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1940 Willys Customized rear view

            This photo was taken in Stratford Ontario in 1954. It shows a custom built car that my Father and his men built as a fill in project at his local auto wreckers. For the complete driveline, chassis and suspension they used a 1940 Willys. It was because of this base that it maintained its Willys ownership and licensing tag as well as the W insignias on the hubcaps, header etc. At this point it stopped being a Willys. The most important body item was the cowl, dash, firewall, a-pilliars and the windshield and all trim items for this major portion of the project. This complete assembly was taken from saddly to admit a 1940 Mercury 4 door convertible. This donor Merc also supplied the hood and doors. The sides of the hood where trimmed and the doors were cut and mounted in a suicide enter position. The front fenders and the header panel where donated from a 1940 Hudson. The rear 1/4's behind the doors and the rear fenders back too and including the taillamps were from a 1951 Chevrolet 2 door. The inner extensions of the rear fenders to complete the continental frame work were 1951 Chev 4 door 1/4's in reverse to side. For the trunk lid and bumpers I can not remember what was used. This project was a lot of fitting and welding of assorted parts and used a great deal of body soldier to complete. The cost to build was minor as all the parts were taken from cars in the wrecking yard. The car was sold into London Ontario and its history or where abouts after that is not known. Note: a top and rear view of this car are the next last two in my Photostream.
   

Taken in: Canada / Ontario / Stratford (show map)

Taken on: July 1, 1954

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Sets appears in: • Old cars my Dad owned when they were not so old • Cars my Dad owned over the years

Groups appears in: • Classic American Convertibles • Convertibles more » • CUSTOM CAR CULTURE • Car memories and guesses • Odd, unusual, weird, wacky, or custom cars • Cars - Open Top (roof must be down) • Orphaned Autos • Willys cars and Jeep models • Convertibles, Ragtops, & Roadsters • SLOW RIDE • Hidden Headlights and Distinct Taillights • Kewl Kars • Hubcaps... Ribbed, Finned, Spoked Plain and Centercaps • Special option packages • The view from behind • TOPLESS only...Real cars or not. • B&W over 50 years old « less

Camera: HP pstc4200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	HP pstc4200
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Sharpness:	Soft
Color Space:	sRGB
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