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

[Mark E]

Great work on the guage pods but are you not worried about them wobbling? How wide is the base? Do you have any metal under the hood to strengthen it?

 

[langy]

Great work on the guage pods but are you not worried about them wobbling? How wide is the base? Do you have any metal under the hood to strengthen it?

These pics will answer your question

 

[Mark E]

Yep, that about covers it. I should have been more patient - I can see this is a minor technical detail and given the attention given the rest, I should have known!

Great build, I'm enjoying following it!

 

[langy]

Yep, that about covers it. I should have been more patient - I can see this is a minor technical detail and given the attention given the rest, I should have known!

Great build, I'm enjoying following it!

Thanks for asking, its not always obvious. Glad your enjoying the ride

 

[langy]

Something else the carb change affected was the scoop, Its now been extended 2.25" and I altered the shape of the opening slightly.








While I was extending the scoop I decided to add a finisher around the opening, this is made in 1/4" stainless rod and curved around an old alternator pulley. Once I had the shape I looked around Ebay for some mesh but couldn't find anything I liked, suddenly it came to me !!! I still had the offcuts from the aluminium Fairlane grille , Now you know why I never throw anything away !!!
Dug them out but not long enough to go the full width so I decided to weld the 2 halves together. I sanded the joint to a perfect fit and tig welded it, a little clean up with a file and it looked fine. A quick trim up and it was all fitted and dandy, matches the front grille, got a little bit of making good at the front but will do that later.

















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[octo0072000]

Now that scoop does look cool with the inset in

 

[brewdexta]

beautiful!

 

[langy]

Been thinking about the sides of the bench seat, i've had the ply templates on there for a while now, had a root through my aluminium scrap and found some 2mm sheet so came up with new sides, a bit of hole sawing and a few rivets and viola !!!









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[langy]

Now that scoop does look cool with the inset in

Thanks pal

 

[langy]

beautiful!

Thank you

 

[Cris B]

This build just gets better and better. So cool.

 

[Wallace]

Ooooh, liking that lots!

 

[Parm]

Something else the carb change affected was the scoop, Its now been extended 2.25" and I altered the shape of the opening slightly.








While I was extending the scoop I decided to add a finisher around the opening, this is made in 1/4" stainless rod and curved around an old alternator pulley. Once I had the shape I looked around Ebay for some mesh but couldn't find anything I liked, suddenly it came to me !!! I still had the offcuts from the aluminium Fairlane grille , Now you know why I never throw anything away !!!
Dug them out but not long enough to go the full width so I decided to weld the 2 halves together. I sanded the joint to a perfect fit and tig welded it, a little clean up with a file and it looked fine. A quick trim up and it was all fitted and dandy, matches the front grille, got a little bit of making good at the front but will do that later.

















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That's just got so much attitude, it just looks like it's gonna eat Tarmac and anything else that gets in the way

 

[Fintray]

Steve Can you explain how you actually made the sides of the bench seat?

 

[langy]

Steve Can you explain how you actually made the sides of the bench seat?

I will try and explain tomorrow mate, don't have time at the moment

 

[Fintray]

Thanks Steve, I look forward to it.

 

[whensparksfly]

love it

 

[langy]

Here's how I made the sides, I rough cut the shape out of a sheet of 2mm 6 series aluminium sheet, this is a harder & stiffer flavour that doesnt like being folded, If you wanted to put folds in you would use a softer flavour like a 5 series, I cut it outside with a cutting disc, then took the more manageable bits inside, started with jigsaw but thought I would give the Cut50 a go as I already had the plywood template, It cut all 4 pieces out in about 20 mins and left a decent edge that was cleaned up quite easily with a 80 grit flapwheel.
They are made in 2 pieces as you can see in the pics, the relevant holes were drilled and hole sawed, the rear upright and lower holes are actually 6mm stainless coach bolts with re profiled heads as they attach the sides the rest are solid rivets, The edge that is seen is welded and then smoothed to a bull nose shape. I then finished it all in a brushed finish.
Thats about it really, I've also added a pic of the riveting tools, nothing complicated. Hope this explains.

 

[Fintray]

Steve many thanks for taking the time to explain, that makes it much clearer, I did wonder how you managed to hide the join at the curved edge.

 

[langy]

Steve many thanks for taking the time to explain, that makes it much clearer, I did wonder how you managed to hide the join at the curved edge.

Glad to be of service, hope it all made sense.