This ’41 Willys coupe was built circa 2008 as a gasser-style street/drag car utilizing an Active Power fiberglass body and boxed frame. The Chevrolet 496ci stroker V8 breathes through dual Edelbrock carburetors atop an Offenhauser cross-ram intake manifold and is linked with a Super T-10 four-speed manual transmission and a Currie 9″ rear end. Work following the seller’s 2024 acquisition included installing electric cut-out header valves, wheelie bars, and Hoosier Pro Street tires. Additional equipment includes a Borgeson steering box, Wilwood front disc brakes, E-T Dragmaster wheels, front leaf springs, gas shocks, rear coilovers, and ladder bars. The body is finished in red with air-brushed artwork and gold-leaf-style lettering, and the cabin is outfitted with low-back bucket seats, power windows, a Hurst shifter, Mooneyes instrumentation, a rear camera system, a Pioneer CD receiver, and brown leather upholstery. This gasser-style Willys coupe is now offered with a clean Florida title in the seller’s name that lists the car as a 1941 Willys.

The fiberglass body is finished in red with an air-brushed skull, gradient flames, and gold-leaf-style lettering. It rides on an Active Power boxed frame and features a tilting front end and shaved doors that open manually from the outside by reaching though an open window or using an emergency release hidden under the left rocker panel. Additional exterior details include a hood scoop, rear-hinged doors, a drop-down hideaway license plate bracket, remote jumper terminals, a battery cut-off switch, blue headlight lenses, and a 2″ aluminum rear bumper.

Polished E-T 15″ Dragmaster alloy wheels are mounted with 25×7.5″ front and 31×16.5″ rear Hoosier Pro Street tires. Suspension is handled by chrome parallel leaf springs and gas-charged shocks mounted to the solid front axle along with ladder bars, adjustable coilovers, and Competition Engineering sprung wheelie bars out back. Steering goes through a Borgeson box, and the car is brought to a halt by Wilwood front disc and rear drum brakes. The seller says the parking brake is not functional.

The low-back bucket seats are trimmed in brown leather that extends to the dashboard, door panels, and center console. Tan tweed carpets with brown piping overlays the floorboards and the sides of the console. A color TFT monitor that resides in the center stack is connected to a rearview camera, and switch controls are hidden beneath an upholstered cover ahead of the shifter. Additional equipment includes power windows, and a Hurst T-handle shifter with a line lock switch. A Pioneer CD receiver and Kicker speakers are mounted on the rear bulkhead.

The brown leather half-wrap steering wheel sits on a chrome column with a Mooneyes tachometer, and a suite of Mooneyes white-dial instruments are housed in the center of the dashboard in an engine-turned bezel. The digital odometer shows 3,500 miles, approximately 700 of which were added by the seller. The speedometer reads inaccurately, and true mileage is unknown.

The fuel filler is accessible through the trunk, which is upholstered to match the interior.

The 496ci Chevrolet V8 is topped with an Offenhauser cross-ram intake manifold and a pair of Edelbrock VRS 650-cfm carburetors. Fuel arrives through a Holley electric fuel pump, and gases exit through ceramic-coated headers with electric cut-out valves and an X-pipe dual exhaust system with Flowmaster mufflers.

The engine was built utilizing Edelbrock aluminum cylinder heads, Eagle connecting rods, and 10.0:1-compression JE Pistons, per the seller. Ignition is handled by an MSD Pro-Billet distributor and ignition control box, and cooling power is provided by an aluminum radiator, a chrome Mesiere high-flow electric water pump, and a thermostatically controlled electric cooling fan supplemented by a pair of switched auxiliary fans. The seller notes an oil drip after the car runs for a period of time and is then parked.

Power is sent to the rear wheels through a Perfection Clutch with a Howe hydraulic release bearing and a Richmond Super T-10 four-speed manual transmission with a 2.88 first gear, and a custom aluminum driveshaft linked to the Currie 9″ aluminum center section that is equipped with 31-spline axles and a 4.11:1 final gear ratio. Additional photos that show the underbody prior to the installation of the header switches, wheelie bars, and Hoosier tires can be viewed in the gallery.