| If your looking for a serious Street Rod, you've found it!! This custom 1941 Willys Swoopster was professionally built and is packed full of customizations. A complete write up on the car was done for Streetrodding magazine which you can read below.
Here are the facts!
Chassis
Frame / Manufacturer Dennis Taylor, Impact Classic Reproductions (Camp Point, IL) 2x3 boxed tube
Chassis plumbing Earl's braided hose, stainless steel hard tubing
Rearend / Ratio 9" Ford w/ Currie Ent. (Anaheim, CA) 9-Plus third member, 3.73 gears & limited slip
Rear suspension Air Ride Technologies (Jasper, IN) triangulated four-link w/ airbags & shocks, all polished stainless steel
Rear brakes Baer Brake Systems (Phoenix, AZ) 13" disc w/ four-piston calipers
Front suspension Air Ride Technologies stainless steel tubular A-arm w/ airbags & external shocks
Front brakes Baer 13" disc w/ six-piston calipers
Master cylinder Wilwood Eng. (Camarillo, CA)
Steering box Flaming River (Berea, OH) manual r&p, chrome plates
Front wheel make, size Bonspeed Big Blocks, 18x8
Rear wheel make, size Bonspeed Big Blocks, 20x11
Front tire make, size BFGoodrich, 225/40ZR-18
Rear tire make, size BFGoodrich, 305/40ZR-20
Gas tank Rick's Hot Rod Shop polished stainless
Engine
Make GM Performance Parts ZZ4
Displacement 350 ci
Crankshaft GM forged 1053 steel
Rods GM 5.7" powdered metal
Pistons GM hypereutectic flat-top
Camshaft COMP Cams (Memphis, TN) hydraulic
Water pump Meziere Ent. (Escondido, CA) polished billet aluminum
Cooling fan Be Cool electric
Radiator Be Cool aluminum
Alternator Powermaster (Knoxville, TN) 100-amp
Heads Trick Flow (Tallmadge, OH) Super 23 Street/Strip aluminum cylinder heads, 72cc chamber / 195cc intake ports
Valves / Springs 2.02" intake / 1.60" exhaust valves, 1.460"-diameter dual valve springs
Rockers Trick Flow roller rockers, 1.60 ratio
Valve covers ProRides (Warrendale, PA) custom billet aluminum w/ welded-on wire looms
Manifold / Induction Edelbrock (Torrance, CA) Performer RPM dual-quad polished intake manifold w/ 600-cfm Performer carburetors
Ignition / Wires MSD Ignition (El Paso, TX) 6 AL ignition, MSD Pro Billet distributor / MSD coil & wires
Headers Hooker stainless steel, 1 7/8" primaries
Exhaust / Mufflers 2 1/2" dual exhaust w/ Flowmaster (Santa Rosa, CA) 40 Series mufflers
Other engine facts velocity stack-style air cleaner custom-made by Denny Terzich Jr., ARP 12-point polished stainless steel fasteners & Earl's braided hose & AN fittings
Transmission
Make GM Turbo 400
Converter B&M Racing & Performance Products (Chatsworth, CA) 10 inch, 3,000-rpm stall
Shifter Lokar (Knoxville, TN) w/ piston shift knob
Trans mods B&M shift kit
Driveshaft 3"-diameter aluminum by Inland Empire Driveline (Ontario, CA)
Body
Body style / Material 1941 Swoopster Willys roadster / fiberglass
Body Manufacturer Dennis Taylor, Impact Classic Reproductions
Body Mods laidback windshield, pancaked fenders & hood, molded-in taillights
Hood Dennis Taylor, Impact Classic Reproductions fiberglass
Grille Dennis Taylor
Paint type / Color PPG Vibrance / Silver
Headlights / Taillights Mini Cooper front headlights & custom-made LED taillights
Other body items custom lift-off fiberglass roof w/ black Mercedes-Benz cloth covering, chrome-plated brass side moldings-all done by ProRides
Interior
Dashboard Dennis Taylor, Impact Classic Reproductions
Insert / Gauges Auto Meter (Sycamore, IL) Platinum Series gauges
Insulation Dynamat (Hamilton, OH)
Wiring Painless Performance (Fort Worth, TX)
Steering wheel Billet Specialties (La Grange, IL)
Steering column Flaming River billet
Interior mirror Billet Specialties
Seats custom-made buckets
Material / Color leather / red
Carpet red leather
Other interior items red leather door panels; custom-made center console, shifter ring & boot
THE FOLLOWING IS THE STREETRODDING.COM ARTICLE OUTLINING THE BUILD BY CUSTOM CAR BUILDER DENNY TERZICH:
The Terzichs began the process by disassembling the entire car. The fully boxed, 2x3-inch tube frame was retained, as was the rear suspension, which consists of an Air Ride Technologies triangulated four-link with polished stainless steel bars, airbags, and shocks. The grease-covered third member in the 9-inch Ford rear axle was ditched and replaced with a 3.73-geared Currie 9-Plus.
The engine bay received its share of attention to detail, too. Since Denny could not keep the Willys' tired 350 running, it was pitched in favor of a new powerplant. The new 350 is based on a GM Performance Parts ZZ4 short-block with a hotter COMP Cams hydraulic camshaft. A Trick Flow Specialties Super 23 Street/Strip aluminum head sits atop each cylinder bank.
The biggest piece of eye candy is definitely the induction system. At first glance, it looks like traditional velocity stacks atop a sheetmetal intake, but closer inspection reveals an Edelbrock Performer RPM dual-quad intake and two 600-cfm Performer carbs sitting underneath a cleverly designed air cleaner. Props go to Denny Jr. for the fabrication and East Bank Machine for the machine work on the cool air cleaner.
Since the Willys bodywork was well done and the paint was a color he liked, Denny Sr. elected to leave well enough alone. He and Denny Jr. fashioned the chrome-plated side molding from half-oval solid brass stock to dress things up a bit. A lid was fashioned from fiberglass and covered with black Mercedes-Benz convertible top fabric since a roadster is not a roadster without a removable roof-not that the top comes off very often. "The top looked so good when we first put it on, I haven't had it off since!" explained Denny Sr. Can't say we blame him.
The upholstery job was also well done and left unmolested. ProRides did add a layer of Dynamat insulation to the floor, doors, kickboard, and trunk before reinstalling the red leather on the custom-built buckets and the doors. The Dennys made a shifter boot and ring to cover the hole in the console and added Auto Meter Platinum Series gauges. Lucky guy that he is, Denny Sr. gets to hold a new Billet Specialties steering wheel as he cruises.
This one of a kind custom Willys is being sold for $89,500.00! |
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