Features 1937 to 1942 Willys Picture Thread

Beautiful Gasser. Someone on here should be able to give you leads as to where your Willys maybe now. I have not seen it down here in Aussie. Cheers Sammy

 

Good luck, i hope you get some useful info and leads, That 3rd pic of your car has always been one of my favourite Willys shots. Cool looking car.

 

Ref. "What happened?" Whose story would you like to hear.........

Wrong place to do repeated burnouts
"Throttle stuck"
An elevated level of frustration with dodging golf carts and other wheeled conveyances for 2+ days
Intake of adult beverage
A combination of above

Brand new trailer, NOT belonging to the car's operator. The car NOT a racer, a "visitor" from the show side, after the day's races were finished.

 

i guess that answers that..

 

Wishing the best in finding and restoring it. I had that article when it was new and really found the car to one of the best examples of a Willy's gasser.

 

That's too bad. Nice car. I bet the guy that owned the trailer wasn't very happy.

 

Get ahold of Kewi Kev here in the HAMB. Seems to me he had something to do with the coupe your looking for years ago. Good Luck.........Dave.

 

See PM for possible tip on locating the Willys.

 

Who is PM and how do I contact them?

 

Hi Mousetrap, PM means u have been sent a "personal message" to your inbox under your screen name. Click on your own name to receive your messages, its much like an email system on this site for your private viewing between members...good luck!

 

A friend was on holiday in Cuba a couple of years ago and seen this.
Paul.

 

I did a Googe search this morning and couldn't nothing other than what's been posted on this site...Sorry!..

 

LIfted this pic from a billetproof thread.
Maybe I am wrong, but...

 

That's just wrong!!

 

cool, and probably running a skoda engine or something similar

 

Wrong on so many levels that i can't even start

 

Thankyou!

 

each to their own etc, but on the subject of slightly more unconventional Willys, i always thought this one was kind of cool aesthetically...

http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/showthread.php?t=664053&highlight=willys+sport

Would make a great looking gasser, 12 spokes up front, blown hemi etc... along the lines of the Corvette, Healey, and MGA gassers of the day.

Or maybe it's just me

 

"Help me Obione-Kiwi Kev-canobi, your my only hope"

 

Well we've seen guys make cool Willys gassers out of rusted scraps, it'd be cool to see a build thread reversing these damages!

 

Since you all like it so much...

 

He went to a lot of trouble to make it ugly, but he did succeed.

 

And people womder why people tar and feathered people, the pictures show why this person should be!!

 

Hmmm, that chopped up coupe looks pretty traditional to me. I bet it was influenced by the "Johnny Dark" Grantham Stardust and Allard thing going on in the 1950s rather than the radical custom deal of the day or the gassers of the 1960s. All those hand built and fiberglass sports cars of that era had the type of funky looks that car has. Not my choice for a Willys, but not the worse thing I have ever seen and I would be interested in the history of it.

 

Looks like they tried to do a early jag kinda thing with it. I'm betting it's a old custom, it has that slight akwardness that the early cars had. It would look a lot better with a smooth hood, and in a dark color. I like the concept of it.

 

Mousetrap, your car was one of my all time favorite Willys. I had an ex-B/G 41 all steel Willys that the stance was set up like yours. I sold it in '76 to a guy in Iowa. I've tried to track mine down, but no luck. Wish you the best of luck on your hunt.

 

This thread is awesome! I love all the pics, but really like the old vintage ones. They are great like traveling back in time.

 

My coupe back in the day

 

This is a typical 50's custom build, at least he saved it from a crusher. Remember Willys were a poor mans car and before the gasser craze lots were junked, this one it was saved for us to talk about today. Not my style but a lot of work went into this custom and I can respect the builder/hot rodder for that.

 

I was thinking about this car on the way to work today. Althought it is definetly not my style, I agree that it is most likely an old custom, and was probably pretty radical in its day. I agree that like it or not, someone did alot of work on this car then, and most likely now to restore it. It also has a Whale Hemi in it, so I guess I was a little harsh. Apologies to the owner.