UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $1200.
This just looks so sad.
“I have a willys overland for sale it’s in pretty good shape and mostly complete. I bought it just like it is to build a mud toy out of but I really don’t wanna ruin it like that. The motors all there but the head is off. I took pictures of the three first rust areas. The rest of it is pretty solid. I do not have a title for it.”
Note the “4” within the circle at the top of the grille, (shown in the Craigslist ad).
1950 model.
Not much left of it.
This is the flat nosed model and these were titled as to when they were sold in many states. Right here is when the 4WD version started production, a few were also flat nosed and titled 1949. Willys model years can be very confusing. Up here in Maine we would say there was a lot to start with here. Take a look at that rear tailgate hinge.
I’m with Glenn on this about the year of the station wagon and how they were titled back then. This body style was used from early 1946 until early 1950. Many of the 4 cylinder Willys station wagons, trucks panel deliveries and even some 4 cylinder 1949 Jeepsters had that metal “4” at the top of the grille.When the new front end styling came out in early 1950, along with the F-head engine, the changes also included the flatter rear wheel opening, the v-front end, hood, front fenders and the dashboard.
From the craigslist photo showing the rear tailgate and the lettering on the tailgate, that is original Willys Overland scripting and I would say this is a very early 1946 model station wagon. If the seller has the original serial number tag, that is going to be the only way to tell for sure what year it was manufactured in. Not the year it was titled, but the year it was built in Toledo. Later in 1946, there was a metal scripting on the tailgate that said “Willys Overland” in cursive, not the fancy script as on this tailgate.