'41 Willys Pickup Gasser circa late '60s - Finished

[Mooneyzs]

Brad... its called modlers ADD lol i have a few builds i started 15 years ago that i still havent completed lol

[Gluhead]

Front end came out great. Nice trick with the insulation. I'm totally stealing that.

[gasser59]

Front end came out great. Nice trick with the insulation. I'm totally stealing that.

Go ahead Glu. Nothing is proprietary on my builds. I'm glad to share and help others as I have learned so much here as well. Edited August 29, 2013 by gasser59

[thumper86]

Man that thing sits perfect !

[gasser59]

Thanks Robert. I was really striving for this particular stance with the straight axle. The kit came with an I beam dropped axle and sat too low for me.

[rustybill1960]

You are another "Master of Modeling"

Love the work

Love the Willys

Thank You for sharing

I can't wait to see more!!

I will be watching

Later

Russ

[gasser59]

Everything has stalled for the moment on this build as well as my Fiat altered because a couple of f***ing bozos broke into my garage and stole my airbrushing compressor along with a bunch of tools including my DeWalt compound miter saw. I can't seem to get anything done either on the bench or in the garage. This is so frustrating. What makes a thief believe he has the right to take another person's stuff? A thief is at the top of my list for a**holes.

[Mooneyzs]

Brad.... I am so sorry to hear this man. this sucks. I just dont get why people can't have respect for other peoples property anymore. people need to treat others the way they want to.be treated and have respect for.other peoples property. You are more than welcome to use my airbrush.

[vintagedragfan]

A bit more progress over the last couple of days. Front axle is done, the chassis is painted and the Cragars and some of the engine components have gotten a shot of Alclad. I changed all of the tires and am happy with these. The pie crusts were too short for the ride height. Still deciding on an injection system. May go with the Enderle as shown here but it seems a bit out of scale. Its sitting upside down for the picture.

As always, comments welcome and thanks for following along.

oh yea gonna be tough! super nice work Brad!

[Dyno Davo]

Brad, awesome progress mate, those @#$holes that stole your stuff, well mate karma will befalls them that for sure. Chin up, and keep up the great work

[gasser59]

Thanks guys. Chris, I appreciate the offer, we'll see how quickly the insurance company takes action on this.

[gasser59]

A bit of work done on this one. Built aluminum tubing shocks on all corners and changed out the Olds engine for a 392 hemi. I just can't seem to build a drag car without a hemi in it. I'll have some progress pix to share later this weekend.

[Mister Twister]

Good stuff Brad....I like your detail work!

[Mooneyzs]

Brad.... I can't wait to see pics of the progress bud. I know its gonna be killer. You have done a heck of a job so far on this build. I am glad to hear that you are back at this one.

[vintagedragfan]

sorry to hear about your misfortune Brad, wouldnt you love to catch someone breakin in, ( probably would't be a good thing) hope you get things sorted out soon so you can make some more progress on the awesome builds, again good luck with everything!

[Danno]

Way too kewl for skewl, Brad!

Love the pickemup. Don't know how I missed this thread before, but I'm catching up.

[gasser59]

Thanks for the thoughtful comments fellas. They're most appreciated and keep me in the right direction.

[gasser59]

OK, couple of pix to show but not much progress on this. Was planning on putting in a full night but just got called into work to cover for a sick employee.

Hoping to get more time in tomorrow.

[Romell R]

Brad Im really enjoying this , the next time the job calls to interupt you just tell em Romell said you could stay home....Keep up the good work buddy!

[Mooneyzs]

Brad... so glad to see some more progress on this bud. Its looking great.

[gasser59]

Thanks guys. Rom - I'll just do that and we'll see what happens although I'm the store manager so I'd have to tell myself. Not sure how I'd take it. LOL

[rustybill1960]

The progress is looking super Brad!!

As long as it takes I am in for the ride!!

Thank You for sharing

Later

Russ

[gasser59]

Progress is slow on this build since the weather has been so nice. Here in the desert, spring is here and gone before you know it and then its too hot to do anything outside except swim.

Anyway, here's a picture showing the injector plumbing and the bracket for the idler pulley. A bit of the paint wore off so that will need some touch up. Although they can't be seen in this photo, the front of the intake manifold has the back fire valves fitted with Scale Hardware 0.5 screws and hand wound springs. I'll try to get a picture of those later.

Next up is to make a magneto and get the plug wires done.

[Mooneyzs]

Brad... that engine is looking great!! Loving the turned aluminum pulleys and the bracket that you have made.

[gasser59]

OK, here's that pic of the manifold back fire valves as mentioned above. The photo is just a bit dark but I think you get the idea. Also a pic of the redone magneto. I used a piece of radio antenna tubing for this as it has the rolled edge at the bottom and its chrome and works better in this instance than aluminum tubing.