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

[langy]

Your a legend Langy, would love to come and see it in the flesh someday

I think you mean leg end

 

[Parm]

I think you mean leg end

No never !

 

[langy]

Superb Steve, Attention to every detail no matter how small, Love the little left hand/right hand jacking screw.

Nice to meet you today Gordon

 

[gordon stephenson]

The pleasure was all mine Steve, To see first hand the quality produced by yourself in person was awesome, Many will aspire to emulate your work but very few will attain, Men in sheds rule supreme, Thanks for taking the time out to meet with me while i was in your locality, Very best regards, Gordon.

 

[langy]

Chassis now covered in epoxy primer, had to roller it on as got told by specialist no spraying 2K at the moment, next hi build primer and smooth out a few bits and then some satin black 2K






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[zx9]

Looking good Steve. (Love the workshop floor, it is cleaner than my kitchen floor is some days.)

 

[langy]

Looking good Steve. (Love the workshop floor, it is cleaner than my kitchen floor is some days.)

It's normally a bit cleaner that that, I should of swept before I took pics

 

[Tigman]

saw this on Saturday at Santa Pod and thought of you

 

[langy]

Got the skimming all done, frame was quite pitted in places, I wasn't to precious and only did it back as far as the firewall, the rest just got several coats of epoxy primer and flatted off, next epoxy primer and topcoat

 

[mr migwire]

looking good mate.

 

[langy]

looking good mate.

Cheers bud, it looks much better now

 

[MrFluffy]

I just want to add to the chorus, I find the level of craftsmanship in this build inspiring and I hope it drives me harder in my own stuff as a result. And yeah you a living leg end

 

[langy]

I just want to add to the chorus, I find the level of craftsmanship in this build inspiring and I hope it drives me harder in my own stuff as a result. And yeah you a living leg end

Thanks bud, I'm glad it's some sort of inspiration to you as that's why it's here, it's nice to know someone is getting something from it

 

[dobbslc]

I think there's a LOT of people getting inspiration from this build!

 

[langy]

I think there's a LOT of people getting inspiration from this build!

Cheers bud, it would be nice if some of the youngsters were motorvated as it seems none of them are really interested in learning the skills these days which is a shame

 

[cliff366]

Top draw as always langy wish I had a small part of the skills you have on the fab work you do

 

[bump]

Cheers bud, it would be nice if some of the youngsters were motorvated as it seems none of them are really interested in learning the skills these days which is a shame

Sadly most youngsters don't even get to know that such skills can be learnt. Metal shops gone from schools, pushed in league table preferential directions etc.

Good to see you're keeping up the excellent standards

 

[langy]

Sadly most youngsters don't even get to know that such skills can be learnt. Metal shops gone from schools, pushed in league table preferential directions etc.

Good to see you're keeping up the excellent standards

Yeah got to agree, my 17 year old grandson don't even know what a file is !!!

 

[davenport]

In fairness to the youngsters.. schools do not give enough incentive to learning engineering and employers rarely pay a rate reflecting the skills involved

Lets face it, the wages are rarely what can be called enticing, i have and still do work 60-65 hours a week to earn a decent amount, what youngster is going to do that when office and computer jobs can earn more for a nice 9to5 in a comfy office..

The thing to remember is that those that want to, will continue to learn the trade

 

[langy]

In fairness to the youngsters.. schools do not give enough incentive to learning engineering and employers rarely pay a rate reflecting the skills involved

Lets face it, the wages are rarely what can be called enticing, i have and still do work 60-65 hours a week to earn a decent amount, what youngster is going to do that when office and computer jobs can earn more for a nice 9to5 in a comfy office..

The thing to remember is that those that want to, will continue to learn the trade

Yep I know what your saying bud, my point was that most don't want to learn, they want to have a nice cushy job with clean hands and whip out the credit card at Halfords !!!
Different generation I guess