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UPDATE: Was $2000. **SOLD**
This doesn’t have an engine (and I don’t think a tranny or tc). The body looks solid.
“This jeep have rolling chassis it is set up for a ford 302. It has a dana 44rear end and dana 30front end has YJ wrangler springs an revolver shackles.”
UPDATE: Was $2800. **SOLD**
(06/01/09) The seller says this is a ’46, but the body looks more like a MB/GPW body. There’s no gas inlet and no bow holders.
“Willing to trade for a 4×4 chevy or import truck. Contact via email for more details”
UPDATE: Price dropped to $2500
(11/22/09) It looks in reasonable condition.
“1944 military willys jeep runs and drives good needs paint.I am listing this for my dad call him @ 417-694-7642”
http://springfield.craigslist.org/cto/1569021168.html
I’ve seen a few pics that show the jeep as a temporary place for worship. This is another image from Roy O. Bingham. The Library of Congress reports that in this pic, “Members of the Tenth Mountain Division, 605th Artillery Battalion, attend a Protestant Easter religious service at Rocca Pitigliano, Italy, conducted by Chaplain William H. Bell. In the foreground, four men bow their heads together. Corporal Ralph Squires sits at a portable organ and two soldiers face the Chaplain who stands in front of his jeep draped with a white cloth in use as an altar for a small crucifix.”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $23,000
Looks great.
“1942 WILLYS “Stat Grille” (¼ ton General Purpose Vehicle) JEEP.
This JEEP has been fully restored to the military exactness as it came off the line in Toledo, Ohio on March 5, 1942. Military Serial Number is 124833 and common features included no glove box, a round muffler, oil bath air cleaner/air filter, rubber hood bumpers, solid wheels, two hinges on the tool box lids, three bolt spare tire carrier, no blackout driving lamps, makers name on the rear panel, and a slat grill on the WILLYS.
This early Jeep comes complete with a mounted Garand carbine replica, strapped ax and shovel, and canvas top, and the frame plate for machine gun mount.
All numbers match manufacturer’s designation: model MB, serial number, 124833, build number 24832, and official government contract numbers; 303-ORD-2529 and army quartermaster corp. 398-QM-888 order forms, and hood number assigned 2042364. “W” was added at the base to distinguish Willys from Ford in later runs. Original “Go-Devil” engine.
Around 200 slat grills are estimated to have survived through 2006, according to ARMY MOTORS, the official magazine of the Military Vehicle Preservation Assoc.
From there it served in the United States Army and was eventually retired to Ft. Bliss, OK as a base transport vehicle and was sold at public auction in 1955 to become a farm vehicle. Eventually it retired from its years as an agri-jeep to a salvage yard in Enid, OK where another farmer purchased it 1992 for $1,000. The present owner purchased it at a farm auction in Tuttle, OK on March 13, 2002 for the same $1,000. Although the Jeep was originally delivered to the government for $399.68.”
I cannot remember seeing any pics with a gun mounted on a step. However, in the comment below, Lester has clarified for me that guns were mounted in that position. He notes that in “the Squadron/Signal book,WWII Jeep in Action by David Doyle, there is a picture on page 41 of a maintenance crew of the 1st Armored division installing just such a mount in the exact same location.” Thanks for the detective work!
“You will not find one this complete. This one is in great shape. It is very clean. It is not a total restoration, since I like military vehicle to look like the are battle worn, not new. It needs a new paint job, which I have the paint to do it, and it comes with the jeep. This jeep is in great working order. It is in restored condition. It is not a complete restoration. It runs and drives great. Does smoke a little. All parts are here. It is a 6-volt system. Been totally rewired. All lights work. Canvas top is new. It is garage kept. Brakes are all redone, new gas tank and lines. Has medical box. The motor sounds great. The leaks are in normal spots, If not started every day will need to be primed to start. Rebuilt transmission, clutch plate. Rebuilt transfer case. Put on a new fuel pump, new distributor, new coil, and new sensors. All gauges are in working order. The is a new speedometer, so I don’t know the original miles. Brakes are new and work great…..”
No pics and little description.
“Rusty, incomplete, 4WD. Good for parts, or restore? 619-445-5455”
I’m not sure if this has been available for sale previously or not.
“I am selling one of my projects. Very restorable WW2 jeep. The body is straight with the usual rust through in the hat channels and the fuel tank sump. The drive train is all original and complete. The frame is straight and solid, no rust throughs or breaks. The engine is a ’45 not sure if it’s the original. Email me for serial numbers. Now for the negatives. There is no title. I will provide a bill of sale. There are no seats. The one in the pictures goes to a GPW and is not included in the sale. Someone has cut the fire wall probably for a bigger engine. The jeep is not running but the engine does turn over. I can deliver to Phoenix at the Papago show on January 30th. Email me for more info and pictures. Asking $2500.”
http://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/pts/1557503694.html
UPDATE: More pics available and price dropped to $900. Are those mini hood scoops on the front?
(12/31/09) This has a solid back, so it’s possible this is a WWII jeep of some kind. However, it’s pretty rough looking.
“v8. sitting for 30 years. 900.00 OBO. call joe 509-216-6627”
http://spokane.craigslist.org/cto/1556698462.html
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $2500.
(10/1/09) Needs work.
“1945 Willys MB. Data Plate #427057. Title in hand. Engine ran when i bought it in august but needs new wiring harness. Frame and suspention in excellent condition. Have the title in hand and a Willys MB matinence manual. Have the seats, hood and fender. Started working on it so its in a couple minor parts. Make an off and it’s yours. Willing to trade for a Dirt Bike in decent condition. Make me an offer and come get it and its yours.”
UPDATE: I added this post in January of last year with just the single image (the first one below). Today, David pointed me to the Tahiti-pacifique.com website that has a few more images, which follow the first image. You can learn more about these pics at that site.
(01/31/09) Robert pointed me to a collection of Life Magazine photos of old jeeps hosted at Google. Click on the photo and then click on it again to see all kinds of details.
The seller will take less it sounds like. The motor isn’t stock.
“I have a 1940’s WWII era Willy’s Jeep that I got with the intentions of restoring but I do not have the time nor money to take on a project like this right now. Send me an email or give me a call (805) 905-1299 if you want to know more or would like to come take a look at it. Make me an offer and it could be yours. Thanks.”
http://ventura.craigslist.org/cto/1549762447.html
