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This looks to be in good mechanical shape. It does not appear to be a VEC.
“1946 CJ2A Jeep good shape artic hardtop and elec meyers plow runs good chip4x4@verizon.net price is neg.”
I thought this was kind of cool.
“This M725 Vietnam era military ambulance runs, stops, and is pretty much as complete as you will find in an original vehicle. It even includes the original stretchers, operating light, rear gas heater, footlocker and lots of extra miscellaneous parts and more for in the rear ambulance body. Only 14,000 miles on this military truck! …”
UPDATE: A reader named Bob filed the following report: It was pretty beat but did run. Had an arctic hardtop on it and a few rare things like the manual wiper and the rain gutter frame was ok … springs were broken. If it could be had for $700 of so it would be an ok deal. Thanks Bob!
“1953 Willys Jeep. I am not sure of the model, I have been told it is a CJ3B but there also is a tag on the firewall that says M-38. The jeep runs and drives and seems to be all original but the 4cyl engine knocks and the brakes don’t work. The transmission and transfer case seem to work great. The jeep also has an aluminum hardtop and has a West Virginia title. I am looking for $1150 OBO Call Mike (330) 607-3780 or Email gmck30@aol.com Thanks”
It turns out my power steering pump had some bad bearings, as it squealed pretty good. I called the local Schucks and the cost for a replacement was about $80. So, I called the local junkyard and went shopping there. After searching through four different rows, I found a pump from a ’90 Chevy Caprice that would work just fine. The cost was only $25 and it came with a guarantee that it works. For another $10 I also found a chrome extra deep TH350 pan which I had been thinking about getting..
Returning to the power steering pump, I had to figure out how to remove the pulley from the old pump and put it on the new pump. So, I got online and found a great article from Stu Olson’s Jeep Site that described exactly what was needed. To save you time, I have boiled it down to four basic steps:
Of course, being stubborn, I tried a variety of my other pullers, but couldn’t get that damn pulley to budge. That’s when I finally went to set 1 above.
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $1000
This jeep appears to have a MB body. This might be a good price for $1000.
“1948 Jeep Willy’s. Has motor, 4×4 locking hubs. Needs right front ball joints for wheel assembly($130.00). Have everything for the wheel assembly plus new brakes all the way around. Great for someone who has time to put into this Jeep!!”
This CJ-2A looks well maintained. With some good updates.
“its a 1946 and it has a little over 5500 miles on it theres no rust and it has upgraded brakes and the original motor transmission and transfercase tow bar and full size spare corvet seats!!!. my name is chance-509-520-6628”
UPDATE: I’m really surprised this hasn’t sold yet.
This appears to be a very good price.
“THIS THING IS A BLAST TO PLAY WITH, ’52 WILLYS M38 JEEP. MOSTLY ORIGINAL, 4CYL, 3SPEED, 5:38 GEARS.NOT RUSTED OUT, RUNS AND DRIVES GOOD. MORE PICS TO EMAIL. MAY TRADE FOR 1950’S CAR. $2500 OBO ”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $4500.
“1946 WILLYS JEEP GOODIE AND SPECIFICATIONS LIST: BRAND NEW FACTORY REPLACEMENT 18 GA STEEL BODY, 360 CI .030 OVER STRAIT FROM THE MACHINE SHOP (A FEW YEARS AGO), OFFENHAUSER DUAL PLANE INTAKE, HOLLEY 4BBL, HEADMAN HEADERS, MALLORY ELECTRONIC IGNITION, TWIN ELECTRIC COOLING FAN SETUP”
UPDATE: Price dropped to $6500
There’s been some investment into this jeep. The Mickey Thompson tires appear in very good shape.
“This is a great driver,powerful jeep. We used this jeep on nice days to enjoy the weather,but we have a new baby and it will just sit.The jeep has a 383 chevy stoker,alum heads,intake,headers,msd ing,holley carb,muncie 4 speed,dana 44 rearend with arb locker and air comp,new wiring,gauges lights,turn signals work,paint is faded or just drive like is. You can not build this jeep for the price. Always starts and drives. call 316-210-7908 Brad”
Bob Westerman has written a detailed overview of the M-38 pilot models.
From the website, Bob writes: “NEW: 1/1/2009 In the time since this web-page was published some new photos of the Pilot Models have surfaced. The photos reveal that the pilot models were in a constant state of change as different features were implemented and tested. The new information shows that some previous assumptions are no longer valid. See the MVPA’s magazine Army Motors #126 for the latest information.”
Visit the CJ-3A.Info website to learn more about the M-38 Pilot model history.
