Customs Tilt front end

Hello All

Can any of you lead me in the direction of a kit or parts drawing to turn my F1 front end into full tilt.

 

look at the gasser builds

 

I built mine using garage door rollers I built a frame work to stiffen the grille structure bolted the to the fenders I use a trunk latch to lock it in place. It is a one man job to open or close it. I will get some pics tomorrow . The only thing I had to buy were the rollers $9.00 each.

 

Will do thanks Manyolcars

 

I would greatly appreciate it thanks Hilo

 

With help from the H.A.M.B.'S I'm going to see if I can modify the hood to open more and the front clip to tilt forward

 

I haven't got my tilt front end done yet so you don't want ask me.
What I have bought are heavy duty drawer slides from Princess Auto
(Northern Tool/Harbor Freight?) to pull the front end out
so the Willys fenders clear the body when tilted up.
This may be a consideration in your case.

 

Thats what I always thought about doing too. Then you don't have to cut the fenders.

 

Thanks Psycho I'll add that to my bucket of possibilities

 

Not a truck but I just bolted my front end together. I built a frame for the inside and on the front.

Mine also lifts up and then out so I didn't have to cut everything up. I don't have the rollers on the back done yet.

 

Well I took some pic they are a little dark and the car is really dirty .

 

Beautiful !!
Thanks Wvenfield definitely helps and more for bucket of possibilities

 

No worries Hilo
I can see where your skill set took you!

I also thought I might need a roller configuration to pull this off

Once again this H.A.M.B. Family is just what a guy needs when taking on a big kid "Hot Wheels" project

 

Jim,

Here's a link to a thread I posted several years ago when I was considering making my F-1 front a tilt:

https://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/how-do-you-build-a-tilt-front-end-mechanism.988891/

 

Midnight340 on here has an F-1 with a tilt front. He doesn't look in or post very often, but he was on here about 6 weeks ago. Maybe he would take some pix of his for you.

 

Thanks Atch
I'll review it now

 

You can cut the fender where it runs along the cowl, bolt the cut section to the cowl with a strip of aluminum on it for the tilt front to ride on when closing.
My buddy has done this on a couple of his Willys and I cut my 41 Chevy the same, just haven't finished it up yet.

 

www.rodplans.com has blueprints, $9.99.
All kinds of styles, straight tilt, move out then tilt, up and tilt, etc included.


https://www.rodplans.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1273&Itemid=661

 

I have a fiberglass front end on my F1. Bought it 15 years ago from Falcon fiberglass. They are really big and are still in business. Installation was fairly straight forward and results was great..

 

I cut the bottom quarters and bolted them in place so that when the nose is open there is more room to get under it..

 

Thanks for the input Swade

 

Awesome! Thanks Nova72

 

Thanks to all of you for the help, I'll put the front end back on tomorrow and start the pondering.