The Willys was blown Caddy-powered. Ah yes, la guerre de gas—one of drag racing's finest periods. It was a time when the gas coupes and sedans ruled the roost.

These cars won many drag racing championships in the 1960s and are still popular as nostalgia gassers in 2022. And this black beauty dubbed "Son of Night Prowler" is one of the coolest 1941 Willys ...

His interest in cars included a love of high-powered "gasser" drag racing cars of the 1960s and in particular the Willys line. He and his wife moved to Marion County in 2009.

Drag racing fans who weren't around 60 years ago to witness the quarter-mile battles of the Gasser Wars can be glad there are racers like the Geezer Gassers keeping up the fight.

Back in the early 60s during what some call the glory days of drag racing, the average driver could pluck a car out of a field, fix it up, and stake a challenge. Such was the case for young racer ...

Cromer tore across Southeastern drag strips in the 1960s and 1970s, earning him a spot in the East Coast Drag Racing Hall of Fame in Henderson, N.C. His 1941 Willys gasser is dubbed "The Moonlighter." ...

This 1941 Willys served race duty on the front lines of the “Gasser Wars,” somehow surviving beyond its race car prime and falling into the hands of Hot Rod Ranch.

Q: Greg, I’m a car fan from upstate New York and interested in the Willys car company and also those great Willys drag cars that still compete to this day. Many big name drag racers raced the ...

Q: I’m interested in the Willys car company and those great Willys drag cars that still compete to this day. Also, did Willys build cars after the WWII era? A: The 1940-42 Willys Coupe was and ...