GoodbuildNY Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Decided to dig into this one. Not really deviating too much from the kit but I did also take some liberties. I narrowed it an additional 4.5mm to fit even wider meats out back. Reconfigured the rear suspension and used a Strange rearend from my parts box. K.S. Pittman kit has donated the door panels, roll bar and steering wheel. Wheels are from Texas 3D . Injector scoop, rear tires, arm rests, shifter and other little bits also sourced from my parts box. It’s going to be light-ish blue metallic ( Duplicolor GM light blue met. ) that in good light resembles Ford’s Brittany blue ( see spoon in photo ). The interior is going to be a slightly darker version of mopar burnt orange interior color. The project is still fluid so not all details are hammered out yet. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis Lacy Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Nice start! Really like the Weld Rodlite wheels. Those were super popular in the 90’s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FoMoCo66 Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 You can't even see into the rears there so DEEP. Nice start, looks good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted March 3 Share Posted March 3 Good looking start. I just finished this kit. Super nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slusher Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Awesome start! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keef Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 I’m liking where this is going so far. The kit rear tires are some of my favorite tires to use on other builds. I’ll be watching this one!! 👍🏻 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NOBLNG Posted March 4 Share Posted March 4 Cool looking project!😎👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moparman18064 Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 (edited) I love a Willys build! Watching Edited March 5 by Moparman18064 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodbuildNY Posted April 7 Author Share Posted April 7 I’ve got this one in the paint and assembly stage. Here’s a quick pic of the progress 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zippi Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Looking good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodbuildNY Posted April 12 Author Share Posted April 12 Starting to look like something. Paint is as shot, no polishing yet. Still need to install rear suspension, exhaust, windows and other odds and ends. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LennyB Posted April 12 Share Posted April 12 I just Luv it, looks fantastic.👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TransAmMike Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Ohhh yeah, that is a gonna be a looker!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rattlecan Dan Posted April 13 Share Posted April 13 Liked the stance right off the bat. Gonna be a cool one, Ill bet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanward VonDiederichs Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 On 3/3/2024 at 9:31 AM, GoodbuildNY said: Decided to dig into this one. Not really deviating too much from the kit but I did also take some liberties. I narrowed it an additional 4.5mm to fit even wider meats out back. Reconfigured the rear suspension and used a Strange rearend from my parts box. K.S. Pittman kit has donated the door panels, roll bar and steering wheel. Wheels are from Texas 3D . Injector scoop, rear tires, arm rests, shifter and other little bits also sourced from my parts box. It’s going to be light-ish blue metallic ( Duplicolor GM light blue met. ) that in good light resembles Ford’s Brittany blue ( see spoon in photo ). The interior is going to be a slightly darker version of mopar burnt orange interior color. The project is still fluid so not all details are hammered out yet. That looks like a real cool kit. Better than their first one SWC back in 64. What is the engine Olds? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanward VonDiederichs Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 On 4/7/2024 at 2:36 PM, GoodbuildNY said: I’ve got this one in the paint and assembly stage. Here’s a quick pic of the progress I see now it's a Chrysler that's cool. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodbuildNY Posted April 17 Author Share Posted April 17 16 hours ago, Stanward VonDiederichs said: That looks like a real cool kit. Better than their first one SWC back in 64. What is the engine Olds? It’s the hemi that came with the kit with a few small tweaks. With this build I tried to pay homage to the history of the great willys of the past mixed with some of my favorite trends of hot rodding throughout the decades . For example the blue is a nod to the SWC car, the mild monochromatic look and weld rodlites a nod to the 80’s/90’s. The grill will be the one out of the Big John kit . Then the little touches to the body like opening up the front radius of both front and rear wheel openings and carrying the peak all the way up the hood to clean up and accentuate the lines, a nod to designers I admire like Troy Trepanier or Chip Foose. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanward VonDiederichs Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 1 hour ago, GoodbuildNY said: It’s the hemi that came with the kit with a few small tweaks. With this build I tried to pay homage to the history of the great willys of the past mixed with some of my favorite trends of hot rodding throughout the decades . For example the blue is a nod to the SWC car, the mild monochromatic look and weld rodlites a nod to the 80’s/90’s. The grill will be the one out of the Big John kit . Then the little touches to the body like opening up the front radius of both front and rear wheel openings and carrying the peak all the way up the hood to clean up and accentuate the lines, a nod to designers I admire like Troy Trepanier or Chip Foose. For the 1965 fall Nationals NHRA Doug cook from stone woods and cook came over to borrow the extra supercharger we had for the final against Big John. We were at the timing booth we just finished our race and one where I was able to watch stone woods beat Big John. We were running a simca sport 9 with a blown Chrysler in a four-speed hydro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodbuildNY Posted April 17 Author Share Posted April 17 43 minutes ago, Stanward VonDiederichs said: For the 1965 fall Nationals NHRA Doug cook from stone woods and cook came over to borrow the extra supercharger we had for the final against Big John. We were at the timing booth we just finished our race and one where I was able to watch stone woods beat Big John. We were running a simca sport 9 with a blown Chrysler in a four-speed hydro. I love hearing about racing stories of that era as it was an amazing time for drag racing. The early 60’s through early 70’s in my opinion was the absolute best of the decades. I wasn’t born until mid 70’s so I missed much of it but flipping through my fathers old magazines and listening to he and his friends stories sure did paint a picture. Do you have any pics of the car or cars you ran back then? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James2 Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 very nice looking build... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanward VonDiederichs Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 28 minutes ago, GoodbuildNY said: I love hearing about racing stories of that era as it was an amazing time for drag racing. The early 60’s through early 70’s in my opinion was the absolute best of the decades. I wasn’t born until mid 70’s so I missed much of it but flipping through my fathers old magazines and listening to he and his friends stories sure did paint a picture. Do you have any pics of the car or cars you ran back then? The first photo is a photo of a Devon the guy that owns the simca retired it because they were closing that class and he didn't want to cut up the simca anymore than it is the car is too valuable as it is but the Devon was built to take the mayor of City of industry Sam Preparion record his AAM/SP class. The magazine cover that particular magazine if you can find one has a story and photos of the simca the roadster was my brother's. If you Google search for the freedom fighter Simca you may find more about it the Devon was stolen and never found. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanward VonDiederichs Posted April 17 Share Posted April 17 23 minutes ago, Stanward VonDiederichs said: The first photo is a photo of a Devon the guy that owns the simca retired it because they were closing that class and he didn't want to cut up the simca anymore than it is the car is too valuable as it is but the Devon was built to take the mayor of City of industry Sam Preparion record his AAM/SP class. The magazine cover that particular magazine if you can find one has a story and photos of the simca the roadster was my brother's. If you Google search for the freedom fighter Simca you may find more about it the Devon was stolen and never found. I meant to tell you also are you familiar with this site; georgeklass.net he has a lot of photos and there'd be good for references or you might find something you want might want to build from his collection he's a nice guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GoodbuildNY Posted April 17 Author Share Posted April 17 2 hours ago, Stanward VonDiederichs said: I meant to tell you also are you familiar with this site; georgeklass.net he has a lot of photos and there'd be good for references or you might find something you want might want to build from his collection he's a nice guy. I checked out that site and wow… it definitely got me thinking for future builds. Absolutely loved it. Thank you for the recommendation!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stanward VonDiederichs Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 3 hours ago, GoodbuildNY said: I checked out that site and wow… it definitely got me thinking for future builds. Absolutely loved it. Thank you for the recommendation!! I've donated photos to him and sometimes used him with sites I'm a digger for old customs I remember drags remember and what other people are doing in other countries. Do you know what this is what kind of car? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stitchdup Posted April 18 Share Posted April 18 9 hours ago, Stanward VonDiederichs said: I've donated photos to him and sometimes used him with sites I'm a digger for old customs I remember drags remember and what other people are doing in other countries. Do you know what this is what kind of car? i've got a feature on that car but he builders previous car was cooler 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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