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Post by lo51merc on Mar 27, 2011 20:48:22 GMT -5
As some of you may know, Ed Fluck and I have been working together on a couple of Willys projects. This is a combination of two of his resin Willys bodies, his 41 Willys pickup cab ;D, and the 40 grille section taken out of one of his repops of my 40 coupe body. I cut out the pickup 41 grille section on the inside of the fender seams, and the 40 grille section outside the seams. Then I filed and sanded each so they met at the grille section/fender joint seam, and super glued it all together. I widened a pair of rear fenders from the Revell Model A pickup kit, and will probably be using them with a little more work. I put the frame and suspension together per the kit instructions (now THAT'S something new for me!!!) I'll have to make my own bed as I have nothing I can use. I'm thinking a blown (or injected) Chevy smallblock for the motorvation. I modified the frame by adding new body mounts about 3/8" forward of the rears, and drilled and pinned them for the shortened floorpan to frame locating. I'm using the interior side panels and shortened them to about .010 (or so) behind the door seam. I'll also use the rear bulkhead, though modified, for the cab. I've told Ed that I love his pickup cab, so if anybody's thinking about building a Willys pickup, give his product some consideration. He does nice work! Gary
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Post by krassandbernie on Mar 27, 2011 21:21:09 GMT -5
Thanks for the kind words Gary! Your pickup is looking killer already! I can't wait to see it with a bed on it now!
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Post by ChrisV on Mar 28, 2011 9:26:44 GMT -5
Excellent work so far!!! I really like your idea of using widened Model A fenders for the rear wheels.
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Post by matttrotta on Mar 28, 2011 9:50:31 GMT -5
Oh yeah! Good inspiration for the '41 cab I'm picking up from Ed next month. ;D
Love the rear fender idea. I was thinking an early Ford would be the source for mine too.
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Post by Duane on Mar 28, 2011 15:39:39 GMT -5
daammn !!!!!...very nice !!!!! lookin great Gary !!!!! i got a bunch of Ed's resin and i want MORE !!!!! great quality !!!!!!!
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Post by lo51merc on Mar 29, 2011 18:59:12 GMT -5
It happens a lot, progress happens, but it sometimes isn't too easy to see. I've got it up on rubber and I'm working on the box. I took this picture earlier today, and what you can't see is what I've done since. What I have here though is a four sided box nearly in the final position, I will move it back a little bit. The box length was determined by advice from Ed, and reference pictures of different 1:1 Willys pickup gassers. To me the proportions are right on! What do you think? Gary
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Post by krassandbernie on Mar 29, 2011 19:53:51 GMT -5
Looks good Gary! Personally, I'd shorten up the bed a hair more(and whack the back of the frame rails off a little); and remove the rocker panels off of the cab; since technically the pickups didn't have them. It all comes down to personal taste (or replica builds) though. I have seen a couple trucks with the rocker panels; but tend to think they were added by the owners for whatever reason they saw fit. The reason I left the rocker panels on my cab was for ease of casting.......and they can easily be removed. Also, by leaving them on the body it can sit flat while being stored until someone builds it.....and will be less prone to warpage.
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Post by Duane on Mar 29, 2011 20:11:08 GMT -5
Gary, you've shown me something here that i've never seen, that being the original length bed of a Willys P.U.
your Willys looks very sharp, so i'll be followin 'cause it looks to be a cool build !!!!!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 29, 2011 21:26:00 GMT -5
Already have mine and will be watchin all the cool ideas ;D
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Post by lo51merc on Mar 30, 2011 17:38:19 GMT -5
Ed, thanks for telling me about removing the rocker panels (and the corners of the cab too!). I took care of that today. The bed is located, but not quite finished. I don't want to leave it open, but I am open as to what to do to cover it. HELP! BTW, Duane, the bed is somewhat shorter than stock and I'm guessing maybe 6 to 8 inches. Gary
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Post by ChrisV on Mar 30, 2011 18:11:02 GMT -5
A good way to replicate a tarp to cover the bed is soaking some tissue-paper (paper coffee/tea-filters might even be a better choice) in a solution of white glue and water.
I'm not completely sure what you call it in the states, but if you place some of the transparent film/wrap used for covering up food-containers over the top of the bed, before applying the glue-soaked tissue paper, you'll be able to adjust the "sag" of the cover to make it look more realistic (as well as keep it from sticking to the pickup bed).
Once the bed cover has dried, simply trim off the excess material and add some small rivets along the edge of the cover for added realism.
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Post by krassandbernie on Mar 30, 2011 23:55:24 GMT -5
Gary, drop me an e-mail; and I can shoot you some photos/ideas for the bed/tonneau cover.
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Post by dodgefever on Mar 31, 2011 2:43:44 GMT -5
Looks good - huge improvement on the old Revell effort.
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Post by Duane on Mar 31, 2011 17:57:14 GMT -5
Gary, thanks for the info !!!!...i thought that maybe the original bed was even longer.
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Post by ChrisV on Mar 31, 2011 18:15:25 GMT -5
thought that maybe the original bed was even longer. Duane; The (internal) measurements of the stock pickup bed are as follows: Heigth (floor to upper edge): 16" Width: 46½" Length: 72"
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