History Why does every Willys have to be a gasser or street rod?

I have nothing against gassers, but why does every(well almost) Willys show up as a gasser or street rod? Where there no Willys hot rods or customs back in the day? I'd love to see a '40 Willys custom scraping pebbles of the road....

 

I agree

 

Apparently I'm not the only one who wants to see a chopped 3W '40 Willys with teardrop skirts and all of it's original trim on it.

I think it'd look great. I saw a picture of a restored stock one once, but all others have been nose high gassers or easter egg pro-street cars.

Probably has a lot to do with the extremely high price of steel bodies.

 

On the other hand, I've never seen a '49 Merc gasser come to think of it.

 

Here ya go guy's...http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=240953&highlight=willys+custom

There's some cool ride's in here. I've seen the red one in person, it's NICE!!!!!
But i'm boring..i still like em with thier noses up
Tony

 

Because they look bad ass with the nose in the air. Same as seeing Mercurys...they are big bodied bastards and beg to scrape the ground. Pretty rare to see a gasser Merc, or a Model A taildragger! Although I have seen some bitchin Willys customs, I prefer them to go fast, or atleast look as if they do.

 

Willys custom? WILLYS CUSTOM?! That idea just made me sicker than Two Girls One Cup!

 

Just because certain things are right.............

 

HAHAHA

 

I saw a stone stock one two years ago, NOT a handson car, you would be making a bad investment restoring one.

 

Because that's what they were born to do!

 

why are boobs good? Hows a positraction rear end on a plymouth work? IT JUST DOES!!!!

 

I dunno, I like nose-high gasser Willys' as much as the next guy, but I'd have to say this car pretty much kicks ass.

 

I present exibit A.....

 

Exibit B, etc, etc..........

 

Love that shot of Big John's coupe..................

 

for the same reason some people think every '32 needs chopped 5 inches...

 

Here we go with Deja-vu all over again

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=240953

 

Kind of like seeing a custum anglia .

 

when is the last time you saw a 40 ford coupe gasser?

 

And here I thought that all Willys came as gassers from the factory.......

 

Someone over here runs a Kustom '41 Willys. Runs flipper caps, really low and Briz bumpers. Looks pretty smart and it's a refreshing change. I don't even think it runs an 8 either.

 

here is one of our clubmembers cars, not a gasser or a street rod either?

 

on the merc gasser thing, oddball kustoms have just built a 49 gasser called big blue, kinda cool. check out oddballkustoms.com .

 

Probably because they look like they want to lunge.

-Lee
Atomic Radio
www.atomicpinup.com

 

New York has ya covered.Theres a guy named Flathead Ed in the beatniks that had a Willys lowered with skirts.The car is awesome.I do think he changed it to more of a hot rod now .

 

This has to be the one your talking about..
It's VERY nice, and even though my personal preference is that of the gasser style, you can't deny this car it's due credit..

Tony

 

Maybe the same reason ya don't Gasserize a 50 Merc, is why ya DO on a Willys

 

Call me crazy, but i think that Vovlvo/Willys custom in that other thread is FUCKIN SICK! I love the idea of a willys custom.