Features 1937 to 1942 Willys Picture Thread

Here's my old 39 Willys sedan. Street driven 406 sbc, 500 hp 11.00@128 mph

 

Divison 3 cars....

 

Awesome picture. Awesome car too!

 

Great photos EVERYONE...! Really cool to see the ones that raced back in the 60's still surviving...!

Rocky

 

Hey Kevin-

Whats the scoop on the Big John Mazmanian pick up?

 

Dave.....I have nothing, maybe someone will chime in.

 

Kiwi Kev,

Thanks for the shots of the old Tequila Sunrise and well, thanks to all for the great pictures. I need to go take a cold shower and lay down now.

 

Here's a random article to throw into the mix.

 

Dave:

I don't know who owns it, but I'm pretty sure it was built by Don Waldron & crew at Rods West. I think the lettering was just a tribute to Big John. The most recent pics I've seen of the truck (from late 2010) had it lettered with Stevie's Speed Shop on the door, instead of the Big John lettering. It's a beautiful truck, but to me personally, the Big John lettering was a little too much. The Stevie's lettering gives it its own identity.

 

Thanks Mark, great looking truck. It seems Don Waldron builds some great looking period correct Willys gassers! Think he did the Solo Willys also.

Couple sedans

 

X2, I'd love to see the build photos of either one.

 

Not really build photos, but here's a link to the album where I found the Rods West photos. Lots of cool Willys and other gasser projects.

http://www.smugmug.com/gallery/6707714_kSc3S#440762814_eCTEi

 

WillysRule; i gotta tell ya, i love the pics of ron regiers coupe, awsume!!!!! the pics when it was yellow were taken at the sioux city,ia. airport track, the multi-colored pic was at cornhusker raceway park in omaha, the grasso@mills pic was taken at thunder valley in marion,sd. keep this stuff coming. thank you

 

Heres a few...

 

Begging to be saved. So we did!!!

 

Wanda-

Thanks for the picture of Big Johns B/GS Willys, I have been looking for pictures for some time and I have never seen that one.

Dave.

 

Dave

Thanks to you and Mark for the cool Willys thread. I had to join in with pics of my 38 Willys coupe that I've had since the late 80's. It was raced as Mighty Mouse (mostly in the Springfield, Ill area. Home track was Drag City in Springfield). The two as raced pics that I have were given to me by Bob Gibson (Thanks Bob). The car was street rodded in the early 70's and thats the way I got the car. I drove it a couple of years and took it apart. Got it back together with a lot of help from friends but it took about 12 years to get it to its present condition. If anybody has any more racing pics of Mighty Mouse I'd love to see them. Thanks

Dave

 

Beautiful car Dave.

 

Your welcome Dave. I don't even remember where i got it from. You know what they say about memory being the first thing to go.

 

My all steel 40 Willys coupe circa 1973. Drove it on the street when most people didn't even know what it was. At car shows it would be the only Willys there. The guy painting it is non other than Gerry Burger before he became a magazine mogul. He was a hot rodder. Last picture is the way it looks now, owned by Tom Goldman its a super gas drag car.

Pat

 

Jim Rhea's beautiful 41 Willys coupe circa 1971/72 before and after it was chopped. Jim is familiar with HAMB I did speak to a Hamber who knows him and he's still around. Don't know if he still has the car.

Pat

 

Glad someone said what I was thinking

Pat

 

Does anyone have any pics of a Willys Sedan that was running in Colorado in the early to mid 70's...Painted Stars and Stripes with the names of Corwin & Johnson then later Corwin & Short in Gold Leaf Lettering?? have been trying to find pics of it but no success....

 

x2!

 

Pat:

Those pics of Jim Rhea's car are awesome. I've got the old Hot Rod article from March of 70, but I never knew it was chopped, nor have I ever seen any pics of it other than the Hot Rod article. Thanks for sharing those. Got any more? (lol)

The one photo on the bottom row that has a wave in it. Is that something you could re-scan, or is that how you got the picture?

Thanks again.

 

Rescanned. I met Jim at the before the first street rod nats east at Rockville College in MD. A bunch of us were talking about Willys when Jim passes by and overhears us. He tells me he's got a Willys and I take a ride to his garage, he gave me 2 professional pictures of the car and I took the rest. We became friends and over time he intrduced me to his friend who had a 33 Willys and was building a race care out of it. I wound up buying the front end sheetmetal, rear fenders, and trunk lid.

Pat

 

Here's a wild altered.


http://www.nhra.com/blog/dragster-insider/page/40/

 

awesome pictures

 

Cool story Pat. Amazing how Jim just happened to be walking by when you guys were talking about his car. I'd love to find out what happened to it. It was a beautiful car.