Monthly Archives: July 2020

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Year? M-38A1/Oddity Kingman, AZ $5000

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UPDATE: I had the wrong link.

This looks to have a modified M-38A1 body. It just looks odd like that.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/198294898177045

“Project real willys jeep motor is there with most maybe everything great project for you or your kid buyrs only will trade motor cycles cars etc no time for it and want something new”

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1949 CJ-3A? Las Vegas, NV **SOLD**

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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $8500.

(02/08/2020) I would guess the body is a replacement body. The front roll cage loop rests atop the step. I hope there’s something connected to the frame underneath the step. The soft top looks custom and doesn’t use the windshield channel. It kind of looks like it snaps on the front? No description provided.

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1947 CJ-2A Baker City, OR $3000

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UPDATE: Still Available.

(05/02/2020) This looks to be a pretty much untouched Bobcat Body on a CJ-2A chassis. I don’t see the tailgate.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/189947615458033/

“Selling for a friend it is a 1947 jeep willeys fiber glass body its a project to put together so if ur look for a project here u go comment or messge for more info 3,000 obo”

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1946 CJ-2A Missoula, MT $5900

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UPDATE: Price dropped to $5900.

(06/16/2020) Has. variety of updates.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/289919862198111/

“This sweet little Willys CJ2A Jeep sports a 289 V8, 4 speed automatic tranny. I’ve poured a pile of cash into it but don’t have time to enjoy it. Starts and runs fine.”

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1943 MB Albuquerque, NM $2750

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We’ve seen worse for more.

https://albuquerque.craigslist.org/cto/d/albuquerque-1943-willys-mb-jeep/7155396709.html

“1943 willys MB- lots of bondo, not a lot of rust. Incorrect windshield for the year but in good shape, no title, does not run.”

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1991 ‘The First 50 Years’ Jeep Press Packet

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Thanks to Maury, I was able to get this 1991 press packet off ebay and shipped for under $10. That’s a good day. It wasn’t clear to me all that was inside, but it turned out to be a heck of a deal. The three-page tri-fold stores photos, old press releases, histories, and a few miscellaneous items.

Here’s the front of the packet:

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These are the materials that are stored inside. There are four press releases, fourteen reproduction 8×10 photos, a 40-page AMC/Chrysler history, a jeep history that’s attached to the binder (see upper right corner), one March 1963 Jeep News front-page reproduction and a late 1940s wagon ad reproduction. Just the reproduction of the Willys Quad photo was worth the cost of this package (I’d never gotten around to getting one).jeep-pr-packet-05

I haven’t read this history just yet, but wasn’t in a hurry as I’ve already read this book on AMC’s history:

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Here’s how the binder looks when opened. The jeep history starts at the page in the middle.

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Under the last page of the jeep history is a holder for all the photos and other documents:

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Here are two 1990s press releases (I only took photos of the front pages):

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These are two 1980s press releases:

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The press release on the left is from early 1942 and covers the changing situation with America’s entry into WWII, while the one on the right is from 1965:

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The Jeep News reproduction page from March 1963 is shown on the left. It includes a report on the name change from Willys Motors to Kaiser Jeep and the Willys-Overland Export Corp. to Kaiser Jeep International Corp. The reproduction wagon ad on the right is from 1948 and includes details on which magazine and dates it appeared (I wish I had that database of information!).

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1961 Jack Gray “Jeep City” Ad

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This ad for Jack Gray’s “Jeep City” for his Jeep Sale-O-Rama was published in the Akron Beacon on February 26, 1961. Anyone old enough to remember Jack? Was it truly the largest jeep parts supplier in Ohio?

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1956 DJ-3A Press Photo on eBay

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Great DJ-3A press photo.

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“This is an original press photo. Autos-Willy’s. Willys Jeep Dispatcher, above, designed for light delivery work particularly in congested traffic areas, is now being introduced by Willy’s Motors, Incorporated. Highly maneuverable and economical to operate, the Dispatcher is offered in a hardtop model (illustrated) a convertible canvas soft-top, and a basic open model. All models are powered by the Jeep four-cylinder 60 horsepower engine.Photo measures 10 x 8.25inches. Photo is dated 6-3-1956.”

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1945 MB San Andreas, CA $10,500

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Nice looking rig. Not much ’45 left on this.

https://modesto.craigslist.org/cto/d/san-andreas-willys-roadster-1945-willys/7153234748.html

“1945 Willy’s Roadster- 327 cubic inch V-8, 4-barrel carb, Electronic MSD ignition, Headers, Large wheels and tires, Roll Cage, Racing seats- Newly upholstered with 4-point harnesses, GM Tilt steering wheel, Previously taken down to the frame and repainted- frame black, Body- bright Red.”

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1942 MB/GPW Phoenix, AZ $12,500

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Seems to be a mix of parts. I wonder if the seller has documentation about the “first prototype for the Air Force claim”.

https://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/cto/d/mayer-1942-jeep-willys/7154253294.html

“1942 original Jeep Willys was in the second war first prototype for the Air Force. The engine was rebuilding.”

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