Talk:Willys/Archives/2019

Should "Racing" go?

It doesn't really say much. It doesn't even say "drag racing". It's only ref is a fifty year retrospective (by someone who didn't do his research). And Willys was hardly a performance company.

Willys were not "hot rods". Nobody ever raced them. A four-cylinder against the common V8 Ford, the most hot-rodded engine in...?

Willys bodies were bought by serious racers because they worked. Their 20-30 year old bodies. The '33 was small. The '41 had a NHRA rule advantage. Engine setback was measured from the #1 spark plug. In front of the axle in a Ford, behind it in a Willys. The Willys's engine could be farther back. Just a measuring tape.

This stuff was common knowledge in the day... I don't want to change or ref the section, just question if it's needed.

(EDIT: I hope that doesn't sound rude.)

Willis. Thank you. Sammy D III (talk) 20:06, 26 August 2017 (UTC)

I should've answered this long ago... It's not just the bodies. It's the chassis. Ford (later Chrysler or Chevy) engines would be swapped in place of the stock Willys 4. I don't doubt setback was also a factor, but so was weight & wheelbase. As for why the Willys was popular, compared to other small cars? No clue. So was the Anglia, but not the Rambler American. Go figure. TREKphiler ^{any time you're ready, Uhura} 17:13, 19 January 2019 (UTC) (Post scriptum;; Not rude in the slightest.)

Diff'rent strokes

This site says Willys built 1292 Loons, the only company to actually make the airframe (calling it a "well-kept secret). True? TREKphiler ^{any time you're ready, Uhura} 17:13, 19 January 2019 (UTC)