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1947 CJ-2A LaPryor, TX $2200

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UPDATE: Price dropped to $2200.

(07/25/2022) This has some body rot, but there may be some parts value here.

https://sanantonio.craigslist.org/bar/d/la-pryor-1947-willys-cj2a-trade/7544342578.html

“1947 Willys CJ2A. Barn find. Comes with Engine, transmission, transfer case, axles, 5 new tires, hard top and full doors. Missing interior. Glass broken. Floor boards rusted and will need replacement. No title. Willing to trade for nanny goats, heifers, quality hay, covered livestock trailer or $2500 cash.”

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1970s Sears Installation Docs

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This documentation came from a friend. It accompanied a Sears Deluxe hardtop, though for some reason it shows the simpler hardtop instructions. Maybe the owner of this document lost the rest of the instructions? Either way, this might be useful to someone. 

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Cab-Enclosure Hardtop Phoenicia, NY **SOLD**

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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $400.

Glenn shared this ad. Andy is selling this arctic style hardtop. It includes doors and windshield.

“Willys M38 arctic hardtop kit. All aluminum used to have glass windows but now plexi. Comes with aluminum doors and front windshield more pictures of doors and windshield to come soon thanks for looking”

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1973 CJ-5 Tekoa, WA $4500

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This eastern Washington jeep might be worth a look. It’s got a Kelly hardtop. Those rims aren’t very common in the west.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1673475853050192

“1973 Jeep, 304 AMC, RV cam, fenderwell headers. 3 speed, AMC posi rear axel, Dana 30 front. Very good condition all steel body, steel hard top, factory 6 point roll bar. Warn winch. 70’s turbine wheels never mounted Pro Comp MT tires-32×10.50. Would run well but accelerator pump went bad, needs carb rebuilt. Good driver after that. Needs a bit of work but great for project or winter driver. $4500 obo. More photos available on request”

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1963 CJ-5 Roseburg, OR $10,000

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John. shared this CJ-5 with with a Tux Park package and Meyer hardtop.

http://northwestclassicautomall.com/classifiedads.html?cid=1&step=4&pid=12956

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“1963 Willys CJ-5 Tuxedo Park Jeep
It runs great and drives well (for an old Jeep).
Has a Warn Overdrive.
Lots of upgrades in the past two years including totally new 11″ brakes (upgraded from 9″).
New upholstery, exhaust, powder coated 16″ wheels etc.
Original paint (Indian Ceramic) and hard top.
Roll bar added.
The Tuxedo Park was a limited production series, not many remaining as original as this.
T.P. options included chrome bumpers and hood hinges, special tail lights, color-keyed steering wheel, etc.”

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Year? CJ-3A? Laurel, MT $3500

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Jerry’s father is selling this jeep he found in Wyoming (contact Jerry via FB — https://www.facebook.com/groups/18657808157/permalink/10160120357838158).

Jerry was told this was one of about a hundred that were built by an unknown company. I looked through my archives, but could not find anything exactly like this one. Anyone ever seen one like this?

For all the work that was done to create it, it seems possible that more were made. Jerry indicates that the body is galvanized. The entire top is custom, along with the fenders, and it looks like the work is reasonably good. The doors are suicide doors. The hood looks like an original part. The cowl and dash may be original, but the dash has been modified. The fan shroud is galvanized with an old electric fan.

If forced to guess, I’d say if several hundred were built, that they were older jeeps that were stripped and rebuilt. If all like this one, they were designed for colder and wetter climates (permanent hood, perm dash, and a perm heater blower), so I could imagine these would have been constructed out of Colorado, Wyoming, Montana, or Northern Idaho.

Another theory is that if several hundred built, maybe they weren’t all built the same? Maybe some were more custom than others or more creative than others? That might explain some of the odd designs that we’ve seen over the years out of the northern Intermountain West? My assumption had been these were all home built, but perhaps not?

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