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This is my 28 Willy's. so far I have about a year and a half into and all I have left is,,,,well everything [IMG] [IMG]
I went on sat, The swap meet was pretty good. I actually bought stuff this time. The in door concour was nice. I cant believe they had the hood...
Made a little progress on the front of the roof section this weekend. [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] [IMG] My son grabbed a fender trim I had in the...
Im 35 and I have had a couple of 30 sedans a 26T and currently I am working on a 28 Willys Whippet
Thats all I need,, A car that drinks as much as I do
There are a few different ways to chrome fiberglass, Vacume metalization, just like model parts this is expensive. There is also the spray chrome...
When I was a kid this was cool as hell, [IMG]
Yes I did consider making it a 5window coupe, but my son said no. He told me we had to keep it a truck. Im a single dad and he is the boss....
The old man passed away a while ago and the son now has controll of the collection. The old man was told by the county, before he passed that if...
I just talked to my dad and he said there a few places on 97 on in biggs and one 60 miles north near toppinish and neither one will sell any of...
My dad has a shop in Biggs junction, and he lives on the road you are talking about in Goldendale Wa, I will ask him. I lived out there in the...
oh yeah and one of the best aspects of the combo is that I am expecting over 400hp and the motor and tranny weighs about 275pounds less than a...
I found the BMW motor by accident. I was buying some parts in Sacramento and the guy had this motor out of his wrecked 850I. I love V12's so I...
The electronics were not that bad, BMW designed this motor to run like it was two seperate inline 6's. It has two distributors that run off of the...
No the M/Ts found a new home on a T-Bucket. The rear tires are used I bought them for mock up. It will soon get a full set of DiamondBacks
here is a mock up of the truck, still a ton of work to do [IMG]
Ok now that we are up to date with the body, lets move on to the motor. 1991 BMW 850I 5.0liter V12 stock hp is about 315 and 332torque, 8.8 to...
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I wanted to fill the roof section so I grabbed a hood from a 66 El Camino a little chop chop here and little chop chop there [IMG]
More rust repair around the front window, shaving the Cowl vent and starting the flange for the new recess firewall. [IMG] [IMG]
We flush mounted the doors and added a little suicide action, shaved the handles and hinges, then cleand up the rust at the bottom of the doors....
lets start with the body. The top was a little too tall so a 4" chop was the first order of business Before [IMG] Off comes the top...
Now for the motor, I just happened to have a 1991 BMW 850I V12 Motor and trans in the corner of the garage. [IMG] On the other side of...
The rust was minimal and it was different enought to save, so we made a deal and loaded it up. Looks kinda like a Model A except the doors are 7"...
I started a thread on this before, but it was missing alot so I decided to start over. It will take me a few days to get all of the photos...
Great looking motor, I would love to see it finished
I have read alot of tech articles on casting various parts, have any of you guys made your own cast intake. I made my blower intake out of steel...
Thanks guys this helps alot, I will post photos of the results
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