Monthly Archives: May 2018

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1961 FC-170 London, IN **SOLD**

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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $2800.

Not running.

“My Willy’s Jeep FC-170 is for sale again. It is a project as the photo’s show . I drove the truck until last year but I believe the valves may have stuck. Motor turns freely. Factory snow blade and new windshield is included in the price.
Price is $2,800.00 dollars. “Reasonable” offer will be considered.
NEW WINDSHIELD IN BOX New brake cylinders, shoes, hardware master cyl. and most lines replaced.”

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1957 FC-150 Manchester, TN **SOLD**

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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $3500.

It doesn’t run. Needs work.

“1957 Willys Jeep FC150 4 cylinder Hurricane engine, manual trans, 4 wheel drive, needs work to be running and driving but isn’t too far gone. Based off of a CJ5 chassis. You don’t see these anymore.”

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CJ-2A/CJ-3A parts Missoula, MT

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Various parts.

https://missoula.craigslist.org/cto/d/1946-and-1948-cj2a-willys/6576358822.html

“We have several “left-over” pieces from an ongoing Jeep project. List and prices below

1950 CJ3a TUB – Rusted and has bondo (blue) – $100
1950 CJ3a Frame – decent shape – $50
1950 CJ3a Grill – good shape – $150
1950 CJ3a Hood – some filler, good hinge – $100
1950 CJ3a Fenders – inner metal cut – $100/pair
Gas Tanks (2) – one home made, one original – $25/each
1946 CJ2a Grill (with small parking lamps) – $250
1946 CJ2a Hood – GREAT SHAPE/AllMetal (red primer), good hinge – $200
1946 CJ2a Windshield frame – inner and outer, rough condition (not pictured) – $50
homemade gas tank – free”

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1960 CJ-5 Las Vegas, NV **SOLD**

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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $500.

Maybe some value here??

“This is a project not running seized up main baring ,original motor ,the head is off but has all the parts, good pan,open to trades for amc javelin parts”

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1946 CJ-2A Ft. Myers, FL $3500

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UPDATE: Still Available.

https://fortmyers.craigslist.org/lee/cto/d/1946-willys-jeep-cj2-4×4-rare/6579722111.html

“Civilian model solid Jeep project with extra engine (both are flat head, all valves in block, not F Head) Have owned for 25+ years. Parts easily available. Correct and Clean FL title!”

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Day 5 – Thursday May 3: Rainy Day Quilts

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<– Day 4 – Thursday May 2: Old Friends | Day 6 – Friday May 4: Parker To the Rescue! –>

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I think she’s forgotten all about the purse … someone is having a good day!

Day 5: We drove from Warrensburg, Missouri, to Paducah, Kentucky, spending most of the day driving in the rain.

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Day 5: Warrensburg to Paducah

We began the day saying our farewells to Dale and Edith, Ann’s friends from her time living in Knob Noster and working at Whiteman with Dale. They hadn’t seen each other in two decades, so it was an all too short stay. Hopefully we’ll return some day.

We’d barely begun our drive when the rain began to fall. For the next five hours it wavered between sprinkles and pouring. Dale and Edith had recommended that we stop at the Osceola Cheese outlet on our drive south. We like cheese, so it was a pretty easy sell.

Driving south on highway 13, it wasn’t easy to miss, as a series of billboards made it clear that we shouldn’t pass it up! Thankfully, though it was 8:45, they were already open!

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Knardly Rolls Rolls for Reals, 32 Years Later ….

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Well, he did it. A big CONGRATULATIONS TO ALASKA Paul. He installed the final part onto his stainless 1952 M-38 Knardly Rolls on May 2nd, 2018. I, for one, look forward to hearing about the inaugural run!

From: lemonade

To this 32 years and 5 months later: paul-m38-1

Here’s what Paul wrote,

“Somehow, despite my best efforts, I finally managed to complete the never ending rebuild of the little stainless steel Willys. The last part (the rear driveshaft) was bolted to the axle at 12:30 pm today, May 2nd 2018 ending a multi decade effort that began when I dropped the engine off at the rebuilders on December 2nd 1985. Over the years I’ve used the date the stainless steel body was ordered as the project start date but that happened over a month after the engine went to the rebuilders.

From the starting date to the completion date this project took 32 years and 5 months of time. I realize I’m slow but I never expected I’d take over three decades to rebuild one Willys Jeep …… it’s good I don’t do this for a living. I’m glad I finished it while I’m still flexible enough to climb into the driver’s seat, the Goddess suggested I make a stainless steel walker because I might need one before I finished the little Willys. She’s helpful that way.

The backyard is quite soggy so I’ll have to wait a week or so before I can reposition the Willys from the garage to the connex for leak checks and static runs. If things go well I hope to be cruising thru the neighborhood by late May.

Naturally, the garage must be filled with a project before winter so this fall I’ll move the remains of the 1951 M100 trailer inside where I’ll begin to fabricate a stainless steel box on the original frame.

Other than that the Goddess and I are having fun under the midnight sun here in the northland. By mid May the trees should have leaves, the night time temperature should stay above freezing and we shouldn’t have anymore snowfall until late September.”

 
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1952 Howe Fire Truck Cazedero, CA $7500

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Paul Barry has this neat Howe Fire Truck conversion for sale.

Contact info here: http://www.willysamerica.com/contact.html

“1952 Willys/Howe Fire Engine
$7500
Ex Farmington Falls Fire Dept, Maine
Runs & Pumps, F-4 134
Featured pumping event at 2017 Willys America open House”

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Day 4 – Wednesday May 2: Old Friends

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<– Day 3 – Tuesday May 1: Weathering OZ | Day 5 – Thursday May 3: Rainy Day Quilts –>

Day 4: Today we didn’t drive far. We left Kansas and the tornados behind, arriving in Missouri to learn that more tornados were expected.

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We had a very nice stay in Topeka at the Best Western Inn & Suites on Tuesday night, even taking the opportunity to sleep late, so late we missed the free breakfast. It appeared a family owned the motel and they were very nice.

For example, at one point in the morning, I stepped out to get some ice from the ice machine. Next to the ice, the soda machine was being refilled. The woman in charge pulled out a Mr. Pibb and offered it to me for free, telling me that if I didn’t like it, I could have something else. I don’t drink it, but I figured Ann would. I’d definitely stay there again.

Our goal for the day was to drive to Whiteman Air Force Base, where Ann is officially still based, and obtain a new military ID for her, then meet up with some of her old friends. Dale, a co-worked and close friend of Ann’s, still worked at the base and was excited to meet us at the main gate.

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Old work buddies Dale & Ann

That turned out to be a good thing, because when we arrived at the entrance, we discovered that my dependent-ID had expired, so if it hadn’t been for Dale, we couldn’t have gotten on to base to get her ID updated. To be fair, I hadn’t used the ID to access a base in 4 years, so I hadn’t paid too close attention to the date. Anyway, thanks to Dale, we accessed the base and found the place we needed to get Ann’s new ID and mine updated.

After that, Dale invited us back to his place to see Edith, his wife, who just had surgery. Ann had a great time getting reacquainted with them, while giving me a chance to finish up work by a reasonable hour. Now, if only those pesky Tornado warning sirens would stop going off we could go to sleep!

For Thursday,  we *think* we are heading through the Ozark Lakes, then on to Paducah to visit the National Quilt Museum. The weather may play a role in dictating our path.

<– Day 3 – Tuesday May 1: Weathering OZ | Day 5 – Thursday May 3: Rainy Day Quilts –>

 
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Jeep “Junkyard” near Franklin, PA

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TJ shared this post from Barnfinds.com of a collection of jeeps near Franklin, Pennsylvania. I figured someone might recognize the location?

https://barnfinds.com/roadside-junkyard-fiasco/

Here are a couple pics:

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