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Willys-Overland Liquidation Sale

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Jay’s liquidating a variety of parts.

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For the entire month of August, you can visit and walk through the warehouse and pick out exactly what you need or think you might need in the future. While we have been great at collecting this huge selection of parts, we are not quite as great at “perfectly” identifying every part. For that reason, if you are too far to visit, and choose to e-mail or call us, consider sending some pictures and/or measurements of the parts you need. This will help to ensure we send the correct parts on the first try.

If anyone or business is interested in buying any parts in bulk, we will certainly work with you to get the very best pricing possible. Bring a trailer, but of course, shipping is available for anything that won’t fit your vehicle.

Please take a look at the attached pictures to understand the scope of the parts we have in our 8,000 sq. ft. warehouse.

We have transmissions and transmission parts, transfer cases and parts, engine cores and engine parts, axles, a Willys Pickup chassis, 50 original wheels, hub caps and rings, CJ hard doors, seat frames, body frames, Utility bumpers and fenders, roll bars, head light buckets, Meyer Cab doors and sides, starter, alternator and generator cores, and literally tons of parts of every kind. We even have a few vehicles out back.

Jay

WillysOverland Motors                                           Monday-Friday 9:00 – 5:00
562 S. Reynolds Rd.                                              Saturday 9:00 – Noon, or later by appt
Toledo, OH 43615

888-265-5337

419-531-0707

INFO@WILLYSOVERLAND.COM

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1942 War Department Film — Jeeps Towing Trailers

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Lots of jeep action. They drive the jeeps pretty hear near the end. At about the 8:30 mark there some hard driving video. The jeeps were bouncing pretty hard!

From archive.org: “Not the greatest film quality. National Archives description: “A 4.2″ mortar fires high explosive and phosphorus shells which explode on targets. Transportation of mortar and ammunition in large truck (10 men-10 rounds) is compared with that of a jeep towing a trailer bearing a mortar and ammunition (2 jeeps-6 men-48 rounds). Jeep and trailer units are tested at various speeds and on all types of terrain, fire mortars from barge landing craft as an island is approached, drive off barge, and are freed from ditches and other obstacles by their crews.”
National Archives Identifier: 24456

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The Naming of Jeep Chee

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This 1955 July Willys News article highlights the naming of a Navajo baby named Jeep Chee. My attempts to learn more about Jeep Chee weren’t very successful. I did find this odd movie script. There is a more extensive article about Gwen and Marvin Walter in the July 1958 issue of Desert Magazine.

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KSAL CJ-2A Lives

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UPDATE: This jeep kicked off a parade in Sante Fe, Kansas, this weekend.

(03/02/2015) Tom Pestinger restored this former KSAL radio station jeep. The station owned the jeep for decades, but it had deteriorated by the time Tom purchased it. The restoration took several years, but it looks to have been worth it. You can read the whole story at the KSAL website.

http://www.ksal.com/iconic-ksal-jeep-lives-again/

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1958 Kaiser / Land Rover Merger Discussions

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Frazier came across a fascinating post on the Land Rover Series One Club forum. Apparently, there were discussions between Land Rover and Kaiser Willys about working together or a merger. According to this book about the British Motor Industry, the talks occurred in 1958. After exchanging information and design ideas, it appears Kaiser backed out of the deal.However it happened, Land Rover engineers apparently built a hybrid CJ-5 Land Rover. All the photos can be seen at the Rover forum. You’ll need to sign up with the forum to see all the photos.

According to one of the photo’s captions, Using the transmission and chassis from an 88 inch model (shortened to 83 inches) this hybrid LR/Jeep prototype was created by Land Rover as potential partnership discussions between the two companies were held. Ultimately no association was formed but an interesting prototype all the same.

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Robin’s New (Old) FC Weasel

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Robin picked up this FC Weasel recently (thanks to Marty who spotted it on Facebook).

He wrote, After I got this think home two things came to mind. First-What The Heck!!!!! I have no clue about track vehicles. Second (after some research) the build is backwards. The engine should be in front, not in the rear.  A really ingenious build actually.

Robin also noted that the floor is made of street signs. Follow this Flickr link for more photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/alturusphoto/sets/72157656366380805

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1949 Photo of Jeep Tour Through Portland Sewer on eBay

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I’ve never heard of a jeep tour through a sewer.

“1949 Press Photo Portland city commissioners went on a jeep tour Thursday
This is an original press photo. Portland city commissioners went on a jeep tour Thursday through new 1 1/2 mile sewer running undreground from Columbia slough to Oregon slough. In front, from left, are Commissioners Ormond Bean, William Bowes and Driver Chuck Odell, Commissioner Fred Peterson is at upper right.Photo measures 7.25 x 9.5inches. Photo is dated 12-30-1949.”

View all the information on eBay

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Red River and Russells Travel Stop

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Gayland recently visited Red River, New Mexico. On the way he stopped by Russell’s Travel Stop along I-40 on the New Mexico/Texas border. Inside the travel stop is a CJ-2A. Bob stopped by there in 2013. Gayland shared a few of his pics.

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When he got to Red River, New Mexico, he spotted multiple jeeps, including this CJ-3B with a unique top.

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