eBay Find: A Gorgeous ’41 Willys Gasser….With A Fiberglass Body

As long as one is using a period-correct body, a straight front axle, and the proper ratio of front tire to rear tire size, it’s hard to do a Gasser wrong — but you can definitely do one right, and the owner of this 1941 Willys for sale on eBay has absolutely done it right.

This gorgeous piece — inside, outside, and even underneath — was largely built by Supreme Hot Rods in Winder, Georgia, with the paint work completed by Eddie Slepicka of Bent Metal Customs in Hillsboro, Oregon. What makes this car particularly unique however, and might draw groans from the purists, is that it centers on a fiberglass replica of a ’42 Willys, rather than the real thing. The basis of the car is a chassis and body package from Supreme, finished in a Copperhead Orange paint that cost an estimated $1,100 a gallon, all accented with a gold leaf stripe following the body’s contours.

Under the hood is a 427-inch big-block Chevrolet (a 454 destroyed to a 427) with dual Holley 4160 carburetors, backed up to a Turbo 350 transmission and a Ford 9-inch with posi-traction and 3.50 gears. Supreme built the car up with custom ladder bars and coiler shocks in the rear and, of course, a straight axle up front. Inside, you can see the slick custom interior work, five-point racing-style harnesses for driver and passenger, a chrome steering column mated to a billet steering wheel, and Dolphin gauges. On the exterior, the door handles have been shaved and replaced with electric door openers, while a chrome Willys grille, teardrop headlights, and taillights borrowed from a 1950 Buick round out the look.

At current, this beauty is listed for the princely sum of $65,000, and despite is origins as fiber reinforced plastic rather than the assembly line of Willys-Overland Motors, but this modern example of a classic Gasser is so clean, top to bottom, you could eat off of it. Never mind that, lacking the weight of its steel counterpart, it ought to be noticeably more peppy at the dragstrip.

What say you…worth $65,000, or only if it’s the real deal?