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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $7888
Here’s a pretty nice CJ-2A with an early ’46 body. It’s got a number of updates.
“1946 Jeep Willys -Califonia car -’74 350 Corvette engine -4 speed manual trans
-’74 CJ5 running gear -44 dyna rear -30 dyna front -All guages work -Autometer tach – all guages work -No rust, -Newer Best Top with soft doors -Dual Fual tanks
-Ramsey Pro 9000 front mount winch -roll cage -Dual KC running lights -Deist seat/shoulder belt system -5 new BF Goodrich 33×12.50 R LT tires”
A reader asked me about shortening a steering shaft. Here’s one place I shortened a shaft I took out of a late 80s cherokee to put in my jeep.
Frankly, I don’t remember exactly what I started with, but I took a solid steel driving shaft and slipped it inside the cherokee shaft. Then I welded the two together. As a safety measure, I also drilled a hole and added a bolt with a self locking plastic ended nut to insure the nut doesn’t come off.
I used the same technique on the other end to get the correct fit for the steering column.
I’ve been sick the past couple days and have been watching way too much poor quality TV. However, I did manage to find a great Discovery Channel show about the Camino de la Muerte (the Road of Death) that runs from La Paz, Bolivia, to a height of 15,000 feet and then downhill into the Yungas region of Bolivia. In 1995, the Inter-American Development Bank listed the road as the most dangerous road in the world, with an average of 100 – 300 deaths a year (various sites were reporting differing averages). This page has a large number of pictures of the road.
Based on the Discovery Channel show, I can see why it’s dangerous, but I have to say it was hard to take the driver/narrator of the show seriously when he indicated being frightened. After all, it is a flat road, albeit with a steep drop off to one side. Just drive slowly and you’ll be fine. I guess I’ve been on enough hair raising, difficult jeep trails that I find it hard to take the ‘fear’ portion of the road of death seriously.
That said, if I ever do my round-the-world jeep trip, it will be high on my list of must visit roads.
Below is an image that was part of an article about Bolivia, however a reader named Allen identified it from a Warn Winch Ad, as seen on this page. It was taken on a formerly narrow section of the Black Bear Pass Road.
Brian, who is in Michigan, needs a passenger side fender. It does not have to be perfect because he plans to take the hat channel off it and remove the bulge for the battery. He needs the top and bull nose and the area that mounts to the side step to be in good shape.
If you have something, let me know and I’ll hook you up with him.
– Dave
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $4750
“WILLYS JEEP, 1951 CJ3A WITH 327 CHEVY V8, DOUBLE HUMP HEADS, WARN OVERDRIVE, WAGONEER BRAKES, POWER STEERING, EVERY THING WORKS
$4750 OBO.
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay.
Here’s a slatgrille MB out of Wisconsin. It appears in good shape.
“I bought this jeep in 2000 from Houston TX and had it shipped to Wisconsin where I had it restored. I have invested $14,000 into this vehicle but willing to part with it for less…. I am not a jeep expert by any means, but I believe this jeep is largely origional with a few exceptions… It has been upgraded to a 12 volt system, and the windshield is not original. Like a lot of old jeeps, it does drip a few drops of oil after driving, but this jeep looks and drives GREAT! I do not have a top for the jeep. I do not have a title, and this will be sold with a bill of sale only. Please dont hesitate to ask me with any questions you may have.”
UPDATE: *SOLD** Was $2000
The seller lists this as a ’49. It’s not, but with the 5 gauges, it is an earlier (pre Nov 1956 CJ-3B). Motor seized.
“Motor rebuilt 5 years ago, have all the original paperwork. Jeep has been sitting for 4 years; motor locked up. Body clean, no rust new fuel tank, foam filled tires.
Asking $2000 or OBO or will discuss trade”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $2900
It’s not clear to me why this jeep would need trailering even though it drives?
“Some what of a project still. All the hard work done just needs a few things put back on and figure out why the clutch is slipping. 12 volt system new tires new top and bimini top. new wiper motors and windoe rubber. Buick V-6 and 2” spring lift. Tub is solid and rhino lined inside and in the wheel wells. Has a new hood to go with it. Hasn’t seen the outdoors in plenty of years. Give it your finishing touches. “
UPDATE: I keep seeing the ‘follow me’ jeep from Portland for sale, so I thought I’d rerun this post from last year …
While looking for something else, I stumbled upon a website showing a model of a “follow me jeep”, which is shown to the right. The website notes:
Follow Me jeeps were jeeps that were used at airfields to help control ground traffic of airplanes at an air base.Follow Me jeeps used close to the front remained the normal olive drab paint color, but at bases farther to the rear, the jeeps became brightly colored.
I’ve never heard the term “follow me jeep”, though I did know they were used at airfields. However, I had never seen a jeep painted this way before. So, I wondered if the paint job was someone’s fantasy of what a “follow me jeep” might have been.
However, after doing a little searching, I found a page on Brian’s Military Jeeps Site that discusses, in depth, some of the unique characteristics of a “follow me jeep” plus some very specific restoration information, including an image of a jeep with the “gas attack” paint: portions of the jeep could change color if certain gasses were present.
And to the right is a black and white image of a checkered jeep and checkered trailer.
It’s a parts jeep.
“has orig. engine runs no trans or t-case body is complete has some rust damage but fixable good projecthas tow bar and is towable i had plans for it but have another project and need the room and money best reasonable offer takes it”