Featured Hot Rods Another Willys made it to the curb

Here's my '37 Willys coupe I'm just finishing up. I've waited a long time for another Willys coupe. I had one back in the early nineties but never made it to the finished line before I had to sell it for family reasons. Kids are expensive. This one is all steel with a 41 front end and '41 doors. I have to admit I almost threw in the towel more than once. I retired almost a year ago and once my Total Knee replacement was healed enough, I got back to work in the garage. I'm running a BBC 396 and a T400. Strange Engineering rear end with power discs all around . I did all the body and paint in my shop and while it won't win any best paint awards, I pleased with it. It's been years since I painted a car, but todays paints are pretty easy to shoot. I'll post some construction pics some time

 

Please, please people....HIT the FULL IMAGE ****on to avoid thumbnails.

 

GREAT looking machine! Good times ahead.

 

Impressive !

 

Absolutely beautiful. Right stance, right wheels. Congratulations.

 

Love everything about it !!

 

That is pretty sweet!

 

I love that car!!

 

What are you apologizing for the paint looks great and the whole car is out of this world! More pitchers please?

 

Great looking g***er. What's not to love about a willys.

 

Great work top shelf

 

Congratulations! You made to the finish line. Beautiful Willys.

 

Nice work. Got any build pics?

-Abone.

 

Checks all the boxes for me. Congrats on a great looker.

 

Congrats ! Very Kool !

 

Nice job. That's badd***.

 

Love It!

 

Looks good and with the drive train choices, drive-able.

 

Killer looking ride…perseverance rules!

 

Very cool, Love a Willys Coupe!

 

Beautiful. Love it. Nice job.

 

Perfect !

 

PERFECT, I love it. Reminds me of mine, same color and all, but mine was a Gl*** car,l am sorry for selling it. I

 

The paint looks fine from the photos, good color choice! But I'm going to go out on a "limb" here and say I like the look of the shadows on it from the tree branches. Sort of looks like a urethane bowling ball. Gives it kind of a 60's Kustom vibe.

 

Great job and a good choice on color!

 

A little better look at that sweet honey ****er biscuit.

 

Very nice!

 

Great color choice, congrats. How does it drive?

 

Thanks for the kind remarks, everyone. I just got back from the Goodguys show in Scottsdale and was really hoping to take the Willys, but I had to go as a spectator. I don't have enough shakedown miles on it yet. I'm using the first SWC Willys as my inspiration. The color I chose is called Blue Persuasion, but I think it came out too silver and not blue enough but I like it. I'll include some paint pics later. It had been a while since I shot a car so there's some mottling here and there. It's almost a metal flake, which I wasn't prepared for when I first pulled the trigger. The fenders, hood and center section came out much better when I shot them a few weeks later.