1941 Willys
 

Here is a 1941 Willys that we have started for a local client. Our client is a regular at the shows around the region and Power Tour and wanted to build a custom car that would stand out from the crowd

Some details are still getting worked out but the main build outline is below:

Suicide doors
Hand laid fiberglass body
Billet trunk hinges
Custom cut glass
Custom built hood struts
Manual trunk popper
Power door poppers
Functional Harwood scoop molded to hood
Chevrolet 454 big block bored out to 468 c.i.
Rocket racing front wheels and weld racing rears
Edelbrock 800 cfm carburetor and Edelbrock intake
March Serpentine pulley system
Ford 9” rear end
B & M shifter
4 wheel Wilwood disk brakes
TCI 700r4automatic transmission
Heidts coil over suspension
True dual exhaust with h-pipe
Fuel cell with braided fuel line
Vintage air a/c system
Sony head unit with Sirius radio
Ididit chrome tilt steering
Billet arm rest
Power windows
White faced classic Dolphin gauges
Cruise control
Power Seats

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I love those cars, always wanted to do one. I have a good friend who laughs at me, says you see those all over the place. :_paranoid He has a fleet of first gen Camaro's............. :lol:

If you want to be really unique, you should look into the Grizwald station wagon sitting next to the Willys.

Our client loves the look of this car. He is of the baby boomer generation and he believes that the Willys is a true muscle car and has lines like no other vehicle out there.

I love that body style. One of the first car pictures I ever taped to the wall in my room.

Always wanted one of these.

Nice work guys, seems like you have a very big shop :thumbsup:
As stated aboveI love the Willys also, I love the Willys trucks even more but you really don't see those that much!

Alright! Update on the 1941 Willys build.

We are moving forward with the body work for the car today. Our client wants to be able to go out to shows and not to know whether they are looking at a steel bodied car or a fiberglass car. So we know that we are going to have our work cut out for us smoothing out this body.

Our first step is to mock up the engine and tranny for fitment and then we are moving on to notching out the rear wheel opening for clearance.

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Update on the Willys! The techs have been busy at work with the body fabrication and repairs.

So far they have finished the fab work on the rear wheel wells, finished the blocking, got the rear license plate opening cut in and they are working on getting the Harwood scoop installed.

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Lots of progress on the Willys!

Mike has the vehicle in Raderal and is blocking the body.

We also have put the body back on chassis so we can test fit the front clip.

The raderal coat and block sanding will assure that our client is getting the straightest body possible from us.

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