Ron’s selling this nice looking CJ-3B. You can contact him by phone at
423 715 3142 or via email at rtownsend0418 @ gmail.com (remove spaces around the @).
“1954 WILLYS JEEP CJ-3B
PAINTED JEEP ORANGE
1968 Chevelle 327 c.i. SBC – Dyno 344 hp @ 3500 rpm – REBUILT
Camshaft – Edelbrock 2102 Performer-Plus
Carburetor – Holley 4160 4bbl – 600 cfm
Intake Manifold – Edelbrock
MSD 6 Series Ignition System – MSD 6A – 6200
T90 3 SPEED TRANSMISSION – REBUILT
DANA D18 TRANSFER CASE – REBUILT
Rear Axle – DANA/SPICER 44 – 5.38:1 – REBUILT
Front Axle – DANA 27 – 5.38:1 – REBUILT
ADVANCE ADAPTERS OVERDRIVE – 25%
GM POWER STEERING
REBUILT APPROX. 1000 MILES AGO
LIKE NEW TIRES 31-10.50X15
NEW AMERICAN RACING MAGS
NEW HEATER
NEW BIKINI TOP
FULLY ENCLOSED TOP WITH DOORS
NEW SKYJACKER SHOCKS
TENNESSEE TITLE IN HAND
I HAVE MOST RECORDS ON REBUILD
GAUGES WORK EXCEPT FOR FUEL AND TACH
NOT PERFECT BUT LOOKS NICE
Asking $15,000
Ron Townsend”
It’s actually a 1964 but titled wrong. I know, I used to own it. I bought it in Anchorage, Alaska and flat-towed it with a M38-A1 to So. Cal. in 1978. Long trip at 45 mph. I put the 327 in it and did a lot of other work to it and then sold it to a friend for $3900. He then took it to Montana and did a lot more work to it before selling it. I see it has increased in value since I first bought it for $200. I’m still using the original F4 engine in one of my other 3B’s.
Really a 340 horse V-8 with a T-90 behind it. Wonder how long that would last in real world use? I had a 1946 CJ2A in 1976 that I had a 283 V-8 in with the T-90 and a model 41 rear end. I had to rebuild one or the other every other week, of course I was only 17 years old at the time and had a lot of fun in it.
Paul, wow that was quite a trip. How many miles and how long did it take? Were there any breakdowns? It is amazing how these jeeps move about the country.
Jeep trip from Anchorage was approximately 3600 miles. I left in late October and it took three days, driving non-stop by myself, to get to Bellingham, Washington. I raised the cover off the shift tower to keep warm (no heater). I would stop every 50 miles to pour in one of my 5 jeep cans of gas (no fuel gauge) and to wake up. I parked the jeeps in Newberg, Oregon until late December when I continued on down to S. Cal in about three days. The only problem I had was when all the lights went out in the pitch black of the night while driving on the gravel Alcan Highway. I had to literally get down and feel for the edge of the road to get the jeeps off to the edge before a car came along. I had a short in the wire between the two jeeps where it got pinched in the fender. I traveled for quite a ways with just a hand-held spotlight until it became daylight again.
Paul: I can imagine just how dark that was along the lonely stretch of gravel! There wasn’t much traffic on the gravel sections when we drove in mid-august.
Mike: I know that back in the early 80s folks were still racing with hopped up engines back by T-90s. One race jeep I tore apart did the hundred plus mile desert races near Mattawa. The engine was a hacked together Pontiac 289 cut in half, then modified using Indy specs. They raced that with a T-90! … that said, I know some folks who blew up their T-90s racing. So, I suppose it is all in how you manage the power, the quality of the rebuild, and the R&P ratios.
I bought the jeep from Paul for my son. I rebuilt the 327, added the Crane cam, Edelbrock intake, Holley 4bbl. MSD ignition, and 2-speed overdrive.