UPDATE: This now lives on the East Coast. I got to examine it up close at the 2013 Bantam Festival. The work is excellent. It was bought for $9000. It has more of a surrey look to it now.
I used the IMCDb.org site to attempt to locate an image of the jeep to the right from a shot in the movies. You can see a DJ-3A from Blue Hawaii (not a very good shot). Or the same shot enhanced and cropped to the left. Here’s a link to a shot of the Nutty Professor’s DJ-3A.
This flat fender (the one on the right) falls into the ‘unusual jeep’ category. Apparently, it’s a movie star!
“ALL METAL AND 1,885 POUNDS. I’AM THE THIRD OWNER AND THE BUILDER,,THE WILLYS WAS A FRAME OFF RESTORATION ELEVEN YEARS AGO IT HAS A CHEVY 4.3 HIPO V6 ROLLER ENGINE AND A TURBO HYDRO 350 TRANS WITH A DANA 44 373 REAR END,,,CENTERLINE CONVOPRO EIGHT INCH WIDE WHEELS WITH DUNLOP 245-60-15 RADIALS,,,STAINLESS STEEL BUMPERS,,,CHROME TRACTION BARS,,,,CHROME COMPETITION ENGINEERING WHEELIE BARS,,,TILT STEERING COLUMN WITH A BILLIT STEERING WHEEL,,,STEWART / WARNER GAUGES,,,STERIO,,,GELL CELL BATTERY,,,TWO TOPS AND A FEW EXTRA THINGS PRICE IS REDUCED TO $ 9,000.00 PART TRADE CONSIDERED ONE ITEM I’AM LOOKING FOR IS A TRAILER WITH TWO AXELS AND ELECTRIC BRAKES THAT CAN HAUL A SMALLER SUV.”
If this jeep was originally used in a movie why isn’t there the mention of paper work to prove it? And my second question is. If yet again if it was in a movie why would the seller turn it into a customized hot rod to where you can’t even recognize it?