UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay
“You’re looking at a 1947 willys jeep cj2a with a Howe firetruck apparatus (5 known to exist)… This jeep has 1423 original miles, not even ready for a oil change yet, but has been totally gone through. My grandfather bought this 15 years ago from the local stockyards that closed a long time ago. His dream was to fix it up and drive it in the local parade while advertising for his grocery store, he did just that. Grandpa died in 2007 and since then, I’ve been carrying on the tradition in driving it in the local parade with my family.. The time has come to let another family enjoy this thing, the decals are vinyl and can be removed easily. As long as you have a good 6volt battery, she fires right up and purrs like a kitten. A aftermarket CD player and speakers have been installed using a separate 12 volt battery and everything is removable with 0 screws to get back to 100% original in 5 minutes. The brakes stop just fine but are hard to apply(67yrs old and no power brakes) has a high and low transfer case, and 4 wheel drive that both go right in and work as they should. Windshield folds down and I believe everything works on this thing as it should. Comes with a lot of old fire fighting tools and adapters.”
Lovely, hope this goes to a good home.
It is a beautiful example of a Fire Jeep. Has to be a bit difficult to lower the windshield with that siren sitting on the hood, though. No hood blocks for it either. I sure hope it goes to an appreciative family.
Does anyone perhaps know the serial numbers for this beauty, Howe and or Willy’s ?
Marc,
It’s a Howe. I discovered it was sold at a Barret Jackson auction in 2008:
http://www.barrett-jackson.com/Archive/Event/Item/1949-WILLYS-JEEP-CJ2A-FIRE-TRUCK-66146
– Dave
Thanks Dave.