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)