great to help get that CG down a bit, the gasser look is great but it does call for some comprimises, huh??

Steve since when is Cadillac making fish pumps? Just kidding! I thought my Ford 460 was a behemoth, but that 500cc bad boy is huge! the width alone wouldn't fit at normal mounting height in my truck! Your going to need that extra steel to support it!
My aunt (who is in her 80's) has an early 60's Mercedes Benz 4 door sedan she wants me to take and restore. She's had it since the 70's. It was made custom for a guy in California, on a checker cab frame according to her. Every time I read this thread I think about it!

Thanks Steve for the answer,so it is an alcoholic ,whoops, Cadillac fish tank with the ability of holding 500 fishers. Thanks Steve Stovens for helping poor old cribbled lazy me out.
Tomorrow fellas I will be absent for a day or six as I'm being fitted out with a titanium knee so you all behave yourselves and that includes you Uncle Bob.

Steve,
Looks really good! The stace on these cars is everything, you nailed it.
Ken

Cheers Ken, I'm pretty pleased how it looks.

Originally Posted by Ken Thurm

Steve,
Looks really good! The stace on these cars is everything, you nailed it.
Ken

Not much work yesterday as it was my birthday and Sue insisted on taking me for a meal and beer

But i did sneak a bit of time in the morning, I picked up a pair of 9" shafts that had been drilled Chevy pattern (thanks Al) so popped them in and bolted on my rear wheels, It looks completely different now, The tyres i will be running are gonna be 30" tall which is 2" bigger than the radials on the wheels a the moment.

I also taped a door into position and laid the hood in place to give a better idea of look.

Yep, yep, yep..............that's a gasser alright! That's the way a Willys should sit.

Steve, what do you do, move back and forth between working on customer's cars, your 26, and this one? I find it tough enough to muster up the energy to work on one, but you are way over the top.

Don

Originally Posted by Whiplash23T

Tomorrow fellas I will be absent for a day or six as I'm being fitted out with a titanium knee so you all behave yourselves and that includes you Uncle Bob.

Spent the last two days on the road getting down here to Vegas. And just so you know, behaving badly is still behaving.

I hope your surgeon is very capable and your overhaul is successful. Do your PT, it will make the outcome even better...........you gotta work through the pain.

Hope all goes well Whip, I'll be thinking of you mate.

Originally Posted by Whiplash23T

Thanks Steve for the answer,so it is an alcoholic ,whoops, Cadillac fish tank with the ability of holding 500 fishers. Thanks Steve Stovens for helping poor old cribbled lazy me out.
Tomorrow fellas I will be absent for a day or six as I'm being fitted out with a titanium knee so you all behave yourselves and that includes you Uncle Bob.

Cheers Steve, I was just poking a bit of fun at Whip

Originally Posted by stovens

Steve since when is Cadillac making fish pumps? Just kidding! I thought my Ford 460 was a behemoth, but that 500cc bad boy is huge! the width alone wouldn't fit at normal mounting height in my truck! Your going to need that extra steel to support it!
My aunt (who is in her 80's) has an early 60's Mercedes Benz 4 door sedan she wants me to take and restore. She's had it since the 70's. It was made custom for a guy in California, on a checker cab frame according to her. Every time I read this thread I think about it!