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Barry spotted this one.
“1953 willys dj3a, with a fiberglass top, super sonic head (very rare), no seats, very good shape not alot of rust.”
https://auburn.craigslist.org/cto/5722438388.html
Is there anything special about a supersonic head. Or is it just a head off a willys car.
Hi Dave,
I didn’t really know either. So a little research yielded the following:
According to Jayg at the 2A page, the supersonic head “is the high compression version I believe it had about .020 milled off it it changes your compression from about 6.4 to 1 to 7 to 1”
http://www.thecj2apage.com/forums/kaiser-supersonic-head_topic29389.html
And this from Lee (MN) also on the 2A page:
“The Supersonic engine was a L-head jeep engine used in Kaiser Henry J cars, one of the first econo box cars. The combustion area or squish area is different than a standard Jeep head so simply machineing down a standard head will make a difference but will not be the same, other Supersonic differences are the vacume advance dist and a Yf Carter carb on a different intake manifold, I believe the intake was also used on 4 cyl Jeepsers and DJ Jeeps.”
http://www.thecj2apage.com/forums/super-sonic-heads_topic27295.html
Hello, this Barry. So Dave, this could possibly be a true DJ3A? I’m not interested in it but I hope there is someone out there would appreciate it.
Barry, this is one of the DJ-3A body styles used, but the 4WD suggests it is not stock. There were three different body styles used by the DJ-3A (which confused me greatly during the early years of eWillys).
1. Standard entry sides and without a tailgate (this was known as the basic dispatcher and came without a soft top … a more expensive version with soft top was also offered)
2. Standard entry sides with a tailgate (this was the closest looking to the CJ-3A body)
3. Low cost entry sides with a tailgate (like the one pictured above).
You can view some DJ-3A brochures via this link: http://www.ewillys.com/category/advertising-brochures/?s=dj-3a