"Beside the Barn" willys find

Wow.

 

Nice looks good. Inspiration for the rest of us in the build stage

 

That's unreal. Good luck with her.

 

That must be such a joy to block sand. I'm a big fan of muiti coats of primer, it may cost a bit, but what good is it having leftover primer in a can? Bob

 

We used 2 gallons to do the all the body parts. With three of us sanding it went fast, We waited 2 week between the last 2 coats. I wanted to give the primer time to shrink!!! My bodyshop buddy knew that my hands needed a break and he needed to catch up on some collision work. It worked out good for both of us.

 

Looks really good.

 

The day I brought my 1940 Willys shell home. My wife was not impressed, no floor, rockers or firewall.

 

She will get over it! Where in Warshington did you find that?

 

I have been on a few excursions with my friends and I have a picture somewhere that looks just like that. We have dragged a lot less than that home before. My wife understands that I suffer heavily from Willitis!!! good luck with your project. The sedan floor pan swap is a great way to fix that coupe. LARRY

 

Pretty cool!

 

I have a similar sickness but it is henryJitus

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I have a friend in New Hampshire with that very same illness. I can PM you his phone number and you can console each other.

 

I'm actually going to pick up another 1 Friday it's a sickness

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lmao---------looking good

 

We really need to form some sort of support group !

 

Not sure how I missed this post, but I'm onboard now! Keep up the work, its going to be awesome

 

looks good with the stock pans in the rear but I still gotta smile looking at those old weight jacks in the "before" pic..someone put alot of time into that trick setup.

 

very nice, its come a long way great job!

 

Thanks for the compliments. Larry

 

Just read through the whole build thread.WOW! Absolutely awesome work so far!

 

Excellent metal work. What you have done with this car is inspiring.

 

Beautiful job !! Cannot wait to see the frame and future progress as the build continues.

 

It's been awhile since I've had time to work on the Mystery Willys. In the last couple of months I was able to strip down the frame that I purchased. I boxed the rails and built a new x-member. The picture shows the drop out transmission cross member and the modification to the front cross member. I didn't want to modify the firewall so I had to move the cross member to have room for the motor.

 

This is the jig that I use to make my ladder bars.

 

The rolling chassis. The next few pictures will be of the ladder bar setup. A few people have asked me to send pictures of this setup.

 

Side view showing the floating link at the front of the ladder bar. There is a bushing through the frame with a bolt that holds the link. This link allows the ladder bar to move backwards so that it doesn't bind the spring.

 

Always good to see your progress reports. Bob

 

View looking down from the top. The bolt will be grade 8 with a locking nut. There will also be a safety chain in case the rod end breaks.

 

Close up side view.

 

Rear housing brackets and shock mount.