"Beside the Barn" willys find

Hi Larry and Wanda.Outstanding find AND craftsmanship.Larry,hope you are well soon.Surgery recovery sucks.BTDT.Open heart/triple bypass,and bi-lateral carpal tunnel.Ah well,life goes on.
Good luck.Have fun.Be safe.
Leo

 

Great build! You are doing a fantastic job resurrecting this old race car.

 

looking good!

 

Thanks everyone.

 

looking forward to seeing this car guys. awesome job so far.

 

Thanks Ardyboy,
How are things with you.
Wanda

 

great Wanda. Looking forward to the spring
john

 

Hi guys. Larry,sorry to hear the news on your hand. Hoping all goes well for you.
The trunk lid looks like a perfect fit (somehow that does not surprise me one bit ! ) Look forward to seeing the both of you at the Drags this spring. Take care.
Baron

 

Very nice work.

 

looks good man keep It up.

 

Nice work, gotta love old gassers

 

Larry looks Great, 1st class work.

 

This is the body fresh from the body shop. We did 3 applications of high build primer and blocked and reprimed 3 times just to make sure that we got every defect. It came out great.

 

From this angle you can see that when we did the bottom of the floor we also painted it semi gloss black. IN the previous picture the little black spots inside the trunk are from over spray going through the body mount holes.

 

The old sedan floor pan came out really nice.

 

The Randy Ferguson deck lid is just sitting in place. The chassis work will begin next. Thank you all for your interest.

 

Body looks GREAT! Are those shop rags in the above photo for lifting the trunk lid? Bob

 

I put the rags on the body so that I would not scatch the fresh primer.

 

Awsome job Larry, I cant wait to start on mine. I actually have to wait, theres other things I need to finish first. At least I look at my car everyday & smile from ear to ear!

 

Looks great!

 

We tried for quite awhile to find someone who would buy it and put it back the way it was. We even listed it on the Dover Dragstrip sight but no takers. We also contacted the gentleman that built it but it had been so many years that he really wasn't interested in it anymore. The car was so gone after sitting outside that we decided to save it and put it to an all steel coupe. We still have the original parts that came with it. Maybe some day we will decide to sell and the next person can take over. For now we are going to continue with it.

 

Hi Larry and Wanda.That looks great! Sure has come along ways from the time you brought it home. Amazing transformation,to say the least. Hope to catch up with you at the track in the next couple months. (just noticed this is my post number 1320...how fitting. )

 

Wow! This make me feel good when I see something rescued like this.
Jay

 

Thank you for the compliments. Its been alot of work to get to this point. Baron we will try to be at all the NE nostalgia events so we will definatley see you at one of them. Jeff just keep collecting parts and when your ready it will go together fast. Larry

 

Wow, the body is looking great! It's come a long way. Hope to see it in person some day.

 

Man that is awesome I wish I had one.

 

looking great!

 

Very cool!!

 

Barron,
Wow when you compare them that way it has been greatly improved. I know that larry has put alot of work into it.

 

Nice save....