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

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Looking good on the exhaust Steve. Been meaning to ask for awhile now, is left hand drive cars easy to register for the road over there ? We have to have all new builds right hand drive over here and I believe that any new imported vehicle has to be converted to right hand drive.

Originally Posted by Whiplash23T

Looking good on the exhaust Steve. Been meaning to ask for awhile now, is left hand drive cars easy to register for the road over there ? We have to have all new builds right hand drive over here and I believe that any new imported vehicle has to be converted to right hand drive.

We don't have any problems with LHD at all Whip, Infact its never commented on by the DVLA

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Been an exhausting day today (pun intended) started building the exhaust system, system is 2" stainless steel, mufflers are 2" Smithys 22" long, they were a little long for the space available so the inlets & outlets were shortened and fitted with 3 bolt flanges.











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Holly cow those headers look awesome! Don't look at my build thread in a few months.

Great work. Do you just buy multiple stainless bends and keep them on hand? Or do you have a tubing bender. Sure looks great sir!

Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe

Great work. Do you just buy multiple stainless bends and keep them on hand? Or do you have a tubing bender. Sure looks great sir!

Being a Hotrod shop Ryan I keep all sizes of mandrel bends on the shelf, very handy when doing my own stuff. A bender to turn out perfect mandrel bends would be financially out of the question.

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Originally Posted by roadster32

Being a Hotrod shop Ryan I keep all sizes of mandrel bends on the shelf, very handy when doing my own stuff. A bender to turn out perfect mandrel bends would be financially out of the question.

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I know what you mean as I have priced them. Yeah, not for this guy either. Haha

Originally Posted by 40FordDeluxe

I know what you mean as I have priced them. Yeah, not for this guy either. Haha

Not sure what the prices are like in the US Ryan but I pay £6 ($9) for a 316L stainless 2" 90 degree bend, mild steel are only slightly cheaper so I never bother with them.

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Yep you can buy a lot of $9 pre bends for $7k There is a shop (muffler) in the next town that I get a lot of pipes bent from a lot cheaper than buying the machine.

I do a lot of 3"-5" and it is by far cheaper just buying the bends and making it. I need to brush up my tig skills and use stainless on my 40. Don't hold your breath dudes.

Not much done this week but I did get some exhaust mounts made, the pics will tell the progress, got the system done back to the rear wheel but need to decide now if I go side exit or out the back.
I went with a bolt in mount as it was easier. Had to enlarge the existing holes in the frame to 3"

















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Hell Steve, even your exhaust clamps and mounts are a work of art Sir... very good and , again, a great way for me to learn from a Master Rod Builder. It is all the little things that make or break a great looking car...

I know Watford is to the North of the Thames but I hope you are stil high and dry compared to some or many of your countrymen and women...

Originally Posted by Whiplash23T

Hell Steve, even your exhaust clamps and mounts are a work of art Sir... very good and , again, a great way for me to learn from a Master Rod Builder. It is all the little things that make or break a great looking car...

I know Watford is to the North of the Thames but I hope you are stil high and dry compared to some or many of your countrymen and women...

Cheers Whip, yeah we are high and dry at the moment, we are fairly high so don't suffer to badly

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A bit more progress while I wait for the laminator to do his thing, popped into my mate Brians engineering shop to use the folder to do an aluminium tank, got chatting and mentioned I had to make a pickup bed, why not do it now half hour later walked out with 2 x 16swg bedsides , Initially went with a 6 foot long bed but got home and tried it in place and realised a 5 foot would look better, so hacked a foot off, interesting little tip was that although the top angle looks to be 45 degrees its not, its actually 55 degrees.
To get the roll on the top was way to expensive so i ordered a length of 1" OD x 16swg bright CDS tube and will weld it in place, could be a tricky job !!!

Seriously thinking of bonding the stake bed pockets on instead of plug welding.







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Seem to have spent a lot of time today but very little to show for it !!! I bit the bullet and finished the tailpipes out the side, had to make a mount for it, bit simpler than the front mount, Got 2 rubber mounts up front so one is fine in the rear. just a piece of stainless bar scooped out to fit on the tube and drilled and tapped to take a old style Mini cotton reel mount. all bolt in for simplicity.














I also started to make an alternator mount but didn't take any pics, I was originally gonna stick with the original generator but I feel the alternator will be more reliable for a driver.

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