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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $1200.
Looks like a good price.
“1982 AM General DJ-5 Clean title in hand.Runs and drives great. Right hand drive.Very unique.$1200 OBO | Open to trades”
The top should clean up pretty well.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1934348969990876
“Selling a Willy’s cold weather hard top in good condition. Should fit ww2, cj3a and cj3b I believe. Came off of a cj3a.”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $9000.
Needs some better pics. Obviously not a military jeep.
“Restored, rebuilt military Jeep, runs good, has been garaged.”
UPDATE: Still Available.
https://billings.craigslist.org/cto/d/1947-willys-jeep/6737885770.html
(11/17/2017) “1947 Willys Jeep
In good shape
New Tires
Lots of New Parts”
The body has seen some work and the jeep needs more work.
https://nashville.craigslist.org/cto/d/1948-willys-jeep-cash-or-trade/6733398874.html
“1948 Willys Jeep. Rebuilt 134 engine. Needs wiring and starter, brake lines to run. Solid tub needs drivers side floor repair. Clean title.”
UPDATE: I scanned the this image “JEEPERS” by Emmett Watson and cleaned up the lines and scratches as best I could. The final size is 18″x24″, which should make it easy to put in a frame. It was part of a calendar, but I can find no information or the images from the calendar.
Some folks have asked for prints of this illustration, as it is difficult to find. I do not yet have a price on that, but I don’t plan on printing many (15-30 depending on requests), so I suspect the price will be around $25/each to cover my costs and shipping, but I haven’t finalized that.
You can’t see it, but the piece has “TDM CO, U.S.A.” printed in the lower right corner. I believe that refers to the Thomas D. Murphy company, launched by Thomas D. Murphy in the late 1800s. Here’s a bit of history on him:
In 1889, Thomas D. Murphy of Red Oak, Iowa, publisher of the local newspaper, had an idea. Adapt his printing plant and expertise and create calendars with exquisite reproductions of paintings by American masters. Murphy invented the advertising art calendar and one of the first painters Murphy contacted was Thomas Moran. The idea was so successful that Murphy calendars would be purchased and given away by banks, insurance agencies, livery stables, auto dealers, shops, businesses and manufacturers for a century.
After searching, I cannot find anyone who owns the copyright to this image (TDM appears dead). So, I feel comfortable getting some of these printed.
In 2014, a lithograph of JEEPERS, possibly an image from another calendar, sold with a frame at auction for $75.00.
Here’s another illustration that might have been a companion piece, given there are bears, a camp site, and two men, one with a red shirt and one with a blue shirt, and the same red blanket. It’s titled Smokey the Bear and it went up for auction last year.
Interesting Baker Drug Store Wagon. Note the single window. I wonder if it was ordered that way?
View all the information on eBay
“VINTAGE POSTCARD – CONDITION: EXC – SEE SCANS. DATE/ERA: c1950s-60s. Standard Size 3.5×5.5 Inches.”
UPDATE: Price dropped to $8500.
(12/12/2017) Interior could use a little TLC.
https://newyork.craigslist.org/lgi/cto/d/1949-jeep-willys-overlander/6730199259.html
“Very nice barn find Jeepster Overland with a good running flat head.
Car is original and in good condition, no rust.
Open to trades”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $13,500.
(10/16/2018) Rob’s selling his nice looking 3A named “Scout” with a set of beautiful Free-Lock hubs.
“his CJ-3A, affectionately known as “Scout,” was born in 1950. Having spent the majority of its life on a mountain property in Mariposa, CA; this Willys Jeep has always been 100% free from any rot, cancer, or structural rust.
After a lengthy search for the right era-stock 3A, in 2012 I purchased Scout from its second California owner. Shortly thereafter, I found another unit that had a freshly rebuilt drivetrain (less than 20 hours), so I purchased it too and combined our solid rust-free Scout with the fresh heart and axles of the donor.
As I have a hard time leaving well enough alone, your new Willys will come with $10,723.51 in parts receipts, including the new “Herm the Overdrive Guy” 30% overdrive! Yes, everything works as designed. Every gauge, headlight, taillight, and parking light; even the factory high beam indicator and map light glow proudly on the dash. The transmission and transfer case shift with a positive engagement rarely found in Jeeps of this era. The engine starts right up, hot or cold, and purrs like a kitten at 180 degrees; always. The custom receiver hitch is ready to haul your boat to the pond. And if worse comes to worse, the Bellview/Warn winch powered by a custom 6/12v battery system stands at the ready.
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