Monthly Archives: April 2021

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1974 DJ-5 Lincoln, NH **SOLD**

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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $3500.

This looks in reasonable shape. It wasn’t that long ago DJ-5s in this condition were selling for $1500.

“Runs and drives amazing …. new parts front tires, brakes, carb , full tune up, timing chain, belts, exhaust down pipe, speedo cluster , battery, heater core, blower motor blue tooth stereo. I drive it a fiew days a week . Fun to drive and it gets lots of comments.

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1962 Traveller Wagon OKC, OK **SOLD**

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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $5000. This was a former Texas Border Patrol Traveller.

“Up for consideration is a 1962 four wheel drive Willys Jeep Traveller. Original Texas Border Patrol Jeep with sea foam green and black paint under the yellow repaint. Original 230 inline 6 has been replaced with a later chevrolet 250 inline 6. Original, unrestored traveller needing complete restoration but a very solid platform to start with.”

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Mud Racing Flattie Glencoe, MN $2500

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Not sure how much value is here.

https://www.facebook.com/commerce/listing/746299556251559

“old willy’s mudder 44 front 60 rear 5:38 4 wheel disc brakes 39 swampers 350 chevy 4 spd 205 complete motor shot rest good 2500.00 as seen can help load”

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1948 CJ-2A Midland, TX $7000

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UPDATE: Still Available.

(01/03/2021) Is that a PTO winch in the back?

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/371480157507235

“Jeep. 1948 Willys. Two winches front and rear. Spare tire carrier. New soft top. New tires. New brakes. New battery and fuel pump. 1972 pinto engine. 4 cylinder recently overhauled. It does run! A beautiful collector car for anyone who loves classic vehicles!”

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1951 M-38 Owensville, IN **SOLD**

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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $3700.

(03/11/2021) This doesn’t run.

“Please do not ask if this is still available. If you’re reading this ad, it’s still available. I will take the ad down when it is sold. Willys M38, motor turns by hand, shifters shift & steering steers. I have not tried to start it. Floors are original and pretty good, there is some bondo in the rocker panels, has pattent plate and clear title in my name”

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1945 MB Charleston, WV $2500

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It runs.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/132904502125656

“Trade for side by side for equal price Needs gas and battery runs fine”

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1969 CJ-5 Medford, NJ $2500

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Seems like a good price given it runs, has a nice Kelly hardtop, and a plow setup.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1402738556730253

“1969 Jeep CJ5…Buick V6, 3 spd manual, 58k miles. Runs & drives, minimal rot on drivers floor pan. Has a 6 ft Meyer power angle plow. $2,500.00 FIRM. NO LOW BALL OFFERS / NO TRADES!”

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1943 Jeep-O Clubs

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This pledge for Jeep-O club drivers was published in the July 07, 1943, issue of the Leaf Chronicle out of Clarksville, Tennessee. This pledge appears to have been unique to the Clarksville area.

In April of 1943, the Kiawanis Club of Anniston, Alabama, started the Jeep-O Club, an effort to alleviate the transportation problem facing soldiers by pledging to give rides in their vehicles to soldiers who needed one. It was an early Uber system, only with volunteer drivers.

It’s possible the Kiwanis Jeep-O movement got is name from the previous November’s Jeep-O gram movement in Texas.

This photo shows an actual Jeep-O stop. It appeared in the April 15, 1943, issue of the Huntsville Times:

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By May, the Jeep-O club idea had already spread to 22 states:

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A couple months later, in the July 07, 1943, issue of the Leaf Chronicle out of Clarksville, Tennessee,  the paper reported how a Jeep-O club was staring up there: Continue reading

 
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1946 Testimonial from Service Station

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UPDATE: The other day I realized that the jeep in this photo from a collection of early jeep information published in 2014 looks very similar to an illustrated jeep that appeared in a 1947 newspaper ad. Here’s the image and it’s associated testimonial:

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Here’s the advertisement from the June 3, 1947, ad published in the Sullivan Daily Times, out of Sullivan, Indiana, that highlights the ability of the jeep to be an efficient, low-cost option as a road-service vehicle.

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2015 Story About “1941” Willys MB

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Jerry shared this 2015 story published in AutoRevolution about a 1941 Willys MB that is “Almost 100% original. Some stuff has been removed but very little has been replaced. A couple of needed mods have been made, but nothing substantial”. Hmm … challenge accepted.

https://www.autoevolution.com/news/1941-willys-jeep-built-on-second-day-of-production-still-runs-as-a-work-truck-102729.html

Upon inspection, the jeep fails the “almost 100%” original claim. For example, the spring hangers are not original, but as I looked closer at the frame I realized that when someone put a newer CJ chassis underneath the jeep, they never removed the frame-mounted CJ-shock mount (visible just in front of the rear tire on the frame). In addition, the rims and rear axle are incorrect. My guess is that this body is sitting on a newer chassis and powertrain of some type.

Given the drain holes are blocked, I blew up the photo to check out the back and it sure seems like there’s tailgate lip sticking up along the rear. Yet, this does have the cutout in the body for the vertical shock mount, so this may be an original WWII body that’s had a tailgate added? I just can’t tell either way for sure. .

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