emailNeed to contact me and don't have my email? Click on email button.
Welcome to eWillys.com, a website for vintage jeep enthusiasts. I update this website nearly every day with jeep deals, jeep history, interesting reader projects, jeep related info, and more.
These quick searches can help you find things on eBay. People list in the wrong categories all the time, so don't be surprised to see brochures in the parts area for example. This section used to be split into jeeps, parts and other categories, but recent changes to eBay will require this information to be recoded.
The links to posts below show jeeps grouped by models, condition, and other ways. Some of these jeeps are for sale and others have been sold. If you are unsure whether a vehicle is still for sale or not, email me at d [at] ewillys.com for more info.
There are plenty of interesting, unusual, historic and surprising stories related to Jeeps and their owners. In addition, some of these features have nothing to do with jeeps. This link will display all featured stories starting from the latest.
Looking for parts and not sure where to go? There are a variety of large and small new and used parts sellers both online and offline.
Importantly, the allure of buying a project jeep can be romantic. The reality of restoring a jeep can be quite different, expensive and overwhelming without the right tools and resources. So, tread carefully when purchasing a "project". If you have any concerns about buying a vintage jeep, or run across a scam, feel free to contact me for help, comments or concerns .
Originally posted Feb 3, 2010
Inspired by the Castro/Guevara video I found, Esteban went hunting for a couple more vintage pics from that era. Sebastian has generously shared those with us below. Esteban also found what Sebastian believes is “a very special since it could be the first Willys ad ever in Colombia. It was published before the jeeps arrived to the country. It is basically inviting people to reserve their jeeps before arrival time.”
Originally posted June 15, 2009 (See, there is even a Power Wagon Museum!)
At some point early in his driving life, my dad owned a red Dodge Power Wagon. I’ve never ridden in one myself, however I found a place where I can explore several different models: The Kempner Power Wagon Museum.
The Kempner Museum is an owner-owned museum, with the owner displaying vehicles and other items he has collected over the years. Recently, the owner, with his wife’s blessing he notes, built a building to house the trucks and other related materials.
This museum does not take a ‘hands off’ approach, rather people can climb into these vehicles, touch and explore them.
The museum is located in Kempner, Texas (museum info), which is roughly 150 miles south of Dallas. I’m adding to my list of places to visit soon.
Roberto just completed this caricature of a M-38. You can see his progress from start-to-finish here:
Steve forwarded some images from a Kool Nights event in Redding.
He writes, “Today wraps up the final day of the week long event, Kool April Nites in Redding, Ca. Over 1800 vehicles came from hundreds of miles around to attend the 23rd annual event. Here are some photos of the “Jeeps of Kool April Nites”. I didn’t get away from my working my car club’s booth, so I didn’t get very good pictures this year. I also needed a better camera to take evening photos of the Friday Night Cruise.
Below is Steve’s Jeepster
Steve discovered this image in the New Jersey State Police Museum archives. The museum was kind enough to allow us to publish it.
Steve rights, “I did some research with our museum staff and found this picture from 1951 of a state trooper driving a WW II Willys MB that had been converted for police use. Looks like it may have been used in rural areas as a sorta fire jeep. See the large fire extinguisher on the left fender skirt …. Coincidentally, one of our troopers (Trooper Joseph C. Walter Jr. #685) was killed in the line of duty in a motor vehicle accident on 9-7-52, I believe in that very same jeep.”
Glenn forwarded this unusual and rare Snow Tractor from the early 1940s located at the Wright Museum in New Hampshire.
The M7 was conceived as an Army Air Force rescue/utility vehicle. It was found that most plane crashes occurred on the climb out of or approach to an airport. With the large number of northern bases in remote locations, getting to these aircraft was difficult at best – impossible at worse. Shown above with M19 Trailer.
Manufacturer: Allis-Chalmers
M7 Snow Tractor (SNOCAT)
Crew: 2
Engine: Willys MB, 4cyl. (134.2 c.i.)
Horsepower: 63
Date Manufactured: 1944
Number Produced: 291
Weight: 2, 620 lbs
Range: 160 miles
http://www.ytmag.com/cgi-bin/viewit.cgi?bd=ac&th=139774
http://www.farmcollector.com/Tractors/Allis-Chalmers-M7-The-Abominable-Snow-Tractor.aspx
http://www.wrightmuseum.org/about/photo-gallery/category/4-from-the-frontlines.html
The unofficial Allis-Chalmers Forum: http://www.allischalmers.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=17492&title=allischalmers-snow-cat
From the Wright Museum comes this photograph:
From the “you learn something new every day” department, I just learned that a Peplum Movie is a genre of Italian films known as ‘Sword and Sandal’, perhaps better called Greek period films. Peplum is the Greek word for ‘tunic’. I stumbled upon the picture below, along with the topic of peplum, when searching for “Lucille Ball” and “jeep”. I surely do not know how that search string is related to a male actor in a tunic exiting a jeep, but if Google says they are related, I guess I must yield to its genius.
Anyhooo, this is Steve Reeves stepping from a MB/GPW during the filming of “Hercules” in 1958 from the website http://www.peplum.ca.
Blaine was attending the Portland Swap Meet when he spotted the CJ-3B Mower/GoKart featured for sale a few days ago. So, he got a picture of him sitting on it with his FC shirt. I asked if it actually mowed.
Blaine responded, “That is this first one (only?) he built which didn’t have a deck in the first place but it could be added. The builder wasn’t there at the time. I said to his friend that if you could mow with it that it would be a big plus.”
UPDATE: Was available at $15,000.
(03/25/2012) This needs some work to get return to its original glory. That driver’s side has been hacked a bit.
“1941 ford gp pre war prototype for willys jeep…It is in good condition and runs ( all though not at the moment) It has a 9n tractor engine in it now… The orignal engine block goes with it and appeares to be in good condition…”
UPDATE: I had the wrong link associated with the pic. It is fixed now.
Mike forwarded me a drawing of women in bikinis on a jeep from Stag magazine. I remember the drawing as I had stumbled upon it a few years ago myself. That got me thinking, so I did a quick search of bikini’s and jeeps. I was surprised to find the following image. I had made it family friendly. You can see the original along with a few others at the “relevant married guy” website in a post called ‘Jeep girls … it’s a Jeep thing?‘.
