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UPDATE Price dropped to $6500.
(12/28/2023) If you are seeking a stock, clean CJ-6, this might be worth a look. Given the 0-9 KS Speedometer, this might be a fairly early 1st-year CJ-6.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1354646018570484
“1956 willys cj6. Approximately 20” longer than cj5. 4×4 11” brakes, f head 4 cylinder runs good but needs carb work. 44 rear end. Good tires. Petronics Distributor, still 6 volt all original.”
This is a recent build that has an overheating issue. Maybe a shroud and/or a fan spacer would help.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1560017451395619
“Small block Chevy swapped flat-fender. I built this from the ground up and spent the last 2.5 years + too much money making it into an off-road beast that can hit the Highway aswell. Parts and components: 350 SBC Holley 4150 SM465 Dana 18 Custom narrowed passenger drop Dana 44 Toyota Land Cruiser FJ62 rear end 4.10 gears Custom roll cage 37 inch Toyo Open Country tires (40% tread) Custom driveshafts Power steering Custom suspension Badlands Apex 12k winch The bad: Overheats Needs tinkering Very cool vintage 4×4 that is a project for someone with more time than me. Send offers. Will only trade for Jeep CJ-6, Vintage Wagoneer, or Jeep TJ/LJ.”
This is a not-yet-titled project.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/712351913815120
“1948 with 1953 Frame and running gear. Dana 44 in the rear. Runs and drives. All new wiring. Needs brakes still. Have paperwork for CA title. Need VIN Verification complete for plates”
This is a project with a replacement body.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/671786638393959
“1950 Willy’s Jeep m serial number as is. I have a 350 and a turbo 350 transmission with transfer case also for it.”
UPDATE: Still Available.
(01/07/2024) Runs and drives, so may have some value.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1304780040236571
“Runs drives stops needs front drive shaft put in was removed for transport no paper work has rust but frame is great price is”
If the floors are good, this may be worth a look, though it’s a long drive from most anywhere.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/3617626295140912/
“1948 jeepster with a almost rust free body, title, seats, 4 cly engine, 60 mile from Vegas in Pahrump,NV”
UPDATE: Still Available.
(01/07/2023) This is a rolling chassis.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2381848578690555
“CJ3B (High hood)’body on rolling chassis. Very straight little rust.”
This is a project.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1431100501090918/
“Collectible & Art-Antique 1950 Panel 1964 Chassy Needs Restoration”
The fourth installment of the 1963 Jeep News shifted back to eight pages with this issue. It’s clear from the front pages thus far in 1963 that the Wagoneer and Gladiators were popular additions to the jeep line up. Each month seemed to bring reports of new sales highs.
Also interesting on page one is the reference to Wide World of Sports (WWOS) filming the 1963 Jeeporama near Boulder, Colorado. Unfortunately, I had no luck finding any WWOS episodes related to that filming.
Page two brings us the story of Noble Trenham and Dean Fisher, a pair of adventurers who went around the world in a modified FC-170. Their story includes their interrogation by Colombian officials who didn’t believe they were on a goodwill tour. The situation looked dire until they produced evidence of attending USC; it turned out their interrogators were familiar with two local boys who were also attending USC. You can read that story here: https://issuu.com/trailsmag/docs/august-2012/25, which is part of a series titled A True TrailBlazer in Trailblazer magazine (series starts with this April issue).
The article also mentioned that a book was in the works. Well, the work took decades, because it wasn’t until 2018 that a book was finally published by Dean Fisher (if there’s an earlier book, I didn’t find it in my brief searches). I just bought a copy, so I’ll let you know what I think: https://www.amazon.com/Roads-Peoples-Birds-Mountaintops-Billabongs/dp/1622881877 .
Page three of this Jeep news shares one of the more interesting DJ-3A ice cream trucks I’ve ever seen. I wonder what ever happened to it? Also on page three, the page reported that the Sareea Al Jamel 4WD Club of Indio’s annual desert trip drew 322 vehicles and 978 people!
Pages four, five and six celebrate the 60th year of the company, starting with Overland. Page seven includes a variety of photos, including a CJ-3B, which is a surprise given those rigs had been ignored by the editors of Jeep News for years!
Page eight tells the story of the “Jeep mounted band”, while a photo farther down on the page shows another example of a Virgin Islands FC used as a tour jeep (here is a different example).
This issue of jeep news included a handy index to locate information within earlier editions of the newsletter. That would have been handy to have for the regular Jeep News issues as well.
