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Welcome to eWillys.com, a website for vintage jeep enthusiasts. I update this website nearly every day with jeep deals, jeep history, interesting reader projects, jeep related info, and more.
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 .
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $3850
“$3850 CASH —-NO TRADES
1947 CJ2A
Engine 77 Buick V-6
Custom anti-theft steering wheel, 77 Camero
Model 27 front end 3.73 ratio
Model 44 rear end
Newer Besttop top
Recent valve job
No pics provided. This is a real steal, if it is the real deal!
“Complete stainless 3 a body kit tub fenders grill hood windshield frame seats rollbar tailgate all latched and locks gas tank safari rack bumpers will trade for trail bike or quad 2800 cash obo.”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $3000.
It needs a motor.
“1952 Flat-fender Willy’s Jeep. Diamond plating, roll cage, lots of fun, needs motor. Best offer, or trade? Let me know what you have.”
This looks in good shape.
“1949 WILLIS JEEP RUN AND DRIVES GREAT MOSTLY ALL ORIGINAL SERIOUS INQUIRIES ONLY CALL 828 460 0149”
http://asheville.craigslist.org/cto/2249957449.html
No pics provided.
“1948 jeep Willy’s VERY RESTORABLE…1964 Jeep 4 cyl engine $2500…or best offer, call me && ill give details # (six one six) 835-two seven zero four. thanks! Rex”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $700
There might be value here.
“1952 willys jeep. Good for parts are restoration. Engine is frozen and tranmition is free. This Jeep has been parked for decades. The licence plate on it is for 1969. The Jeep is complete and original. Price is $700.00. I might consider trading for another car, truck or atv project.”
UPDATE: Sold. A reader bought this.
There’s plenty of value here, even for a project.
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $1000.
This looks interesting.
“1953 CJB-3 high hood with 1/2 metal top. Novak 350 chevy conversion. New Seats, fuel tank, breaks. Needs hydraulic clutch. Moving needs to go. $1000.00”
This includes a plow.
“Runs, Drives…’Won’t Stop” Original Engine. Original Trans. Twin Shifter. Original Rears. All in Working order. Equipped with unknown brand cable driven 4/5′ plow. Please call 410-279-1808.”
http://washingtondc.craigslist.org/mld/cto/2253537525.html
UPDATE: Price dropped to $1800
(12/14/2010) This has seen a few mods.
“Will trade for dirt bike or quad. Runs great many new parts. Street legal , many many new parts. Runs excellent. Will trade for dirt bike. New tires, tow bar, plus, plus, plus. Selling because wish to spend time with my grandson riding dirt bikes. Please call (559) 708-5999 NO CALLS AFTER 8 PM!!!” Will not respond to e-mail.
http://fresno.craigslist.org/cto/2253895380.html
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $4500
(02/22/2011) It appears pretty stock.
“A piece of American History!!! This ‘Oldie but Goodie” is quite a fun ride. The perfect toy for an Ol’ Timer that appreciates her for what she is…A Classic! Call Larry for more information or to schedule a time to take it for a spin”
UPDATE: Price dropped to $900
“Nice flat fender project, must check this one out!”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $2000
(01/31/2011) This ran when parked … was only 25 years ago.
“1942 Willys Jeep for sale. It ran when it was parked 25 years ago. Has mostly original parts. ”
Here’s a great shot of an unusual wooden hardtop for a CJ-2A. The wood appears knotless, too.
Here’s a cool image from 2006 taken in Iceland that I found on this Flickr Site.
You can see an imagine of a CJ-3B falling apart here, but the image is copyright protected.
Last night installed a free App for my Android phone called CraigsNotifica Craigslist. There is both a free version and a $9 version. (here is something similar for the iphone, but i’ve never used it)
What this App does is allow you to create different searches of one or more craigslists to auto search for items and then notify you if someone uploads an item that matches.
For example, I have a ‘Willys|cj2a|cj3a|cj3b|dj3a’ search string for 6 different craigslists in the northwest that allows me to now keep tabs on local jeeps.
I also have a search on any free stuff listed in the Boise Craigslist (partly, simply because it’s amazing what people will give away).
Here are a couple examples of screenshots.
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $5300.
Nice looking, but doesn’t start at the moment.
“1964 willys jeep cj3 new paint has been stored in heated building for four years new wheels & tires new battery has bad fuel will need fuel system cleaned/will not start”
It sure looks like a lot has been completed on this project. Get the body built and you’ve got a nice CJ-6.
“THIS IS A VINTAGE 1964 KAISER/WILLYS JEEP CJ- 6 ,THE CHASSIS HAS BEEN SAND BLASTED AND COATED WITH POR-15, ALL THE BRAKE,SEALS, LINES,HOSES HAVE BEEN REPLACED, NEW FRONT SPRINGS, BUSHINGS,NEW TIRES.NEW STEERING WHEEL,U JOINTS + MORE. THE ENGINE WAS REBUILT SOME YEARS BACK, I CLEANED IT AND INSTALLED NEW GASKETS, PLUG WIRES, REBUILT THE CARB, POR ON THE EXHAUST. THE TRANS AND TRANSFERCASE HAVE BEEN GONE THRU. THE BODY IS THE BIGGEST PART LEFT, IT IS ALL SAND BLASTED, I HAVE NEW FRONT SIDE PANELS, THE REAR NEEDS TO FINISHED, PARTS ARE AVAILABLE. I HAVE A TON OF PARTS FOR THIS, MOST ARE ALL SAND BLASTED, AND OR PAINTED. THE CJ-6 ARE MORE RARE BECAUSE MOST WERE EXPORTED. I DON’T HAVE THE TIME TO FINISH IT. I DO HAVE A CLEAN TITLE. SOLD AS IS… PLEASE ANY ?”
http://wausau.craigslist.org/cto/2252078896.html
It seems nice enough, though not sure why they’d pull off the original steering wheel and put the sport wheel on it.
“1946 WILLYS JEEP FULLY RESTORED!! ENGINE REBUILD FRAM OFF RESTO!! 26,000 ORIG MILES VERY CLEAN RUNS AND DRIVES PERFECT EVERYTHING WORKS!! PLEASE CALL (443) 605-9583 PLEASE NO EMAILS I WILL NOT RESPOND TO THE CALL ONLY!!”
http://baltimore.craigslist.org/cto/2251832741.html
There appears to be value here.
“body in good shape. good paint on body. has no motor, trans or t-case. hood and tailgate are missing
have title. call dean @ 605-351-35four0”
http://sd.craigslist.org/cto/2251674248.html
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $4000
(10/27/2010) There’s been plenty of work done on this rig.
“Up for sale, like the title says, 1947 Willys Jeep CJ2A. It has been an on going project but it is time to let go. Spring over axle lift with American Racing rims and 35″ tires. Full size spare. 6 point roll cage, bucket seats, with 4 point harnesses. The axles have been swapped. Dana 44 in the rear and is locked with a mini spool and the front is a Dana 30 open with disc brakes. The motor is a Ford 289 V8 out of a 66 mustang, runs great. Front half of the frame has been boxed to handle the power/torque. Transmission is a T-18 from a 70’s ford. Low 6.32 ratio 1st gear. Transfer case is a Dana 18 twin stick, adapted with an advanced adapters kit. 4Lo 1st gear this thing crawls and does great! Custom drive shafts. Full soft top with doors. Like I said this is a project….right now it runs and drives great, however, the passenger seat needs a bracket built, and I had to cut the floor board for the transmission to fit so some of the front floor board will need replaced. I am currently working on fabbing both but it wouldnt take much to button up. This toy has plenty of power and could easily have more. I will attach a picture but if you want more feel free to email and ask, I have plenty.”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $17,500.
Fred asked me to list his Wagon for sale. It is also listed over at the oldwillysforum. There have been a variety of comments about the price over there.
“NEW paint(DuPont Imron Polyurathane), NEW Upholstery+ door panels, NEW Headliner, New Tires, New Brakes, All glass is New,New rubber seals, New Floor mat All new seats & frames, Overdrive by Herm, New lights & wipers, New 12 volt starter, New Mirrors, New seat belts/w shoulder in front … read more over at the oldwillysforum.”
Mark has 2 Stainless Kits still available at $5000 or both for $8000, which readers have likely seen listed previously.
However, this time I got curious, so I did some math. I went to 4WD.com and priced out the cost of buying steel versions of the same parts, just to see a price comparison. Here is the result:
$3400 for non willys stamped CJ-3A tub (includes fenders, body , tailgate, windshield frame)
$361 hood
$246 grille
$150 roll bar
$213 seat frame
$213 seat frame
$300 bumpers
$700 White Vinyl Top
$5583 total
Not included in that total are other parts that are included in the stainless kit:
$? Frame
$? Grab bars
$? Other parts
So, $5000 is looking like a pretty good price for all those parts, especially given they are stainless steel. To see how they look together, you can see 1 of several stainless jeeps Mark assembled below.
“For sale is a COMPLETE stainless steel cj2a jeep kit MINUS DRIVETRAIN. These kits were imported in from the Phillipines years ago, I have built 5 of them and lost interest in the last 3 so instead of them sitting in the corner of my garage for another 10 yrs I have decided to sell them. I sold one last year and now have 2 left.
The kit includes: mild steel frame, stainless tub, grill, fenders, hood, tailgate, windshield frame, seat frames, rollbar, grab bars, and TONS of other stainless accessories. the top is white vinyl.
Asking $5,000 CASH each, I will not ship but am willing to crate and help load when picked-up or if buyer arranges all the shipping details i will help load. Attached is a older pic, I can email more (having problem uploading them). Please feel free to PM or call with any questions, Mark 248-818-8560 Located in Oakland County, MI”
http://www.thecj2apage.com/forums/complete-stainless-steel-cj2a-kit_topic18233.html
UPDATE: Jim noted this might be a scam. So, I went to double check the link this morning and discovered the content had completely changed, except for the email address. This one has me a little perplexed. The add originally listed the below jeep at $2900. See comments for Jim’ comment.
“I have owned this jeep for about 6 years. It is a virtual frame up restoration of a 1954 Military M170 Frontline Ambulance to great running condition. Every part examined, restored or replaced on this jeep. Engine rebuilt with less than 20 hours running time on it. Rebuilt radiator, NOS carburetor, NOS fuel pump, complete new Vintage wiring harness, NOS lights, power switch, steering linkage, new brake shoes, emergency break system, rebuilt transmission and transfer case, hubs repacked/rebuilt, New military tires, new exhaust, exhaust manifold, NOS cross over tube, water proof plug wires, accelerator peddle and linkages, cables, speedometer cable, NOS fuel tank, NOS passenger seat, etc., etc., etc.
This vehicle can be a daily driver. It tops out at about 55 mph, loves 35 mph. I rebuilt this jeep for our kids on the ranch and it had to be absolutely reliable to start and run because we left it unstarted for weeks at a time and everyone wanted to drive it when we go out there. I promise you this vehicle is in excellent running condition.”
http://atlanta.craigslist.org/nat/for/2245921317.html
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $3000.
This runs and drives. It appears pretty stock, though the bumper is very thrashed. This might make a good restoration.
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A project jeep, all orginial condition, I drove around the neighborhood 3 years ago and now stored under a roof. Still runs. No rust holes, solid floor. No title. Jeep manuals and extra parts are included. Tires are 10 years old, including 2 spare wheels. Sell as a whole package, $3000 firm.”
