UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $16,000
(03/27/2015) Looks in great shape.
“Selling a 1959 Jeep FC170 4×4 cab over truck super rare! Jeep is in really good condition! New paint. New custom bed. New front bumper off a 2015 Jeep Wrangler. New wheels and tires. New brakes all the way around including master cylinder, wheel cylinders, pads, e-brake cable, rear brake lines. All new fluids. Engine is a Willys Super Hurricane 226 straight 6 flathead based off the Ford Flathead that runs great backed by a 3spd manual transmission. 4WD works great. 4.88 gears in rear Dana 50 and front Dana 44. The Jeep is slow but great for off road. Great driver right now, I drive it a few times every week. Needs a back window which is easy because its flat but have the window seal. Gets looks every time I drive it, everyone loves it. Looking to buy a house and selling this would make a good down payment or I would keep it. Jeep is almost all original except the bed and front bumper. Been trying to keep it as original as possible. Great for driving around town and showing off at car shows.”
Wow, nice fc. Needs the correct gauge cluster, tail lights and a few other things. Dana 50? That’s a big one. It does have a pretty wide front track. I can’t believe how good that jk bumper looks on this. Pretty nice…
I think he means Dana 53 rear end. The gauge cluster is a new reproduction. What caught my eye is the excellent workmanship to modify two M-101 trailers to make it fit the wheelbase. It looks like a factory design matching the cab and the rear wheels. I plan on using an M-105 trailer box and leaving a 12″ gap behind the cab. Maybe I should consider a more professional looking job like this truck. Either way, I would have to narrow the fender wells to fit a factory DRW axle so the inner tire doesn’t rub the wheel well.
It was like scratching a chalk board when he said the L6-226 was based on a Ford Engine. Both Ford and Studebaker used a 226 ci Flathead Six, but all three were totally different engines. The Willys L6-226 was originally a Continental design. Henry Kaiser used this L6-226 exclusively in ’47 to ’55 Kaiser Cars (but not in the little Henry J, which used an L4-134 or optional L6-161.). When Henry Kaiser bought Willys-Overland and renamed it Willys Motor Co. in 1953, he began installing the L6-226 in ’54 and ’55 Willys Aero cars; and in ’54 Willys Wagons and Pickups through ’62.
“, nice FC!
**Steve E.**