Midwest gasser guys, need info on this old willys gasser from Iowa!!!

Santa is a good man and clearly knows his onions! Nice.

 

What did he bring the wife?? Looks good...

 

Great story and interesting rebuild! I definitely believe that it is important to document these old girls so that the history isn't lost!
Jay

 

Outstanding!! That car has come a long way! With all your hard work I bet you can't wait to make that first pass!

 

thanks for the kind words fellas, shes coming together!!

 

Wow. Santa was good to you.

 

Nice present from Santa! He only brought me a lump of coal! The Willys is looking great!

 

you guys are a great boost, keeps me going to get this car finished!
thanks to all the HAMBers that I got parts from for this car!

 

I got an email from Hilborn today on the serial#I sent them, this is the original order, the receipt is hard to read but heres the info:very cool

shipped to :
Moon Custom Automotive
1324 Highway U1 north Fares
Evansville , Ind
5/7/63
application:
301 chevy
63 FI Heads

 

Injectors are a nice addition to the car Vince,,, Tim Jones

 

Now that is COOL SHIT right there I don't care who you are! OUTSTANDING!

 

last night I worked on the template for the firewall, still need to revise it a few more times, now the cage is in sure makes it easier.
I thought that I would have to make a relief for the dist. to have enough clearance, but thank God it fits without having to do that, I still want to keep this car as close as it was back in the day, and what the ran was a flat aluminum fire wall.

 

Nice progress lookin good!

 

Just got this speedo in the mail yesterday, sight unseen off craigslist its very nice, looks to be a 1942 willys not sure they made many?

Also I have some amazing news pertaining to the restoration of this Willys, I will keep you posted in the next couple weeks.

 

I decided to order the firewall patch panels from Lee Kay were the fenders bolt to the body, so those are on the way as we speak.

Also the news Ive been waiting for since I acquired this old Gasser, the original steel front clip is coming home to be back on the car ( thanks Randy), restoring this car has definitely been an adventure to say the least, thanks to all the people who have been a part of this restoration!
Heres a couple pics! will post some more when the patch panels arrive.

 

Congratulations on getting the front clip back!
That is a huge step in putting that car back to "right" and like it was back in its racing days.
Looks like all your hard work is paying off!

Scott


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Great build, car, and wow that injection. TOOOO COOL. will be one bad bad willys!! Mikey

 

WOW!! Congratulations on getting the front clip home! I know that was a cool deal to pull off!

 

That's cool that you got the original front end back, especially since you had no clue where it was and it found its way back to the car.

 

I'm very stoked to say the least, it still has the same blue paint on it.
As soon as it gets here I will take some pics with it on the car.

 

congratulations

 

I haven't read the whole thread yet to see if you have a specific reason, but it looks like you have the tunnel ram plenum on backwards.

 

Might look like it is in the pic but it's not.


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Sorry, you are correct, I checked it out on the computer (bigger screen than my phone), I can see the carb pads leaning forward. Please excuse my "optical confusion".

 

All good, Had me thinking for a moment! Haha


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mail came today, received the cowl patch panels from Lee Kay, very nice work thanks Lee!

 

Awesome car. What are the headers you have on the engine and where did you get them from?

 

Congrates on getting the frontend ,,, Tim Jones

 

Chad, the headers were custom made from Sanderson, I'm very happy with them.


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got another cool part for the car in the mail today, this vintage hood scoop, thanks HAMBer Mike!
its still got the super cool sticker still on it!