Monthly Archives: July 2023

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1963 FC-150 Columbus, OH $12,500

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It still needs some work.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1562327624292195/

“1963 Willys jeep FC 150 project. Unit starts steers and stops. Older restoration started in 1981 sold as is Newark Ohio phone. Six-one-four-seven-seven-eight-eight-nine-eight-nine. I will not answer to if it’s available. Cash only. No checks PayPal or credit card. Clean title in hand.”

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1957 CJ-5 Roseburg, OR **SOLD**

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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was No Price.

Unclear how much value, but there seems to be at least some value.

“1957 Willy’s cj5.
Parts.
Trades.”

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No updates Tuesday

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Well, I’d planned to do updates, but the weather was perfect for sanding and patching the race body’s big holes with fiberglass (and smaller holes with fiberglass putty), so that took priority. I might be able to have all the body prep done by tomorrow evening.

With the highs around 90 degrees, it’s not too hot, so this week is perfect for prepping and painting the body and front clip.

 

 
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Initial Color: Kubota Orange

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After one of the nicest April, May and June I think I’ve ever experienced, our summer highs in the 90s have finally arrived. However, work goes on when it can.

We have settled on a temporary color, Kubota Orange. It’s the rattle can color that we think looked the best. I don’t want to do a nicer paint job just yet, because I don’t want to take the time right now to get the body and front clip completely smooth (in case I want to do the mounts differently). Instead, I want to get the jeep running, so that I can test the anchor points to make sure they hold like I hope they will and that the front clip doesn’t rub on the body.

Yesterday I made four of the six front clip mounts, with the final ones to be made today. Here’s the orange on the fender (only two coats). It’s a little darker in person.

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Zombie Kittens

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When we first got the new kittens last March, we couldn’t get them fixed due to both of them having respiratory issues. Unfortunately, once better, we couldn’t book their spay appointments until July 6th. This wasn’t ideal, but what we didn’t know was how unideal it would be, because for the last month one or the other kittens has been in heat, and meowing, and wanting to go outside, and just little terrors in general.

So, we’ve been counting down the days until the spaying would occur. Finally, on Thursday, we took the girls into the vet.

At day’s end, we expected to receive weary cats ready for sleep and rest (we both have had cats in the past). According to the vet, we needed to keep the cats quiet, keep their cones on their heads (so they can lick their sutures), and limit their food. We were even optimistic when picking them up at the vets, because the techs said how loving the two cats were … hmm … yeah … right.

Instead, as soon as we arrived home and let the cats out of their travel, they became little hellions. We struggled, but successfully got the cones on their heads. Immediately, te supposedly docile and “loving” cats began writhing on the floor, which caused the cones to come off in seconds. And, as soon as they got loose, they were running around like they’d never had surgery. There was no “keeping them calm” .. their pupils were dilated, they obsessed over their food (which eventually we had to hide), they became obsessed with a milk bottle plastic ring, which for literal hours they both chewed and knocked around and carried places.

After recognizing that these two felines were high as kites and feeling no pain and obsessively focused on whatever they wanted, it became clear we needed a new plan to protect their sutures. So, I raced to the local Walmart to pick up baby onesies, which Ann then cut and roughly fitted over their bodies.

These two cats wanted nothing to do with the onesies and, moreover, it caused them to walk and fall over like their were super high. We eventually had to put a harness over one of the cats in order to keep the onesie on her body. Still, they attempted to wriggle out, so one of us at to watch them at all times.

Ann ended up sleeping with the cats in the cat room; however, the next morning she told me that the cats didn’t sleep. In fact, it wasn’t until the afternoon on Friday that they finally slept (as seen below).

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‘Get cats’, they say; ‘they will be so fun to have around’ they say … hmmmph.

 
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Vintage Military Jeep Birthday Card on eBay

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This children’s card includes a punch out jeep and soldier.

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“Vintage Gibson Punch Out Fun Army Jeep & Men Boy Birthday Unused Card & Envelope. Card Is 4 5/8″ X 16″ Opened Up. Gibson Play Card.”

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1963 CJ-3B/ M-606 Perkasie, PA $7950

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This one deserves a closer look, as it *might* be an M-606. Note the ventilated windshield.

https://philadelphia.craigslist.org/cto/d/blooming-glen-army-jeep-1963willys/7635557843.html

“Willys Jeep, Model; CJ3B, also known as M606 military 4×4
Runs very well, good original condition.
Has small crack in windshield and small rust in passenger side floor, otherwise very nice.”

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3 CJ-2As Fair Play, MO $3400

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It appears all three are CJ-2As, based on the bodies.

https://springfield.craigslist.org/pts/d/fair-play-willys-jeeps-47-and-49-52/7636290785.html

“We have these 3 Willys Jeeps for sale. 47 has a title. Two of them have motors and transmissions, one is the flathead and all three are 4 wheel drive 1/4 ton. All three roll. The first one pictured turns freely, has oil and antifreeze. I think it would start with a good starter, the starter is present but does not work. Fix up or part out, there are lots of parts between the three, you could probably make two good ones out of the three.

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This one looks to be a Cj-2A based on the radiator.

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1944 MB Greenville, CA **SOLD**

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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $10,999.

This might be a good price. No description provided.

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1945 GPW Aubrey, TX $9000

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I suspect this extended bed was an owner mod, as it’s longer and more permanent than the commercial extensions that were produced.

https://dallas.craigslist.org/ndf/cto/d/aubrey-1945-gpw-willys-jeep-wwii/7637095626.html

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“1945 Ford GPW Military Jeep
More hard to find than the Willys models.

Runs good and has very rare bed extension I was told was for use by MASH units. Never seen another one with this accessory

12v, Winch, runs and drives, high and low range work fine, winch, tows easily with attached towbar and new tires.
Last year made

Restore or drive or have the perfect post apocalypse rig/hunting truck
Clear title

Cash of possible trade up or down for crew cab pickup or good running 60’s era survivor (un-modified or hot rodded) sedan, nice hybrid…don’t laugh I got a long commute…or maybe something interesting. Prefer cash. No checks no payments and no bs”