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These quick searches can help you find things on eBay. People list in the wrong categories all the time, so don't be surprised to see brochures in the parts area for example.
The links to posts below show jeeps grouped by models, condition, and other ways. Some of these jeeps are for sale and others have been sold. If you are unsure whether a vehicle is still for sale or not, email me at d [at] ewillys.com for more info.
There are plenty of interesting, unusual, historic and surprising stories related to Jeeps and their owners. In addition, some of these features have nothing to do with jeeps. This link will display all featured stories starting from the latest.
Looking for parts and not sure where to go? There are a variety of large and small new and used parts sellers both online and offline.
Importantly, the allure of buying a project jeep can be romantic. The reality of restoring a jeep can be quite different, expensive and overwhelming without the right tools and resources. So, tread carefully when purchasing a "project". If you have any concerns about buying a vintage jeep, or run across a scam, feel free to contact me for help, comments or concerns .
If I ever wore ties, I’d get this.
“THE TIE BAR HAS NEVER BEEN WORN AND IS VERY RARE AND UNIQUE WITH AN IMAGE OF A VINTAGE JEEP ON THE TIE BAR. THE INSIDE OF THE TIE BAR HAS SOME MINOR DISCOLOR FROM AGE ONLY AND THE TIE BAR IS VERY VERY COLLECTIBLE AS NOTED AND IT IS READY TO WEAR. THE TIME BAR IS NO SIGNED WITH ANY NAME AND ONLY HAS THE IMAGE OF THE VINTAGE JEEP.”
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Mike shared this photo from Facebook. Poor jeeps! It might have originated here (a DJ-5 site)
Here’s another dead postal jeep graveyard:
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay.
I doubt there are many jeeps, but still an interesting vintage piece.
“Vintage large paper children book: “Make Sticker Pictures No Paste Need – No. #1565-15 – Fine Books For Children by Merrill Company Publishers” on both front & back cover – please see above all scan picture & condition – NOTE: about this large book, I had difficult take large picture of problem tablet, so use my scan machine is small, please see 1st scan picture of center of book, 2nd scan is on top of book & 3rd scan is bottom of book (you can see them?), show you only 3 pictures of inside pages that problem with my scan picture, about inside pages had 16 pages total include 4 full colorful stickers (never removed/still gum on back and only 8 tanning paper pages with black pictures; 1 page is Fire Chief Arrives, 2 page is Color This Picture (Ladder Frie Truck), 3 page is Fireman Go Into Action, 4 page is Color This Picture (Train engine with cards), 5 page is Tanker & Moving Trucks, 6 page is (4 small different pictures) of crawl shovel & dump truck, Gasoline Truck, Bulldozer, & Cattle Truck, 7 page is Steam Shovel & 2 Dump Trucks, and 8 page is 3 different pictures of A Horse Races Train, Streamline Out West, & Trough The Farmlands ..”
UPDATE: Was on eBay.
Anybody scanned this 16 page Jeepster brochure? This is the first I’ve seen it.
“1950 Jeepster Outstanding Sports Car color, dealer sales brochure (Willys – Overland), ORIGINAL. Form no. VJ73MI-3CM-350 measures 5.5 x 8.25 with 16 pages/panels. New engines Hurricane 4 and Lightning 6. Specifications on back page.”
Craig thought of me when he saw this early 40s postcard. Frankly, I never thought I looked that good in a bathing suit . . .
“Standard Size 3.5×5.5.”
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Ken shared this link. The pedal jeep’s similarity (windshield, 3B look) to the “Phillipines?” pedal jeep on the CJ-3B page (you have to scroll down 3B page) suggests it may have been made in the Philippines. The body and seat are slightly different.
“Rare Chain Driven Jeep Pedal Car”
http://yakima.craigslist.org/clt/5293444955.html
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay.
How about the sprayer on the FC!
“Here I have a single sheet advertisement issued by Willys for JeepSpray Equipment on the FC-150 and FC-170. This is from the time period of 1957 through 1965 as these are the only years that BOTH the FC-150 & FC-170 were in production. There is no date printed on this piece.”
J.C. spotted this squirrel in a jeep-shaped squirrel feeder that’s in his backyard. These were being sold on eBay a few years ago.
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay
Anyone ever seen one of these? Was this the beginning of the M-677 design?
“Here I have a vintage reverse print from October 15, 1957 featuring:
“WILLYS FC-170
PERSONNEL and FIRST AID VEHICLE…SCHEME ‘B’…Rear Access
WILLYS MOTORS, INC. 15, OCTOBER, 1957”
This Rare piece measures about 8 x 10 inches and is in
Near Mint Condition!
Will ship in a magazine sleeve with cardboard backing and be very well protected between sheets of heavy cardboard.
”
That’s quite a photo.
“WWII U.S. Marines on Guadalcanal Riding in Jeep with Skull on Hood Press Photo”
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William was asking me if I’d ever seen a tent flap like this. I hadn’t. He’s got six flaps, but only this one has American Bantam Car Co. stamped on it.
Sebastian shared this video from Colombia that shows some jeeps undergoing repair. I’m a little surprised to see the guy spray painting the jeep without a mask.
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $4500.
Will need restoration.
“Has been in the attic of the Willy’s Jeep Dealership building (northern Kentucky) since it was taken off the front of the building for a new sign in the 1960’s. One end is attached to the building and this bullnose sign protrudes out. Sign is in very, very good condition for having been up in that corner 50+ years. Needs restored. Body is galvanized metal with about 95% of the original neon glass still present; no dents or holes in the metal can at all; bottom of can is just as good as the rest. See all photos to appreciate the rarity and good condition… This sign even still has the hanging cables still present. Transformers are inside. Measures about 6ft x 15″ deep x about 30″ high….probably weighs about 150 pounds. Local Pick up only; unboxed. We are about an hour south of Indianapolis and about 2.5hrs north of Louisville…we are close to Bloomington Indiana, a mile from Indiana Hwy 37. Seller will not ship. Call or text, …no emails answered.”
The St. Petersburg Times published this article in 1942 about the war bond drive. Purchases of bonds got the chance to ride in a jeep.
Merlin published a report on the 9th Annual Mason Dixon Willys Jeep Show and Gettysburg Tour this past weekend.
The bottom illustration goes graphic to make a point.
“13 x 18 inch original poster from the US Army Safety Program, printed in 1948. Folded in half as issued. VG condition. Shows a graphic jeep wreck.”
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Photo Credit: T. Anthony Bell & the Hopewell News
I ran across this article that shares Lee Holland’s efforts to replicate a working WWII motor pool. The building’s interior was organized based on actual motor pool plans. You can learn all about it at the Hopewell News: http://www.hopewellnews.com/article_7861.shtml
For those not on Facebook’s Austin Bantam Society’s page, you missed some great photos from BRC75, the seventieth anniversary of the original Bantam BRC. Bill Spear discusses the Bantam’s origins on this post. Both photos below were taken at one of the group’s event at the U.S. Veterans Memorial Museum.
Here’s an unusual photo of a Bantam BRC-60 dressed in white.
“1942- U.S. Army peep and other vehicles with all-white camouflage during experiments conducted at Fort Brady for combat in winter conditions.”
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UPDATE: Mystery solved. I found a couple brochures about this top. They were published in a 1947ish Willys Overland Equipment Book (thanks to Jon for letting me scan that particular folder). The suicide doors were original to this top. Examples of The Boston Top below:
he first two photos show Spencer Landers’ top on two different jeeps.
Close up of the corners.
These photos show more examples of the top:
The Netherlands firm of H.C.L. Sieberg began selling jeeps in 1946 after acquiring 1400 jeeps from an army depot. The firm bought an additional 1000 jeeps. In May of 1946 Director L.F.J. Mählmeijer visited Toledo to secure an agreement for supply Sieberg with parts. Sieberg got permission to import four CJ-2As, called the “peace jeep” in the Netherlands, for demonstration purposes. It was an uphill battle, but overtime, the government allowed the company to import more jeeps for agricultural purposes.
Below are some examples of Sieberg brochures printed in Dutch. Thanks to Charles for sharing these photos. The photos and the history was published at conam.info in Dutch. You can read an english translated version of the page here.
The photo below appeared in a 1958 article from the Spokesman-Review. The article below comes from a November 29, 1956 article in the Toledo Blade that announced the FC’s introduction.
This photo and article was published in the August 29, 1957, issue of the Reading Eagle from Reading, Pennsylvania. It looks to be a CJ-2. It sounds like it has been refurbished into a brush fire-fighting jeep. The article indicates this would be called Jeep No. 11, yet it is labeled Jeep No. 1.
Colin bought a Hickey aluminum cylinder head to modify his 1960 Surrey, but ran into some problems with it. Below he describes the changes he made, the problems he encountered, and his current solution. Thanks for sharing Colin!
I started a hop-up project on our Surrey that involved the installation of a 1950s Nick Hickey aluminum cylinder head for the L-134. That morphed into the fabrication of a dual carb setup using two intake manifolds with a balance tube an F Head exhaust manifold that a very good friend, Steve Mason, and I fabricated out of an old manifold supplied by Jim Sullivan.
The first issue was the two new Weber carbs. They were supposed to be synchronized and jetted the sam, but weren’t. That led to the rear carb dumping extra fuel into #s 3&4, resulting in a blown head gasket which dumped coolant into those cylinders.
Hickey head top and bottom.
Took it all apart, rejetted the carbs and had the head resurfaced. I finished buttoning everything up and fired it up. adjusted the carbs slightly, running smooth, then noticed coolant in the #2 spark plug recess. Shut it off, pulled all plugs, could see coolant in #2, and steam coming from what must be a crack in the threads.
When I had the engine running previously I did not have water pooling in the plug basins. Upon looking at the plugs, the electrodes indicated the possibility of them coming in contact with the valves. Took a very hi intensity flashlight and looked into the cylinders and at least two of the valves I saw the imprint of the electrode on the valves.
So my theory is this:
I had the head resurfaced and in that process, the machine shop used an epoxy to smooth the surface indentations( corrosion?), and then did the resurface. The plugs I had used were nearly new from the original head. Those electrodes did not extend into the combustion chamber. The machine shop( guys who do a lot of work on Ford V8s with aluminum heads told me to get plugs with a slightly longer shank for better combustion. So I did. Only a small imperceptible difference in length.
