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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 .
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“CJ3A Low Hood Jeep. lots of exteras from frame up. engine, trans, body, running gear- steering,springs, brakes,axels. frame electo plated, seating etc. etc.
to much to list in detail. running gear all together body solid- work done. needs the finishing touches. Please call only if interested for details, The price is firm far more invested. Don’t usually answer EM’s 559-917-8782 ”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $6500.
(12/24/2010) Parade condition … hmmmm … it does looks solid though. Sounds like it needs some additional work.
“I am parting with my 60+ year old Jeep. This is a very rare vehicle due to the amount of original parts including the Vacuum Wiper Motor! The Jeep is sound with the exception of a hole in the passenger side floorboard and some repairs performed years ago by previous owners.
The paint job IS NOT original. It was painted by the previous owner. This vehicle can be driven daily and has been very reliable driving to and from shows and events. I would say that it is ‘Parade condition’ it looks great from the sidewalk!
Repairs in the last three years:
Wheel cylinders and brake shoes
A new clutch, pressure plate, throw out bearing, and pilot bushing.
Parking brake repaired
Fuel pump (glass bowl filter style)
(5) Original ‘riveted’ rims installed Non-directional tires & inner-tubes
Stored Indoors
Finding a Jeep of this vintage that still has the original running gear and has not been butchered is very difficult.
This Jeep does need work to be brought up to show quality and the price reflects that.
However, if you are looking for an antique that can be driven and enjoyed in its original condition – you have found it.”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $2600.
(01/16/2011) This looks like a good little runner for a reasonable price. The body does have a few body patches.
“1959 Willys Jeep CJ5 with about 27,000 miles on the speedometer (speedometer was disconnected when I bought the Jeep). 3-speed with high/low range and 4×4. Has the front locking hubs. 12-volt system. Rebuilt starter motor and carburetor last week.
Wheels are 15 inch and in great condition with good Michelin 33×12.5 tires on them with good tread remaining. Previous owner invested over $900 in wheels and tires alone.
A few small rust spots under the paint and it is not a professional paint job but it looks good. The jeep does have a rust hole in the glove box and in the compartment under the passenger seat as well as some through the back bumper. There are metal plates screwed on across the back, in the bed, and on the front floors due to rusting of the original metal I presume. Some fiberglass repairs have been made on the back fenders also. Overall it is a very solid jeep.
It runs strong with no problems, starts and drives great. Previous owner took the glass out of the windshield frame. Needs turns signals, brake light wires connected,, and a windshield.
I have a top and two doors from a Humvee that I’ll include with the jeep. They are in good condition except for a hole in one of the plastic windows. They would need customizing to be able to be put on the jeep though.”
On the heals of last night’s post on the Nissan 4W60, we have the next major model of Nissan 4x4s which are sort of CJ-3Bish. They were produced from 1955 – 1960. You can learn about them here: 4W61, 4W65/ 4W66.
The 4W61 was produced from 1955 – 1958.
This is the 4W65 produced from 1958-1959. Now, while these have the correct side pieces, you can see the fenders look more like the 4W61. So, compare the front of the two below photos with the Black and white photo underneath.
http://www.earlydatsun.com/nissan4w65.html
The 4W66 was produced for six months in 1959 and 1960. I don’t have any good examples of this, but here’s a modified firetruck F4W66.
http://www.earlydatsun.com/nissan4w61.html
http://www.earlydatsun.com/nissan4w65.html
http://www.patrol4x4.com/forum/members-nissan-patrols-19/rays-restored-1958-4w65-patrol-20479/
http://offroadsz.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=1483
I’ve seen worse bodies.
“Willys Jeep body. Body does have rust, but has various other parts still attached which should easily have value to any Willys enthusiast. I don’t know much about it. If you have any questions, feel free to email or call and I will try to answer them for you, or come by and check it out. Serial Plate ID #454 GB2 24367”
http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=218&ad=14455818&cat=&lpid=&search=willys
This may be a nice restoration project.
“1962 Jeep Willys pickup. It has an overhead valve tornado straight 6 engine, 3 speed transmission, 4 wheel drive. Had same owner for last 40 years. Starts right up and runs great. Has been sitting, will need battery and brakes. Not a rusty vehicle but has plenty of scratches and dents. Electric winch on the front and pentle tow hitch in rear. Clean title. #719-650-2349.”
http://cosprings.craigslist.org/cto/2228669290.html
What’s strange is the image that was included … a Willys MA??
“Vintage Military jeep with rebuilt engine. All brand new parts. Rust free body with paint intact (desert tan). Good transmission. Needs new brakes but otherwise, runs great. To come view the vehicle or to request pictures please contact Bill between 9-5 @ (760)598-6649 and 5-9 and weekends @ (760)489-9569.”
http://sandiego.craigslist.org/nsd/cto/2229564389.html
No pics provided. Might be something here.
“Have a late 60s early 70s jeep for sale.. Selling house need it off property asap. Please give me a call at 850-6745 Do not know what all is wrong with it. Has been sitting for a few years. only people that are really interrested call.”
If nothing else, it’s a cheap was to get some e-brake parts.
“t90 transmission and dana 18 transfercase out of 1947 jeep willys cj2a. both have broken gears but the cases are good and there is a good stock input shaft and many more good parts. good e-brake cable too. reply via email”
http://spokane.craigslist.org/pts/2229115291.html
There looks like some value here.
“no engin no title just bodie and some interor,built rearend is worth 350 buy itself ,best offer for all of it. no hood but its ready to have a engin droped in it ,has oregon plates i have bill of sale from origenal owner single spring front pinion front end ,just need it gone its mising alot of parts some windows got broke after being removed , to replace the seals,the box of interor part is had got lost ,so take it away for 200”
http://portland.craigslist.org/mlt/pts/2229297292.html
This is rare alirght, buy I think it is the paint job that makes it so rare; don’t seem many rainbow FCs!
“This is a rare find. A Jeep FC 150 from the 50’s. I believe it’s a 56 but similar measurements with the 57 cause confusion. As you can see by the photos, it’s in need of a total restoration. For the age, the body is in pretty good shape. The drivers side has a dent. The windshield is cracked. The engine is there but as I said, it needs a mechanic. The bed is in tact. I saw one small hole but other then that, it looks good. The color on the body appears to be original, multi-colored. I have seen other trucks like this one restored and they look really cool and different. There arn’t many of these around so who ever drives it around will get a lot of attention and questions!! If you are seriously interested, contact me with any questions and I’ll get right back to you. If your in need of more pics, I can do that too.”
This appears pretty stock.
“4 cylinder, 3 speed with high/low, 4WD, runs good, clean title, owned 20 years. Call 913-731-3248, no emails.”
http://kansascity.craigslist.org/cto/2227082662.html
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $1600
Here’s a funky tractor with a Willys Engine.
“This is a neat old tractor built some time after ww2.It has a Willys jeep engine that runs excellent.I just put a new carburetor on it.This tractor has a Ruxtell two speed rear axle and a 4 speed transmission from a Chevy truck.The front axle is from a model t car.There is not another one like it in the world.Asking $1600.00.Might trade for something interesting but prefer cash.You can see it running on YouTube under OldStuff66.”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $8500
Looks nice!
“1964 Kaiser Jeep FC170 restored and in excelent condition. All work done since January, 2009. New paint inside, outside, and under, including the bed and frame. Reconditioned Super Hurricane, flat head, 6 cylinder, L226 engine with new everything, including radiator, clutch, and wiring harness. 12 volt. Rebuilt T90, 3 speed, trans. with warn overdrive and Ramsey dual output PTO. Reconditioned Dana 53 and Dana 44 with locking hubs, 4.10 gears and spicer 18. Brakes are all new everything, including drums. Steering is new or rebuilt and tight. Tires are new Commercial Traction TA’s. New 1 ton rear Leaf Springs. Electric/hydrolic 6×10 steel flatbed dump with custom fold down sides works perfect. New seat upholstry and rubber matting in cab. Everything works as it should. Runs and drives perfect. Will do 70 mph. in overdrive and crawl less than 1 mph. in low. I’ve carried 3500 lbs. and dumped it fine. These pics were taken prior to completion.”
UPDATE: Still Available.
(07/25/2010) This looks like a good driver.
“For sale is a 1951 Willy’s Jeep CJ3. It has a Buick 231 V6 conversion with the master cylinder mounted on the firewall. It has the earlier wind shield, new brake shoes, new wheel cylinders, new master cylinder, new fuel pump, new alt, new water pump, new fuel tank, new radiator core, new steering wheel. The rear oil seal on the engine has a leak and the front fenders have seperations that need to be welded back together. Please call Mike (916) 834-9056.”
http://sacramento.craigslist.org/cto/2228235730.html
Roberto wrote to me asking if I knew of any manuals or other information for the restoration of a Datsun/Nissan 4W60 for a friend that is considering restoring one (if anyone knows of a manual, please let me know). Well, I didn’t even know the 4W60 existed. So, I started researching. Here are several models that followed the 4W60.
According to this site, Nissan, Toyota and Mitsubishi all submitted prototypes to the Japanese government in 1950 to win the rights to produce government 4wd vehicles. Mitsubishi would win, but Nissan and Toyota continued to develop 4wd vehicles anyway.
The Nissan Prototype submitted for consideration looked like this:
For the first production run starting in 1951, however, Nissan went with a very MB-like design. I tried to find restored examples of these, but had no luck.
The second version of the 4W60 had a few changes. I found this image on a Russian auto website, but misplaced the link.
Here’s a brochure from the Rocky Mountain Patrol and Offroad Website
The would also make a Wagon (4W60 wagon) and a Truck (4w70 Truck).
Here are some useful links:
http://www.rmp-o.com/literature/pages/4W60%20brochure%20002.htm
http://www.rmp-o.com/literature/index.htm
http://www.earlydatsun.com/nissan4w60.html
http://www.patrol4x4.com/forum/members-nissan-patrols-19/rays-restored-1958-4w65-patrol-20479/
Quote from seller: This is absolutely my favorite Jeep all time and I have sold approximately 100 Jeeps in the past 7 years. I would love to keep this one for myself however I must sell… There is a small dent on the drivers rear quarter that I will show in the pictures but other than that it is flawless. The Jeeps runs perfect and I don’t know how it could be any better.
How could it be better? Let’s start with the front bumper — Check the image below (click on it for larger image). See previous post about this jeep. Seriously, that is one of the worst bumpers I’ve ever seen.
Here are all the info and images on ebay
UPDATE: Sold. Was listed at $2900.
“This is the Willys Jeep that we have for sale. It is a 1951 2WD wagon & it still has it’s original L-Head (Flat head) engine. It has a new hwad gasket & ARP head studs. It also has a slightly more modern carburator. The transmission is the original 3-speed & it is equipped with the optional factory overdrive. The tires are new. The paint looks nice from a reasonable distance (I painted it & I am not a professional by any means) The seats have been redone & so has the headliner. If you are looking for a runnig classic to really turn some heads (& tinker with a bit) – this is it!”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $2000
This might be a great resto project.
“JEEP 1959 WILLYS DJ3A, Dispatcher, 2wd,3 speed on the colmn, L 134 engine, they only made a little over 1950 of these. Bought it 34 years ago. Needs water pump. Engine was rebuilt year ago, but only put about 300 miles on it.”
Looks rough.
“Modified in the early ‘60s.
Set up for small block Chevy.
Firewall mods to clear chev. distributor.
Big custom 4 row radiator included.
Advance adapter, Chevy bellhousing, and flywheel.
Headers.
Hydraulic clutch setup.
Front springs beefed up.
Pontiac steering column and steering box with
bell crank flip to reduce bump steer.
11” Mercury brake conversion.
Rims are custom cut 14” Mercury parts.
This is a project jeep. It has no engine.
Clear title.
Paid $500. Asking $500 obo.
To ask questions call Bert at 909-0940.
To buy or see the jeep call Sheryl at 909-6295.”
http://tucson.craigslist.org/cto/2227593265.html
This might be a good find. Lots of work done.
“1946 with clear Idaho Title
NEW Transmission , New Engine Head with valves , All New Brake system parts , NEW Leave springs and adapters , New windshield , new exhaust..You Name it…But still a few more things to do , most importantly the Emergency brake system since its part of the drive train , just bought brand New fuel tank, still to be installed…….I DO have all 5 original Jeep wheels/tires…..I have about 6000 in Real cash invested , more like 8000 if I think hard enough
$3500 ALL CASH..No dickering..NO Emails without a phone number
Mark
541 941 8963
EMMETT”
http://boise.craigslist.org/cto/2227173439.html
This might be interesting.
“Reduced again. 1955 Red Willys Jeep Pickup 4×4. The jeep does not currently run, but it did when it was parked. With a little work it shouldn’t be a problem getting it going again. Dashboard and gauges are in good shape. Seats are okay. The engine is a Chevy 194 6-cylinder and was overhauled when we installed it. $1250 CASH ONLY please. Call Bob between 6:00-9:00pm at (509) 386-5123.”
http://eastoregon.craigslist.org/cto/2226552074.html
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $1450.
This is a rolling Chassis with rebuilt engine. Jared’s brother emailed me to let me know that Jared has documentation which shosw that the engine was rebuilt (it has never been run).
“I am looking to sell my project vehicle, I no longer have the time to finish it myself. 1949 Willys CJ3A rolling chasis. Engine was rebuilt in 2004. Transmission, transfer case, and axils were rebuilt in the 1990s. Many extra parts including; transmission, alternator, air filter assembly, gas tank, and spare tire. The jeep has a new 3 inch lift by Rancho including new springs and shocks. Frame is rust free and has been painted. Sorry, there is no body, it was completely shot.”
How about that front bumper.
“I have a 75% restored 1964 Jeep CJ5 for sale with extra parts.Al that is needed is a new body and electrical harness.Frame has been rebuilt.Also professionaly rebuilt is the motor.f head ,transmission,tranfer case,exhaust,brakes etc.Best offer.”
http://maine.craigslist.org/cto/2225307219.html
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $1200.
There looks like some value. The seller needs to sell, so make offer.
“This is a 1953 M38A1 Willy’s Jeep. The body has some rust with some small holes. The Jeep was bought to be a restoration project, but currently I have other projects. The Jeep does have the original drive train, including carburetor, engine, transmission, transfer case, and front and rear wheel axles. The electrical system was converted to 12V system before I purchased it in 2010. The Jeep does have the original data plate and VIN number plate. The Jeep is not currently running due to the fact it needs wiring and a battery. This Jeep would be a GREAT restore project OR great for parts! . When I purchased the Jeep it did NOT come with a Title, however we did register the Jeep in the state of Georgia with a bill of sale. I am asking 1200.00 or best offer! PLEASE feel free to make a offer, it needs to be sold!!!!!”
