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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $4500.
Looks like a militarized CJ-3A.
“1952 Willys CJ jeep. Needs some TLC. Has been driven a little since I’ve had it. Not easy to start and the brakes need work. It was used for reenacting right before we bought it. Garaged. No rust. Have title and key.”
Thought For The Day;
WHAT IS IT WITH THE ROPE WRAPPED AROUND THE FRONT BUMPER? People seem to think the Jeep has a better chance of selling if you wrap the bumper in a rope. Kind of reminds me of the the time I was looking at houses for sale, every house with a front porch had a rocking chair on it. I asked the real estate agent about this and her answer. yes, this is staged to sell the house.
Come on, am I really going to buy that Jeep because of the rope, or that house because I like the Cracker Barrel rocking chair made in China? I don’t think so.
I’m always amazed of these way out marketing strategies.
Has anyone seen this Jeep in person and can comment on it’s actual condition?
Mike,
Personally, the rope seems a silly addon, but one guy I know who refurbished and sold a variety of older jeeps told me that he did best when he made a jeep look military (didn’t matter if it was a cj or not). He’d find some cheap CJ-5, M-38A1, M-38, or CJ-2/3A, de bubbify them, make them run well, then put rope on them, paint them OD green, and add other military-like items. He said it cost him very little to alter the jeeps, but made a world of difference on the price. He was very honest about the whole sale, telling people multiple times in his ads that the jeep, if it was a CJ, was not a military jeep. To his amazement the marketing worked.
– Dave
OK, so I guess that is the marketing strategy, if it works, go with it. As P.T. Barnum once said; “There’s a sucker born every minute.”