For Sale: 1941 Willys Coupe in Morgantown, Pennsylvania

1941 Willys Coupe

The 1941-1942 Willys Americar was an ordinary but well-built compact passenger car produced under the presidency of Joseph W. Frazer, (later of Kaiser-Frazer), and engineered by Barney Roos. The L-head four-cylinder engine and ladder chassis were conventional, while the sharp-nosed body styling owed a little to previous Hudson's and Nashs.

Straying from its original design, but still in keeping with the theme, we have a gasser version with a fiberglass body and updated chassis. Put in a massive Dart SHP block based Chevy engine that shines bright enough you need a pair of shades to look at it, and fabricate a custom full on race interior, kids we are ready to play.

Exterior
The entire body is fiberglass which is all in very nice condition and has been finished in a matte black throughout. Starting up front, the teardrop style headlights are nicely inset into the fenders and the pointy hood is flanked on the lower part of it by a rectangular shaped vertical toothed electric shaver style grille. The back of this car has a beautiful line as it forms the split oval rear window and curvaceous trunk line. Inside those massive exaggerated but still tastefully shaped fenders are 15-inch ET wheels on both front and back with gray spokes and polished lips. The rear wheels are wrapped by giant 29x18.50R15 radials, and the fronts by 26x6.00x15 radials. Smoke 'em if ya got 'em!

Interior
A swing of the suicide hinged doors and we are met with totally custom interior with a gloss black dash panel littered with a the full gamut of AutoMeter Pro-Comp Ultralite silver faced gauges and a mirror polished adjustable steering column. All buisnesfor the dash front with a MSD timing controller, a small 12 volt fan and a pair of praying hands in front of the passenger. Black carpet floods the floors and on the hump between the seats is a white Hurst ball topped shifter atop a Cowboy Cliff shifter bracket. Seats keep to the racing motif with black vinyl coverings and Simpson racing harnesses. A black steel roll cagecovers the perimeter of the interior and above is a black tweed headliner fitted in the front with a switch panel for the ignition, fuel pump, cooling fans and starter. Rounding out our tour are black tweed door panels with simple but eye catchingchrome cranks and actuators. Smoooooooth!

Drivetrain
Just the facts ma'am...and unfortunately our consignor has provided few as to the mill under the hood. What we do know is that tucked into the engine bay is a Dart SHP 047 block of unknown displacement topped with a pair of Pro-Filer aluminum cylinder heads and has an aluminum intake manifold and 4bbl carburetor on top. This mill throws power rearward to a 3-speed TH400 automatic transmission and a Ford 9-inch rear axle makes the rear wheel spin. Keeping things cool is an electric water pump and an aluminum radiator. Sweeeeettt!

Undercarriage
More mechanical eye candy under here with gasser style leaf springs and a solid axle up front and in the back is a ladder bar system with adjustable coil-overs and directly behind it is a custom aluminum fuel tank and electric fuel pump. 4-wheel disc brakes add the woah! power, and Borla mufflersgather the exhaust from silver coated headers and push them back through the pipes ending in front of the rear tires. On the exhaust we note cutoutsfor those days when you want to announce your arrival...from a mile away.

Drive-Ability
A quick starter, and as it warms up think of it as an orchestra getting ready to play a symphony. We took her out and from personal passenger experience this car is an E ticket ride! The radials take a while to hook up, but when they do, I would be willing to say you could do a low 11 second quarter with this car. And the sound is incredible. The car is very stable despite its power, and you can easily drive it normally on a back road or boulevard.

A not often seen car even in its original form, but this gasser version is truly fun-tastic! With its wide fiberglass fenders, beak-like hood, menacing matte black finish, and that race inspired interior. My friends, this is an awesome build with some serious balls. And the engine and drivetrain are true visual bling. Sunglasses please, and I'll have a bullet to bite on during takeoff.

Classic Auto Mall is a 336,000-square foot classic and special interest automobile showroom, featuring over 650 vehicles for sale with showroom space for up to 1,000 vehicles. Also, a 400 vehicle barn find collection is on display.
This vehicle is located in our showroom in Morgantown, Pennsylvania, conveniently located just 1-hour west of Philadelphia on the I-76 Pennsylvania Turnpike. The website is www.classicautomall.com and our phone number is (888) 227-0914. Please contact us anytime for more information or to come see the vehicle in person.