Thread: Door vibrations while driving 41 Willys fiberglass cab. how to stop it?

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Thats the other thing there, so far no leads on who built the body. The truck was built by some shop in Kentucky, I can try and contact the former owner but he didn't know very much about it either. Its been kind of passed on and was never really finished right.

Originally Posted by 1923tbucket

Thats the other thing there, so far no leads on who built the body. The truck was built by some shop in Kentucky, I can try and contact the former owner but he didn't know very much about it either. Its been kind of passed on and was never really finished right.

Seems to me that at some point you're going to have to start taking things apart enough to see what you've got. Heading into the cruising season is not the ideal time, but pulling your interior panels, etc, to see how it's built is likely going to be the only way you'll really know. That's assuming you're doing your own work, and that you want to know. It's not comforting, but shiny paint and nice interior panels can hide all kinds of issues if you didn't see a build book photo journal or know the builder.

Originally Posted by rspears

Seems to me that at some point you're going to have to start taking things apart enough to see what you've got. Heading into the cruising season is not the ideal time, but pulling your interior panels, etc, to see how it's built is likely going to be the only way you'll really know. That's assuming you're doing your own work, and that you want to know. It's not comforting, but shiny paint and nice interior panels can hide all kinds of issues if you didn't see a build book photo journal or know the builder.

Yea Im going to most likely tear into it and see, I have some good fellow rodder connections around here that will help me out if something structurally needs welded or fixed.

Originally Posted by 1923tbucket

Yea Im going to most likely tear into it and see, I have some good fellow rodder connections around here that will help me out if something structurally needs welded or fixed.

I hadn't really considered what OJH pointed out, that the doors on the truck were not suicide originally, so the extra "meat" in the doors likely is non on the back side to help with support. That's a very good point, and could well be a part of the problem.

Originally Posted by rspears

I hadn't really considered what OJH pointed out, that the doors on the truck were not suicide originally, so the extra "meat" in the doors likely is non on the back side to help with support. That's a very good point, and could well be a part of the problem.

Im not sure how they were actually designed to be hinged with the glass body and doors, I can say theres not alot to bolt to up front. The door its self may weigh about 75lbs without the glass in it. It is a truck body, the actual hinges and everything seem to work pretty well being suicide.