zuffen wrote: ↑Tue Feb 28, 2023 9:42 pm
How come you didn't tow it with you Hot Rod Truck?
Also will you be adding a second story to your workshop?
Seriously it looks to be quite tidy and should turn out well.
What drivetrain will it get?
Because I was buying it off a restorer that even kept bits of termite infested timber that had mostly turned to dust! Turning up in a wide bodied hemi powered truck would of set off the alarm bells.
Marcus
To try where there is little hope, is to risk failure.
Not to try at all, is to guarantee it!
Not a bad size at all inside. If it wasn't for the big taper in the body width towards the front, 340mm or 13.5" of taper, it would be the same as our Cherokee.
Came with the original wire wheels but missing 3 caps.
Termites really got to the front doors and ate all the frame away!
6 cylinder engine, L-head, 192.9 cu.in., 65 h.p
Even got a crank handle which still turns over the engine!
Tiny distributor!
Oils clean.
Door skins are good.
What they looked like when restored.
This is a 2 door coach version that I'm going to turn ours into.
More advertising for the Willys Overland and Willys Knight. https://classiccarcatalogue.com/WILLYS_1932.html
I had the wrong engine listed first not realising the Overland and Knight versions were different.
Marcus
To try where there is little hope, is to risk failure.
Not to try at all, is to guarantee it!
Apart from the termite damage the car looks to be in really good condition with very straight panels. The grille especially as it would be a proper bastard to repair.
Would you try and remove some of the body taper?
Will you try and start the engine. if it turns over freely it would be too tempting for me to not try.
Never argue with an idiot, they will drag you down to their level and beat you with experience.
Congratulations to Lisa on her first car purchase and it will be awesome to see what you two do with the Willys. It's actually a refreshingly different starting point to a hot rod build
zuffen wrote: ↑Tue Feb 28, 2023 9:42 pm
How come you didn't tow it with you Hot Rod Truck?
Also will you be adding a second story to your workshop?
Seriously it looks to be quite tidy and should turn out well.
What drivetrain will it get?
Because I was buying it off a restorer that even kept bits of termite infested timber that had mostly turned to dust! Turning up in a wide bodied hemi powered truck would of set off the alarm bells.
That's funny as
"Normal is an illusion. What is normal for the spider is chaos for the fly"...............Morticia Addams
