Trim really makes a difference, its something I hadnt thought about but now I think I need it. I dont know Willys Parts, can you give me some contact details please?
Notised your column drop, clean,simple and race inspired . Well spend money on the Trim , looks great.
Here ya go buddy Mike Cordel, Willys Replacement parts http://www.willysreplacementparts.com/numbers.html Mike is a real nice guy to deal with, His parts are nice.
Been concentrating on the doors as I need to get the skins bonded on and then painted so that I can give them to the Bigbossman to wave his magic brush and do the door logos, this is a fun project so the logos will be a bit humourus :yes: I had the door frames powder coated and made up some door cards and made up a finisher to cover up the door lock, hopefully bond the skins on tomorrow.
I tried to post the picture of me driving my blown willys inthe rain but it failed for som reason.. Yes it can be done. I probably have more miles in the rain than a lot of cars have in bright sunshine. Also drive on gravel roads when the trip requires. Also drive in rush hour traffic many times with the A/C on too. Last year I drove it in Dec at 5 deg F. this year it was not quite as cold but I did drive in the snow. In fact as of the first of March I have now driven the car 12 consecutive months in Minn. I have over 18k miles on it now.
So I looked at this picture and thought "Wow, looks like he went with some electric windows or something, that's a little weird that there is so much stuff in there." Then I realized all was stuff was on the wall...
Well we have been blessed with quite a few lovely evenings so i got on with the doors, the skins were bonded on with bonding paste and the edges made good. The top of the drivers door was a little on the shy side by about 1/4", The stock Willys were no better and i did think of leaving it as it was to look authentic but eventually i had to add 5/16" of gl***, looks better in my opinion. Next job was to gap the doors, I always think tight door gaps look out of place on old cars so the gap on these doors is set at 1/4", will probably close slightly when painted but should still look like the should do. A quick squirt of primer for a visual check and its ready for epoxy priming. Also managed to drill all the holes for the beltline trim and get it bolted on for a fitment check, all was spot on. Another decision made was the trim on my door cards, they will be diamond tufted like my seat covers, Probably with a 2" plain border around the outside.
Steve, spent a lot of time on the door gaps on my '40 and exactly as you say, tight door gaps don't look right. Just tried to make them uniform....
Damn that thing looks good now that you can see the whole thing! That trim did transform the whole thing! I really dig the dash! Diamond pleate will be awesome on the interior!
My humble $.02; I think the "WEIAND" should be ground off to resemble the GMC blowers "back in the day".
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