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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $6000.
This looks to be a pretty rust free CJ-3B with a variety of good upgrades.
“All stock except for Chevy 4 cyl engine, Warn OD, 11″ brakes, Chevy steering, Rancho suspension, Bestop top, Toyota LC seats, Smittybuilt roll cage.”
The bid is only at $610 as of Sunday morning. The equipment could use some cleaning, but looks to be a complete package. I haven't seen trenching equipment for sale that is in such good shape.
"1951 CJ3A Jeep A Trench with The Auburn Willys Overland authorized Trencher attachment. Jeep is complete. Has approx $2,000 worth of hard to find vintage options like Govenor, rear tractor box PTO, Hub PTO, etc…alone. Jeep used until the motor failed, then parked, resulting in the Jeep staying complete. Have owned for over 5 years and was bought from an off road equipment dealer. Unique piece of Jeep Willys history for a collector…"
This is probably being sold by a seller who has been trying to sell a couple other nicely finished jeeps and stainless jeep parts.
“Stainless steel willys jeep very rare call for details.will trade for muscle car,hotrod,pro street car,nice lifted rubicon wrangler rockcrawler,beach property. *** SOLD***”
UPDATE: Price dropped to $3250 **SOLD** I saw this driving around the other day in fact!
This CJ-3B has been for sale for a couple of months. Nampa is a suburb of Boise.
“53 willys. strong running 307 v8.(small block chevy) light and quick.fun to drive.3 speed trans.dual exhaust.sounds good.looks good.runs great.nice bikini top,new windshield and seal,modern bucket seats. “
The American Sand Association operates a nice website with plenty of information about sand dunes across the United States. Here’s their bulletin board.
“The mission of the American Sand Association is simple: “Unite, Inform and Mobilize: We accomplish that mission throught the use of the volunteers. We believe in responsible resource management for the people. The American Sand Assotiation supports a national cooperation of local and regonal sand sport organization and shares with them ideas and infomration to help them Unite, Inform and Mobilize.”
This 1942 GPW has been extensively rebuilt into a rock climber. No hack job here as the builder documents his efforts through a series of words and pictures. The builder writes that the jeep was featured in the December 2006 issue of 4 Wheel Drive & Sport Utility Magazine; however, I couldn't locate the article nor the builder's name.
"I stripped the Jeep down to the bare frame and started work. The frame was a stock GPW frame that had some previous 'fixes' done to it and it had a few cracks. I completely boxed and strapped the top and bottom of the frame. If I were to do it again I would definitely make my own frame from scratch using 2"x4" box tube. To strap the frame I used 2"x1/4" steel and stitch welded it along the length of the frame. I made cardboard templates of the sections to be boxed and then cut them out of some plate steel."
Learn more about the details of this rebuild here. He also details how he turned a Pro Tools 105 HD bender into a hydraulic bender.
I've got my crankshaft problem solved 🙂
Yesterday I drove out to Caldwell to meet Terry Zabel and checkout a $50 buick v6. This craigslist find was my least expensive crankshaft option, so I had low expectations, but high hopes. The engine came without an intake, rocker arms and a few misc pieces, but one useful item they did include for me (thanks to his brother Tony) was an even-fired flywheel, which I had been seeking (but couldn't find) in case I wanted to move back to a manual tranny. As soon as I saw the flywheel, I figured the crankshaft was gravy, so I told them I would take it.
Back home, I quickly pulled it apart (which wasn't too difficult as most of the timing chain bolts and oil pan bolts were missing anyway). When I finally got to the crankshaft and pulled off the first rod, I was relieved to see virtually no wear. It didn't take long to pull out the crankshaft and see that it had been turned .010 and was in excellent shape … whew! So, I took it to Bob's today and Lyle mic'd it, confirming my assumptions and telling me the same thing, "much better than the other one". Also, the block itself looks to be in great shape, though it's been bored .030 already. So, I'll save this block and use it as the base for a backup v6 for future use.
UPDATE: Oops, that was programmer (and QA control) error .. now check out the pics — thanks Mitch! Note the bid price, already at $15k.
With a starting bid of $10k, this is one restored jeep whose price might just rise beyond the $10k bid. The seller makes a strong argument that this was the VERY LAST WWII jeep to be made. It comes equipped with all kinds of extras and its pictures are worth browsing.
"Let me start by saying that this is the finest World War Two Jeep on the planet!!This 1945 Willys jeep is the last know jeep delivered in World War Two,if you look at the picture of the original dash plaque it is dated 8/20/1945.This is the last day of delivery and the last jeep KNOWN built that day!!!!So lets get past the early historic aspect of this jeep and lets look a little more at its more recent history.This Jeep belonged to Hillcrest Cadillac in Beverly Hills…."
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay.
This is a 2wd Sand Rail. I suspect the body is fiberglass. Looks well built.
“This is a two wheel drive, sand drag,off road dune jeep. Here is a partial list of features it has: a Narrowed 9 inch Posi Rear; Turbo 350 rebuilt transmission with a 3500 stall converter; 4 bolt main 400 HP Chevy 350 with Vortec angle plug heads; big hydraulic cam; 850 Holley double pumper carb; MSD ignition; 200 HP Edelbrock NO2 system. The Jeep has been lengthened about 10 inches in the front.”
Last October, I bought a 1980 buick v6 with approx 50k miles that had been built to put out approx 250hp. The engine details included: "9.1 Compression, Hypereutectic Pistons, Balanced, 288 Duration Cam, Head is Ported with 174-150 Stainless Valves, Aluminum Edelbrock Performer Intake 4 Barrel, Holley Aluminum Valve Covers,High Volume Oil Pump". Those are the kind of v6 specs I wanted, so it sounded ideal.
The guy I purchased it from (off craigslist of course) said it would likely need new rings and cam bearings, but everything else should be good to go. So, I've been looking forward to the engine rebuild as I figured it would be pretty straight forward.
So, yesterday I started taking apart the engine. Everything looked as expected until I pulled off the heads. Inside number 1 & 2 chambers were some rust, thick carbon deposits and dust (see upper right pick — it's not horrible, but dirtier than I expected). At that point, I decided the entire engine needed an inspection, so I pulled everything out. When I got to the crankshaft, I could see there was definitely some wear — I would need to take it to a machine shop and have them review it.
This morning, I did just that. First we discovered it had already been turned 010 and, after pulling out his micrometer, he determined that we'd have to go at least to 030, but he wasn't sure there was enough metal left to make that work.
So, I'm on the hunt for a cheap v6 with a good crank, or find a crank by itself (perhaps at a junkyard?), or buy a new one — approx $500 that I didn't intend to spend.
Stay tuned …