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UPDATE **SOLD** Was $275.
Looks like a good price. No description provided.
Tim posted this chassis with a Parkette racing body on it. Price Unknown. Has anyone run across a Parkette racing shell like this in the PNW (with the solid back on top and a dash that rolls down, then curves with the sides? I bet this one came out of Georgia when Paul Parker moved back there, but that’s just a guess.
“On hwy 411 just south of Maryville Tn.. appears to be one piece fiberglass.”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $6000.
Could be a good price. Has a fiberglass body.
“1947 Willy’s Jeep in great condition. Original go devil 4cyl motor . Completely redone, 1933 miles since redone. Fiberglass body so no rust or anything hidden , metal windshield. New wheels , And Tires. I have the bikini top, soft top, and doors.”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $2200.
This has a fiberglass body.
“Runs Drives stops fiberglass body Buick v6 newer tires no dry rot .located in Decatur Mi pick up and be seen in Decatur 2200 obo”
Seller will sell without engine as well. Does not run. Those headlights are an interesting choice. The front of the roll cage is bolted to the windshield. What does the duct-work(?) on the dash do?
https://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/cto/d/1949-willys-cj2a-cj3a/6494350200.html
“Okay thanks for looking willing to sell all or body frame and title.
Not running but will take very little to make a driver.
What it is titled in Washington as a 1949 Cj. It is a fiberglass tub and front end it is a 2 wheel drive with a solid front axle. It has a 5.0 Ford roller motor out of a 1991 Ford T Bird. Bearing service in Portland turned crank and new bearings and rings. Has GT40 cast iron cylinder heads and a ford motorsport E303 Crankshaft wit a edelbrock performer manifold. Has short street rod headers and mini high torque starter, all in one distributor engine should easily make 300hp to 325hp with no problem. Has a Ford C-4 with shift kit and higher stall convertor.
Motor and transmission is bolted into chassis now like pictures show.
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I’ve seen another wide brim fiberglass tub from the northeast similar to this, but have yet to know who was building them.
“Up for sale is a Willys Jeep CJ2A fiberglass tub and a soft top to go with it. The tub is used, but in really nice condition. The soft top is vinyl, made by besttop, has the bows, doors, and the hardware to go with it. The top does need some cleaning, but not in terrible shape. If you have been looking for these items then you know what they go for new (not cheap). I also have other CJ2A parts. If you are interested in any of those let me know what your needs are and I can let you know what I have. This is a cash only deal.”
https://albany.craigslist.org/pts/d/willys-jeep-cj2a-fiberglass/6494550358.html
Has no engine.
“No motor, 400 trans, 5 lug Dana 60, 6.00 gears and spool, jewel stainless windshield Auto meter tach and gauges, set up for SBC w/motor plates”
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/332835157213280
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $1700.
‘Maybe someone can use this.
“Willy Jeep frame with NOS fiberglass body kit never used. Also includes the grill piece. $1,700. No title located in Pahrump Nevada and does not include the slotted Wheels on the back I am taking those off and putting some other rims on”
It may have a fiberglass body.
“Rock Crawler. inline 6 from ’69 Mustang. don’t know much about it. I traded for it a year ago just collecting dust.”
https://springfield.craigslist.org/cto/d/1945-jeep-willys/6486671904.html
UPDATE: Price dropped to $6000.
(09/04/2017) I believe that’s a fiberglass body.
“Restorable 1949 Willy’s Jeep, 3 speed manual transmission with working 4 wheel drive. Solid frame. Original 6 volt electrical system. Runs, but needs a carb tune-up.”
https://northernwi.craigslist.org/cto/d/1949-willys-jeep-cj2a/6289344839.html
Yesterday morning, SteveK asked to know more about the Bobcat products. Were they race products or something else? The terminology is so second hand, that I thought everyone knew it by now. I decided to send him a link to an article I thought I had published about Fred Weis and the Bobcat body from the February 1970 issue of Four Wheeler Magazine. It turns out I never published that article!
So, I’d like to publish (perhaps I am republishing it) to better explain the Bobcat body and products. At the post’s bottom I’ve included a number of additional examples and information about the Bobcat. Then, on the next post, I discuss the Bobcat & Parkette fiberglass body histories.
Note the Cascade 4×4 club sticker on the hood.
Paul Parker, maker of the Parkette bodies, racing up a hill climb in Calgary in the summer of 1970. Photo courtesy of Ed Bray.
This is a companion article for the Fred Weis and Bobcat Body post. Much of this history is built from conversations, emails and comments on eWillys. I welcome corrections and additions.
In the late 1960s Fred Weis, who I understand ran a fiberglass products company, experimented with a fiberglass jeep design until he found one he liked. At the time he had been jeeping and jeep racing for a decade as part of the Cascade 4×4 Jeep Club. His first complete body was completed in 1969. By 1970, he was ready to produce them for resale. Fred’s bodies were built to be rugged, using fiberglass and wood.
The body was not intended to be an exact replica of the original body; instead, it met the needs outlined by Fred, who styled them (i would guess) to make them a little cooler. For example, the side steps reached the length of the body bend. The rim around the body edge was wider. The dash came with no holes. At some point, the body could be purchased with or without a tailgate and with or without a floor.
Fred also came up with two custom fiberglass raised hoods that provided more room in the engine compartment. One was a teardrop design (few were made) and the other was highly recognizable.
Long time jeeper Paul Parker decided to get into the fiberglass body business about the same time as Fred, so according to Ed Bray, Paul joked about buying Fred’s bodies, adding a side stripe, and calling them Parkettes. Another source told me that Paul did indeed do this, which led to a falling out to some degree between Fred and Paul.
Paul, who had been in the jeep parts business with his brother in Georgia before moving to the Tacoma area, began to build his own Parkette fiberglass tubs out of molds he built. They were very similar to Fred’s body. The biggest difference was that Paul’s jeep included a side stripe, similar to a hockey stick, that was designed to make the body side more rigid and set it apart from Fred’s body. Besides the side stripe, the body of the Parkette was better designed to fit the curve of the CJ-3A windshield. Fred’s body did not support the windshield well at all (I know this from personal experience with my Bobcat body).
You can see the Parkette stripe “hockey stick” on the side of the body. This was likely just a racing shell, given the lack of a tailgate.
A family friend ran into the windshield issue as well. Jim Carter bought a Bobcat body in the early 70s. The body arrived rough. The Carter’s sanded and primered the body, but when it came time to mount the windshield, Jim discovered it didn’t fit. He was angry. Many phone calls ensued. Next, Jim turned to Paul Parker, eventually buying a Parkette body. Jim, Pattie, and their two boys raced, trailed and streeted the jeep for years.
Early 70s photo of the Carter family’s “Otis” not long after the new Parkette body was installed.
At some point, Fred passed the business and molds on to someone else. The Bobcat molds were divided into at least two groups. I have some of the molds. I hope some day to make my own Parkette body.
A Parkette racing shell mold sits in the middle. A CJ-3B shell is at the far side. A floor is shown in the foreground (I believe that’s a 3B floor).