UPDATE: **SOLD* Was $20k.
“1953 Willys Wagon 4×2 for sale. I purchased it from the 2nd or 3rd owner some time back. Vehicle has been stored inside. Looks like original paint except for the white panels. The history was that the Waggy was used as a shuttle/delivery vehicle and the white paint was applied to cover the company logo that was painted on the sides. You can still see the “logo” image when looking from certain angles in the sun. No rust that I can see, vehicle seems to be very original. 6 cylinder engine with 3 speed on the column transmission. Sliding side glass for rear seats. Manual choke and all functional electronics”
So, was that six originally from a Studebaker?
That engine is the Willys F-head Hurricane 161 cubic inch 90 horsepower 6 cylinder that was optional in Willys vehicles from 1952-early 1955. It was listed as engine 685 in advertising. It was an upgraded version of the L-161 cubic inch 75 hp 6 cylinder engine from 1950-51.
This same F-head 6 was used in the 1954 Kaiser Darrin sports car.
ITS THE ENGINE WILLYS-OVERLAND DEVELOPED FOR THE AERO CARS !! — BARNEY ROOS SIMPLY DESIGNED A F-HEAD FOR THE 161 LIGHTNING L-HEAD !! — BUT GUESS WHAT ? — THE CHEAPER WILLYS AERO CARS LIKE THE LARK AND THE FALCON NEVER GOT THE F-HEAD 6 !! — THEY SUFFERED ALONG WITH THE L-161 LIGHTNING !! — I KNOW , I HAVE A 53 AERO-FALCON GUTLESS L-161 LIGHTNING !! — MY 53 AERO-EAGLE TOP O THE LINE WAS BLESSED WITH THE OH SO POWERFUL HURRICANE F-6 161 — I PASS CORVETTES ON HILLS !! — IF YOU LOOK AT THE MOTOR MOUNT AREA ON THE AERO UNIBODY FRAME YOU WILL SEE DIFFERENT SETS OF MOTOR MOUNT BOLTING HOLES — ONE SET WAS FOR A F-4 134 !! — THE F-4 134 OPTION WAS ONLY FOR EXPORT TO SLOW COUNTRIES LIKE EGYPT AND TAXIS — THE NEXT SET OF HOLES IS FOR THE 161 ENGINES — THEN THERE WAS A SET OF HOLES FOR THE SUPER-HURRICANE L-226 !! — THAT WASNT AVAILABLE TILL 1954 BUT THE MOUNTING HOLES WERE STILL THERE …
Thanks… now I’m amazed, as well as dazed & confused about what Willys