UPDATE: **SOLD** Was No Price.
Looks good. The interior “diamond plating” on the ceiling is actually thin plastic sheets cut to fit the side panels and headliner.
“According to Willys records, less than 12,000 wagons were produced in 1959. All were powered by the Super Hurricane 226 Cubic Inch inline 6-cylinder flat head engine. Combined with the 3 speed manual transmission, this drive train produced a neck-snapping 115 HP and could almost reach 55 mph down hill with a tail wind. These wagons came in both the two-wheel and four-wheel drive models and were designed for strength and durability, not speed.
It is difficult to find any of these vehicles today. For the most part, those that do exist do not resemble the original. Most have been subjected to the “improvements” of a high-powered engine and transmission swap.
This rare example has seen restoration efforts by 3 successive owners since 2008. Each has added his or her contribution but no effort has been made to change the original 58 year-old powertrain.
While the body still has some slight rust on the tailgate and driver-side front quarter panel, other areas have been addressed. The exterior is painted two-tone blue and white and has original chrome. The interior is sprayed blue Rhino Liner on the floor and has synthetic diamond plate side panels and headliner. The glass is in good condition and door and window seals replaced.
Mechanically, it is in good shape. Engine, transmission, transfer case and axles work well and pull strong. The following work has been done:
REBUILT CARBURATOR
NEW FUEL PUMP
NEW GAS TANK
NEW ALTERNATOR
NEW COIL AND IGNITION PARTS
ELECTRIC WINDSHIELD WIPERS
NEW HEATER HOSES AND VENTS
NEW RADIATOR
REPLACED BATTERY
ADVANCED ADAPTOR OVERDRIVE
BRAKE WORK AS NEEDED
LAP BELTS
NEW SHOCKS AND LEAF SPRINGS”
The excessive diamond plate reminds me of a solar oven I once owned for camping. I don’t think I’d want to sit inside it on a sunny day!
This is my old rig! I sold it to a guy and he moved back east. Looks Like he added the diamond plate and the over drive and the mirrors. It did leak oil in the front and rear engine seals all else was good. Paint is a ten foot paint job “looks good from 10 feet” from another owner. Wish I still had it.
It doesn’t look too bad but, whenever I see DP, I wonder what it’s hiding.
It’s like being inside a giant Disco Ball. I wouldn’t want to be driving or riding in it at night and have a State Trooper hit you with their lites! Could cause multiple seizures. I could see a catastrophe starting when the officer walks and sees you there foaming from the mouth and flopping around, then he sticks head in and wham he’s into one then a good Samaritan stops tries to help and next thing you know you have piles of people and a Hazmat situation! LOL, would make a good comedy skit!
I spoke with Richard about the “diamond plating”. He mentioned in the ad, and it was something I’d missed when reading it, that it is actually a thin film headliner rather than a actual diamond plating. So, the roof wasn’t harmed in the process of installing it.
LOL CraigInPA!! Still very shinny Dave! I still like the Monty Python skit. Still I could lean back and reflect on things!
It has rhino skin under the diamond stuff and throughout the whole the interior. It was sealed up real nice before the diamond plate stuff. I sold it to him for $7500, I think. I did the brakes, wheel cylinders, master cylinder, new springs and shocks and other stuff.
If you shined a laser pointer in there you’d blind everyone inside!