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<blockquote> <strong class="quote-title">BlueWagoon wrote:</strong> <hr><img alt="image" src="http://redlinesonlinemessageboard.yuku.com/domain/bypass/images/pacman.gif" width="15" height="15">Can't stop lookin' at her! Hey Johnny, or someone,..... an old guy I knew who is now at the big car meet in the sky and who was a Hot Rodder back in them days, told me the reason they jacked 'em up on front like that, but I can't remember what that was! <strong>What is that reason? Weight shift or distribution?</strong> I think for some reason he was saying something about having no rear springs but rather an axle welded solidly to the frame for drag racing. Maybe I'm imagining that. <br><p><img alt="image" src="http://redlinesonlinemessageboard.yuku.com/domain/bypass/images/pacman.gif" width="15" height="15"><br></p></blockquote><br><br><strong>Quicker weight transfer, to get the power and weight of the car all on the rear wheels, for better traction and faster E.T.'s, on a full rearsuspension, as required by NHRA rules at that time..........</strong> <br><br><strong>Glad you're all enjoying it!<img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/happy.gif" height="15" alt="image"></strong>
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<p>this car is seriously badass </p><p>love the old willys gassers </p><p>seems you got the story a bit wrong though----car was just a stocker when bill fowler got it..he added the drivetrain..wasnt a gasser till he built it</p><p>still a badass car..would have been way cooler if it was a real gasser find though </p><p>sometime i will post up a scan of my dad's 41 willy's pickup gasser he had </p><p>maybe i can scare up a pic of the straight axled 66 gto i had back in the 70's </p><p>randy </p>
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<strong>I got the story straight from Bill Fowler last Friday, but i guess i didn't hear him right, as i was under the impression that it was an old Gasserwhen it was found in the barn, for he had mentioned that the transmission was painted the colors of the American flag, and that he had left it that way fornostalgia's sake.........<br><br>I'll ask him to clarify this coming Friday.........</strong>
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<strong>Too cool! Love it! <img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/tongue.gif" alt="image"><br>I saw the same in light baby blue non-gasser style being driven on the local street about 2 -3 months ago.<br></strong>
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<p>cool johnny </p><p>bill would know </p><p>i was just reading some quotes he had about the car </p><p>if it was a gasser when found that would be so cool </p><p>randy</p>
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Too damned cool, and I also hope he leaves it just as is!<br><br>By the way, does anyone happen to have a good pic of a dead-stock '40 Willy's Coupe?
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<strong>I could very well be wrong Randy, as the excitement over gawking at this car could very well have had my brain clouded when Bill was giving all of usthe low down on the car, and i may have heard it wrong. I should be able to get the straight scoop from him this coming Friday, and report it back here thiscoming weekend........<img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/happy.gif" alt="image"><br><br>G, i've checked some Willys sites, and it's a tuff one, finding a stock Coupe to show, there may not be any stockers left! <img src="http://static.yuku.com//domainskins/bypass/img/smileys/laugh.gif" alt="image"></strong>
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Not mint - but original ....<br><br><img src="http://clubs.hemmings.com/clubsites/wokr/gallery/wil_98a.jpg" alt="image"><br><br><img src="http://clubs.hemmings.com/clubsites/wokr/gallery/wil_98b.jpg" alt="image"><br><br><br>Mark.
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<img height="15" src="http://redlinesonlinemessageboard.yuku.com/domain/bypass/images/pacman.gif" width="15" alt="image">Wow Mark,...that untampered withoriginal looks beauty! I'd want 1 original, and 1 done up!<br><p>Andy<img height="15" src="http://redlinesonlinemessageboard.yuku.com/domain/bypass/images/pacman.gif" width="15" alt="image"><br></p>
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<blockquote> <strong><strong>G, i've checked some Willys sites, and it's a tuff one, finding a stock Coupe to show, there may not be any stockers left!</strong></strong></blockquote> I KNOW!!! I couldn't find one either! And thanks for the pic, Mark - what a great car - I wish I could buy a new one!<br><br>
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