Thread: 41 Willys Gasser project

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Speaking of beer, I decided to give those home draft beer dealies that Miller and others sell another chance. We had bought 3 of them a while back and the beer was great, but the CO2 setup failed in all 3 and we lost about half of the gallon and a half of beer. Miller sent me a check to cover one of them when I complained.

The new on is working great, they must have improved the mechanics. The only problem is it is TOO convenient to open the fridge and refill my glass.

Don

Originally Posted by Itoldyouso

The only problem is it is TOO convenient to open the fridge and refill my glass.

Don

You have a strange idea of what's a problem...............Well, you have a lot of strange ideas..........but that's another subject.

While not cider, and probably near impossible to find east of the Rockies, this has a hint of chocolatey flavor...........mmmmmmm, yummy!

After getting the hood 99% sorted i moved onto the fenders, they needed a bit of support as there is no inner fenders and I don't intend to fit any.

My solution was to add a few adjustable bars to support and adjust the fender to hood clearence.



The bars use 5/16" male & female cheap joints, The tube is 3/8" OD x 14swg wall so i could tap dierectly into it.

The bars pickup on the radiator bar lower mounts.



A piece of 2" x 1" wood is a temporary prop. The rear mount is glassed into the fender, it has holes randomly drilled to aid with the bonding.



Sorry this bit is a bit boring but i know there a 3 people who bought bodies from me and it may help them.









































The last couple of evenings have been raining so i carried on in the workshop and started making the headers, The Cadillac is like a Ford and has square primary pipes.

Luckily i still had a tool that i made as an apprentice for making Ford header pipes square 40 years ago, Its just a few bits of 1/4" steel plate welded together in a taper and then the pipe is hammered square, works well even with stainless tube. The primaries are 316L stainless steel 2" OD which is slightly over 1-7/8" ID