21 Comments on “1952 CJ-3A Bankruptcy Auction Cokato, Mn **SOLD**”

1. R Qualls March 1, 2012 at 5:13 am

   Nice looking Jeep, $50.000 is alo to spend and get your bumperettes put on upsidedown. lol
2. Bob March 1, 2012 at 5:45 am

   It is very nice looking, I’d think the only way you could spend $50,000 is to have a high priced hot rod shop restore it. That sure is a fine looking frame!
3. Bob March 1, 2012 at 5:47 am

   Also, should the sticker on the air cleaner say “Hurricane”? I like the embroidery on the seats!
4. Steve March 1, 2012 at 6:19 am

   If he spent $50,000, you kinda know why he was in bankruptcy.
5. MikeL March 1, 2012 at 7:24 am

   I know absolutely nothing about Willies (or Jeeps), except that I like them, and want one, but can’t afford one 🙁
   Same as tractors, no idea why.
   But what are bumperettes ?
   Just found this site yesterday, I thinks it’s great, but my heart will surely break when my
   Christmas wishes go un-granted …LOL
   Thanks to anyone that replies to my question
   Mike
6. SE Pennsylvania Steve March 1, 2012 at 8:07 am

   Maybe if HE did an economic rebuild he’d STILL have his jeep.
   Guess there’s a lesson there for all of us…
7. Bill March 1, 2012 at 8:07 am

   painting all the #’s yellow sure makes it easy to identify parts.

   I could have made it correct for $25,000….. and a year’s worth of spare time.
8. ba March 1, 2012 at 9:53 am

   The forward tub to frame mount doesn’t seem correct. seen in 11th pic
9. deilers Post authorMarch 1, 2012 at 10:58 am

   MikeL — The bumperettes are the chromed oval items attached to the rear bumper. Here is a picture of someone attaching one. http://www.1945gpw.com/howto/frame/Bumperette_install.JPG

   Interestingly enough, the guy in the picture is attaching them the same direction as the jeep above.

   Here are a set properly attached: http://cj3b.info/Photos/Hardtops/Worman/Worman1953USMail.JPG

   – Dave
10. Bob Miller March 1, 2012 at 11:09 am

    Heck, I thought those ‘bumperettes’ were gas can holders. Shows what I know! But it is a great build.
    But $50,000?
    Maybe not.
11. ba March 1, 2012 at 11:12 am

    DJ sales brochures & parts lists show the DJ with bumperetts like above jeep, NOT like the postal jeep pictured in link,?? M38 had them pointed down, but the DJ came with them mounted up or like above jeep
12. deilers Post authorMarch 1, 2012 at 11:13 am

    Lol .. now I’m really confused about the proper direction of bumperettes. Maybe that is why I’ve never mounted a set? 🙂
13. MikeL March 1, 2012 at 12:36 pm

    Dave, Thanks for the info 🙂
    Reading more responses, it doesn’t matter to me how they are attached, I still
    like them. Actually they look good either way, and I actually thought they were gas
    can holders as well 🙂
    Thanks to everyone
    Mike
14. Bob March 1, 2012 at 12:57 pm

    “The forward tub to frame mount doesn’t seem correct. seen in 11th pic”

    I agree, there’s something odd about it.
15. ba March 1, 2012 at 1:05 pm

    Looks like a piece of angle used in place of the missing tab. Ya think both sides are that way?
    It is a very nice jeep, gonna have to find out where Cokato is.
16. Cordell March 1, 2012 at 1:38 pm

    Second Jeep I’ve seen with Willys embossed logo on the seats, any idea where one can find these?
17. Steve S March 10, 2012 at 8:14 pm

    Guys;
    Bumperettes were mounted with the flange up from 1941 to 1945 on all MB’s and GPW’s. The early CJs didn’t have bumperettes because the had the hitch mount on the rear and they interfered with the tailgate. Then from 1950 to 1952 the bumperettes were mounted with the flange down on the M38 during the Korean war. Mostly due to the larger tires and the fact that the tailgate wouldn’t go down all the way if the flanges were up. Again the 3As didn’t have them. At some point someone figured out you could weld a piece of steel in the bottom of the bumperettes and it served as a great place to store snow chains when not in use.
    I’ve owned 25 jeeps from 1941 to 1961 and I don’t think there is any such thing as “correct” when it comes to jeep. There is ” as delivered ” and then there is “as used”….and sometimes the drivers and users of these jeeps were smarter than the engineers who designed them.
18. deilers March 10, 2012 at 10:51 pm

    Thanks Steve for the concise answer. I had planned to do a post about bumperettes so I could learn more about them, but I’ve had too many irons in the fire to tackle it.

    – Dave
19. Fred Pitts March 11, 2012 at 5:10 pm

    I might add that those are bumpers and if you rode or drove in convoys you would know what I mean by bumpers. They are designed to absorb impact from behind with a cushion type effect and after being impacted you wonder if they flex any. They were used before the war on types of wagons drawn by teams that were later left in yards or factory assembly type situations like ship yards where there were heavy moving engines to push them to designated positions like bumper cars. The design is almost exact to the bumpers on larger military trucks that work the same way. fp
20. deilers March 11, 2012 at 6:42 pm

    Fascinating. Thanks Fred.
21. deilers Post authorMarch 16, 2012 at 11:04 am

    This jeep sold for $13,000.