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UPDATE: Price dropped to $750. Looks like it was a nice jeep at some point.
“I am listing for my sweet lady friend. She have all original 1961 Willy 4X4 4 cylinders 4spd with L/H shifter it need total restoration, asking $750.00 OBO If interested? call 336-295-6340 or text # 336-558-6224 or 336-618-1973 both text only please, thanks”
http://winstonsalem.craigslist.org/cto/3868527117.html
It runs and drives, but needs some body work.
“Selling my Willys cj3a jeep. Runs good brakes need work body is rusty. 4×4 works with high and low. Has been sitting for a while and now won’t go into 3rd gear. Motor fires rite up does not smoke. Have title. 402-841-1931”
http://siouxcity.craigslist.org/cto/3865162543.html
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $600.
(04/12/2013) There looks like value here.
“Rare FC-150 Jeep Truck,1959 Forward Control 4 cylinder,4 wheel drive. Truck was running,but now has been parked outside for some time.
Good for restoration or parts,very cute little vehicle.”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $2500.
(05/10/2013) This looks more like a VEC based on the tool indents.
“runs good 4×4 works needs battery and brake work will sale for 2500 obo or trade for 4×4 truck”
Between the Bantam Festival presentations on Friday and Saturday (both at 1pm at or near the History area — I can’t say for sure at the moment) and that fact that we are camping (which makes charging our equipment difficult), there will likely be few updates. I’ll throw up a few old posts though.
We will be camping at Amphitheater C.
SCHEDULE FRIDAY:
9AM: We will be arriving at Coopers Lake
1PM: My Presentation starts
1:30PM: I will be selling/signing Finding Virginia books and should have a couple more Amber Panels books as well.
5PM: We’ll be participating in the downtown Butler Jeep Rally
SCHEDULE SATURDAY:
1PM: My Presentation starts
1:30PM: I will be selling/signing Finding Virginia books and should have a couple more Amber Panels books as well.
3PM: Docent in history building? TBD
Evening: Eating at the “Pigout”
SCHEDULE SUNDAY:
We hope to be on the road by 11AM. We plan to stop in at the Packard Museum in Ohio.
I expect to have time Sunday evening to do updates.
<– Day 39 – Tues. June 11th: Checking Out Butler | Trip Overview | Day 41- Thurs. June 13th: Heinz History Museum –>
A beautiful Kaiser Darrin. Arrived knowing little about Kaiser Frazer cars, but left far more knowledgable thanks to Dave.
On Wednesday June 12th we drove from Monroeville to Somerset and back.
On Wednesday the 12th we drove from Monroeville to Somerset, Pennsylvania.
We awoke Wednesday morning in Monroeville’s Extended Stay Motel. With access to our first kitchen since we’d hit the road, I made my lovely bride some breakfast in bed. It is always good to keep one’s wife happy while jeep hunting.
After breakfast, our big stop of the day was a visit with Dave Antram. He invited Ann and I over to check out some of the barns on his family’s 150 acre farm in Pennsylvania.
Dave said to look for this sign. That way we’d know we were at the right place.
His family’s been in the area a couple generations. Over time they’ve enjoyed building several different types of collections, including jeeps. As Dave welcomed us and we began our walk he noted there was a lot to show us. He even thought about contacting American Pickers to come visit. But, then he admitted it would be hard for him to sell anything at ‘picker’ prices.
One of the early vehicles they started collection were tractors. One unusual tractor in their collection employs an aftermarket kit from Sears and Roebuck to transform a 1920’s model A into a tractor. The parts painted red are the aftermarket pieces. The ones painted black are the Ford Model T parts.
Model T with a tractor kit from Sears and Roebuck attached.
Above the tractor collection is a model T that was purchased by the family brand new. It was in bad shape for decades until Dave’s father fulfilled a goal to restore it during the 1990s. These days they use it in parades.
Dave’s father next to the Model T he restored.
I don’t know the finer points of a stock Model T, but the quality of the restoration looked good.
Marc spotted this website. It looks like it was just launched last year. It might interest others in South Africa. http://www.cj2.co.za
I tried to do some updates last night, but the internet wasn’t cooperating. For lack of any other reason, I’m going to blame the storm. I think I should be able to do some updates mid afternoon.
Here’s a pic from a Willys News paper that I spotted while visiting with Dave Antram yesterday (thanks Dave!). More on that visit later.
UPDATE: This opportunity is closed. Thanks to everyone for their participation!
I’ve decided to sell a pre-release version of my newest book, and my first historical novel, the Amber Panels of Konigsberg for $30. I will only sell 30 copies. What I’m hoping to do is to give people a chance to help me catch some errors and/or add some input so I can complete the book by the end of July.
What $30 gets you:
1. Advance signed copy of book. You will encounter some errors, but that’s the point and the nature of this process. I am hoping next time I will be able to publish with a professional organization. I will describe how to submit errors when you purchase.
2. A complimentary copy of the final book when published. It should reach you sometime in August.
3. A credit in the final copy that includes your name in the book.
4. An opportunity to participate in the final writing process.
5. The satisfaction that you’ve helped out my writing career.
6. Maybe it will be a collector’s item someday!?!
I will be offering the same deal to people after my presentations on Friday and Saturday at the Bantam Fest.
Reviews so far:
Only one person, Bill Foshay, has read the book in it’s current form. Here’s what he had to say about it:
Amber panels……..never would have picked up such a book in a bookstore…..skimmed thru it backwards and said…this is going to be boring. Not my cup of tea.
Then.. I got bored and needed to read something…so I started in. Holy historical novel, batman, you have a HIT. Could NOT put it down. Another home run. Better than your last, which was great. I loved how you got jeeps involved.
<– Day 38 – Mon. June 10th: Trains and Planes | Trip Overview | Day 40 – Wed. June 12th: A Collection Worthy of a Kaiser –>
My partner-in-crime had a migraine in the morning, so I had to photograph myself. I came, I saw, I photographed!
On Tuesday we did a short tour of Butler then drove to Monroeville, Pennsylvania.
Tuesday June 11th’s drive from Butler to Monroeville, Pennsylvania.
On Tuesday morning, we woke up at the crack of 9am and were out the door by 10. Our breakfast stop was the CHOP SHOP. If you are in Butler, I can highly recommend the place (check out the menu). My prime rib wrap was great. Ann’s Lamb wrap (very thinly sliced lamb with feta and more) was especially good, but couldn’t eat it all, so she shared half her wrap with me … yum!
After breakfast, Ann came down with a migraine, so I took her back to the motel room to rest. Meanwhile, I took care of a personal task: locate and photograph the Bantam Factory Marker, one of those holy jeep grail items I can now tick off my list. The marker is at 662 Hansen Ave, Butler, PA and you can see the sign using Google’s street view.