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

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Originally Posted by Dave Severson

Better stick with Hot Rods, the upkeep expense on something like that would break the bank in a month!!!

How very true Dave

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Mostly been loading up for the swapmeet tomorrow but managed to get a few more bits done, as the tailgate is raised slightly so its level with the floor when opened there is a small 1.625" gap under it, I filled this with a piece of 1.250" x 16swg box section, I wanted to bolt this in place so a piece of 1/4" x 3" bar was welded inside on the bottom face so it could be drilled and tapped, also the ends were capped with 1/4" so they could be drilled and tapped also. One side of the end caps was radiused to sit nicely in the bottom return of the bedside.
















I also made up the closing mechanism, basically shaped plates that locate on a pair of antiluce fastners, simple but clean & tidy. I gave them a quick polish to add balance to the polished hinge brackets. (the antiluce fasteners haven't arrived yet)






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I must admit that I had never heard of an "antiluce" fitting, but I will do my best to remember the name in the future! Those are a very sharp alternative to hooks & chains!! http://www.albert-jagger.co.uk/porta...1_antiluce.pdf

Originally Posted by rspears

I must admit that I had never heard of an "antiluce" fitting, but I will do my best to remember the name in the future! Those are a very sharp alternative to hooks & chains!! http://www.albert-jagger.co.uk/porta...1_antiluce.pdf

Roger do you guys not have them over there then ??? They are used here a lot on trucks & trailers

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I have never run across them, and everything I see on the web is UK or Australia based. They may be used, but not that I've seen.

Originally Posted by rspears

I have never run across them, and everything I see on the web is UK or Australia based. They may be used, but not that I've seen.

Roger, here in the good ole USA, think about almost every piece of scaffolding that you ever put up. The fasterners are very common securing the X bars on them.

Originally Posted by Scooting

Roger, here in the good ole USA, think about almost every piece of scaffolding that you ever put up. The fasterners are very common securing the X bars on them.

Right!! I didn't think of scaffolding, but I do recall those on the construction sites I visited over the years. Thanks!

I worked for the company that was the NZ agent for Albert Jagger hardware for 20+ years so very familiar with their products. They used to manufacture some awesome old style exterior door handles too that suited hot rods.
Now Steve, you ain't busy taking a mould off a certain Willy's pick up cab that a Californian Kiwi build and that now resides in the UK. ??

Originally Posted by Whiplash23T

I worked for the company that was the NZ agent for Albert Jagger hardware for 20+ years so very familiar with their products. They used to manufacture some awesome old style exterior door handles too that suited hot rods.
Now Steve, you ain't busy taking a mould off a certain Willy's pick up cab that a Californian Kiwi build and that now resides in the UK. ??

No Whip I'm not, Kev done an awesome job on that truck but because I intend to sell them my cab needs to be authentic.

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Been making the bed furniture the last few evenings, I wanted chains for the tailgate and needed to make up the various fixings etc etc, also the Antiluce fasteners turned up so they needed fitting also, for these a bit of 3/4" BMS bar was turned down to 1/2" and holes drilled in the rear stake bed pockets, the bar was then inserted and plug welded from the rear, I will tig the tailgate side later.














I spun these parts up in aluminium in the lathe, the next pics explain where they go.















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Very nice and really it is all in the detail that makes the difference . Has that bloke asked who does all your lathe work yet as I'm sure Sue could fit that in with the welding....

Man I really like the IDEA of putting the chains in the bed. They won't mess up the outside while bouncing around. Honestly never seen it done that way. COOL

Steve, just curious how your chain adapters attach to the tail gate and bed side? Are they intended to support load, like a heavy object being slid out, or the 20 stone mate who plops his hefty backside on the gate to rest a bit?

Originally Posted by rspears

Steve, just curious how your chain adapters attach to the tail gate and bed side? Are they intended to support load, like a heavy object being slid out, or the 20 stone mate who plops his hefty backside on the gate to rest a bit?

I've sat on it Roger and it seems fine and i'm around 210lbs, to be honest its not gonna see hard heavy use as I have a small trailer for heavy stuff like engines etc. More for transporting parts in boxes etc & towing the Coupe.

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Originally Posted by roadster32

I've sat on it Roger and it seems fine and i'm around 210lbs, to be honest its not gonna see hard heavy use as I have a small trailer for heavy stuff like engines etc. More for transporting parts in boxes etc & towing the Coupe.

Sounds like it's good, Steve! Best to prove it out, because its a given that some dolt will park his hefty backside on the tail gate at some point in time, even if he should be thumped for doing it! A guy around here worked on his Falcon Ranchero for a loooong time, and finally pulled in a bunch of favors and got the new color shot. One of the first times out the gate was down, and he parked his own backside on it to chat, not considering that the new cable supports he'd installed had never been stretched and adjusted. He's got a pair of parallel dents about a foot apart on his gate now, perfect images of the bumper brackets.... At least he has no one to blame but himself....