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I had a long, but tun and productive Sunday! I’ll file a report on Tuesday morning. In the meantime, some of you might be interested in these fiberglass jeep body molds I’ve co-acquired (3B / 3A bodies, fenders, hoods grilles). More on all that tomorrow.
UPDATE: **SOLD**
Steve’s selling his Parkette racing body and jewels roll bar. The Parkette body is rare, but the jewels stainless steel roll bar might be rarer.
1) **SOLD** Was $750 Vintage 1950 Jeep CJ 3A Best Jewels Stainless Steel roll cage. One of a kind, you’ll not find another one like this.
2) Was $600. **SOLD** Parkette Racing Body – In good shape. Bobcat Hood, Fenders & Uncut Grille. Great for racer, rat rad, crawler.
UPDATE: **SOLD**
This former PNW jeep was still in good shape last March. Unfortunately, someone crashed this into a tree. Looks like there’s value in tires, rims and the Parkette body.
“Parting or Repair 1954 Willys jeep that had a 450hp small block Chev till it hit a tree. I bought it this way to make into a 2wd street rod but have 2 many projects now and want to sell it whole or part it out. what you see is what you get. have small block headers that go with it if it sells whole.”
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What it looked like prior to being wrecked.
UPDATE: **Status Unknown** Was $8500.
This CJ-3A has a stretched Parkette fiberglass body and a bobcat fiberglass hood.
“1949 Fiberglass flat fender Willy’s Jeep
Stretched 8″ for leg room
Bikini Top & Half Doors
4.3 Vortec with a 4L60E computerized
Automatic transmission
Spicer 20 with twin stick, Novak adapter
Dana 44’s with detroit lockers front and rear
5 new toyo 37×14.5×15 Siped Tires
Aluminum Radiator
Onboard Air
Power steering, power disc brakes
Full cage
High Life jack, CB, and Seat Heaters included”
UPDATE: Was $400. Status Unknown. Pics now available of the very rare Parkette 3B shell and a Bobcat 3B hood.
(10/16/2013) I tried to get some pics of the 3B body, but didn’t have any luck. That sounds like the most interesting part.
“Rolling frame, running gear and roll cage included. No motor or transmission. Comes with Willies high hood full fiber glass wraparound body. $400”
UPDATE: Price dropped to $1000.
(04/09/2013) There can’t be too many Parkette bodied jeeps with a Bobcat hood in Ohio. The cage appears to go down to the frame. It looks identical to the roll cage in the first picture in this post.
“FOUND THIS IN A BARN IN THE HILLS OF SOUTHERN OHIO .IT’S FRESH OFF THE FARM. RUNS, SMALL BLOCK 8 CYLINDER FORD 266 ENGINE, EXHAUST HAS BEEN
REMOVED AND A NEW SET OF SUMMIT RACING HEADERS INSTALLED
BODY IS NOT RUSTY BECAUSE IT IS FIBERGLASS. MISSING DRIVERS SIDE FENDER
(SEE PICS)HAS ONLY BEEN STARTED AND RUN ON EXTERNAL GAS TANK SO
AS TO NOT FOUL UP THE ENGINE. HAS AN ASSORTMENT OF WHEELS FOUR ON IT
AND THREE ADDITIONAL WHEEL AND TIRES ARE ORIGINAL.
GOOD GLASS WINDSHIELD HAS BEEN REMOVED BUT IT GOES WITH IT. VALID OHIO TITLE IN HAND. SERIAL BEGINS WITH 453 ENDS IN 019…best guess is CJ3b . no instruments on dash, title does read 161,032.. not bad for 56 years old.needs steering gear fixed to drive has power steering.
email or text Roger three three zero 9 zero three 44-seventy four…
BRING YOUR FLAT BED AND OWN IT TODAY…. First $1000 takes it .I have had it listed for $1950 but found one to restore to military spec so this one has to go… call, text or email only if your ready to buy.. I’ve heard from enough tire kickers with no cash. You can be mudding next weekend”
http://akroncanton.craigslist.org/cto/3730593442.html
Ed Bray and his parents raced jeeps for years throughout the West. They built two Fiberglass Bobcat bodied race jeeps. In fact the family was friends with both Paul Parker (Parkette Fiberglass Body manufacturer) and Fred Weis (Bobcat Fiberglass body Manufacturer).
Their first jeep with a bobcat body was built on a military frame and powered by a 327 with 365 HP. Below is Ed’s mother at the start of a race in Calgary where she won an obstacle race. A year ago Ed spotted this jeep, still powered by the same motor (he recognized the sound), driving in Spanaway, Washington.
The next jeep the family built in 1976 started with a factory ordered CJ-7 frame. They stretched a Bobcat body 13″ and installed a Chevy 350/350 LT1 motor set back 8″ with a B&M Turbo 400 w/reverse manual shifter. They added a Wagoner 44 in the rear and a Scout 44 in the front. They raced the jeep in SCORE events, ran the Mint 400 four times, and tried the BAJA 500 in 1980, but DNF’d. The first picture below is from Riverside and the second from the Mint 400.
Ed’s father Don died in 2001. Ed has been refurbishing the family CJ-3A that started it all.
UPDATE:**Status Unknown** Was $500. Note the hood looks like a teardrop Bobcat style.
Except for the dash, the body looks good. This is the third Parkette body I’ve seen in Georgia.
“Its 1946 frame with a 1964 fiber glass body on it. It has been painted with truck bed liner I have a tranny and transfer case that is good. The body’s in good shape its has a few places where the fiberglass has spider webbing. It has a few parts that come with it. I got in on trade just putting it on here to see what else is out there trades are welcome.”
Steve forwarded this video of Tim’s jeep Priority running the Hill Climb at the Adventure Park in Monroe, Washington. I don’t know anything about the Park, but here’s a link to the website. Here’s an article about the “Prison Break” event. Here’s the Facebook page.
Priority is powered by an aluminum V-8 followed by a Ford Top-loader four speed that used to be in my father’s jeep. It’s got a Parkette fiberglass body with a Bobcat hood. He runs an independent suspension that has been updated since I last saw the jeep, so I’m looking forward to my next climb underneath it.
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was priced at $200.
This is the first Parkette body I’ve seen unattached in 4 1/2 years of looking. The price is great. If I only had the space ….
“Willys Jeep CJ2/3 Fiberglass tub/hood/ fenders. The tub will need sanded down
then I would recommend patching every hole and then start from there.
