Hot Rods Tony's 38 Willys pickup....Build pic's

I have been doing some fab work for my friend Tony from Bakersfield. He bought this pickup as a rolling shell at the CA Hot Rod reunion swap meet. Tony is hotrodtodd1960 here on the H.A.M.B. and already has one Willys, a 37 sedan with a 6.71 blown small block Ford and a 4 spd. The sedan is not gasser style but the pick up will be and will be built for the street.

Here is what we started with. Funky Mustang II, no floor or firewall etc. The cab itself is pretty nice.









Out with the Mustang front end.....

 

Frame boxing, ft crossmember mods etc....

 

engine, trans' mounts.......

 

Firewall and floor....

 

Nice work so far Kev looks like its going to be another killer build!

 

(thunderous applause) ... well, somebody owes you a beer or ten. Certainly led that heap to the promised land. Outstanding !

 

great gasser pickup, love it!

 

Wow, I love them Willys pickups.
What do you do to keep your bead roller lines nice and straight? Mine wanders all over the place making it really hard to keep in control.

 

Cool - looking great

 

Dang that is turning out nice. I am really liking where this is going.

 

Outstanding work as always.

 

Wow!

 

Indeed, and it's great to see you post another build. Well done.

 

Great looking, you've been burning the midnight oil. Very talented, your car's turn heads. Looking forward seeing it completed.

 

Wow Kev, great fab skills. That is sure looking good. Can't wait to see it on the road.

 

Very nice work Kev. Love the progress shots. Tony should be happy. Keep the progress shots coming. Dick M

 

Damn, your work is just so clean and sanitary-every time i see your builds i think "oh, that's how it's supposed to be done, if i could learn to do it right, then it wouldn't take me 10 times as long to get 1/10th the results" Never met you or talked to you but you seem to have a very "matter of fact" way of thinking that just gets right down to business. I'm learning alot. Thank you for sharing your work-rick.

 

very cool Kev , thanks for the update

 

hi kev I haven't for got about the glove box lid.for tony.i will try to get it out this week for him.need to find the right box for it.thanks jay

 

his truck is looking good.i just fishing up my rear and the tilt frontend.i can pick it up with one hand.

 

Thanks for the comments!

oldrelics.... you may be pressing your bead too deep, I only go deep enough to get a nice bead and concentrate on following he line. I have a power roller which makes a huge difference.

Here are some pics of figuring out the cutout for the rear fenders....















Just painted them so far to see how it looks....

 

3.55 posi 9" rear end going in with Speedway ladder bars. I added a couple of diagonals. Removed 3 leafs each side.

 

We are using fat fender fenderwell headers but they need modifications, They are being cut close the head and tilted up for MC clearance and the tiny collectors are being cut off and big 60's style collectors are replacing them.

 

Nice Pick-up, are you leaving the 38 front sheet metal or using the plastic piece in the background ? JW

 

VERY COOL INDEED

 

sorry I'm late...I was giving a chinaman a banjo lesson
killer work so far

 

26 T Ford RPU.... Tony plans on running the 37 steel nose. The 'glass 41 nose is mine, I got it from Tony in trade along with the front wheels on the truck, Tony has a pair of the same only polished to replace these. I also got a Speedway straight axle, New fiberglass 40 Willys dash and the bed off this truck as Tony has ordered a brand new bed from Mack products, The bed in the pics is not very straight. I have enough parts now to build another pickup from sedan panels one day if I want to. Tony will be running 15x8 1/2 Ansen Sprint slot mags on the back, the Cragars are mine , just using them for rollers.