Features 1937 to 1942 Willys Picture Thread

38 Willys Pro-Street

 

S.W.C

 

We had more than that a couple years ago at the Cruz Nite at the NHRA museum in Pomona - 42 in attendance! It was Willys Night with the largest turnout of Willys I've ever seen at a gathering, except maybe for Indy.

 

Vic-
Next time you guys have a large Willys round up you should try to do a line shot like the vintage Muncie Dragway photo.
Dave.

 

Dave,
Where are you located in Ohio? Is your Willys a race car at this point? We are working hard to locate and recruit vintage race cars for our upcoming CARS & PARTS Swap Meet & Car Show in Springfield, Ohio.

Might be cool!

 

A couple from the Twin Citys area for G-WILLYS

 

This car had four link rear suspension " back in the day".

 

Jim still has this Willys...it is in Forest Lake MN. A de-stroked 396 Chevy!
g-willys

 

Everything about this picture is just cool!

 

This was a local Yellow 1940 Willys Sedan that ran my home track National Trail Raceway, I have no idea who it was?

 

This Willys was from the Buffalo NY area.

 

My old favorite black SWC.

 

just saw this one yesterday..............supposedly

 

would anyone on here be familiar with the jan-cen automotive willys that Dave posted a picture of?reason i would like to know more details i have recently aquired a coupe origionaly out of buffalo that has the same molded in rear fenders been parked for 30 some years if anyone remembers the car or if the origional owner/driver is still around i'd appreciate grtting in contact thanks,Dave

 

Yes,that car is still around in Mass.,I sold it few years ago.The car is apart but it is that car.

 

I cant find any info or pictures of a original 1937 to 1942 Willys asphalt hood welt/lace. I am in need of the screw spacing in inches. Some may say they didn't have any and others say they did, I have checked two cars that both were repainted and cant find any holes. I am wanting to install on a 1941 and would like the spacing of the screws to be as close to original as possible. Thanks, Dave.

 

Dave, I just checked four Willys - two 1940 and two 1939. No holes for hood lacing in any of them. Don't have a 1941....

 

willys art

 

i painted logos all over some black car from the area, looks similar to it....

 

love that DENNIS THE MENACE willis....before n after....i could tell ya storys !!!

 

Tell those stories!

 

Isaac waitin to here some new stuff dude

 

Dave -I have taken apart several original 41/42 sedans and I have an original 41 coupe. None of these cars have/had hood lacing.

 

Okay back to the rarest of the rare in Willys. I am going to guess here that this Cantrell bodied two door 1937 or 1938 Willys - I am guessing 1937 by the hood ornament - may have been built speculatively to see if Cantrell could land a factory deal with Willys....

 

Speaking of Woodies, here's something completely different...a high school kid did this '40 Deluxe Coupe in 1947. To get the car he traded a Whizzer motorbike! Story and photos...


A very special '40 Willys Coupe | Mac's Motor City Garage.com

 

Lots of old Info

Ignore the " Classifieds Section " , if you do not want a Heart attack

http://www.westcoastwillysclub.com/tech/wcwcmags.htm

 

alright.....a long time ago (1968) the dennis the menace willis ,painted lite yellow at the time was being run on a floor jack backed in the driveway of then owner ron regier .... it somehow fell off the jack....running.....driverless.....down the driveway, jumped a grass median in the middle of the street continued on across 2 lanes of traffic and hit a house which stopped its travel !!!!!!! from that point on the front frame horn remained bent until the next owner replaced them. at this time the car received its 2 piece fiberglas trends nose it still has along with its signature 68 laquer paint job.

 

Looked something like this at the time. See how it looked when owned and run by Jay Souza and Rick Gold over on Modern Nostalgia Drag Cars thread.
Please keep those stories coming. Got any on Tom Grasso? What about the Bill and Nancy days of this car?