Hot Rods At It Again or Just Wrong

Man drove the 32 to local car show and ran into the guy that bought a friend that passed aways willys truck . Started talking to the new owner and asking about the truck and what he changed . He told me had some left over parts so I ask what parts he had, a glass nose and some patches .Well I bought the nose thinking about some wall art and when it came in the door the 41 ford cab on the jig was a good place to store it but it looked close to a fit . Now I am cutting the body lines out relocating the door hinges and streching the doors . Heres some pics so far the chassis is going together at work straght axle nose high and butt down . May not be a 40 willys but close enough for fun .I think watching Kiwi Kev has took it's toll !!

 

Wow, that works pretty good.

 

Do it! I triple dog dare you to..

 

looks cool, go for it

 

That always gets me in trouble !! here we go this gonna be fun !! I have a 375 horse 327 and a super T10 a 2 -4 cross ram and a 9" with 456 gears the slicks and americans off the 32 may have it rolling this weekend its a long one !!

 

And you already have the perfect drivetrain for it!!

It was destined to be..

 

Hey would it be a Fillis or a Word I know that ford built jeeps maybe someone will belive its a proto type prior to ww II .My brother just called and said I need to get back on the 33 Chevy he's gonna be pissed at me !!

 

not fillis .......... Fillys

 

you........are a mental case... looks good though

 

Yea what you said !!

 

The sad part is (or good part depending on how you look at it) most people wouldn't know its not a willys

 

Badass Terry!
Here's a neat one...

 

^^ Yes..

 

My front on the old truck was a jail bar UGLY that 40 has a good looking front !!

 

I moved it to a 46 frame shortened to 114 " wb and cut down a 46 chevy bed and model a rear fenders vise griped on .Chopped the top tonite pics tomorrow ! the craziness continues I also channeled it 4 "s

 

Looks good

 

i have considered doing the same as well..just for that fact!

my dad had a real good friend when we used to live in so cal when i was younger with a lil red 40 willys pu (nicknamed STEAMROLLER) so being around roberts pu , i have always been in love with them and obviously its hard to find an original, but always thought of doing the same with a other make, but similar cab....

 

thats a damn neat truck.

 

Now you got me thinking evil thoughts.
I've got a 41 frame that I am droping a nailhead into as well as a 41 Cab.
I was thinking about using a car front end for kind of a Hudson pickup look,but i dig the willys front end.

 

I'd say it's a Willord,
seems like some one on here built one similar about 5-6 years ago.

 

A hell of a lot of work, but looking good.

 

Well guys I will post some more pics tonite I made a mistake we set the wheel base at 104 ''not 114" real short ! and as for alot of work moving the rear springs foward 9 1/2 " was the most work .The front end is all stock same brakes as a 40 car so I am just gonna rebuild the brakes and redrill the bolt pattern to 4 1/2 " the 9 inch came out of a 60 galaxy the pedals are gonna work . I have some old 55 chevy fenderwell headers and some 3 1/2 "slots they say for racing only on the back so I know they will make it faster !!

 

So the Wb in the last pics you posted is 104" or is it 10" shorter now than in the pics?

 

Here's a 1940 Ford Panel with a glass Willys nose - big diameter wheels, Mercedes headlights and funky grille are real ugly but you get the idea....

 

I think you are going to have a really fun project there.

Looks like you are going to need to either flatten out the hood top, or peak the cowl to get them to mate up and look right.

 

Bbbronc it's 104'' and I am reworking the cowl and body lines and moving the lower hindge up 4''s and it's gonna be a lot of fun !! thanks I will post some more pics soon !!

 

Chopped now and rear frame horns cut off

 

i have been thinking about doing something like this for a long time now. i have taken measurements for years, every time i saw a willys pickup, to see what was up. i was going to use a vw bug with a '50 chevy truck roof. i just haven't come across a willys front end cheap yet. i have the vw and the roof. the vw has a flat cowl. it is about 3 inches narrower in that area and a couple wider in the back. i got this idea from all the vw trucks i have seen. whats really odd is, i posted a thread on a vw site and they just couldn't get it. i even have a '46 ford cab and thought about it too. i guess it just goes to show you, there is nothing new under the sun and if you think you thought it up, wrong again. yours is going to be quite nice. it looks like you got a good handle on the project. there is a guy that races with us in the anra series that has a chevy cab with a willys front end. blown chevy motor too. goes like stink!!

 

Man, roll that thing out in the daylight so we can see it better