A pair of Willys Coupe hot rods
In 1937 Willys-Overland
Motors (correctly pronounced "Will-is") introduced the model 440, an economy
car powered by a 4-cylinder 148 cubic inch 65-horsepower "Red Devil" engine.
Although sedan, pickup and very rare station wagon body styles were also produced, the 2-door coupe body style has always been a favorite choice of hot rodders, as they
wedge V-8 engines under the hood in place of the original anemic 4-cylinder
engine.
The author found a pair of
beautiful Willys coupe hot rods at the Moraga (California) Community Faire car show held on
May 13 at the Rheem Valley Shopping Center
This all-steel 1941 Willys ‘Americar’ coupe owned by Mick and Elaine Coyne was built in the drag racing gasser style, nose-high, with a huge supercharged big-block Chevrolet engine and fenderwell exhaust headers.
Wayne Baker’s 1940 Willys 440 coupe hot rod was parked directly across the parking lot. Baker built his Willys in a different style, low and smooth and in a unique fitted with the original style chrome bumpers.
All photographs by the author
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