Show on mapUPDATE: Kevin suggests this might be a Maverick. The Maverick Wagon was a co-promotion attempt between Willys and the Maverick TV Show. You can learn more about it at the CJ-3B Page. You can learn some additional details by a commenter on the IMCDB.
Here’s an example of what the Willys America restorers are calling a Maverick Wagon, though the commenter on the IMCDB suggests these wagons were only made for a short period during 1959. I don’t know what to believe at this point??
Note the carrier on top and the wood paneling on the hood. All look factory to me. The driver’s door definitely looks different. This might be a unique restoration project?
“1962 Willys wagon, 4X4, 250 Chevy engine, rebuilt 2500 miles ago, runs great, many extra parts. Call 609 341-9500.”
http://cnj.craigslist.org/cto/1530664789.html
December 30th, 2009 at 8:48 pm
It looks like a Maverick…
December 30th, 2009 at 8:49 pm
Aren’t those really rare?
December 31st, 2009 at 5:47 am
I hate to say anything is rare, except for my steak…you are right however, not many made or survived…Maverick was a great western show as well.
December 31st, 2009 at 8:04 am
The Mavericks were only two wheel drives. The roof rack is probably aftermarket of some kind.
The top (grey one) appears to be a very nice example of a Maverick…..the bottom one, not so much.
The trim on the bottom one is a mixed bag….the hood seems to have been replaced. It uses the front spear from the ’61-’64 Maverick-type trim but if you’ll notice, the rest of the side trim is the ‘hockey-stick trim which is what the ’62 4wd truck would have had on it……My opinion, not a Maverick (unless it’s been converted to 4wd and had the body trim changed…..it’s a ’62 4wd Wagon.
December 31st, 2009 at 8:14 am
As far as “rarity” goes…..the ’58-’59 Mavericks used the ‘hockey stick’ side trim, the ’61-’64 used the ‘rocket shaped’ trim. Sometime around ’61-’62 willys stopped referring to the 2 wheel drives as ‘Mavericks’ but the trim and Maverick serial number designation (581) was the same. So I guess you could say that rarity of the ‘Maverick’ is the same as if you declare a 2wd Willys wagon rare or not.
December 31st, 2009 at 8:42 am
Thanks Chad. That’s helpful. I couldn’t find anything definitive (well haven’t found it yet on the web) about the Mavericks.
= Dave
December 31st, 2009 at 9:01 am
You might want to check the Willys America website…..most of that info came from there. Paul Barry is probably the reigning restoration guru of these vehicles. He puts out a very nice catalog with much reference material. Worth the price if there is any inkling of an idea that you might work on a truck, wagon, or station wagon at any time in the future…..the website is http://www.willysamerica.com