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Engine is out and needing work, but there seems to be value in this project.
https://indianapolis.craigslist.org/cto/d/connersville-1945-willys-military-jeep/7467642567.html
“1945 Willys needs total restoration, 4 cyl motor needs rebuilt, 16″ wheels, 3 speed transmission, O.D paint. DOES NOT RUN, motor is pulled and on a skid. asking $3,800……WOULD ALSO PART OUT”
This has a Porter & Reed hardtop. It’s supposed to run.
https://vermont.craigslist.org/pts/d/westport-1946-cj2-willys/7469448127.html
“Great solid frame in original running condition 6 v o l t do not bother me with low-ball offers please call”
Includes the trailer.
https://anchorage.craigslist.org/cto/d/anchorage-1947-cj2a-willys-jeep/7474119655.html
“1947 cj2a jeep, sn 135-347, with 52000 miles. Comes with its own trailer and spare tire.”
No pics provided.
https://auburn.craigslist.org/atq/d/camp-hill-1948-cj-willys-jeep/7473457058.html
“Original CJ Willys Jeep. Runs great. All new tires and battery.”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay.
Bill spotted this project Mighty Mite for sale. The starting bid is $3000.
“Up for auction is a AMC M422 A1 Mighty Mite
The original data plate is missing but the frame number is 3232, the body number is 3521, the hood number is 310001 and there are faint unit markings on each side and on the tailgate that consist of the letter V with the numbers 600 above the V and HQ to the bottom right of the V.
The Aluminum body is in good shape without any major damage. There is some cracking around the master cylinder access hole, a shallow dent in the top of the hood and small dent in the passenger side front corner of the fender. Please refer to the pictures for overall condition.
The steel body to windshield cowl is very thin and will need to be replaced. It would make an excellent template to fabricate an new one. The steel windshield frame is in pretty rough shape. I have seen worse saved though.
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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $15,000.
Listed as a either a 1943 or 1946, this looks most like a 1946 CJ-2A.
“1943 or 1946 Jeep Willys for sale. (probably 1943)”
There might be some value here if you need truck parts.
https://vermont.craigslist.org/bar/d/middlebury-willys-trucks/7475206522.html
“I have 3 willys trucks for sale. They are parts trucks. 2 have a 4 cylinder engine. 1 is a 6 cylinder super hurricane. They all have complete power trained. Lots if good parts. I’m looking for $600 each or $1800 for all 3.”
This body does look in good shape, but note the drain holes appear patched.
https://cincinnati.craigslist.org/pts/d/cincinnati-willys-cj2a-1947-body/7470877153.html
“Willys CJ2A 1947
Complete body minus front grille
Good condition
Must see to appreciate”
Unclear how much value is here.
https://seattle.craigslist.org/oly/pts/d/satsop-1944-willys-ford-jeep/7475436307.html
“44 JEEP GPW project
it has 75 cj 5 dana 44 flange rear , 30 front
289 ford that jump time
t18 4 sp. dana 20 trasfer
3500 with 289
3000 with out
have title”
I’ve been going through old photos, from both my collection and my parents, to discard the ones that will mean nothing to anyone else (and save my kids from having to throw them out later). Among the photos were some of these early pics of my first jeep, which I eventually called the “Great Escape”.
I started building it when I was 20, a rig for racing, street, and trail. It was built on a part-time cook’s salary, so most everything was hand-me-down parts or hand built parts (example: the spring-shock plates were hand-saw cut from very old railroad-tie plates similar this. Why? Because it was steel we had laying around the garage. The ones we had were about a half-inch thick.
The earliest build pics:
Together and running with the original, used, mini-terra tires (also marketed as mini-terror tires):
UPDATE: Barney Goodwin (of Barney’s Jeep Parts) sent this 1973 photo out of Houston showing another possible example of an orange city-of-Houston CJ-5 painted similarly to the jeeps below.
Barney added, “This photo was taken in June, 1973 in my hometown of Houston. A neighbor who was an official for the City of Houston owned it. (His city car is to the left of the Jeep in the photo).
Like the Jeeps in the posting (below), I believe this had been a fleet Jeep, special ordered for a construction company, municipality or county. It had the same hard top as in the photos (see the doors propped against the wall behind it. Out of sight but in my copy is the windshield. It is orange also) Note the orange hinges, mirror arm, etc.
The changes he made to it were sand tires (the beach was 50 miles nearby) which I believe were on the Kelsey deep dish rims used on the Renegade and Renegade I, and also the white upholstery .
It was neat to see him cruise around on hot Houston summer days in this- just as it appears.”
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A 1968 image from a slide on eBay shows a dually CJ-5 that’s been modified in an unusual way. Too bad the quality isn’t better.
From this pic:
A second photo on eBay reveals there were two jeeps at the 1968 equipment show in Houston, the jeep above and a second dually CJ-5 with a back hoe. Unfortunately, the image isn’t hi res enough to reveal much about the jeeps:
From the top of this photo:
UPDATE: I had something else planned for today, but my email turned flakey, so those pics will have to wait until tomorrow …. This is the third time I’ve reposted this, as the first two links turned back. I first posted the video below in 2015. It’s worth a second third look.
This video is called “WWII Jeep Gets an Honorable Discharge” and shows Mayor Fred Heine’s Ford GP. The video shows the jeep working on the farm. Lots of great shots. Wyatt’s father was the first person to work on it when Fred Heine couldn’t get it started. The jeep is now at the U.S.Veterans Memorial Museum in Huntsville Alabama, which was featured last week.