Glenn bought these wagons, but yard thieves stole some of the parts. email him at glenns@tdstelme.net for more information on parts and check out his updated comment in the comment’s section.
“These two wagons are in my neighborhood and I went over to check them out a couple days ago. I’ve known the 1948 Wagon about 3-4 years and the 1946 has been added to the pile for goodies. Make no mistake, this is a basket case PROJECT, but a project with POTENTIAL. This owner was serious when he went into gear. He disassembled everything, bought new parts galore, bought some more just in case, even had some more body sections shipped in to add to the pile. This road ready chassis with rebuilt motor, transmission, and rear end is ALL Done, including rebuilt accessories like starter, generator, water pump, brakes, radiator, POR Coating, and ON & ON. The bodies are a Maine and a NY origin, media blasted, primed and ready for a mig welder to slice and dice the new panels already purchased. There’s plenty here to make a very nice all steel 2 WD Willys Station Wagon with a pile of extras.”
Wow, Christmas present for the wife? Nah, that’d be up there with a bowling ball with “Homer” written on it. Tempting…
UPDATE: Junk Yard Thieves got into this pile during the winter and it will never be a complete vehicle again. That pretty engine now resides in Miss Willy, the 488th DJ3A produced. I’d love to see that show quality, ALL RESTORED, 1946-1949 Willys 2WD chassis, and I mean hours & hours, $$$$$ galore, and ready to go under your Wagon / Panel project, be in a Willys Lover’s hands instead of the next scrapper’s raid. I can deliver some or all of what’s left to The Great Willys Picnic in Kempton, PA on June 14 for reasonable cost.
Glenn, sorry to hear that. I’ll bump the post forward on Sunday morning.
– Dave