Projects 1938/41 Willys build shots

Hello Mick,
The Willys pictured in your previous post has had a long hard life!! Here it is 35 YEARS BEFORE the Gateway Gasser Gathering photos...


And here it is 25 YEARS AFTER those photos. Currently at the Museum of American Speed in Lincoln, Nebraska.
I guess you could call it a True Survivor!!!

Honestly, all those photos are the same car!!!!

 

I thought that car looked familiar!

 

Hi Dave [I knew it was your car].
Glad it's in the museum, this car has such a great history, it needs to be shown off.
Did I mention Dave has a "few " trophies?"
Mick

 

Same car Dave?
Again St. Louis 99,I took a lot of shots,
Mick

 

An east coast friend did some drawings, here's a couple of early Willys as an example...

 

This was at Jimmy's Picnic [annual] in Golden Gate Park S.F.
Decades ago I had purchased a Morris Minor station wagon from Jimmy.
A what?

 

Yes Mick...same car!!!
Here is another one from that same event.

 

What a shot!
Good one Dave, thanks,
Mick

 

Came across some old Polaroid shots yesterday, here's the coupe in 1996...

 

Just got my 41 body back from being stripped today..

 

What a beautiful sight!

 

Happy 4th of July fellas

 

A group of friends all met here at the house then we all cruised to our local parade location.
The wife starts off the parade in her 34 .
LOTS of kids, so refreshing to see.
Everybody knows our little dog Joey so the kids were hollering "Hi Joey!" TFF.

 

we all want to be your dog and get to go for fun rides!

 

Our friend Bruno has a beautiful/rare 42 Ford business coupe.
See attached...
He's been attending our Walnut Creek 4th of July parade every year
but this year he and his wife got talked into attending the Concord parade instead.
It's a HUGE parade, kids everywhere; some "bone head" in a shortened 56 Chevy wagon gasser was trying to show off behind him during the parade by attempting to do wheel stands...with his 9 year old grandson in the car.
He lost control of the car and plowed right into the back of the 42.
A video of it was sent to me last night.
I'm shaking my head,
Mick

 

Whitewalls on a Willys?

 

Weren’t there white wall slicks ages ago? Seem to remember the swamp rat even ran at one time. Guess to old & bad memory

 

yes to all!

 

Yep!

 

Guess not to old after all. Tks 4 the save

 

An original one....

 

More stockers [The March Meet and the California Hot Rod Reunion]...Bakersfield.

 

I did NOT take this shot, another stocker...

 

Stock 40

 

Car show 3 blocks away from our house, drone shot.

 

Track photographer friend Bill Kloss just sent this photo to me a few minutes ago.

 

The seal went out in the 671, had it rebuilt [years ago of course].

 

Big John autographed

 

Unloading my engine at my fabricator's [home] shop.
Note the chopped 37 Austin in the background,
I had just purchased it for trading material.

 

Whole engine rebuild because blower needs seals? Why engine to fab’s shop?