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UPDATE: **SOLD*** Was $2600
It runs and drives.
“1948 Willy’s Jeep. New clutch, motor mounts and transmission mounts and gas tank.
Runs excellent…
Also have extra parts front end, rear end, transmission, transfer case, extra large wheels and tires, starter, generator and carb.
ASKING $2,600.00 Twenty Six Hundred TAKE ALL…”
There is work left to do. I think the body is fiberglass.
“-rebuilt flathead engine
-rebuilt rear-end
-Driveable
Work in progress, don’t have time to mess with it…..
Price: $2500.00 Call 256/762-1756”
http://shoals.craigslist.org/cto/4284662561.html
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was eBay.
This runs and drives. There’s some value here.
“As you can see from the pictures this a 1948 Willys CJ2a. It is in need for a total restoration even though I have used it “as is” for 7 yrs. running it around the Chino airport.
The jeep starts right up every time.
It has been converted to 12 VOLT, thus the charging system works very well.
Has a heater not hooked up, people tell me they are rare?
Shift into all gears, grinds if you go to fast.
The brakes are stiff (not strong), it may just be the linkage or pads, not sure but they should be redone.
The steering is hard to turn? In the pictures you can see it comes with the 3 tie rod ends and the steering link end so that you can renew the steering arms. The shafts probably need grease and or rebuild?
Tires are old, cracked, and warn but they almost never need air.
The body has rust in the corners and some places on the floor have been replaced but seems to be attached well and strong.
Windows have cracks, body has dents
Comes with two pneumatic wiper motors that I was told were NOS.
There are many parts in the pictures that go with the Jeep.”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was listed at $2500.
(09/05/2013) This might be a rare CJ-2L, which is a CJ-2A that was stretched by someone in California. Examples of CJ-2Ls. Learn more about the CJ-2L here.
“good project jeep lenghten 2′ from factory no motor rebuilt muncie SM 420 4sp w/ dana 18 tcase & muncie overdrive 2.5″ rancho lift dana 25 frt dana 44 rear 5.38 painless wire harness other extras go with it.”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $2000
“I have a rare 1949 Overland for sale not title, no engine or tranny. Can get title will the right documentation. Very little rust. Have most of chrome for the car and the rails for fold down top are all intact good project car. Car has been stored for over 30 years if interested call or text the number above.”
No pics provided. It was listed last month, but I imagine it is still available.
“Up for sale is my grandpas 1948 willys jeep. He has no time for it anymore and needs to be gone. The jeep had sat in the woods for 20 years. And my grandparents were moving so I had to pull it out. Everything original is all there. If interested there is another complete chassis minus the body you can also have. (719) 315-7170 give me a text.”
http://springfieldil.craigslist.org/cto/4241112608.html
This is a project, but includes a GPA motor.
“I have a 1943 Willys jeep for sale, in process of restoring but moving forces sale, frames is excellent, normal rusted out areas for body, but easy fix, engine does turn over, transfer case is good, still some orginal paint on all parts, “F” stamped transmission and transfer case, GPA motor, rare engine. DOD is FEB 19-29 1943….Have title that matches orginal body/Frame. Engine was overhauled in Topeka KS 08/24/1945 with all STD bearings so you know it wasn’t abused. Has 4 Combat rims
In photo it has cj2 headlights but previous owner just mounted them there, not buckets, has hinged brackets under hood.”
http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/cto/4242130277.html
No pics provided.
“1946 Willy’s CJ2
Frame transmission ,Body, Grill ,Tailgate
not running
Have title”
UPDATE: Still Available
(01/06/2014) Does not run.
“i am selling my 1953 willys jeep. it is in pretty good condition but does not run has very minimal rust. would make a good project it has a 2.8 buick motor in it and it will turn over but doesnt want to run thanks for looking 4196809786 2000 obo”
http://toledo.craigslist.org/cto/4273728974.html
UPDATE: Still Available
(08/01/2013) This looks solid. It has several updates.
“61 willy wagon
runs good
4X4 283 chevy motor with original transmission and axles (with over drive).
am open to reasonable offers
602-993-3797”
http://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/cto/4284501681.html
The California Automobile Museum (location) in Sacramento has at least three. I have been there yet, but it might be a potential stop on our California tour in March. The M-38 and CJ-2A were photographed by Jack Snell in August of 2013 (more great jeep photos by Jack in his photo stream).
This 1951 M-38 looks good:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jacksnell707/9623631181/ M-38 @ the California Automobile Museum
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jacksnell707/9626867018/in/photostream/ M-38 @ the California Automobile Museum
This 1945 VEC CJ-2A looks very good:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jacksnell707/9626420176/lightbox/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jacksnell707/9626419994/
The museum also has a 1943 GPW which was photographed and posted here along with other images from the museum. Below is the photo of the GPW:
Here are a few more photos from the “Pictoral History of the Second World War”.
This first photo is really interesting. Here’s the caption:
OUTWITTING THE NAZIS: A little thing like a capsized ship doesn’t stand in the way of the U.S. Army engineers. Here, in the Naples Harbor they have outwitted the Nazis and turned a deficit into an asset by transforming an overturned ship into a pier. Nazi demolition ships in the harbor at Naples, like this one, did not count on the ingenuity of the Engineers. The ship’s superstructure, digging into the harbor bottom, steadies the hull. All five hatches of a Liberty ship can be unloaded at once alongside this improvised pier. All during the campaign through Italy the Allies came across numerous scenes of destruction like the one pictured here, designed to slow up the Allied march to victory in the former Mussolini stronghold.
I wish the light had been better for this photo: