My willys

[sixty-nine]

I had to make all new brake lines because of how bad of shape the old ones were in

Some tight spots I had to fit in to weld the brake line tabs in

I made a mistake when bending this line. In order to fix it, I had to drop it way down and then up to the line lock

 

[sixty-nine]

Because the original front clip wasn’t worth redoing in order to run nitrous, I bought a new front clip. 25lbs light and more streamlined

New vs. old

 

[sixty-nine]

Forgot about this little gem. Couldn’t get my brake line to fit under and didn’t want to sleeve the tube for the line to go through. Solution?!

 

[sixty-nine]

Needed to make a mount to hold my nitrous bottles. So the only spot available was where the fire system was. I decided to relocate the fire system and this now where my nitrous system is

 

[sixty-nine]

The coolest part to the whole car is the PRS shocks that came with it. These were the shocks that changed Pro Mod and pro stock racing forever. These shocks were on Troy Coughlin’s car that won the pro mod championship and then on Jeg Coughlin Jr’s Pro stock car the next year which also won the championship. How the willys ended up with them is beyond me but these where the baseline for the rest of the industry. Here’s the kicker....... want a pair of shocks like this the price tag is $18k

 

[sixty-nine]

Needed to make a fuel tank to fit my application. 3 gallons should do. Then a custom mount to hold it in place.

 

[sixty-nine]

Relocated my fire system behind the rear wheels and ran the lines forward

 

[dfowlkes]

Thanks for sharing! Very nice work!. Building a drag car myself at the moment so this is great inspiration

 

[sixty-nine]

Thanks for sharing! Very nice work!. Building a drag car myself at the moment so this is great inspiration

That’s bad ass! Whatcha building?

 

[sixty-nine]

The car is completely stripped down now and I’m painting the back half and working my way forward

This is as it sits tonight 6-12. I’ll finish the back tomorrow and start on the center section. By this weekend, the back will have all the wires ran forward, the chutes will have to wait till it gets back from the body shop. Once it’s back, it will go to get wrapped. Getting closer

 

[sixty-nine]

As my full floater sits on the floor waiting to go back in. Need to pick up some more NAS bolts $40ea

Can’t wait to finish this car so I can move on to my other projects

 

[dfowlkes]

That’s bad ass! Whatcha building?

Nothing as serious as you that is for sure. Its a 70 nova ss. Fiberglass front clip, Rear 4bar, and supercharged 383. Project my dad and I are doing. It's been fun

 

[sixty-nine]

Nothing as serious as you that is for sure. Its a 70 nova ss. Fiberglass front clip, Rear 4bar, and supercharged 383. Project my dad and I are doing. It's been fun

That’s just awesome! I have a 69 nova sitting on the jig table

 

[Hampton]

I remember that car. The first picture is in front of Mark Cain shop.

 

[Hampton]

Mark and I built a few nova together. This is the last one we work on before he passed away. RIP Mark

 

[sixty-nine]

Mark and I built a few nova together. This is the last one we work on before he passed away. RIP Mark

Looks like Ron Pease old car. Mark was a great guy and I enjoyed hanging out with him.

 

[Hampton]

I work for Ron Pease for 11 years doing PDR. I built his first drag radial tire Nova. Mark and I built the second Nova that we ran in outlaw 10.5

 

[sixty-nine]

I bought my nova because I loved the look of his nova. I’ll most likely start back on it this winter. For now it will sit

 

[DHR Darren]

My buddies own Ron's old car now.
Good looking Willys.
That would make a good grudge car.
I am looking for another 55 after selling mine.

 

[Hampton]

I bought my nova because I loved the look of his nova. I’ll most likely start back on it this winter. For now it will sit

The willys is going to be badass when you get done with it.