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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $1000
(10/16/2013) Looks like some good parts there.
“rare fc150 for parts or restoration. not running some parts missing, was Bellvadere fir dept. truck. $1000 offer or trade for ?”
UPDATE: A 1964 article in the Spokesman-Review highlights their speaking tour following the Indonesian trip.
Map of Frank and Helen Schreider’s Indonesian Adventure during 1961.
In 1954, Helen and Frank Schreider drove a Ford GPA (amphibious jeep) named Tortuga from the Arctic Circle to the southern most town in South America, Ushuaia, Argentina. They published a book about their adventure called 20,000 Miles South: A Pan-American Adventure in a Seagoing Jeep from the Arctic Circle. It was a book I enjoyed.
In 1960, Helen and Frank began a new adventure in India. For unknown reasons, Tortuga was replaced by the Tortuga II (Amphibious Vehicle website has a great comparison information between Tortuga I and Tortuga II). Perhaps the original Tortuga was too damaged to undertake another long trek. The goal of their Indian adventure was to explore the Ganges river plain and write an article for National Geographic (which appeared in the October 1960 issue). I have the article, but have yet to read it.
In 1961, following their India adventure, the pair undertook an even longer expedition. They wanted to explore Indonesia’s Lesser Sundas, a chain of islands stretching 3000 miles from Bali to Timor. Their adventure filled two large articles for National Geographic (Indonesia: Young and Troubled Nation in the May 1961 issue and East from Bali by Seagoing Jeep in the August 1962 issue
). They also published a book in 1963 called the Drums of Tonkin: An Adventure in Indonesia
.
Both the National Geographic articles about Indonesia and their Drums of Tonkin book are dense with cultural references and photographs. Unfortunately, both the articles and the book over-burdened me with local references to such a degree that for me the story was less compelling than their 20,000 Miles book. This likely reflects a larger emphasis on anthropology, geography, and biology, a result of their funding by National Geographic.
Despite the compelling prose, there were plenty of photographs to enjoy. Here’s just a few. This first one is pretty self-explanatory.
According to the New York Times obituary for Frank, who died in 1994 in Crete, the couple joined National Geographic in 1967 and continued to have additional adventures by vehicle, foot and boat. However, there is no record that they ever traveled by GPA.
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $11,000.
Unclear how serious seller is. Jeep looks good.
“just testing the waters have a 46 willys one of the cleanest you will ever see.thinking about selling,it just sitting in the shop not getting used to much runs great drives great painted pearl orange has hi low and overdrive not many of them have overdrive full soft top 2” lift the works.not in a hurry to sell but if someone came along that could see the value in it and is going to use it then we’ll talk.so shoot me an e mail if you need to know more about it.might trade for a 08 or newer fishing pontoon boat or a clean 62 63 chevy impala of equal value..”
The body could be fiberglass.
“Have for sale a 47 willys jeep.low mile rebuilt 350.turbo 350 trans .runs great.33 inch tires roll bar. Tilt wheel power brakes .call gary at 559-978-2939.jeep is 5400 obo. no.spammers.i dont care.if you are.on a boat if.you want to buy them u must be at place.where cars are .no paypal taken”
http://fresno.craigslist.org/cto/4283895495.html
UPDATE: **SOLD**
Only pics of the CJ-2A are shown.
“1) A nice solid completed 1946 cj-2a with a fresh professionally rebuilt dauntless Buick v 6, and it has power steering. Makes it extra easy to drive with plenty of power. Been my daily driver past couple years. $8500.00
2) This one is the best deal I think you will find, for a 1951 jeep, this one is in all parts and pieces, has a bare (looks new) very nice clean frame with the machine gun mount. Frame has been blasted and primed comes with a rusted (ruff) body that has the original ID tags to get it titled. Has leaf springs with stock axle, but does not have a paper title at this time, lost. But you should be able to get a Wisconsin title because it was last titled in Wisconsin. I have done that with a couple other autos that I had bought and restored, not that big of a deal (simple) and I can tell you how, if you don’t know or have never done it.
$1200.00 (price includes engine and trans)
3) 1951 with the original frame that is mostly complete and original with rust (no rust holes seen) but nice. It has newer wider, higher geared axles, has no body but does have the paper title.
$2400.00 (price includes the engine and trans)
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $3500.
Unclear if it runs?
“1946 Jeep Willys
All original
-NEW BRAKES
-NEW BATTERY
-FUEL TANK REDONE
ASKING $3500.00”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $1200
There appears to be value here.
“I bought this old Jeep a while back and was never able to get the title to it so I’m moving on. It is a pretty solid old Willys with original drivetrain in it. Not running but not locked up either. Original gas tank is missing and looks like it was running on a boat gas tank sitting in the rear of the Jeep. It has a vehicle ID number and Jefferson City has no record of it on file.
I paid $1200 and that’s what I need to get, no less.”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $5000
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $2900
“RIGHT HAND DRIVE: RUNS AND DRIVES GREAT This Classic has a right hand drive and was used for Postal service. Now a wonderful beach boogie and Street Diving. It is mechanically sound and would satisfy any toy collector..
RIGHT HAND DRIVE JEEP
INLINE 6 CYLINDER / AUTOMATIC
STRAIGHT AXEL”
UPDATE: Status Unknown. Was Make offer.
“Stock 51 willys . Only changed replaced motor f-head (some time in its life) . Had the starter rebuilt . Put rims and tires on 31×12.5×15 , 5×5 bolt pattern .
It has not seen the road for 12 years .
Painted it . Had the seats done . Drained the fluids . Cleaned , pans and diff coves (back on) . Motor needs rubber . And finish wiring .
Make offer
Fun weekend toy”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $1000.
(11/24/2013) Looks pretty rough.
“1946 Willys Jeep. Owned since 1984. Kept on farm to use as a farm vehicle up until 4 years ago. Parked it and haven’t used it since. Ran great when I turned it off. Just don’t need it anymore and don’t want to let it deteriorate any longer. Bought new frame for it five years ago when I was going to restore it. Great for restoration. Need pictures let me know. $1200 FIRM.”
UPDATE: **SOLD** The CJ-2A was $1300. The CJ-3B was $3500. “This is a 1946 Willys jeep 4×4, farm edition with a pto on the rear with a rare hard top, 4cly with a 4 speed and a twin stick transfer case . We tried to start it but it would not fire. We figured out there was no spark coming from the coil and due to bad weather we have not messed with it since. Vehicle has many coats of paint and surface rust but not many holes, in pretty good shape for age of vehicle.”
The CJ-2A:
THE CJ-3B:
“This is a rare 1952 Willys jeep cj3b high top, it has a 6cyl hurricane engine with a 4speed with a twin stick transfer case.It has a new body, hard top and a roll cage, rebuilt motor new glass new 31” tires new suspension. Almost everything on this vehicle has been replaced with a new part. We tried to start it but it would not fire. We figured out there was no spark coming from the coil and due to bad weather we have not messed with it since.”
UPDATE: Still Available
“FC170 cab over jeep Fair condition Missing flywheel- has cracked windsheild Have clear title $1500.00 Also have ford 1/2 ton 4X4 running gear with C4 auto trans with transfer case $600.00 Will sell both for $1500.00 Call 1360 9210678 NO TEXTING”
http://portland.craigslist.org/grg/cto/4324081717.html
Bob forwarded these photos of a Monster Willys Truck and Camper. These photos were part of a 2010 post at: http://www.expeditionportal.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-51159.html. The vehicle was spotted at Government Camp, Oregon.
UPDATE: This photo of Dorothy Soderlund was purchased on eBay last May. Her niece, Nancy, discovered the photo on eWillys and wondered if an eWillys reader purchased the photo? As you can read in the comments, Nancy thought a great deal of her aunt Dorothy. If you purchased the photo, either comment below or contact me directly d @ evillys.com to learn more about Dorothy from Nancy.
Isn’t this an unusual photo? Based on the folded caption on the back of the photo, Dorothy Soderlund was a State Department Employee who is holding a trophy made from a bomb casing and a baseball signed by Eisenhower (possibly Dwight).
This photo captures an upcoming adventure by two University of Colorado students who plan to leave Denver and travel south into Central and South America in a CJ-5 they called “Columbus II”. I’ve located the email for Rolf Kjolseth (one of the two travelers) and emailed him to see if we can learn more about their trip. Also, check out Rolf’s amazing documentary street photography here: http://iconicimprints.com
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Here’s an unusual ad that must be pretty rare.
“This ad is from a collection where the collector apparently had the ads in a scrapbook and kept them attached with double sided white sticky tape on the reverse (see photo #2 for the worst case scenario example—this ad might be much better–ASK if it’s important to you! ). In some cases, I was able to trim the blank borders and get rid of some or all of the white tape. In the cases where I was not, I covered the white tape with a piece of clear tape to cover the “stickiness”.
These ads look GREAT from the front.
Some are extremely colorful with great graphics. They also may have one or more of the following– edge tears, a small repair with archival tape on the reverse and/or some degree of uneven cutting when removed from newspaper originally.”
View all the information on eBay
The eBay title for this reads “Army Photographers Document Arctic Smurf UFO Crash”. However, no description was provided to explain that odd title.
This is a postcard that has not been mailed.
“Offered is one DB PC entitled: “Bath House and Dance Pavilion, Palacias, [Palacios] Texas”.
PC is in Good condition; edge and corner wear; Cancellation stamp ink on face of card; mailed 1908
I am selling many PC’s and books I have collected over the years and looking for a good home for these old friends with another like-minded collector.
Will combine shipments to reduce postage.”
View all the information on eBay
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $20,000
This is nice looking.
“1949 Willys automatic transmission. This is rare and in beautiful condition.”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $3500.
Eric spotted this CJ-5 with a crazy paint job. I’m not certain this has as title. It runs, but has a fuel leak.
“I would like to start with saying that I am not all that familiar with the jeep so I can not give a ton of details, but will give as much as I can (it was taken as part of a law suit, and I can not guarantee accuracy). In general the jeep appears to be in great shape with no apparent rust or dents. We were told the body was replaced a little ways back (I can not confirm it, but from the condition it seems way too good to be original). The paint is in very good shape, but may not appeal to all (with the exception of a troop of clowns). The car runs, but it does have a fuel leak (seems to be a fairly simple fix). I have not driven it since there are no plates or registration (as well as the fuel leak), so I can not comment on the ride. It appears to be the original Buick V6 engine with headers added. There is a plow set up installed, but we do not have the blade. We were unable to locate the VIN, but we believe it is a 65 (can not guarantee the year). Car is being sold as is. Firm at $3500. (no trades or paypal)”
UPDATE: Was $2500. **SOLD**
(12/17/2013) It runs and looks solid. Looks like it might be a good price. Other vehicles for sale, too.
“51 Willys, all original, runs great,asking $2500,”
Listed as a ’57, I don’t see anything to suggest it is a DJ-3A.
“1957 willys jeep 4×4. Awesome piece of history. These things were built well. Made to military standards. Motor has been rebuilt and runs great. Trans shifts good. 4×4 hi and low works well. This would be a cool jeep for a swap or restore project or drive it as is.
Interested in a good tig welder. 4×4 rigs. 4×4 four wheelers or anything of real value that interests me. Just ask.”
http://eastidaho.craigslist.org/bar/4321352009.html
