UPDATE: **Status Unknown** Was $4500.
(09/15/2014) Has a fiberglass 3B body.
“Cj3b fiberglass tub and hood. 231 buick. Just rebuilt t90, warn overdrive and 18 t case. 33 inch m/t.”
UPDATE: **Status Unknown** Was $4500.
(09/15/2014) Has a fiberglass 3B body.
“Cj3b fiberglass tub and hood. 231 buick. Just rebuilt t90, warn overdrive and 18 t case. 33 inch m/t.”
UPDATE: Still Available
(10/31/2014) We saw and photographed this jeep last March.
“1948 Willys Jeep, been in Silverton all its life, Has Willlys- Overland Artic Top, heat, 55 HP
Willys. Run Great Looks good, very minor rust”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $15,500
“One owner since new. Bought new from factory in Kansas. Only driven around the ranch and in parades. 7008. miles. Hanger Kept. Perfect in every way. A million miles left on it. Gages show pressures at 40 miles per hour. Over 60 psi on oil. Factory installed roll bar. Original paint. Antique plates.“
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $6000
(10/20/2014) Other than the bent bumper, it looks solid.
“good seats clean body hood not great no rust at all 12 volt system all main components to return 24 volt good tires needs paint runs good new battery non oped vinyl civilian top new hunting ready”
I just purchased this 1947 brochure from eBay. It’s got a few good photos I hadn’t seen.
Commercially produced or home made? The gun ‘pops’ when the gun’s crank is turned.
“FANTASTIC PATINA! THIS JEEP & ARTILLERY GUN are 90% wooden except for metal steering wheel & metal gun “popper” (which WORKS)strip & masonite bottom.
25 1/2 in. long overall. Jeep is 10 1/2 in. x 3 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in.
ORIGINAL PAINT IS 70-80%. Gun “pops” when square crank is tnrned by the nail handle.
HAND-PAINTED NUMBERS, STAR, “USA” & GUN WHEELS. Steering wheel is a replacement as is part of the front seat back.”
What’s mounted to the hood of the front jeep?
“1944- U.S. Marines and jeeps move along a road lined with ammunition cases as they advance to front lines on Saipan.”
This Boise, Idaho, soldier used a swastika image to commemorate a capture.
The model builder was supposed to be working on a motor for this tiny jeep at the time this photo and caption were published.
“1943 Press Photo The world’s smallest Jeep, 6 inches long and 2 inches high”