Incredible story & restoration of a 1937 Willys coupe at MetalWorks Classic Auto Restoration.
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- Watch the amazing story of this one family survivor Willys coupe. Amazing 8mm footage by the family and incredible historical photos tell the early story of this dream car. The 2nd stage of the story is its restoration by MetalWorks Classic Auto Restoration & Speed Shop located in Eugene, Oregon.
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MetalWorks Classic Auto Restoration
1045 Arrowsmith St.
Eugene, OR 97402
www.metalworksclassics.com
541-845-3933
MetalWorks is an A to Z classic car restoration shop that focuses on 1972 and older builds. We specialize in ProTouring builds and LS conversions. We have a fully stocked "walk-in" Speed Shop at our facility and we are Art Morrison chassis largest dealer. If you have questions regarding AME chassis and would like us to custom tailor a chassis for your specific vehicle, please give us a call. - ยานยนต์และพาหนะ
I'm not ashamed to say that I want to kiss everyone involved with the restoration and did not give into rodding or even resto-moding this rare and beautiful piece of 1930's art-deco. The icing on the cake was avoiding whitewalls. This is exactly how the designers intended this car to look. You turned what was once and econo-car to a piece of pure eye-candy. I salute you all.
Thanks a lot Joseph, very kind words.
I can't believe I just saw an unmolested willys...she's beautiful,my hat's off to ya.!!!
Come to Ohio sometime I'll show you two of them
Beautiful restoration and lovely back story. Loved this video.
It’s good to see one restored to original and not hot rodded .
@Allan Hunter Zzz. Not really give it some beans. A small block chevy at least.
@@superfuntime3107 It's so rare to see a stock one, though. Like an unchopped 49 Merc.
@@superfuntime3107 You want a Willys rod, buy a fiberglass one. Have some respect for history.
@@seed_drill7135 Fine. Can it have a big block chevy then ?
Looks great all original.
To be honest...
That's the first time I've ever saw a fully original Willys, and I just love it. It looks so nice.
Thanks for sharing. Nice video, keep it up. Greetings from Germany 👌👋
Your workmanship is astounding. No roof chopping, crazy wheels or funky colours. What a beautiful restoration.
Love it.
STUNNING WORK !
What no blown hemi. No narrowed 9" Its all stock ......FANTASTIC.....
Just LOVE how he's painting it without masking anything. Now that's "old school".
Top notch restoration guys.....Well done...
Thanks!!
Absolutely beautiful.
Well I sent 10 years bringing my Willys coupe back from a shell to a complete driving car. I know the process and enjoyed seeing this one brought back. What a great story , project and long family history. I'm sure Pops would approve of his boys keeping the original color and getting it back on the road. Thank you for sharing this video & well done!!!
Thanks, we appreciate it. It is a long process, but certainly worth it.
I thought the original color was a darker blue and he painted it more of a darker green?
A lot of great design in this little car. Looks quite streamlined for 1937. Impressive work by MetalWorks. Greetings from Nova Scotia.
Beautiful car, well worth the money spent on the restoration. For all the critics, a rodded Willys is a beautiful thing also. A late friend of mine had a 37 with a 40 clip. It was a B/gas record holder in the late 60's. We ran it with a tube chassis and used one of the 426 Hemi's it came with (3) with the 60's Hilborn injector it ran with in the 60's. Unfortunately he died it it in a crash at the strip in the late 80's. RIP Tommy
The original design was a work of art, the front end particularly, so really nice to see a high quality restoration to stock. Great work!
The ‘37 thru ‘42 Willys - when bone stock is cool, weird and stands out from the crowd. Nicely done!
Love this restoration, simply amazing and beautiful work !!! But please guys, wear a respirator when sanding/painting cause when the damage is done, it is not reversible.
This put a big smile on my face! Superb craftsmanship, meticulous attention to detail throughout the project yielded a beautiful product. As much as I enjoy seeing ground-pounding Willys gassers, this little beauty got exactly what she deserved. Bravo!!!
It was great to see it brought back to pristine condition ! What an awesome way to pay tribute to their father !
See, that's what I *call* a restoration. Anyone can stick a big block in and call it done, but that - even down to tracking down a replacement engine - was PROPER done right.
10/10 and a dozen gold stars!!!
I’ll bet it even has that new car smell. Fabulous job guys.
When it was new, it was just a car among thousands. Now, thanks to the family's vision, it's a work of art. Woo hoo !
Outstanding full restoration. This Willys is better than new and will be enjoyed for many years to come. Hats off to the MetalWorks crew!
Thanks, we really appreciate it.
@@metalworksclassicautoresto9583 Guys as a fellow auto restorer and owner of a steel 40 Willys coupe my hat is off to you. Great craftsmanship on the restoration of this car. Well done to your crew. The family must have been near tears when they were handed back the keys. Sometimes the job is far more than just pieces of steel, glass rubber and fabric. Cheers
THERE'S NOTHING ELSE LIKE A WILLYS COUPE. THOSE 2 BROTHERS DIDN'T JUST HAVE A WILLYS COUPLE RESTORED, THEY RESTORED THEIR DADDY. ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN AND SO DO SONS LIKE THESE TWO. IT MADE ME CRY WATCHING THIS VIDEO. SHERIDAN RIDES AGAIN. EACH ONE OF US CAN ONLY HOPE THAT WE WILL BE SO HONORED BY OUR CHILDREN.
I bought the same car from a junk yard and me and my dad restored it in our garage. We worked on it during the weekends and at night..it took a while but we finally got it out in the road. It looks beautiful and drives great. I use it as my everyday mode of transportation. I get compliments all the time about it’s retro looks and I love riding around in a piece of automotive history. I’m glad me and my dad saved this car!
Its great that its still in the family! Amazing actually. The interior looks Better than anyone could have tricked-out. This 37 Willis Coup is ready for the next gen to take over (with Care)
Brand new Willys, so beautiful. ❤️🙏
Hat's off to the two brother's making their father proud! That is one heck of a beautiful car, talk about complex curves! Wow.
What a beaut! So refreshing to see a total stock resto!!
That looks amazing!!!!! Nice to see just a "stock" 30's model coupe.
Well done gentleman as a former 41 Willy's owner myself it's nice to see them being restored stock or Street Rod.... 👍😎
Thanks, when the coupe arrived we all had visions of gassers in our heads, but the stock restoration was really fun, and we are all glad that it remained stock.
Thank you all so much for totally restoring such a charming, beautiful, cute little classic car, & giving Her new life with the family who love Her!! You all are heroes in my book
A fine job indeed gentlemen.It's nice to see the epitome of art deco get it's due respect...Stone,Woods,andCook would be proud.
Oh what a car you brought back to life, this car is going to be there for another few decades. Great efforts and appreciate every single individual worked on it.
What a cool 1 family car.
Not chopped, channeled, or raked....no smittys or lake pipes....no blower, no quads, no dished rims....no candy apple....no Moon decals and accessories, no dice, no tuck and roll.....no over-sized hemi, flathead, or bored and stroked whatever......just pure, beautifully restored 1937 Willys. Thank you....very fine work and most excellent integrity! Best wishes from Kauai!
Man.. watched it the whole way through. Top notch build. Phenomenal work guys. Wow!
I love the original look and lines. Thanks for showing us this restoration. The original color is fantastic.
I am amazed to see someone do the right thing and restore this Willys Coupe. I restored a '42 and had so many people wanting to buy it to cut it up. They are only original once and so few are left unmolested. Job well done. You have done a service to history. Thank You. If someone wants a hot rod buy fiberglass.
I'm happy to see the Willys restored instead of becoming somebody's worn out idea of a hot rod. It's rare to see them restored to original condition and I prefere to seem them that way.
It was very satisfying to see an old Willy's restored for a change. I love the gassers as much as the next guy, but this was pure pleasure to watch. The whole video was top notch.
Thanks!!
@@metalworksclassicautoresto9583 Thank God you restored this car, and didn't make another gasser. You will see one of these stock against another 100 turned into who knows what!! Same is true with the 40's and 41's.
Beautiful car turned out fantastic wished it was a video photo albums are great 👍
beautiful,just beautiful....a big pat on the back and a attaboy to all involved.....
Beautiful willys,big car.
Just recently finished my '37 Willys sedan after 9 years. Lotta time and cash, but it's worth it! Love driving it anywhere.
Very nice! Good job sticking with the long build.
That was a lot of fun to watch . Top notch work !
A partner and i ran a service station and auto repair work shop in the late 60's early 70's we are both mechanics in n.s.w. Australia, one of customers owned a 1937 willys coupe we completely rebuilt engine-gearbox- diff.- brakes and lots of other smaller jobs, body was near on perfect well looked after, the finished product turned excellent . your effort is beautiful great job
I am also in NSW, Hunter. Great that they tried to keep it original.
Love the old footage. Also nice to see it with it's "ugly" front end. Too many times that front was tossed to put a '41 clip up. Thanks for sharing this. An actual stock & restored Willys coupe is indeed a rare bird. Most think they came with blown Chryslers & BBC's !!! 😊
Yes, it is neat to see one retain its stock front clip.
I have to add one other thing. This isn't just workmanship, this is Craftsmanship. Everything you folks have done to this car is excellent!! Every detail done right. Thank you for continuing Craftsmanship!!!
Like Mr. Baker said so wonderful to see this build keep it as original to its form. My hat is off to them. To do a restomod to this would be a sin !!!
This car . . . is just shy of 17 years of being 100 years old !!!!!!!!! Freakin amazing !! And after this restoration it's as good as the day that it rolled off the assembly line as a finished product!
Such an incredible tribute to the father that passed away at 93 years young!
I'm a girl and I loved watching this video and seeing the history behind it and the love that this family has for this old car!
I remember the family car that we all drove growing up in the early 1970's it was 1967 Ford Fairlane !! Of course it's long gone but I think of the times when each of us learned to drive in it and then all the great times driving it to high school, etc.
I wish I still had that car!
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Thanks a lot Mona!!
Man, waited all that time and didn't let us hear it run !
I had a 1938 Coupe 50 years ago. I saw a 37 or 38 driving around in Santa Barbara a few years ago.
WELL DONE!
I have never seen a steel Willys.. so great to watch this!!!
So cool to see a stock Willy’s and it looks great!
Beautiful work👍
Nice Job ! Most people haven't a clue how much time this takes. For one person to tackle this it would take years. What a Beauty. Thank you for your TH-cam video.
Thanks David!!
Outstanding
When a vehicle is complete, except the headlight, and has a wonderful provenance there is only one direction it has to go. A complete OEM restoration. Sure, if it was a shell or wreck then drop in whatever grossly large engine (for the sake of installing a grossly large engine) and Jaguar this and Mustang that. But, in an original condition it just too rare to modify. Thanks for keeping such great documentation of the project.
Amazing job. Beautiful.
Thanks!!
very nicely done. thank you.
The simplicity of that era's cars is refreshing. Nice to see one in better than new condition.
Although I do love a Willys gasser!
When I was just a wee lad, the most amazing vehicle in my world was a 40 Willys gasser. Something about the way it looked just embodied hotrodding to me.
I’m so glad you restored this car and didn’t hotrod it. The humble little stock Willys coupe is so hard to find now. It really is beautiful.
Thanks!!
So many of these cars turned into gassers, I think these are rare to begin with, to find one this nice and restore it is a whole new level. Magnificent restoration of a decent car to begin with!
What a beautiful car,a work of art.
Amazing job and thanks for sharing this restoration with us, and thanks for the amazing story behind it.2 thumbs up 👍
Absolutely love the color...
There's nothing like those vintage colors...
WOW! I FINALLY get to see what a stock dash looks like. I just knew they didn't come with a smoothed over waterfall with 23 gauges and 12.5 pounds of billet aluminum!
What a great story of essentially a family heirloom... an amazingly detailed restoration as well with period correct paint color.
Impeccable job. Love the color choices. ...and yes, so glad it was brought back to original
awesome
Finally a restored 1930s car. I normally see a lot of these all hot rodded up, so it's a nice change. Took a lot of work, and seeing the footage was amazing.
Hey! Great resto! GREAT TO SEE IT'S NOT DROPPED/ CHOPPED/ BAGGED/ NARROWED REAR/ V-8 CONVERSION!!! GREAT TO SEE IT IN IT'S "STOCK" STATE!!!!
Such a cool car!
And some people gave thumbs down! Whatever! My god what a wonderful video your mother and father would be so proud of you both!!! Beautiful car😎
Awesome job👍👍👍
That turned out beautiful.
The lines and compound curves of the body is a awesome look..
Going back original was a great decision.
I love these cars. So good see it restored back to original. What a beauty. Great job.
Willy's...my favorite car, ever. You have outdone yourselves, I can hardly believe what I just have seen. Great job is an understatement ! !
Stunning work! I am so proud to live in craft Oregon. Imagine the size of the tooling to make that sheet metal!
These are really cool historical videos. Oh, and very nice bodywork with the lead work and all.
Beautiful job...Guys looks better than new.....l am very old now l remember that kind of car my dad had one....l can remember standing up the seat Mom on my right and Dad driving l was just a little boy....The sound was a bit overpowering....But hay that's OK to...Thanks very much indeed...!
Thanks Steve...sounds like great memories.
@@metalworksclassicautoresto9583 u'all did a super build...Brings back a lot of good mem's for sure...Thanks for the return text...!
Fine Art.
Beautiful job on the restoration and it is so nice to see the car restored back to an original configuration as opposed to making a drag car out of it. These are the kind of cars that America needs today to get young people driving. Low cost, simple; with modern tech; a car like this could be within reach of young buyers and bring back a "fun to drive" factor. The family must be VERY proud.
Sweet resto!
Quality restoration 👍
fantastic car
is great to see this rare car done right. Klamath Falls,Or 🦋
Nice story, very nice resto.
Great work !!
Perfect!
beautiful
Nice work!
I had a 1937 Willys 4 door sedan in High School....The engine was run out but I was impressed with how well built the Car was. I replaced the entire front body, Hood and front fenders from an abandon junk yard after I wrecked it...... I sold it to a local Garage owner he replaced the engine with a brand new Jeep engine he bought as surplus from the Army (it may still be running somewhere out there)
Nothing better than an old Willys......body work done correctly!!
Wow, I've only ever seen one stock Americar coupe, a '40. It was a surprise to see that they didn't come with blown Hemis.
Perhaps impossible to reach a further level. Supreme job. A passionate tribute.
Beautiful, just beautiful!! A labor of love and a work of art. I love seeing the old become new again.
One if my first thoughts- the MIG welder- a gift from God. Really nice job guys!
Paint booth schmaint booth. Love the old home movies & back story!
WOW! AMAZING WORK!!! Such a great car. I have never seen one of these before. The lines, and the style are really fantastic! I must have said WOW about a thousand times during this video.