Projects Oh no not another Willys Gasser build, this time a Willys shop truck

very nice stuff..... love unique hand made parts

 

Your a bit behind mate, that decision was made ages ago

 

I fitted a CE rear axle vent for venting

 

Can't do much bodywork due to rain so got to thinking about an interior light, wanted something to continue the theme.
Found a nice milk lense on ebay so that was a start







Next up I plasma cut some rings out of 1/8" aluminium sheet and cleaned them up on the lathe. These were welded together to leave a return for the lens to sit in.









Next holes were drilled for rivets







Here it is with the lense fitted.







Next a base was made up and welded and a bulb holder attached







Heres the finished light minus the lense as I knocked it off the bench and it shattered into a million bits !!! Luckily I found another on ebay a few minutes ago

 

Love the light !!!

 

Cheers Mark

 

I'm just asking but has anyone out there got a spare milk lens 4 inch diameter or I could work with one slightly smaller ???
The replacement I got turned out to be slightly oval !!!

 

The replacement light lens showed up but was slightly smaller so slight modification called for, I spun up a ring to hold the lens and then welded it into the body, the pics tell the story, next step is to get it vapor blasted.
























I found this little gem on US ebay, havn't a clue whats off but it was complete with cables and working switch, plan is to rechome and fit under bottom of dash.






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Steve
You have become quite a master at detail, thanks for the continued tech.
So, here's an idea; that knob that is labeled "blower", how about hooking that up to an electromgagnetic clutch on the supercharger drive, ala Mad Max.
Ya, I know, I need to get a life huh.

 

I've always done detail Denny, It makes a car for me, no mad max gizmos thank you !!!

 

Does anyone know where this heater panel came from ???

 

looks like it is from a 49 ford car dash with the heater option.

 

Thanks bud, your the 2nd person that said that

 

Xmas time again so found a bit of time for my own project, I pulled dash out to prep it for paint and looking at it thought it looked a bit bland, so decided to give it a bit more character.
This how it looked






first job was to chop out the instrument section








Next I cut some 1.5mm aluminium sheet into 2 pieces, first one as a backing sheet and the front, then these were tig welded together around the outer edge. I recently invested in a new Miller Dynasty 210 tig welder and one of the really useful functions of this machine the the arc frequency control so this was wound up to 300 and away we went, turned out pretty good for time use.









I would normally of metal finished the faces before welding but completely forgot to do it but no problem as it will be vapour blasted shortly, the welded edges were blended & fettled to a nice radius and holes drilled for rivets.







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Nice looking piece, what size gauge did you use 3.5 or 5 inch.

 

Nice work Steve - you feeling better?

 

Are you better or did you sneak passed the wife to spend some time in the garage?

 

Cheers bud, they are 3 3/8"

 

Yes Geoff thanks, it was the oysters my son in law gave us xmas day !!!

 

Yes thanks bud

 

While I was on a roll I thought I would tackle the lower switch panel, thought it was gonna be a fiddly taxing job but it went easy, don't often get that happen !!!

First job was to cut a couple of strips of 1.5mm aluminium and drill the switch holes








Next I cut 2 slots out








Once cleaned all the edges up the top was put over the bottom plate and the various switches replaced, I havn't welded the edges yet as I ran out of gas and all the suppliers are shut bacause its bl00dy xmas !!!











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Brilliant thinking you do making these parts. Most of us would have just made a flat plate and never even have the idea for a simple surround.

 

Thanks bud, this is gonna be very much a marmite car I think, some will love it and some will hate it, no middle ground I don't think.

 

The details are what makes or brakes it and i love the look you have going cant wait to see what you doo next

 

Me neither bud , thank you

 

Hi Steve.Happy New Year.Love the detail work that you do on your builds.Anyone that does`nt like it,WELL,I`ve got two words for them,and they ain`t Merry Christmas.
Good luck.Have fun.Be safe.
Leo

 

I love Marmite.....

 

Happy new year Leo, thanks

 

Me too !!!

 

Have been limiting my responses to this thread lately so as not to irritate everyone (by saying the same thing over and over). I keep hearing this British accented voice in my head saying "Brilliant!"
Count me on the "Love it" side.