Projects Swedish 40 Willys

Going to be driving it soon. Does it take a long time to get your "big government inspection" scheduled?

 

First we have a long cold winter to survive, I am planning on have the car painted and final assembly except interior done this winter. If you book a inspection I guess you will have it in a week or two.

 

The March Performance serpentine kit installed in my Willys

 

And the centersection testfitted on my Willys. Its tight but there is room for everything.

 

I've always liked it when it is tight.

 

In some cases thats very true )

 

The brakelines to the mastercylinder done

 

Installed the front springs, at 375 lb/inch I guess they are a little to stiff but I will not shorten them before everything is on the car.All hoses are there and all the fluids are filled. I have adjusted the fuelpressure and installed a mech oilpressure gauge because the plan is to start up the engine on my Willys this weekend.

 

The big day is coming soon good luck on the fire up

 

Thanks, but I wont do it tomorrow not Fri 13th.

 

Good luck, I am excited for you and the build is coming along great.

 

I hear you I stay around the house on that day too.

 

Fired up the engine yesterday after some electrical problems with Painless Wiring fusebox, my fault did not understand the manual. It fired up ran great good oilpressure so this morning I pulled the valve covers and found no oil to the rockers the lifter are not pumped up.

 

Really tried to understand the SBC oiling system, then I removerd the transmission and flexplate to get acess to the 3 oilplugs in the back of the engine.
There was oil to the top plug but not to the left and right one, I with compressed air I found that it was flow between
the left and right oil passage but not to the top.
With Brakleen a thin steel wire and compressed air I managed to open the oilpassage between the top gallery and the fifth cambearing.
Have filled the engine with new oil primed it and oil up to the rockers!!

 

You are making great progress and hopefully it will be running well very soon.

 

Have started the engine again now oil to the lifters and rockers sounds great. I have set the timing and idle on the Holley Terminator EFI, cant get the electric fan to start and some small coolant leaks are the only problems.

 

I am waiting to get the Willys painted, they are really busy. Somethings have been done the exhaust system is there, the insulation on the roof and a VW rear wiper motor installed

 

The exhaust system install looks like a very "clean" job looks good.

Sure hope you aren't going to use the same place as farmer12for paint LOL

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/...mi-build-thread.463453/page-158#post-11313041

 

The cardboard, masonite panels for the trunk is done ready for upholstery.

 

Towing the Willys to the paintshop on the coldest day this winter, -31 degrees Celsius thats -24 Fahrenheit.

 

Very nice build sir.Please keep the updates coming.
Good luck.Have fun.Be safe.
Leo

 

Thanks.

 

Some parts for my Willys back from the paintshop

 

Love the color.

 

Nice choice of color, Not the regular ho-humm color that you see all the time.

 

Looks like the old Pontiac root beer brown to me. Great choice many willys gassers had it back in the day.

 

Thanks for your comments

 

Hi!
Very nice Willys coupe thread build you have here!
I remember in 1991 or 1992 when I imported a Ford from Los Angeles, it was a 40-41 Willys steel bodied project also going to Nothern Sweden , do you know about it?/what happened to it?
Bye!

 

Found a couple for inspiration in the GNRS thread.





http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/threads/live-from-pomona-gnrs-2016.1006780/page-13

 

real nice