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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.
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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 $5900
This has an unusual top.
“63,000 original miles, four cylinder Flat Head engine, 3 speed transmission with top end of 52 mph. Converted to 12 volts. New brakes & brake hoses, carburetor rebuilt, replaced generator with alternator, electronic ignition, new hoses, electric windshield wipers, new upholstery, six point bolt-on roll cage with rear lights & bikini top, Barden winch, tow bar. 16″ chrome rims with 235/85 X 16 Dayton Timberline tires,”
UPDATE **SOLD** Was $15,000
This is a beautiful build, but the price will scare a lot of buyers away. A tilt front flattie is certainly rare enough to warrant posting.
“1947 CJ2A Willys: Engine – 302 V8, New Edelbrock Carb, Edelbrock intake manifold, New Starter, water pump, one wire Alt, motor mounts, remote oil filter, All new gaskets, oil pan valve cover, front, rear main seals, new flex fan, 3 core radiator, rad hose’s. Transmission – NP435 Four speed with deep granny 6:98 tol, new bearings, seals, sincros and mainshaft, rebuilt with Advance Adapters kit to marry to Dana 18, also rebuilt with new seals, bearings and gaskets. Front & Rear ends – Model 23 front-41 rear, rebuilt with new seals, bearings, gaskets 4 wheel full size disc brakes, new rotors, calipers, pads, hardware, front axle equipped with ATV manual hubs.”
Here’s another great purchase adventure from Jim. Thanks Jim!
Jim writes, “Another flat fender adventure but this time with a happy ending (not that kind of happy ending).
The guy on the phone said, “its a WWII Willys MB, great shape, original, runs and drives etc $3000”. So, I drive 6 hours west to Flagstaff and pick up a buddy of mine, then turn around and head back the way I came to find this elusive rig.
We travel many miles east to Winslow, then the “fun” started as we began to follow what turned out to be a nightmare set of directions. Turn at the end of the pavement, follow the mining road, take the left side of the wagon trail over miles and miles of beat-your-truck-to-death-washboard, dust-covered, filthy, silty, rocky, brutal, teeth grinding, two-track trail for two straight hours! Good thing I had my truck washed and waxed the day before.
We get there, see the jeep and man am I unhappy in the middle of nowhere. It is bad, horrible, mismatched wheels, fat, flat, rotten tires, high back bucket seats, roll bar, filled with junk, a butchered windshield frame, and obviously not driven for years. Nowhere near a $3K MB.
I looked at the poor guy, surrounded by his huge collection of junk and said no offense pal but that’s a pile of parts shaped like a jeep worth maybe $500 and I’m not too happy you got me all the way out here for this mess.
He said well, I need the money and if that’s what its worth, hand me $500 and here’s the title. Um, well, that pretty much killed my next argument and shut me up.
After throwing away the seats and roll bar, filling a huge trash can with junk, garbage, pounds of dirt, alternators, a radiator, various parts of other cars and rat nests I started looking closer.
It has the right engine, though 12 volt, right trans, right axles, a super straight nose and dash, a decent tub, mmm…. I check my parts pile and find some correct seat frames, a gas tank, a perfect windshield frame (all from a Durango yard sale for $100) and even managed to come up with 4 civilian 16″ wheels with rollers so I could remove the fat, flat rubber and mismatched spoke wheels.
With a fresh battery we found it would turn over but not start, though it had good spark. Turns out a pack rat had been using the carb as a toilet! There was literally 2 inches of rat shit in the carb! We yanked a good carb off a CJ3A, bolted it up, hit the starter and what do you know, the motor not only ran but sounded great with 50+psi oil pressure. All of the sudden it looked like an MB, with the yard sale parts, skinny tires and wheels, you could start to see the past, faded olive drab ghost of its military history.
I think this is going to be fun, maybe build an SAS desert MB replica loaded with period correct gear and painted desert tan? What to do, what to do….
UPDATE: **SOLD**All the stuff must go (probably in violation of a county ordinance or something)
This might be a good price.
“Tow bar and winch included, 4×4, 4 wheel drive, 283 Chevy. 916-927-4999”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $7900
This looks very nice.
“Frame off restored 10 years ago,very nice condition, runs and drives good,b”
The builder put a good collection of parts together for this flattie.
“1966 custom Willys jeep, with 1946 body./body off restored / 350 chevy v8 motor with avenger holly carb/ munci 465 trans/ dana300 transfer case/ dana 44 rear end/ dana 30 with disc brakes front end/ 33″ like new thornbird tires/ power steering/ only thing it needs is for the brakes to be pressure bled. $5600 call Mike at 440-225-2421”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $1000
This is a project, but it’s hard to tell how much ‘project’ is left to do.
“1950 Jeep CJ-3B Willis. All metal in good condition, 4 cylinder L-134, 3 speed transmission, needs windshield and engine rebuilt, great project vehicle. $1,000”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $2000
“I bought this about 15 years ago and it has been a blast. I have a large farm and we used it to cruise around here and taught my kids how to drive on it. It runs excellant and has the original Hurricane 4 cyl. Red Devil engine with a 3 spd. Trans. The tires are great, but as you can see they are not original equip. Recently installed entire brake system. We would use this to ride around at hunting season and the occassional trip down to the local watering hole. It has been great to us and has always started and never left us stranded. It truly is a great piece of history that would make an excellant canidate for restoration or use as is. We have had our fun with it but just don’t use it much anymore so it is time for it to go to a new owner.”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $1850
“great jeep mechanically……cosmeticly challanged……… runs and drives and stops! no smoke or grinds etc. was fully rebuilt as a hunting rig about 8000 miles ago ….springs,engine, tranny ,transfer,etc…..and thats about 15 years. kept outside. pretty solid body,orig seats speedo and gauges work .2 new tires original type wheels. wrong steering wheel. brand new starter and carb work done. the old jeep is about farm ready today”
UPDATE: Was $5600. **SOLD**
“I’m moving in a couple of months and am looking to sell my 1959 Willy’s Jeep, model CJ3B. Rust free, with a four inch lift, new Ground Hawg 6 ply tires (14/35/15). The engine is a 231 Buick V6 with Heddman Headers. The Jeep comes with a vinyl top and original seat frames that have been re-upholstered, the tool box is also in excellent shape.”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $3000.
This look solid and pretty stock.
“Unrestored, original 26K miles, 1955 Willy’s CJ3B Jeep. The original owner was a doctor who bought the jeep as a hunting rig in 1955. The second owner purchased it for the same purpose, hunting. He had his mechanic look it over prior to each season. 3-4 years ago he stopped hunting and parked it. As a precaution, I oiled the cylinders and it turned freely. I bought it intending to restore it, but find I do not have the time. I was told it needed brakes. It has 16″ military tires on it which are in good condition. Tow bar is included. I am asking 3,000.00 O.B.O. No e-mails.”
UPDATE: This was purchased by a reader. He has changed the color and removed the crap. It looks much better now.
I had 3 ‘what was someone thinking’ moments while looking this jeep over. Moment 1, what’s with the diamond plating under the bumper? Moment 2, did someone paint the data plates on the dash? Moment 3, what’s going on with the metal tubing that goes up from one step, around the windshield, and down to the other step?
UPDATE: I suspect this jeep is on it’s last ride. It’s now a mailbox.
A reader submitted this unusual find. Yes, the seller of this old jeep somehow used it as a mailbox (I think the mailbox is on the back of the jeep), though technically I’d argue the jeep is more of a mailbox pole. While I firmly believe that the jeep has earned the reputation as one of the most modified vehicles in history, the use of a jeep as a mailbox pole is particularly rare.
“Willys jeep. Military, of about 1944. No engine, no trans, no papers, but lots of rust. For a long time I used this old jeep as a mail box; if you buy it, I won’t be getting bills anymore. For $400., you can be sure that your bills will find their way to your door.”
UPDATE: During the math portion of my analysis below, I forgot the serial numbers started at 10,000, so there was more like 28,000 column shift CJ-2As. Thanks for spotting this Lee!
Here’s a VEC with a serial number of 15777. According to the CJ-2A page, the number of column shifting CJ-2As was more like 28,000 jeeps 38,000 rather than 15,000 mentioned by the seller.
“Serial number 15777, CJ2A with 3-on the tree. Very rare as only about 15,000 produced with the gear shifter on the column. Great for rock crawling as you can keep both hands on the steering wheel while shifting gears. Runs good, has good tires. I use it in the mountains near Lake Tahoe during the summer months and store it at my house in San Jose during the winter months. I also used it to pull floats in parades, but no longer retain current DNV registration. I put new Ford/Chevy large brakes on the front axle, replaced brake shoes on the rear. I also replaced the oil bath air filter and old filter systems. I have all original older parts plus some spare stuff. Email me for more info and pictures. Mike”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $800
“Willy’s 1952 jeep, low Hood Flat Fender Jeep. Buick small block V8 300 cub, power steering and full roll cage”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $4000.
This is a non-running CJ-3A, so the price will undoubtedly drop.
“1950 Willy’s Jeep. Civilian version. Needs…new paint job, some rust restoration, engine work (Not currently running). A few spare parts.
It’s not running. However, I don’t see much rust either. This might be a pretty good deal.
“Mostly Original 4 cylinder flat head. Includes extra parts. Jeep ran when parked 5 years ago. $ 2500. Ask for Dan. 623-8334”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $5500.
Here’s trail ready jeep with a very low crawl ratio (sm420 + dana 300/teralow +4.56 gears).
“1948 WILLYS CJ2A.383 STROKER,SM420/7TO1 1ST GEAR.CENTERFORCE CLUTCH.POWER STEERING/BRAKES, TWIN STICK DANA 300 WITH TERALOW 4TO1 KIT.TOM WOODS FRONT AND REAR DRIVELINES.DANA 44 FRONT,CURRIE ALLOY AXLES,4.56 GEARS,DANA20 REAR,CURRIE ALLOY ONE PEICE REAR AXLES,4.56 YUKON GEARS.FRONT AND REAR ARB AIR LOCKERS.REVERSED SHACKLE FRONT SPRINGS.7IN. ….. 5500.00 OR TRADE FOR 67TO75 GMC/CHEVY TRUCK OR BLAZER-66TO 77 BRONCO/FORD TRUCK.NO”
Jim sent out a some images of his Camo Seat Cushions this evening.
He writes, ” They fit CJ2A CJ3A CJ3B M38 M38A1 M606 Early CJ5 CJ6. Note:The set of seat cushions in the picture are not screwed in place, just set up to show you what they’ll look like installed. Once screwed into the seat back, fit will be tight and correct”
I made more progress this weekend on the jeep. Most importantly, I planned and excecuted a design for my center console.
My center console stands between the front seats. It’s purpose was two-fold: 1, provide a place for me to put power and ignition/kills switches, along with a start button, and, 2, provide a more accessible location for plugging in my cell phone (which will sit, along with a few other items, in a compact water proof bike bag that I can easily remove).
Now you ask, and reasonably so, why install a start button and switches when you have a perfectly good key switch on the steering column?
Well, that’s a good question. There’s only one answer. I always wanted a jeep that started with a simple push button. So, I just had to get that urge out of my system. Trust that the key solution would have been easier, as my wiring harness was all set up for a GM column. This meant I had to remove the GM plugs from the harness, decode the wiring, and rewire the critical wires to the correct points in the center column.
With that said, here’s my console:
After considering a variety of designs, I came up with this simple post and console design.
Below are the steps for cutting out the back of the console. I had an old hood that I have been using for some spare sheet metal. Below is the paper template on the hood. Also on the hood is the bent and drilled console.
Next, I cut out the metal using a grinder with a cutting wheel. Then I used a paint remover on my grinder to remove the paint.
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $5500.
“Hello, I buy,sell,repair,and restore willys jeeps. Flat fenders are my favorite which I have owned one for over 35 years. This is a great jeep for parades, car shows and just criusing around. A previous owner has done a nice job restoring it. It has a lot of unique EXTRAS with it. … This is a nice jeep and is a very unique head turner. Rubber is very good too.
This might be a pretty good price.
“This is a 1952 Willy Jeep 4×4. It runs and has an 8000 lb warn wench on the front and a 4″lift and 35″tires with new rims. It also has a new gas tank and battery and new brakes put in by Big O tires. The lift, brakes and gas tank were all worked on by Big O tires and I have the receipts. 602-549-0844.”
Here’s a boat motor that’s labeled with both Willys and Jeep markings. So far, I have found Willys motors in tractors, generators, and now boats.
“4 cylinder Jeep Willys inboard motor with attached Paragon reverse reduction gear transmission/drive. Rebuilt in 1961 (see placard below), so pretty safe to assume it’s a 1950’s or older motor….”
This is a running jeep for only $600. It looks to be a CJ-3A to me.
“i own an early 1940s jeep willys. it runs, the frame is in good condition, original RUNNING motor, 4×4 hi and low both work. the body needs work if you are intrested call glenn at 860-420-7629”