Thread: 41 Willys Gasser project

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I agree with you Don,Steve can't help himself and just look at all the stainless hardware he is using,absolutely nothing will ever rust or seize in the bolt and nut department. Doesn't he do a bloody marvellous job of everything he does?

Ha ha ha, thanks mate, the stainless bolts get replaced with hi tensile bolts, i'm only using stainless as its outside and they would go rusty

Cool cage, and great friend to persist in the rain to get her done. I think the two piece slip joint should make getting it in there and out a lot easier than one solid bar! And a little chrome bling is always nice !

Looking good Steve. I was wondering when the Stainless goodies would start to show, and Chrome, and I'll bet some flake soooner or later. But hey we all love the shiny stuff.........................

Nice work.I don't want to rain on any ones parade here.Honestly.I was wondering what is the rules about roll bars for nostalgic racing??.I honestly don't know.Are slip joints allowed on main hoops for roll bars??.

I asked that very question to our rule makers Gary, the slip is 6" long and one end is rosette welded, its a real close tolerance fit, they were happy with what i showed them.

I guess i couldn't resist the odd piece here and there Definitly no flake though

Great minds think alike Steve

I get some similar problems too, like waiting a minute for a browser window to open if it works, and then after posting get some wierd failure message like failure to spool or some such thing, that you end up trying to resend, or lose you response. I hope Brent gets the glitches out soon. Steve.
Now back to the bling, great job on the removable seat post. Looks like its going to shine too! Steve, your solutions to what you make seem so natural, I think, I never would have thought of that, but dang, he nailed it again! Again using simple materials you bang out exceptional parts that look great. I think that's why watching your post is so interesting. Lots of ideas to store in the back of the brain, in case of future needs!

Hell mate,please don't leave us,that would be worse then getting divorce again. I promise to be good and behalf and watch my language,please don't go.....

Ha ha ha, I will pop in now and then mate when i can get on !!!
Its a great shame the site changed as it was real homely, now it has a completely different feel to it and the locks keep getting changed

Some of the CDS turned up which was correct size 1" x 1/8" wall so could get the seat baes made up and fitted.

First job was to put some 90 degree bends in to form the hoop, thought about doing this in one piece but virtually impossible to get it spot on to slide onto the stubs so made it 2 pieces and used some 3/4" x 1/8" wall as a sleeve, this was rosette weled into the two halves and then the joint finish welded.










Now i had the perimeter sorted i cut some 1.5" x 1/8" to size to bridge across and keep the tubes constant and also provide somewhere the seats could bolt to.














I jumped in the seat to check the strength and it seemed fine but Gary had said earlier that he thought it could do with an extra strut just incase, I was dead against putting a strut in as i wanted it completely clear under the seats, anyways after a bit of applied thought we decided to put in a less obvious strut that would strengthen but not look unsightly.

The tube is again 1" x 1/8" wall and has a slight bend in it to tuck it up sort of out of sight. I spun up a couple of bungs in the lathe and found two 10mm low quality rose joints in my box that fitted the bill nicely.

A couple of brackets were knocked up that will bolt into the chassis through the floor and after welding the strut in it was done.

Looks very sharp, but I would worry about my a** bending the front of the seat down. Not to knock your work at all, it is some of the best I have witnessed on the net. I would think it should hold a 200 lbs (about 91 Kgs) guy just fine. I'm a bigger guy at around 285 (around 130.5 kgs) and would think that would wear down in front.

Checked it with my friend without the brace and it didn't move at all, he is 280lbs
i'm a svelte 210lbs

Originally Posted by roadster32

Checked it with my friend without the brace and it didn't move at all, he is 280lbs

Even more impressed! We need a double thumbs up smiley!

This will do: