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Old 05-03-2021, 07:38 AM
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I love what you're doing with this Willys. It's highly modified, but to the average observer it will appear to be a stock resto... At first. They will have to study it to figure out why it looks so good.
Before my Cadillac project I did a roof swap and mild chop on a 57 Chevy. It was so subtle, and smoothly merged that people would stand and stare trying to figure out why it looked so "right". You're going to get a lot of that when you roll this truck out.
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Old 05-04-2021, 05:05 AM
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I love what you're doing with this Willys. It's highly modified, but to the average observer it will appear to be a stock resto... At first. They will have to study it to figure out why it looks so good.
Before my Cadillac project I did a roof swap and mild chop on a 57 Chevy. It was so subtle, and smoothly merged that people would stand and stare trying to figure out why it looked so "right". You're going to get a lot of that when you roll this truck out.
Wow, many thanks Jack.

That is exactly the reaction I am hoping will happen.
Not just a couple of things that hit you in the face, detracting from the whole.
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Old 05-09-2021, 04:51 AM
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Old 05-09-2021, 08:58 AM
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Wow, many thanks Jack.


....Not just a couple of things that hit you in the face, detracting from the whole.
EXACTLY!!!! The whole vehicle should just grab the viewer all at once. The overall look.
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Old 05-25-2021, 07:31 PM
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Been working out more of the dents in the radius. Found a modified tow ball and a steam pipe elbow made good dollies for the corners.


Also needed to address all the fatigue cracks where the skirts mount. Might be able to make out the line for the material I'm going to cut away.


The area above the skirts was made longer to suit my deeper than stock bed sides. Also removed some of the crown where it meets the skirts to make it flow better.


What I also did was run the flange down into the cut away as the stock one on the right was way too thin there causing a stress riser and fatigue.


I looked into making the skirt and step in one piece. Problem was it actually reduced the amount of material right at the fold where the guard meets it. Don't like the shape either.


Tried a narrower version but still not nice, so will make them more like the stock ones.


Made the skirt up first as a separate piece.


I have the depth matching the bottom of the cab.


The stock ones had a curve like the back of the cab. Raided the kitchen to find a matching radius. 😃


With the curves to the leading and trailing edges like stock, it looks much better.


Will also add the bead rolls that the stock ones had. I don't like seeing the 'hole' in the corner under the cab where the sill curves up to meet the floor. This is normally not seen but is now because of my wider cab.


Thinking I will also add a brace at the front to act as a support, but also cover that hole in the corner. Frames the step better too.
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Can you extend the stake pocket down to use as the brace also? A flat gusset just doesn't seem good enough for this caliber of build.
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G'day Marcus,

I'm happy with it but yes I too think the Gusset on the right should be the same thickness as the Post.
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I'm with extend the strake pocket as well.
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Old 05-26-2021, 05:13 AM
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I did a mock up of the extended stake pockets a while ago and no body liked it!



Had thought about making the brace the width of the stake pocket and angled the same like Onya mentions, which would still be different than just a straight extended stake pocket.



Here is stock
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Old 05-26-2021, 08:15 AM
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I prefer the gusset over the extended stake pocket, looks more utilitarian, the way I'd figure the builder would deal with the problem. Plus it would make a decent support for the step.
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