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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $12,500
“Looking for a nice clean, ready to go collectors jeep? This jeep has been owned and operated by seller since 2004. Excellent running 4X4, 4 cylinder F Head Engine , bored out at 20,000 over. Interior and exterior in excellent condition. Exterior is rust free and repainted the original color. Interior clean and comfortable; original seats with new upholstery, new front floor boards, new door panels, and new interior paint.”
Not picking on this wagon, but I noticed the drivers door is not shut tight, like you will see on practically every other old Jeep wagon. I had one back in the late seventies, did an awful lot of work on it, including fancy paint, but I never got the worn door latches to work right. The wiper system was another nightmare of cables and pulleys that constantly failed in use. I finally adapted a more modern wiper system but never got the latches fixed. It still bugs me now, though I sold the Jeep in 1981.
A few years ago I picked up a 1958 Mercedes ponton. The door latches are like magic and the doors close with a solid and easy “thunk”. So every time I see an old wagon with the doors ajar, I wonder about putting Mercedes latches on them!
Would that turn it into a Jeercedes?
That’s a good item to look for when purchasing an old wagon. Are there replacement door latches available? Do you know if they fix the problem?
– Dave
I have never seen a source for wagon/truck latches, aftermarket or rebuilt. Maybe I will come up with a fix and get feelthy reech, no?!
Does this mean I have to acquire another wagon after 35 years without?
You’ll get ‘feelthy’, but probably not rich!
I replaced the original (terrible) door latches on my M-38 with a pair of stainless steel latches purchased from a hot rod supply store. The new latches allow the door to be closed with a light touch (no slamming needed), a pair was less than 50 bucks, they were easy to install and they work great.
The door latches on this jeep are in good working condition. The door does shut tight if the doors are closed properly, they just weren’t tight in this picture. We added new rubber gaskets behind the door to help the seal.
Thanks for letting us know Tami! We always appreciate updated info like that.
– Dave
Tami, were the latches good from the start, or did you do any repair or replacement? If they were worked on, any tips would be good to know. I was only 20 when I had my wagon (1975) and, while I was pretty handy, I couldn’t manage to fix the latches, which had a lot of wear on the u-shaped tangs and some other internal part was unreliable. In those days you could still go to a wrecking yard and wander around with your own tools and take stuff off, so I had the opportunity to score a couple of other salvage latches, but they all had the same wear issues. Hence my opinion that they were poorly designed and prone to failure.
The fact that I am still looking at Jeep wagon doors 39 years later tells you something about how much I wish I could’ve fixed those latches!