Thread: Oh no not another Willys Gasser build, this time a Willys shop truck

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I don't often change my mind this much but here's Mk3, there won't be a Mk4 !!!




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Thats what they all say until Mk4 comes up... lol
Looks great!

Been taking it a bit easy this week as an old archiles heel injury flared up and made me hobble about a bit but I did manage to get the fuse board all finished and ready to plugin.








my mate Jason popped in to give me hand to remount the radiator, due to the addition of the blower the drive pushed the rad forward a couple of inches, it was either buy a narrower rad or cut into the front panel, the front panel lost !!! I will tidy up the cutouts shortly. You can't see it with the hood shut !!!







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Great work. Hopefully your heel heals fast! It's always something isn't it?

Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe

Great work. Hopefully your heel heals fast! It's always something isn't it?

Thanks Ryan, its an old injury from years ago, it pops up for while then goes away again, but these days stays longer each time, I really need an operation but it involves around 6 months on sticks and 9 months off work, that would drive me nuts !!!

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Got the battery cables made up today so could test the fuseboard, all works perfectly.








Next up was the new lower mounts for the radiator, made in 3mm aluminium and welded on.








Next job was to make a stainless trim around the grille opening, started with some pre polished 1/4" stainless round bar, On my coupe i made this in one piece and welded the joint but it was a real pain getting the radius's in exactly the right place so this time i'm making it in 4 corner pieces and then weld them all together.





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as long as its not the pedal foot ( gas or welder)

Originally Posted by jerry clayton

as long as its not the pedal foot ( gas or welder)

Left Jerry, its only walking thats a problem, the archiles tendon swells up to around 3 or 4 times its usual size, Its a bit like walking with a sharp knife in your heel

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Steve I take it they can't do the surgery orthoscopicly? With the scoped forms of repair recovery time is much faster. Sorry you have to live with that kind of pain. I had to hobble around work for a year and a half before the insurance companies agreed to a MRI of my knee. Then it was Oh you haave a bilateral tear in your miniscus, that needs to be operated on! That was a scoped procedure, and healed in about 3-4 weeks.

Originally Posted by stovens

Steve I take it they can't do the surgery orthoscopicly? With the scoped forms of repair recovery time is much faster. Sorry you have to live with that kind of pain. I had to hobble around work for a year and a half before the insurance companies agreed to a MRI of my knee. Then it was Oh you haave a bilateral tear in your miniscus, that needs to be operated on! That was a scoped procedure, and healed in about 3-4 weeks.

Steve I'm going back to the quacks this week and gonna demand to get something done, I can usually work through it but it's beginning to be a problem now.

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Originally Posted by roadster32

Steve I'm going back to the quacks this week and gonna demand to get something done, I can usually work through it but it's beginning to be a problem now.

It's good to push for an accurate diagnosis, and the squeaky wheel gets the grease as they say. Hoping there's no tearing there, and you can get to the remedy without the knife, large or small. Being "booted" and "on sticks" for six to nine months would be a hassle I'd not want to have to deal with, for sure.

Mainly bench work the last couple of evenings, got the top half of the grille surround done, its held in place with small tabs welded to the back.











Spot the join








Another small job to finish was the battery clamp, Its basically a 5/8" slot, I couldn't bend it up so I milled a slot into a piece of solid rectangular bar. 2 small bolts hold it in.











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Nice work! Hopefully they can get ya fixed up Steve!

Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe

Nice work! Hopefully they can get ya fixed up Steve!

Thanks Ryan, hopefully they will fix it soon.

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If not nitrous might reduce the sting!