A custom car project is only as good as the amount of effort and cash its makers are willing to pour into it. And if we judge by these two criteria alone.
One has to be in a very special mindset to want to own a Willys Americar, but must also be in a special place, financially speaking, as these things do not come cheap. Because yes, these wonderful design beauties are still around today, most of the time hot-rodded to oblivion and appealing beyond words.
HEMI-Powered 1941 Willys Americar Shakes With the Rumble of 1,000 HP 18 Feb 2021, 15:24 UTC ·
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The Willys Americar must be for custom shops across America, be it famous or less so, a pleasure to work with. The car’s lines, unique on the automotive scene, can be transformed into real works of automotive art by talented hands, and there seems to be no limit to the type of hardware that can be hidden inside the body. 31 photos
The Americar was a quirky proposition on the car scene that started life before the Second World War in 1937 and died right in the middle of it, in 1942, killed by the requirements of war. Despite its short lifespan, the model spawned a great deal of variants, from sedan to pickup and everything in between.