Features 1937 to 1942 Willys Picture Thread

Another vintage ad....

 

Dave Hales.

 

Here's another Holden bodied ute. It used to be owned by Rooman and was for sale by Dickster27 last summer right here on the HAMB....

 

This one is a TJR body - probably a '37 with a '40 nose added by someone as I do not believe TJR made Willys bodies after 1937 or maybe early 1938. Note the non split rear window and the five window cab. This was a hallmark of the TJR closed cab Willys of 1937....

 

This hot rodded Holden bodied 1939 ute used to be owned by my mate Andrew Hall - to spare him any embarrassment, I won't mention what engine was under the hood....

 

This is a sad sight - these were transplanted from another thread - cheers Kuztom....

 

More pix of a super rare Mitchell bodied ute - I believe these used US Willys doors....

 

Ask and ye shall receive....

 

Holden bodied Overland sedan - note rear quarter windows not introduced into US until 1941, and split rear window a la coupe. The bubble trunk did not appear until 1940 in the U.S.....

 

1939 Model 48 Flood bodied tourer. The Model 48 was a continuation of the 1938 Model 38 with a couple of monor updates. Flood did not produce a Willys body until 1939....

 

I owned this body a few years back - 1940 Holden bodied ute....

 

1938 Holden bodied coupe....

 

1937 sedan - note early use of bubble trunk and rear quarter window. This is a TJR body - single rear window is the clue....

 

Another 1940 Holden bodied ute....

 

Rare Hope Body Builder roadster ute....

 

Phantom sedan delivery conversion - I imagine this is how it might have looked had the factory every built them....

 

1937 TJR coupe with later '40 front....

 

1937 TJR roadster....

 

'38 Holden bodied ute - another shot....

 

Another shot of the TJR roadster....

 

And a couple more....

 

Here again is the 1940 Holden bodied sedan delivery conversion. It works well IMO because the Holden body has the quarter window and the recessed side window panel, which on the SD conversion goes all the way to the back of the quarter window. This gives it a nicer balance by being longer than you would get trying to do this on a U.S. sedan body....

 

Man, I love this thread!! Maybe you guys can help me out. I'm trying to track down the '41 steel coupe body I sold to a young guy from Iowa at the NSRA meet in Tulsa, OK around '75 or '76. It was primer gray and he flat towed it back to Iowa. Any info would be appreciated. Thanks, Mike
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A pair of Aussie Willys....

 

'37 roadster ute and bottom '37 TJR roadster....

 

Super rare TJR bodied '37 panel was crushed in 2005!!!!

 

Hi Guido
Gee a lot of these pics are familiar to me, (grin)
Lucky you put them on here cos I can't even upload one pic !!!!!!!

Seeya
Bill

 

Hey Bill - just a public information service, spreading the Willys gospel....

 

Anyone know the story on this one?
I assumed it was creative body work with GM? quarter windows added but after seeing the different Aussie bodies in this amazing thread I'm starting to wonder.

 

Swc