Jeff, Thank you very much. Was glad to find someone who is making them since i couldn't find them anywhere. They look great. Larry
Time for another little update. My hand surgery has been delayed so i'm back at the project. This picture shows the rear fender well rust damage. The inner fender is from the sedan donor car. The car had been originally repaired with brass and the lip that goes to the inner fender had a piece welded over it. I removed that piece and prepared for repair.
With my new purchase from Shane and the people at Bailey's i had the right tool to make my patch panels.
g-willys, The right tools make the job alot easier. I was surprised at the cost of the shrinker-stretcher. It was cheap enough to make me not second guess the purchase. Thanks for the compliment. I noticed that your from the twin cities. I was wondering if you know Dave Davis. He is a good friend of mine and one hell of a photographer. He shoots for Gasser Wars Magazine. Larry
Great car! Nice to see some of these up in the Northeast. Hope to see it at a show sometime in the future.
First off, i want to apologize again for posting one picture at a time. I can't get this computer to do what i want it to do. I'm better off in the garage. This is a picture of the sedan trunk pan. As i stated earlier the car had been hit hard in the rear. I spent an hour or so straigtening this out to use as a pattern. It's not rusted too bad but there are too many cracks and dents to deal with. So i decided to fab a new one.
Here's the new trunk pan. It's 18 guage. Pretty heavy stuff to put such big beads in. I worked slowly making several passes and it seemed to work out okay. I won't be able to install this until i get my trunk lid. I want to make sure that everything is squared up before i weld. Thanks for your interest. Larry
Hey Larry great progress with the Willys love the work and detail your putting in to it takes me back to mine well worth the hard work cheers Wayne
Wayne, Thanks for the compliment. I checked out your bio, you have some pretty cool stuff. I'm a custom home builder by trade. This is just a hobby for me. I really enjoy metal fabrication. Larry
g-willys, The right tools make the job alot easier. I was surprised at the cost of the shrinker-stretcher. It was cheap enough to make me not second guess the purchase. Thanks for the compliment. I noticed that your from the twin cities. I was wondering if you know Dave Davis. He is a good friend of mine and one hell of a photographer. He shoots for Gasser Wars Magazine. Larry Know Dave very well...all the local Willys guys around here are close. There are about 10 of us that are very avid Willys guys, and our total number of cars (95% of 'em Steel) is somewhere in the 30 range. Dave has helped me with my '36 sedan, and our computers are jammed full of his shots including your coupe and pickup. He's making great progress on his delivery, and it's looking good. My '39 has been on the road for years, and it's one of six coupes I have had since 1960 (boy were they cheap then). Was out your way a few years back (vacation), and crossing over into New Hampshire I came across a factory 2-door sedan body at a remote body shop, we were still on the Maine side. Neat find, but it was a Sunday, and no one was around! g-willys
Hey Larry, Been watching your build close Keep the pics and updated work progress coming. When are you going in for surgery? Ken,
Larry, The car is looking really good. I'm glad you decided to keep it and build it - you are very talented. Keep the pictures coming. Doyle
Very nice work Larry. Maybe I need to bring mine to you so it will get finished. Keep up the good work.
Larry this is a floor piece that quite a few guys would like I'm sure ! I know I would , great find , great work ! I'll check back soon ! Love what you have going on ! I took mine down just as far but it's not back up to where your's is yet . Again , great work !
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