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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $2000.
(09/13/2013) Robin spotted this CJ-2A. I thought I’d seen another jeep with a similar box, but can’t locate it now.
“Nice old Jeep. Drive train solid, body needs work. Price is firm. Mostly original, only modifications are on the body. Can be seen only on weekends as I travel through out the week.”
This has lots of updates. The body is likely fiberglass.
“350 chevy motor 350 trans with 3500 stall converter 2 wheel drive 9in ford rear end 4 link with adj coil overs 350 rear gears with posi unit older restore has no top or doors fun to drive 580-618-0465 calls only after 5 pm”
http://dallas.craigslist.org/dal/cto/4025985916.html
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay
(08/19/2013) I’ve never seen a front end like that. Anyone else?
“THIS JEEP WAS SHOWN AT THE 1982 WORLD’S FAIR IN KNOXVILLE, TENNESSEE. THIS JEEP IS GOOD FOR SHOW AND DRIVING. INTERIOR IS ALL BLACK AND THE SEATS HAVE BEEN RECOVERED WITH BLACK VINYL. IT HAS A NEW BLACK CONVERTIBLE SOFT TOP.
THIS IS A ONE-OF-A-KIND JEEP WILD CAT ALL STAINLESS STEEL. IT IS AN EYE CATCHER–GREAT TO DRIVE IN PARADES–TO TAKE TO SHOWS. IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING DIFFERENT, THIS IS THE VEHICLE TO BUY.”
UPDATE: Price dropped to $5000.
“Good running jeep, original pto winch, 4cylinder, 3speed, locking hubs, 4×4 works good, nice sonding stereo, good tires, steel hard top and doors. Body was sandblasted to metal, primed and painted, did no metal work, body needs some work but looks pretty good. Price is negotiable. 660-676-7929. I have a lot of pics i can send by phone. Thanks”
http://stlouis.craigslist.org/cto/3737309858.html
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $2000.
(08/15/2012) Take a close look at the pics of this. It’s unusual. I like the body work on the hood which more tightly fits the old mb/gpw grille. It appears to be a CJ-3B body. I’ll bet completed this might look good.
“1948 CJ3B Custom Off Road Body(solid) Built like a tank!!The back corner of the frame is bad but can be welded. The rest of the frame is fine. 255 Buick V-6 Motor. Runs and drives. Been sitting for 2 years but all body work is done. Just needs paint. I hate to part with it. No time to fix it. Needs to be put back together. $3000 or trade o/b/o.”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $2000
Ducks on a hood? That’s a first for me.
“1952 Willy’s Jeep
4 cly. 3 speed
New Starter,wheel bearings,and tires
Runs great, Asking $2000 or best offer. No title”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $4500.
(10/18/2012) This has one of the widest hood scoops I’ve ever seen. It lacks turn signals.
“1952 Cj3a Willy’s Jeep for sale. Jeep is 90% restored featuring rebuild front and rear ends, new brakes, lines,master cylinder,slave cylinder, new wiring,new 16×650 pizza cutting tires,powder coated wheels and seat frames,new POR-15 bull nose paint, rust repaired and sealed with POR-15 paint underneath the body,new windshield and wiper motor driver side. Jeep is fun to drive and will make a real addition to any hunting camp pictures will follow.$ 4500.00 or I would take a low mileage SRT8 6.1 Hemi partial trade.”
UPDATE: This sold. Was on eBay.
VEEPs are pretty rare. This looks unusual even for a VEEP. I’ve never seen a hood decorated quite that way.
UPDATE: Price now $4995
(12/01/2011) Lots of updates on this jeep.
“THIS IS ONE STRAIGHT JEEP!!! WITH NEWER TIRES…..A V6…..WITH A MANUAL…..AND IN PRETTY DARN GOOD SHAPE FOR OVER 60+ YRS OLD. JUST TOOK IT ON TRADE AND GOT IT THRU THE SHOP AND IT IS READY TO GO!! TO SEE MORE PIC’S GO TO WWW.A1AUTOSALESPULLMAN.COM OR CALL ME WITH ANY QUESTION’S AT 509-715-7062. WE DO TAKE TRADE IN’S AND WILL CONSIDER ALL REASONABLE OFFER’S!! VIN#CJ2A206185. COME IN AND DRIVE IT MON-SAT 9-6!!!!
HAS:
New Tires
New Brakes
Buick 238 V6
3 speed manual
2 stick transfer case
Chevy Monza steering column and box
Locking hubs
Custom bumper w/
Wench mounts (no wench)
PTO gearbox
Full size spare
2 jerry can (gas cans)
Rhino Lined interior
Vinyl Seats front and rear
Buck seats front
Bench seat with storage compartment in the back
U joint front axles (hard to find on a willys)
New fuel tank
Comes with:
Bikini top
2 doors
New in box Painless wiring harness (retails for almost 500 dollars)
TITLE IN HAND”
http://kpr.craigslist.org/ctd/2951314211.html
Patrick recently purchased this flattie. It’s now road ready and a great deal of fun.
He writes, I have always had a passion for old military jeeps, even as a young kid. Can’t explain other than I think they are just cool. When I was 16, I lived in Iowa and purchased my first vehicle (I’m almost 50 now): a 1947 willys cj2a, that the previous owner had done some updating to with a 327 chevy Engine/headers/big tires. I bought it for a $1500 and thought it was THE coolest thing ever. Ever. I promptly spent the rest of my wealth (about $500) painting it. Bad ass brown.
I got about 500 miles of the hottest, ragin-est, death-defying days of my life racing and 4-wheeling that thing (invincible at 16, right?) before the natural laws of having to pay for and fix the things that gave out (plus I’m non mechanical) set in and I couldn’t afford to do that. And had to pay for it by selling it for $500 in non working order. That was 1980.
I’ve owned various newer jeeps (last was an 89 wrangler), and cars since then, but I always knew someday that I’d go back to my first love and fix one of these bad boys up hot rod style.
Last year was that year. In August, I stumbled onto eWillys from a random google search. It set off the bell in my head that it was possible to find and own one of these jeeps again, so after about a month of searching every day on your site, one struck my fancy and I set out to buy it.
The previous owners are a family of professional desert racing enthusiasts who had a family friend (also professional racer) that built this Jeep from the ground up as a labor of love in the late 90’s/early 2000 with the intention of using the best pieces/parts for desert 4-wheelin/rock climbing.
The friend had to sell, and sold to the family who basically have every toy under the sun (it was being stored in an airport hangar),
never used, and they finally decided to sell just to make room for something else They decided to sell as a whole because they wanted to pass it on to someone who would love it as much as their friend had before he had to sell.
For whatever reason, I was in the right place at the right time and purchased this vehicle on the spot for cash.
Because it was setup for off-roading, I’ve spent the better part of 7 months and $$$ to get the thing street worthy and safe enough to drive on the freeway. Now it stops like a normal car (Hydroboost!).
The particulars:
REGISTERED AS 1957 CJ5, COLOR IS CHAMPAGNE BEIGE 1996 TOYOTA CAMRY With 2-tone brown highlights. Funny, I don’t know why it’s registered as 1957.
FRAME IS 1978 JEEP CJ5
POWER STEERING AND STEERING COLUMN ARE CHEVROLET
4 WHEEL DISC BRAKES – FRONTS ARE AMERICAN MOTORS 1978
REAR BRAKES ARE 4 WHEEL PARTS WHOLESALE AFTERMARKET
HYDRATECH HYDROBOOST BRAKING SYSTEM ( http://www.hydratechbraking.com ) 2011
CUSTOM BRAKE PEDAL ASSEMBLY 2011
PARKING BRAKE IS MICRO LOCK TO THE REAR BRAKES (LEVER TYPE)
JEEP BODY IS FIBERGLASS (CJ2A) BY MALOTTE IN N.CAL.
http://www.malotmfg.com/
FRONT WINCH IS MILE MARKER HYDRAULIC TYPE RUNS OFF POWER STEERING (DISCONNECTED)
ENGINE:
351 FORD WINDSOR SMALL BLOCK OUT OF 1969 FORD MUSTANG. APPROX 400 HP
EDELBROCK CARB (4 BARREL) W/SPACER 2012
OIL PAN HAS 2 DRAIN PLUGS
CAPACITY IS 6 QTS, PLUS FILTER
CAMSHAFT IS HYDRAULIC (NOT MILD) OUT OF 302 C.I. SMALL BLOCK FORD
POWER STEERING PUMP IS G.M. NOT FORD
CUSTOM FUEL CELL
RADIATOR HOSES ARE CUSTOM. As are most plumbing hoses/cables
TRANSMISSION IS FORD C5 AUTO OUT OF AN EARLY 70’s FORD BRONCO. REBUILT IN 2011
Flushed, cleaned re-gasketed IN 2012
New kick-down cable.
LOKAR SHIFTER AND DIGITAL INDICATOR 2011
TRANSFER CASE IS DANA 300 OUT OF AN INTERNATIONAL SCOUT
(SAME PATTERN AS DANA 18 AND 20 TO THE TRANSMISSION)
CUSTOM REWARDER HEADERS (CERAMIC COATED) and MUFFLER SYSTEM 2012 http://www.rewarderheaders.com/
DRIVE TRAIN IS DANA 44S FRONT AND REAR WITH 4.27 TO 1 GEARING
FRONT HUBS ARE SUPERWINCH 30 SPLINE
REAR DRIVE SHAFT IS CV WITH OPEN KNUCKLE BY TRI COUNTRY GEAR
FRONT DRIVE SHAFT IS CUSTOM AFTERMARKET BY REEL IN UPLAND CA
RANCHO RS5000 Series Shocks AND STABILIZER SHOCK (5) 2011
NEW FRONT SHOCK TOWERS AND REINFORCED FRONT FENDERS 2011
(4) 35X12.50R-15LT, Baja Claw TTC Mickey Thompson Radials 2012
New Windshield rear view mirror, 2012
The engine is a horse, but required a bit of transformation from an initial fuel injected system (variable H.P.up to 500 H.P. but didn’t idle at low rpm’s so well with the big cam and hard on transmission) to a traditional carb system. Some $$$ went into this process (pumps/distributor/wiring/tuning etc.).
2 different shops have worked on it and contributed to the point that it is now, which is, happily, fully operational and most awesome.
I have had it out of the shop for 2 weeks now and have already been able to enjoy this thing immeasurably. I envision having it the rest of my life.
