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Welcome to eWillys.com, a website for vintage jeep enthusiasts. I update this website nearly every day with jeep deals, jeep history, interesting reader projects, jeep related info, and more.
These quick searches can help you find things on eBay. People list in the wrong categories all the time, so don't be surprised to see brochures in the parts area for example.
The links to posts below show jeeps grouped by models, condition, and other ways. Some of these jeeps are for sale and others have been sold. If you are unsure whether a vehicle is still for sale or not, email me at d [at] ewillys.com for more info.
There are plenty of interesting, unusual, historic and surprising stories related to Jeeps and their owners. In addition, some of these features have nothing to do with jeeps. This link will display all featured stories starting from the latest.
Looking for parts and not sure where to go? There are a variety of large and small new and used parts sellers both online and offline.
Importantly, the allure of buying a project jeep can be romantic. The reality of restoring a jeep can be quite different, expensive and overwhelming without the right tools and resources. So, tread carefully when purchasing a "project". If you have any concerns about buying a vintage jeep, or run across a scam, feel free to contact me for help, comments or concerns .
There might be some value here.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/387919570303671/
“58 jeep cj5 , project for whatever your plans may be has drivetrain, 4cyl gm motor, original trans and transfer case, has full cage rollbar not installed, no title may consider trades”
UPDATE: Price dropped to $3000.
(01/01/2024) Unclear how much value is here. Looks like it has a Koenig half-cab.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/717871697212131
“Clean South Dakota title, 1963 Willy’s CJ6. Non running condition. $3500 obo. Hard to find! Appears to be all complete with the half cab. Don’t message me until you’ve spoken with your wife, skipped a car payment, and have your trailer hooked up.”
UPDATE: Still Available.
(12/04/2023) This 2A has some updates. It also has a set of Watson Style hubs.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/3621346528094998
“1946 Willys Jeep, CJ2A, 4×4, lifted, 34inch super swampers, Ford 302 V8, glass packs on the exhaust, runs drives and sounds great! 12 volt conversion, new brake lines, dual reservoir master cylinder, new radiator, spark plugs & wires, belts, etc. Clean Colorado title”
UPDATE: Still Available.
(11/19/2023) Only the one pic provided.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1401492993785107
“WWII Military rolling chassis.. Body frame axles 16 in wheels. colo title. Good condition.. Limited internet…. Cell text 970 34two 458five”
This does need some work, but there’s lots to like.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/923420922818732
“1945-CJ2A for sale. Serial #10365. The 365th Jeep built after WW2. Drives and Runs. Solid candidate for restoration. Front Axel Tight. Good Springs. Front Hubs. NEEDS: Brake work, Complete air filter system and the fuel tank needs resealed. This jeep comes with extra parts and draw bar. Located in Yampa. NO SCAMMERS!!! Title in Hand. Posting for my father-in-law”
The eight-page Jeep News Volume 12 Number 1 kicked off 1966 with the news that sales increased 23% and, surprising to me, special equipment sales jumped almost 42%. Given the increase in Wagoneers and Gladiator sales, I would think the special equipment numbers would be falling, as I thought a shift was happening away from the notion of utility vehicles in favor of “fun” and family vehicles. I’d be curious to know what was driving those equipment sales.
Page two is mostly dealer news, while page three continues a page-one discussion of the anti-skid, safely and traction capabilities of the Wagoneer and Gladiator jeeps. Page four highlights the use of larger magazine images.
Page five goes international and includes an article about Mrs. Welthy H. Fisher, an 85-year-old literacy advocate, who raised funds for a Wagoneer-turned-traveling-library, which she used to deliver books to folks in India as part of a function of Literacy Village, a program she launched at age 73. From her photo, I’d never guess she was 85.
Page six features Sinclair Oil’s Wagoneer, which traveled with a touring exhibit featuring a flatbed trailer with nine large animatronic dinosaurs. I wonder whatever happened to those dinosaurs. Here is a pic of them floating down the Hudson River circa 1964:
Page seven reported on the unexpected 4WD display at a Florida Airstream gathering of almost 1500 trailers. Mud had forced many of the trailers to be towed into the site via tractor, but the fact that Florida Outdoorsman John Wilhelm had a Wagoneer capable of puling his trailer into the site without issue seems to have spurred interest in his jeep. Page eight highlights the use of jeeps in Detroit Mine, something covered by Jeep News previously and other sources.
A big thanks to Craig Brockhaus for selling me some original FC-170 seats and his last electric wiper conversion unit, along with a few other parts. They arrived on Wednesday. The seats need some recovering and the set frames some blasting, but we planned to recover them in the same material that the bench seats will be covered, so we expect these are a good solution for us.
As for the electric wiper unit, yes the tour jeep is a convertible and we should rarely need wipers, but there have been times where I’ve driven through irrigation or other forms of water around here, so I figure it’s better to have working wipers than non working ones.
My hope is to use the stock bracket to mount the steering wheel, but I won’t know for sure until I can test-mount the tilt-steering wheel based on the seat position and dash. But, just having the stock bracket helps me estimate where to begin with the column mount options.
Meanwhile, I am also moving as much of the wiring and other elements down to the frame so that when I have to pull the cab, it’s as simple as possible. The cab floors and some interior dog house elements could use some blasting, sanding and smoothing. But, that’s not something I want to tackle at this juncture. Mechanics, so it can be safely driven, and a new bed are the priority.
The July 1963 Jeep Service and Parts News page three includes some important tips about towing a jeep vehicle with an automatic transmission. Page four provides an exploded view of a Dana 20 transmission.
On October 28, 1954, Kaiser Willys announced the addition of The Western Duty Snow Plows to the Special Equipment line.
I can’t remember who sent me this link, so my apologies, but this website has some interesting creations out of the Mahindra FJ-460 Forward Control jeep.
https://mahindramuseum.in/2021/09/15/the-avators-of-fj/
Here’s an example of a tow truck from the site:
