'33 Willys Gasser

[dodgefever]

I'm building this for the TRaK Autorama.  Base kit is the AMT '33 Willys, but I'm only using the frame and front suspension.   The unchopped body,  hood, and front wheels came from Ed Fluck at Drag City Casting. Rear wheels and tyres are from the new tool Revell '41 Willys and the rear axle is a resin copy I made from an AMT '62 Pontiac.  The original plan was to use the blown small block from the old tool Revell '57 Chevy, shown here. 

That plan didn't last long...  I switched to an Olds engine from the old tool SWC Willys.  The rear wheels and tyres were also changed to M&H piecrust slicks with 4 hole wheels from the Ivo Showboat.

Headers are made from 2mm Plastruct rod with collectors formed from .010" sheet. 

I was scratch building ladder bars, but that was too much like hard work, so now I'm using the old tool SWC ladder bars, which have since been shortened about 3/8". 

So, that's where I'm up to.  Comments welcome.

 

 

 

 

 

[Snake45]

Very cool! Nice to see an unchopped one, with untrimmed front fenders, for a change. Drive on!

[Mr mopar]

Nice Headers !

[Flatout]

Mock up looks good Stu.  Nice job on the headers, 1st time I've seen them done in scale!

[dodgefever]

Thanks for the comments.  Planning to get some paint on this at the weekend.

[Snake45]

Looking good! Drive on! 

[vintagercr]

It is coming along nicely!

[afx]

Great looking project Stu.

[Snake45]

I wish I'd gotten a couple of those bodies. Drag City seems to be out of business now. Is anyone else making an unchopped '33 Willys body? 

[iBorg]

Snake.....I tried to send you Ed's contact info but I got a message you can't receive messages.

[chris chabre]

drag city castings is Eds business. Lowcab36@epix.net  is his email

 

here is the page to see his parts/bodies etc

https://public.fotki.com/drasticplasticsmcc/member_dealer_directory/drag-city-casting-/

[Snake45]

29 minutes ago, chris chabre said:

drag city castings is Eds business. Lowcab36@epix.net  is his email

 

here is the page to see his parts/bodies etc

https://public.fotki.com/drasticplasticsmcc/member_dealer_directory/drag-city-casting-/

It says: 

None of the '33 Willys bodies are currently available at this time. The only bodies currently available are the Hugh Tucker '28 Chevy roadster, '41 Willys pickup cab, and the chopped '34 Ford 5 window coupe body.

[iBorg]

Ask Ed about it. He may not keep the website updated. Nothing loss checking to see if he has some.

[chris chabre]

22 hours ago, Snake45 said:

It says: 

None of the '33 Willys bodies are currently available at this time. The only bodies currently available are the Hugh Tucker '28 Chevy roadster, '41 Willys pickup cab, and the chopped '34 Ford 5 window coupe body.

Id drop Ed an email, hes very good about replying. We speak a few times a week actually. Really nice guy

[crazyjim]

That's going to be mean.

[Spex84]

Drag City Casting is still in business! Ed makes awesome resin...but the menu shifts with time, as molds wear out and demand for old products wanes. Every so often he'll bring a retired product back, like the '34 Ford body etc,  so definitely keep an eye out as he brings new parts online.

There is also a Drag City Casting Facebook page now, and it will have more up-to-date information on that stuff.

 

[dodgefever]

Yes, Ed is very much in business and if he has something listed as available, it'll ship quickly.

More progress, almost done.

 

Edited January 1, 2019 by dodgefever

[dodgefever]

Done.  I'll get some better pics up when I have time.

[Codi]

Looks great in the natural light Stu.  Nice color choice.  cheers, tim

[dodgefever]

A couple of better photos.  The tilt front gave me a headache, but that's no reflection on Ed's castings; I've always had that problem with the kit parts.

[crazyjim]

Well done.  Love the bright and SHINY