Hot Rods PORKSHOP'S WILLYS PU.. build thread.. (x sedan)

Not until just now, I haven't logged on all week.

 

wow
Nice job Kev
always enjoy seeing your no nonsense approach to these things
very impressive
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Man, another great build, the proportions look right on too.

 

Ruler

 

Cool Project. Keep it going.

 

Aha, the legendary SP2P...

 

Great work Kev, you are a true craftsman.

 

Just a peek at progress on the firewall......

 

Couldn't skin the firewall until the steering box was in place so I made 3/16" boxing plates for the front section of the frame, pretty thick for boxing plates but the driver side was also what the steering box was going to bolt to. I welded 3 7/16" nuts to the inside and tacked it in place.



Bolted the steering box in place and made a top mount from the cross bar under the dash.







Then it was time to make some aluminum panels for the firewall. I used grade 5052, .050 thick.

 

I couldn't resist sitting the Hilborn injection on there, I made the distributor recess big enough for a magneto in case someone wants to run one in the future.

 

I made the front end mount/hinge also. Not sure who made the 'glass front end but it is an old one and I don't think it was ever on a running car. It is not too thin, pretty solid but not too thick either. It has a couple of plates with studs glassed in for mounting so I made plates to bolt to those and then a cross bar that would be below the grill opening, next some plates to bolt to the frame horns.

 

There is flex in that front end when it is open so I will add a couple of diagonal tubes like this and that will really beef it up.

 

Man, I love your stuff!

 

Good stuff, what does a car like this weigh race ready?

 

Great job Kev ! I am always impressed by your approach and execution. Simple and spartan.

 

Awesome as always.... Can't wait to see in the flesh again.... Thanks Kev.....

 

Who said that you can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear (or parts there of)?

 

Maybe I missed it, but what steering box are you using @Kiwi Kev? Great work!

 

its a 41 willys box I bought from Gassagarage here on the HAMB.

 

man kev.your a master at the willys.

 

you make this all look so smooth and simple, great skills sir.

 

Beautiful creativity Kev !

 

Thanks guys! The weight depends on build style and components used. This truck should come in somewhere close to 3,000 pounds. Just a guess.

 

Does this truck have a name yet? Maybe Swiss Cheese?


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That's perfect! Maybe at the next H.A.M.B. drags we could set up a match race between Jigsaw and Swiss Cheese.

 

Better yet, you could call it the"Holey roller".

 

Very cool

 

I am going to call it TARGET PRACTICE.......

 

You could sweep up the garage floor and build a car out of what's in the dust pan.