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

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Originally Posted by Mr Blue

Nice addition Steve. :-) Looks killer.

I will see you young fella on sept 24th, can't wait !!!
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Still on light duties so I got to thinking about glueing the door skins in place, until I realised I hadn't fully finished the outside door handle mechanism whoops !!!
A simple plate is laminated to the inside of the door skin, its fitted with a pair of rivnuts for the handle to screw too and a holder for the outer cable, The cables are stainless steel bicycle brake cables which are more than up to the job and are cheap !!!









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That's a great idea! I need to do something different on my corvette. I didn't even think of the bicycle cables. Thanks for the info and taking the time to document your mad skills!

Will you be able to get the allen key into the grub screw when you fit it into the tight confines of the door ?

Originally Posted by Whiplash23T

Will you be able to get the allen key into the grub screw when you fit it into the tight confines of the door ?

Yes Whip, no problem getting to it.
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Not had chance to do much on this recently but I had some vapour blasting to get done on a customers car so thought I would get the inlet finished up, the blower plate supports needed welding on to the intake and I just knew it was gonna be a pig job so popped into Garys to see if he had any good ideas on approaching welding the poor casting, It didn't go well at all as just kept getting black crap coming out of the casting and the welds were not the prettiest so ended up smoothing them out.








Here's the intake finished








Before the plenum was fitted I needed a gasket so cut one from some Reinze boiler door gasket material.








Here's the intake bolted up












I also got the gauge spacers vapoured as well




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Looking spiffy there Steve. Thanks for the update

Originally Posted by stovens

Looking spiffy there Steve. Thanks for the update

thanks Steve
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Looks great, Steve, and the adaptation of the blower plate to the 3x2 top is first rate! What is the process, "vapour blasting"?

Originally Posted by rspears

Looks great, Steve, and the adaptation of the blower plate to the 3x2 top is first rate! What is the process, "vapour blasting"?

Vapor blasting uses very small (100-150 micron) glass beads in a high-pressure water stream. Neat system, and non-aggressive - unlike other media systems.

Originally Posted by rspears

Looks great, Steve, and the adaptation of the blower plate to the 3x2 top is first rate! What is the process, "vapour blasting"?

Yes Vapour blasting Roger, its basically a glass bead in water, Its nice because it peens the surface which closes the pores which makes it very easy to clean and stays nice for years.
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EDIT Henry beat me to it

Hi guys no updates in afraid as we are in the states at Bonita Beach visiting Don Hulgas (remember him) itoldyouso
Met up with Don & the boys last night and glad to say all are well.
Off now for a boat ride with Don Jnr so speak later, stay cool.

Give the Hulgas Boys a big shout out and hello from CHR. We miss Don Sr.'s regular posts and advice. We also are happy to see Don Jr. back on site, and would love updates from his brother and his project too! Enjoy the states and have a beer for me!

Hey also while your there try and get a few shots of their current rods!

Did you make it back home from your trip safe Steve?