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The serial number of 5633714730 makes the vin plate a 1959 DJ-3A. Maybe the DJ body is on a 1969 CJ-5 chassis?
“Used for hunting and fishing otherwise kept in garage for many years.”
http://sandiego.craigslist.org/esd/cto/4886454829.html
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $8500.
(01/04/2015) Looks solid.
“1946 Willys Jeep. Original flathead four-cylinder engine, manual transmission, manual steering and brakes. It has been converted to 12V electronics. The engine was recently rebuilt and a lot of the wiring has been redone. The jeep comes with two sets of tires. One set is for Highway/rode use. The other set is for off-road use. This is a great little Jeep with a clear Arizona title. Come drive it home.”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $8000.
(12/28/2014) Looks like a good price.
“I’ve got a mostly original Willys M38a1. Very good condition and always kept in the garage. Great for cruising around town and I always get complimen’s when filling it up. Runs and drives great, but I don’t get the chance to drive it much anymore. It’s got the 4 cylinder engine with the 3 speed manual and twin stick 4×4 transfer case.
Backseat, and all buckles, and about 75% tread on the tires.
12 volt conversion.
It has the blackout light, but is not hooked up.
Missing the emergency brake cable.
Shifts smooth, but you have to double clutch from first to second. It’s done that since I got it, I’ve never fixed it because it doesn’t bother me. Does not grind. Might be a good winter project for somebody with more time, or just do what I did!
Engine rebuilt by a professional shop, I have the receipts. It does drip a little oil though, nothing major.
The odometer reads 1,876.
The pictures should give you a pretty good idea of the condition, if interested in taking a look, please give me a call or text or shoot me an email and I will get back to you ASAP!”
UPDATE: Still Available.
(01/24/2015) I think this runs.
“80% of the renovation work has been done on this beautiful truck!
– Engine rebuilt in 2014
– 2.2L 134 cubic inch L4
– New breaks
– New gas tank
– New fuel line
– Beautifully crafted wooden truck bed has been added
Needs:
– Front drive shaft”
http://mcallen.en.craigslist.org/cto/4860019476.html
Runs and drives.
“53,000+ original miles
title is in my hand!!!
4 cyl. Flathead with 3 speed manual transmission, original bumper, hub-caps, cream colored leather seats. good paint.
Only known problem is the cable for the windshield wipers is broke.
Steering column Willy Cap is missing on steering wheel but is included.
driveable now!!! needs TLC
She has a new exalst system, new fuel pump and new battery and ready to Gooooooo.”
View all the information on eBay
There may be some value here.
“I have a 1951 Willy Overland for sale. This truck has a 350 chevy engine put into it. The previous owner who installed the engine worked for nascar. The engine sounds amazing when its running. It also has a stainless steel gas tank. This truck does need some work put has GREAT potential. Non-op. ”
http://inlandempire.craigslist.org/cto/4886512946.html
Hard to tell how much jeep is here.
“willys cj3a mostly complete $1100. complete transmission with warn overdrive $850, brand new cj2a windshield frame. also have other misc parts. thanks for looking”
http://burlington.craigslist.org/pts/4886324705.html
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $2000.
(01/21/2015) Motor runs, but does it drive?
“1952 willys jeep for sale. Clean title, has a v6 motor in it that runs.”
UPDATE: Was on eBay. SOLD for $191.50.
” VERY WELL CARED FOR Vintage Structo Toys Fire Dept. No 26 Pumper Ride On Jeep Truck WITH RARE CRANK SIREN INTACT. This truck is about 25 1/2″ long and about 12 1/2″ tall.
There is some wear to the paint from age and some rusty areas on the wheels and body of the truck. The steering wheel turns easily and the wheels turn with it in same direction. Having the siren intact is VERY RARE (See other similar trucks, all sold without the siren!). The siren does crank and rattles, but may need cleaning after 50 years of storage! The truck says Fire Dept. No 26 on the top of the hood of the jeep and on the rear it says PUMPER. On the sides of the truck are painted on pictures of firemen hats; a fire extinguisher; and a shovel and axe.
It has been in our family since purchase in the ertly 1960’s. This truck is in used but very good original condition.”
Paul continues to make progress on his jeep. He received his tires and has made some custom stainless rim discs.
Paul’s new tires
TIRES:
He writes, “The New Tire Fairy arrived at the house today with eight brand new STA Super Traxion 6.50-16 tires along with eight new inner tubes for the little Willys. I’d been searching the internet for a vintage looking narrow tire with an aggressive tread design that would look good on the Willys so shortly after I discovered these tires I put my credit card to work and placed my order.
I wanted to replace the brand new but 30 year old tires on the Willys so that accounted for 5 tires and I needed 3 more tires for the military trailer (I want the trailer to have it’s own spare tire) so that’s why I bought eight. Shipping wasn’t too expensive since I wasn’t in a hurry and compared to Coker tire who wanted to ship their tires 2nd day air ($1,100 for the tires and an additional $900 for shipping) it was down right reasonable by Alaska standards.”
WHEEL DISCS:
In this photo he’s testing out the disc concept with poster board.
He writes, “I bought some poster board that was large enough to make full size mock ups of the stainless steel wheel covers I’m thinking of making to cover the plain steel wheels I’ll be using on the Willys. The six larger holes are 1 & 1/2 “ diameter and the smaller holes are 1 “ in diameter. I’ve made other discs, some with more holes and some with less holes on each disc in various patterns but I keep coming back to this design. It’s simple, the spacing of the holes is easy on my eyes and the wheel covers make the tires appear larger and more heavy duty.
Each hole will have a reinforcing ring fastened to the back side of the disc either by 1/8th inch diameter monel raised head style rivets or 3/16” dimeter stainless steel machine screws (the size of the machine screws used on the door just below the window). These doublers and rivets are for style only and not necessary for strength. Each disc will be attached to a wheel by six stainless machine screws and these screws will thread into steel mounts welded to the wheels.”
A completed disc.
“Above is the first wheel disc with the holes drilled and the rivets installed. I gave the plain disc a brushed finish to see what it would look like … I think it’s about as close as I can come to matching the body finish. These wheel discs need to be easy to clean and easy to touch up the finish so a mirror polished disc would require lots of maintenance to keep the metal shiny. I don’t have enough energy to keep up with the mirror finish.
I finished riveting the last two wheel discs today then I cut a hole thru the center of the front wheel disc slightly larger than the Warn hub so these discs could be test fitted to the wheels on the Willys. The tires on the Willys are still the old new ones and not the new, new ones I recently received since the steel wheels currently on the Willys have the wrong offset and will be replaced with the correct wheels in the near future. Anyway, I think these discs match the Willys much better than the aluminum wheels I was originally planning on using.”
The wheel discs attached. The discs came out a little darker, but that’s probably because of the angle. The discs are made of the same stainless as the rest of the jeep. These are the old tires, not the new ones.