Grand Willys Project

[Gazzo]

:applause:

[Freetripper]

As always Marcus, your attention to detail and quality of work is superb. Its really gonna have a great body line. I think you chopped and widened in all the right places. Looking amazing. I look forward to the progression and future updates.

"Dr says I need a backiotomy!"

[bruggz351]

Agreed with Freetripper.

The proportions are showing themselves now. You chose wisely. IMHO.

GWP is one drug I'm happy to be addicted too...

[Gojeep]

Many thanks guys.
Widening the B pillar and not have to lengthen the doors the full 7" of the cab extension really helped in the end and glad I took the time to change it.

[Gojeep]

Top of the A pillar now which can be lined up with the front of the door window frame. Also notice that the lower part of the windscreen to cowl joint is going to need some work with the 2" section already cutout in between.


Started to hammered the cowl back, all off dolly, as didn't want to stretch the top edge at all. I'm am collapsing an arc inwards, so needs to shrink if anything, to move that way.


Had to make sure that the angle didn't change at all as you can't twist glass to fit. Strain on the glass seal will cause leaks as well.


Flows quite well I think.


Not happy with the top angling up so high and wanted it to match the shallower rear angle. I supported the corner so the pillar angle didn't change before attempting to bring it down.


Placed a block of timber on top before giving it a few quick raps with a lead filled rubber mallet. Now matches the angle of the rear wall exactly. Total rise is 1/4" and not flat like you would think these to be. Water will drain now to the front outside corners where the drain cutouts in the gutter are. I had also set the roof skins up with the same rise front and rear when sectioning around the perimeter and wheeling up the new centre.

[Gojeep]

Back from holidays and been hard at it again, but not a lot to show. A lot of finessing which takes time, but not photo worthy.


After welding the other A pillar in place, I noticed that the top of the door frame didn't aline perfectly and was nearly 3mm-1/8" out. I didn't want to move the A pillar, as that matched exactly the other one, so with a ratchet strap, pulled the window frame back.


Now to finally have both sides of the windscreen frame meet. As the body is 220mm-9" wider, you can see the difference in the width of panel as the front has a slight curve to it, but the seam that the glass sits in is perfectly straight and must remain so. A slot was cut along the bottom, and the spot welds drilled out at the top, to pull the panel forward to match.


So boths sides were modified, so the seam that the glass gasket sits in, stayed dead straight.


You don't even notice the curve as it is so subtle, but it had to be taken into account.


Now for the last piece to go in. This proved to be quite a bit of work with lot of profile and lengths checked left to right to get them the same. The factory pressing weren't to start with, so that made it harder.


Was a lot of hours spent making sure that the seam the glass gasket sits in remained perfectly straight, and the angle compared to the top did not change at all either so there was no twist. I used a digital angle finder and got it to within 1/10 of a degree from one side to the other.


I also made sure the height of the window did not change over its entire length either. It still has the center higher to match the rise in the rear wall as well, just to complicate things further.


Getting a bit of an idea now on the windscreen height compared to the door windows. They match now, but remember I have shortened the door windows by 50mm-2" in the roof chop, but lowered the whole windscreen frame down without chopping it. I sectioned out below the frame instead, right across the cowl from one side to the other. I prefer the proportions now this way as the factory windscreen height was already lower to start with.

[deserthucker]

Just Amazing

no need for paint, clear coat it.