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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $9200.
(10/01/2012) This looks solid.
“1947 Willys CJ-2A Jeep – 4WD
Runs and drives excellent – Clear Title – Jeep was restored approx. 10 years ago (metal/paint, engine, etc.) – Has NEW (1 year old) MILITARY canvas top as well as NEW IN BOX green vinyl top – NEW tires + Spare – More pictures available upon request. – Odometer reads 75694 – Overall this is s nice Jeep that just needs the finishing touches to be spectacular.”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $1500
(12/25/2012) This runs.
“This is a 85 plus percent complete Jeep FC170 ready to be restored. It has bee setting for about 6 years. The engine runs great, when I took these picture a couple months ago the engine fired right up after putting a little gas in carburetor and cleaning the points. The engine is the straight six Continental. The body has some sheet metal patches on it, the front bumper has been replaced with a very solid U channel beam, it does not have a tail gate. It does have a clear title.”
Larry has begun doing research on his M-38 that he has begun to restore. However, the only numbers he has so far are his hood numbers. Based on my research, I couldn’t find any pattern between hood numbers as a tool for determining an exact VIN number. So, we thought we’d post what he has in case anyone has other ideas.
Larry writes, “I realize that hood numbers were put on in random lots but it is possible that they were put on sequentially. I am narrowed down to 32 serial numbers producd for 6-52 and they begin with MC71350 -MC71382 and I know four of those numbers are assigned to M38s on another website data base My hood number is 20945312. I want to find anyone with a 6-52 M38 with numbers above or below this hood number. If they will contact me by email so I can get their hood numbers and serial numbers by seeing which way the serial numbers go as compared to the hood numbers I may be able to figure out my number. yeah its a long shot and there are those that said it cant be done that way.
Now I dont know much about the way things were done by the Willys factory but I did get assigned to a military paint shop and we were tasked to take all the vehicles we had just received straight from the factory and repaint them camo with all the numbers done in subdued black. We all had to keep records of the vehicle, the serial number, unit number as assigned, etc. While doing this I noted that the serial numbers went up consecutively and the registraion numbers assigned all went down.
So, if there are any owners of Army M38s with DOD of 6-52 and hood numbers above and below and close to the hood number 20945312, please send an email to loop_m@hotmail.com and please put M38 REQUESTEDINFO in the subject line.”
Craig’s CJ-3B has been a regular visitor at Sam’s Flatfender Willys shop in Arvada, Colorado, where Craig has allowed Sam to experiment and update his jeep in a variety of ways.
Sam’s not some shade-tree jeep mechanic; instead, he brings 45 years of experience owning, running and working in hotrod shops in California. One of the early projects he worked on was the famous Munster Mobile. Sam tried retiring, but that didn’t work for him, so when he moved to Colorado years ago he started buying jeeps for himself and rebuilding others.
It doesn’t take long when talking with Sam until you realize that he has a lot of ideas, and they all seem to be good ones. So, I am not too surprised that folks in the Colorado area keep him plenty busy restoring, updating and servicing their old jeeps. If you want to contact Sam and talk with him about your jeep, you can email him at flatfenderwillys@comcast.net or call him at 720-841-0614. His shop rates are very reasonable.
As I mentioned, Sam has done a variety of changes to Craig’s jeep, including a rack and pinion system, an emergency brake, a lift, and a complete rewire. This time Sam volunteered to give Craig an inexpensive floor pan a rebuild.
Here are the old pics:
In the image below the arrow points to a rubber line. Replacing that was a priority for Sam.
Front floor removed and replaced . Dark Brown is new floor and black is removable two piece front and rear panels for access to transmission. NOTE: the arrow points to the new STEEL fuel line.
A shot of the complete Mutt. When it came time to paint it, Sam was ready, but Craig wasn’t. He said he wanted it to look like a Mutt, so he is keeping the mismatched colors like they are for now.
Here is the trailer that Sam built for the Mutt. There are more images of the trailer here.
UPDATE: Was listed at $850. **SOLD**
It might not take much to get this running. It could be a good price.
“1947 CJ2A Jeep, ran when parked 10 years ago. All stock motor and runing gear.”
Unclear if it runs. It might have full floating rear axles.
“1942 Willy’s Jeep good project $ 1200.00 OBO call JR (209) 329-5167”
http://stockton.craigslist.org/cto/2843965125.html
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was priced at $4000
This looks like a good price.
“Very rare 1946 Willys CJ2A with factory column shift transmission not many made, not many left. New engine, transmission, transfer case, rear deferential. New brakes, lines, hoses, gas tank, etc…. 55mph not a problem but its been babied and stored inside. Selling below whats in it so I can get something different.”
I’m sure this will be popular.
“This is only the Willys rear PTO gear box for sale, not the Willys CJ3b. No broken ears , turns smooth, breather tube is banged up as shown in last picture. Please ask if you have any questions, It has the numbers 640504 w on it”
This might be a good article. I tried to find the article online, but didn’t have any luck.
“This is an original magazine article carefully removed from COLLECTIBLE AUTOMOBILE magazine. This is a high quality production with high quality paper, without advertising. If you are familiar with this magazine, then you know its quality is considered the best in the industry. This is a 3, 4 or 5 page article under the heading of Collectible Commercial Vehicles.
To determine the approximate length of the article, look at the above photo. If you see 2 sheets it is probably 3 pages long. If you see 3 sheets, it will be probably be 4 pages or maybe 5 pages, and so forth..”
After the papercraft jeep post, I stumpled upon a french website called maquettes-papier that had several different paper jeeps. Unfortunately, my French is a little weak. I believe the jeep below was built from some plans and the jeep below that was custom made.
http://www.maquettes-papier.net/forumenpapier/topic3660.html
The SAS Jeep: http://www.maquettes-papier.net/forumenpapier/topic2525-30.html
More SAS jeep images here:
http://www.maquettes-papier.net/forumenpapier/topic4478-105.html#p93275
Additional Models of paper Military Vehicles can be found here:
http://www.maquettes-papier.net/forumenpapier/topic6555-15.html#p65323
