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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: Price has risen.
(01/18/09) It’s a project.
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Got It From grandpa. Means alot to me but need cash.. grill, fenders, body, motor, seats, top, hood,some wires,and window. It ran few years back. bolts broke. good project. even got keys for the ignition. 2500 obo”
http://seattle.craigslist.org/tac/cto/1570645430.html
Some of the folks over at the ww2talk.com website had a discussion regarding the Museo Storico Piana delle Orme – Latina (Italy). The museum describes itself as a “historical theme park designed to accommodate one of the largest and most diverse collections in the world: planes, tanks, locomotives, wagons, radio, weapons and hundreds of military vehicles, agricultural tractors, threshers, trams and coaches, tools and thousands of objects of all types and sizes. Dedicated to the twentieth century, the Museum is a journey through 50 years of Italian history. 14 themed to tell the traditions and culture of the peasant, the great works of improvement, the Second World War but also to show the vehicles and means at the dawn of industrialization and great toys with which children entertained themselves.”
For the purposes of ewillys, the highlight of the trip might just be the opportunity to check out these two modified flatties a little closer (ok, hopefully we could find many more highlights as well!)
In the foreground, we have a MB that has been converted into a tow truck. Behind, and to the left, is a jeep with a water tank(?) on the back of it. Maybe a water transporter? This photo was taken by “Captain Bill”.
Doing some research on Warn hubs this morning, I ran across this image on Warn’s corporate website. This may very well be the original Warn Motor’s Service station in Seattle, Washington, where Arthur Warn developed his early ‘Summer Hubs’ as Mike refers to them. Note the signs atop the roof, “Jeeps” and “Warn Motors”.
If there were just one of these trucks, i would call it a custom one-off project. However, two of these suggest to me this was a kit of some kind? It kind of looks like the prototype for the Willys we have named a Tender.
I wish I had found a complete picture of this truck from Camden, NJ, but it appears we’ll have to make due with a partial image. I think that’s supposed to be a wooden typewriter on top. Here’s the original link.
“Sitting on the wall are Mr. Robison’s nephews and niece, Tony, Annamarie and Joe Di Paola Jr. In the background, parked on the Haddon Avenue side of 964 Pine Street is the Willys truck belonging to Robison’s Typewriter and Cash Register Repair.”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $4500.
This looks in great shape.
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Restored 1961 Willys Jeep Stationwagon. Koenig PTO winch. Stock Super Hurricane 6 engine, rebuilt 5000 miles ago. Original. Interested parties”
That’s a large diameter tube.
“I have a full cage from a sand jeep I built years ago. Cage is 3 1/4″ tubing. No loger have frame conecting supports but can easily be made for specific application. Could use fresh paint but in great condition. NEVER ROLLED. Call if interested and for specific measurements. Make me an offer. Item is located at my shop in salem but can bring it north for an interested party. Ray 503-545-8609”
http://portland.craigslist.org/clc/pts/1567755336.html
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $4500.
No obvious rust.
“4 cyl. 3 speed. Only 4066 ever made. Book value $7,000 – $13,000. Only asking $4500.00! Respond by phone only as I am posting this for a friend.”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $16,000.
The seller claims this is an AgriJeep. In his book Preproduction Civilian Jeeps, Frederic Coldwell makes a convincing argument that despite filing for the trademark Agrijeep, and the use of the name Agrijeep on the CJ-1, Willys Overland quickly abandoned that trademark to focus in on the trademark Jeep for CJ-2’s and CJ-2A’s. Note: there might be some debate to this based on some of the websites I reviewed – some believe the CJ-2 is an Agrijeep as well. While I’m not in a position to provide any input into that debate, I would still review this seller’s claim cautiously.
“Rare 1948 Agri-Jeep, power take off, 3 point hitch. Only three prototypes made. Factory aluminum plate is 2 inch x 3 inch on the frame in back”
David Boyd, Jr, is a high school art teacher and self-syndicated editorial cartoonist, but also describes himself as a painting addict. In his painting titled ‘South Georgia Willys Jeep’, shown below, which has already sold, the artist appears to have captured what I think is an early CJ-2a, a claim I make based solely on the turn signals. Here is a gallery of his non-jeep paintings hosted at dailypainters.com. You can email David @ rdboyd2@mac.com. David has another Willys painting that he completed a few years ago. Great work David!
Dave forwarded me some information about this unique Ford House Car. A quick search revealed this website with a full collection of images by the previous owner of the vehicle (he sold it in 2001 according to the site). I’ve included a pic below and some info below. Thanks for sharing Dave, it’s cool!
“One of only six said to have been made per year in the mid-’30s at the Ford Plant in St. Paul, Minnesota, according to an article on this car in a 1993 “Old Cars” magazine article (see link below). Very few others–perhaps none–remain on the road, and certainly not in such amazing original condition. (The only other known example that I heard of was supposedly housed in the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. But that turned out to be an early 1920s Model T conversion, the curator told me. He said he’d never seen anything like this ’37!).”
http://www.gtamarketing.com/1937FordHousecar.html
