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TJ spotted this modified CJ-5. Appears worth a look at this price.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1262857350538739/
“Has the I6 258 engine miles unknown. Tranny is a T18 4 speed , Transfer Case is a Dana 20. Front is a Dana 30 with a Detroit locker Rear Dana 44 with a Detroit locker as well. New 34in Swampers and black steelies.”
Interesting setup.
https://jacksonville.craigslist.org/cto/d/lake-city-1960-jeep-fc-170/6834057597.html
“up for sale is this 1960 jeep forward control [ fc 170 ] this is a true Arizona truck all its life its been in side here in florida for the last several years cab and box are rust free , actually rot free with minor surface rust . this has a running 283 chevy engine with a standard shift 3speed tranny with a borg warner overdrive yes its 4 wheel drive , has front disc brake conversion on the original dana 44 , the bed has been widen and lengthen to accommodate the homemade camper which is wood framed with fiberglass on the outside , this was built approx. in the early seventies many cool features were built into this truck I added the front 8000 lb pto factory optional bumper and winch , this is still a project but does run and has functioning brakes, please call for more details , to much to list info wise in this add , no trades”
UPDATE: Price dropped to $5900.
(06/19/2018) Has lots of updates.
https://sfbay.craigslist.org/eby/cto/d/hayward-1946-jeep-willys-v8-350/6833326618.html
“Runs very good 4×4 350 motor Chevy power steering disc brakes runs perfect”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $5000.
(01/16/2019) The front bumper has been modified and there are a few additional, minor changes.
“BARN FIND all original, Unmolested. Just needs battery & carb cleaned. Been sitting 4 awhile !!!”
It’s a roller.
https://losangeles.craigslist.org/sfv/cto/d/san-diego-1948-willys-jeep-cj2a/6833773036.html
“1948 Willys Jeep CJ2A HAS TITLE
No drivetrain, No interior.
Straight body. Good frame. It rolls. That’s it.”
UPDATE: Still Available.
(02/02/2019) Could be worth a look.
https://eugene.craigslist.org/cto/d/idleyld-park-47-willys-cj2a/6807995536.html
“47 willys, runs and drives but needs a starter. Body a little rough but solid. Flat head 4cyl, 3spd trans.”
This has a rear PTO and looks pretty original. May have a little body rust.
https://losangeles.craigslist.org/wst/pts/d/torrance-1947-willys-jeep/6833299507.html
“1947 Willy’s Jeep. Original owner. PTO for farm equipment. 6 volt system. $4000.”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $1500.
Rob spotted this vintage jeep.
“Early CJ2A with column shift transmission Not rusty but fairly beat up, came from Arizona. Frame is rough but we have a really nice frame also from Arizona that goes with this one. Runs great, brakes work, missing original seats, Clean WA title that matches the tags”
UPDATE 3: There are some broken links, so I’ll need to spend some time and clean up this post.
UPDATE 2: Daniel Strohl over at Hemmings provided a solid background update about Wally Cohn.
“Born in 1924 in Germany, his father and stepmother sent him to the Chicago area in 1937 both to live with family and to escape the increasingly anti-Semitic mood in Germany. After Kristallnacht, his older brother Herman, his father Siegfried, and his stepmother joined him in Chicago. Walter flew 30 missions for the U.S. Army Air Corps as a bombardier during the war, earning a Distinguished Flying Cross and a Bronze Star and rising at least to the rank of Sergeant. After the war, he served as a member of the chief justice’s staff during the war crimes trials in Nuremberg, then returned to the United States and founded W&W Foreign Auto Parts in Blue Island, Illinois.”
UPDATE: A reader named Clint just determined what type of vehicle Wally was using — A 1936-1940 Opel Olympia. Here are two links to images: Link 1 & Link 2. Thanks Clint!
ORIGINAL POST published in 2010: I ran across the images shown below and others. I didn’t think much of them until I looked more closely. It appears the builder, who I assume is Wally Cohn, has merged a 1936-1940 Opel Olympia with a MB to create, arguably, the first Jeepster-like vehicle, except it is four wheel drive. The ‘Wally’ appears to use the entire jeep drive train. If you look in back, you’ll even see this car can tow a trailer!
Who is Wally Cohn? I have no idea. I can’t seem to find anything about him, other than his name was Wally Cohn and he was nicknamed the Jeep King by photographer Walter Sanders.
Photographer Walter (Wally) Sanders worked for Life Magazine from 1944 to 1961. After growing up and leaving Germany for the US in 1937, he returned in early 1946 and lived the rest of his life in Europe, mostly in Munich. You can learn more about his biography here.
Because Walter was in Europe during December of 1946, and because these photos were snapped during that month, and because of Wally’s uniform (which Bob noted is an Army Airforce Uniform), I have concluded that Wally Cohn was a member of the armed services trying to merge cars and jeeps into a Wally vehicle of some kind (note the name Wally is displayed prominently on the dash in one of the pics).
This would be a great collector’s item — and a cool jeep too!
UPDATE: I didn’t understand the significance of this ad until purchasing Fred Coldwell’s “Selling the All-American Wonder” (great collection of Willys-Overland WWII ads). It’s the only WWII Willys-Overland ad that I’ve found which doesn’t appear in his book. Titled “They’re getting the stuff and they’re using it, too!”, the ad seems to have been only published in the newspaper.
Originally published January 12, 2019. This Willys Overland Ad appeared in the September 25, 1944 issue of The CIO News.
