Hot Rods The Ultimate Willys Gasser Thread

Barb Hamilton^^^^

 

Barb Hamilton in her coupe being pulled into her spot. By the way for those that don't know, the man with the white beard and t-shirt is Fred Bear of the S&S Racing Team in his trademark flip flops.

 

A very early Aurora 7, it had a Pontiac 421 at this time. Obviously before it was painted green. I don't recognize the track though, I think it is Island Dragway in NJ. A lot of New Yorkers ran there. Says " Balanced by Merkel" on it. Picture I added was at E-town with 426 Plymouth

Pat

 

At Donut Derelicts in Huntington Beach.

 

Like the car, ^^^^^^^^^ hate the stick.

Pat

 

Reminds me of the Willys hood prop rod in the movie Hot Rod.

 

Very interesting.

Pat

 

Al VanDerwoude. ( SP.)

 

I was at Bob Panella's lace of business quite a few years ago along with my sons Joe and Mike to trade some 1933 Willys stuff for the mostly complete Australian 1933 Willys roadster body that Bob had. We had a good visit with Bob, and were impressed with his trucking business, 500 trucks, 900 trailers all lined up nice and neat as is Bob's way. I was able to fill in the blanks on some of the Willys coupes that Bob had as a few of them had been mine previously.

 

Here's some artwork I did a while ago that I thought might fit the narrative on this thread.