emailNeed to contact me and don't have my email? Click on email button.
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 .
This seller has a wide range of jeeps. He hopes to sell them in various lots. The seller notes in the comments on this post that he won’t sell to folks in Nebraska.
The collection itself looks interesting. It is wide ranging with 2As, 3As, FCs, CJ-5s, and M-38s to name a few. I haven’t yet seen any pics of a 3B.
You can see more pics and read the comments here. The seller has responded to some of the comments: https://www.facebook.com/groups/WillysSwapMeet/posts/3312265972379992
See Part III | Start at Part I
This is the final summary from Randy and Carson’s coast-to-coast drive. Thanks to both of them for the inspirational journey and for sharing your photos along the way.
Here’s Randy’s summary of the trip:
“We made it😁 18 days and 7055 miles coast to coast and back in two 1951 open Willys jeeps. Average speed 48 mph Why? I don’t know, but it was fun! Sometime I’ll make a slideshow and post it. Thanks Melvin Petiet and Molly from Happy Trails 4×4 in Jacksonville for storing our tow rig while we were gone. They were also overlanding but we didn’t manage to cross paths. We did hook up with Cartotracks, warn, and Factor 55 for a run in Sand Hollow, and Boston Bob put us up for a night in Delta Colorado. Also thanks David Eilers for a great site ewillys.com.”
Back home on the beaches of Florida
Posted on Facebook by both Mario and Roberto, this WWII illustration pokes fun at the jeep for not making a good plane.
Somewhere on eWillys I had relayed the story I was told about an ex-WWII military mechanic who claimed that a few jeeps were tested as gliders in hopes they could be used to fly across the English Channel. While the experiment barely worked in the Southwest desert, it proved impractical over the channel due to the additional moisture in the air. I have so far been unable to verify these claims.
This single seater former mud racer has a variety of mods.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/528018095354935
“340 Buick emotor with a muncie 4 speed. Willys jeep not a Cherokee but has 460 rear ended gears and 540 front gear, mud racer. It runs and drives”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $5000.
Glenn shared Andy’s ad for a 2A with a Newgren 3-point hitch and a rear pto.
“Up for sale is a very rare 1947 CJ2a. Besides remnants of original paint on the body and on the wheels this jeep has a very rare Newgren three point hitch. The jeep also has a full power takeoff to the rear. original upholstery on the rear seat. The engine has a King Seely governor and dashboard control. Original bumper. Also hard to find is the original top bow hardware for the half cab. I have the rear bow for the full cab also. Jeep will need a full restoration but given the rarity of this example it would be well worth it. Clear title”
Andy shared this boat (a Hacker) that sports a Willys 4 cyl engine. Unclear whether it is an L-head or F-head.
https://nh.craigslist.org/boa/d/milton-wood-project-boats/7543342274.html
“Early 18′ Hacker design 2 cockpit aft, engine forward 4- cylinder Willys $8,500.- 1935 18′ Chris Craft model 301 split cockpit Gray Marine 4 -cylinder $4,000.- 1949 18′ Ventnor with Chrysler 6 -cylinder. $1,500.- Hacker and Chris are in N.H the Ventnor is in Ct.”
This appears to have a Worman hardtop.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/864349801617394
“1946 cj2a Willys Jeep Clear title. Probably original engine. Runs fine. Most everything works. Don’t text. Call and ask questions.”
The side vents(?) on this are an unusual addition. This might be an interesting CJ-5 to check out.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/472431808093825
“Willy’s Jeep. Runs fantastic! have driven it all over the desert. All original except for addition of Warn overdrive and extra fuel tank behind rear axle. New replacement under driver seat fuel tank and front seats have new black canvas covers rear seat is still white vinyl. Also comes with 4 extra rims and tires.”
This GPW has an unusual grille design (patched/repaired?). It has a few other mods, including a CJ head.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1537952899980143
“43 jeep Willy’s army issued. Ford built Willy’s. Runs like it did new.”
UPDATE: Price dropped to $4000.
(09/28/2022) It includes a plow.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1126569514610464
“Selling 1957 Jeep Willys CJ-5 -Manuel -Gasoline -Comes with a snow plow -Runs well -The body and seats are in fair/good condition -This has been a great vehicle, just don’t need it anymore -I am listing this for my dad, so please message me for his contact information”
Looks ready for cruising.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/473310411365816
“1947 Jeepster two door convertible V8 good shape drives fine hard to find 14,000”
Listed as a 1940, it is at least 2 years newer than that. The windshield is bent backwards at the window level.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/394171259563661
“For sale is a 1940 Willys Jeep I am asking $8000 OBO. Has all original running gear, tires in good shape and also comes with two original spares. Body is in good shape no serious rust issues. It needs a little work to run and drive but won’t take much. Everything is there. Open to any offers and willing to talk or answer anymore questions”
This includes a Warn OD.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1096190851041933/
“283 V8 with over drive and power breaks”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $400.
Glenn shared this ad. Andy is selling this arctic style hardtop. It includes doors and windshield.
“Willys M38 arctic hardtop kit. All aluminum used to have glass windows but now plexi. Comes with aluminum doors and front windshield more pictures of doors and windshield to come soon thanks for looking”
Has some body rust. Will need some work. No title.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/691218092121567
“Hi I have a 1946 Willy’s jeep , runs great, no brakes I have been using it as a farm/runabout vehicle . No title. But it’s a first generation cj2a with tons of potential 4×4 all mechanical only needs two wires to run and drive. Rims don’t go with it I have 5 original rims three with old tires”
UPDATE: Still Available.
(09/05/2022) This is a project. It may have a Warn OD.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/319226103733585
“I have to many projects. It is a 1946 Willys cj2a. I pulled the engine and transmission. The motor is a 4 cylinder Chevy, I think it’s out of a mail jeep or a 1960s nova. The transmission is bad, I took it to a shop and they said it would be cheaper to buy a refurbished T90 and transfer case. The brake lights aren’t working, I checked the bulbs and they looked fine. I have the pink slip. $4000 obo 9one6 three 9 seven 3 six 55 Will trade for a Suzuki sidekick/tracker, dirt bike, or a Rokon”
UPDATE: Still Available. I am surprised this hasn’t moved by now.
(06/24/2022) There may be some value here.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1283731278824958
“Will part out or sell everything together Cj5 frame with a cj2a body Sbc 350 with aluminum heads, ran good when pulled Th350 worked good when pulled D30 complete with everything in a box, torn down for paint. D35 complete minus brakes $1500 for everything.”
UPDATE: Still Available.
(07/20/2022) Andy spotted this unusual forklift. I’d have to guess it is a modified four-wheel-drive truck?
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/601150087980159
“One of a kind 1947 jeep Willy’s forklift. 61 Ford falcon engine . Fuel line and hydraulics need replacement. Needs new tires. Serious offers only my grandpa built this himself and used it on our farm for many years .. feel free to ask questions”
TJ spotted this nice example of an early CJ-5. It looks like a good restoration candidate or get running and drive as is. The seller just wants it gone. No title, though you can get a new Oregon title here. Based on the speedometer and reversed springs, this is a mid-to-late 1955 or early 1956.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/878667389743021
Thanks to John for sharing this one-of-a-kind low-mileage jeep: 1731 miles … just stop what you are doing and check out these pics! Sadly, no engine pics are included. This jeep will be auctioned October 14-15th. Thought it is listed as a 1952 model, the serial number puts this as a 1951 model.
Some of the implements are unused!
https://www.broadarrowauctions.com/vehicles/tj22_124/1952-willys-cj-3a-jeep
“Chassis No. 451GB117583
This four-wheel-drive CJ-3A Jeep was ordered in January 1951 from Wiley Brothers and Lewis Packard-Willys of West Chester, Pennsylvania, by Arthur Knorr. A producer of Milton Berle’s Texaco Star Theater and the Miss US and Miss Universe pageants, Mr. Knorr would occasionally escape to his wife Ruth Gray’s family home on Halfmoon Valley Road near State College, Pennsylvania. The Jeep was ordered to support any and all possible maintenance needs on the Pennsylvania property. Accordingly it was outfitted with all the options, including a Ramsey cable winch, both front and rear tops with side curtains, floor mats, a hood lock, a radiator cover, and a heater/defroster – but also a dump trailer, power take-offs in front and rear, a pulley drive, and a hydraulic implement lift, running attachments that included a Timken buzz saw, grass cutter, ‘bush and bog harrow’, and hydraulic 6-foot snow plow!
Later model Dualmatic-style-Free-Lock hubs. The name was originally part of the Free-Lock Hub Corporation
Ann’s longtime friend invited me to look at a jeep yesterday that they just inherited from her uncle. They were confused about the model, so hoped I could identify it.
From the front, the jeep was clearly an early M-38A1 (turned out to be a 1953), with the hinged grille and early fenders. The dash was also correct, the correct large hole fuel inlet, and it had the early M-38A1 cowl with screws. However, it also had a tail gate that didn’t appear added. The body itself was in great shape, yet the body wasn’t mounted using all the holes, in fact some holes were missing. The cowl also lacked both the “JEEP” stamps along the side of the cowl AND the passenger side indent common for M-38A1 bodies.
Thankfully, the uncle had kept receipts, one of which was an invoice for a replacement body. Aha, that’s why it did not have JEEP or WILLYs stamped anywhere.
But, more interesting to me than the jeep, was that another document they had was an original set of instructions for Free-Lock hubs (more on Free-Lock Hubs), the style that looks just like the Dualmatic hubs. This is the first time I’ve been able to document that at some point Free Lock branded hubs were made exactly the same as Dualmatic hubs.
As you can see in the two images below, we have basically the same set of instructions for both hubs, with one that is labeled Free-Lock and the other Dualmatic. The Dualmatic is dated “8-28-74”, which the Free-Lock has hand written instructions, which I believe indicates the Free-Lock hub instructions were from an earlier date.
Free-Lock document:
Dualmatic document:
These two pics show a few more details, including that there are two sets of screws on opposite sides of the hub.
Maury shared this pretty rare Willys-Overland watch. Base don the design, I’d guess this is from the late 1940s. The seller describes this as a “dash clock”. He does listed other models of watches that look to be “dash clocks”, but to me this looks more like a pocket watch. Anyone know more about this item?
View all the information on eBay
“Up for auction is this vintage Willys automobile dash mounting clock. It is in great working condition! Wind up mechanism. I do not have the mounting bracket.
Measures 2 1/4″. Selling as shown”
I’ve never seen one of these. Is it a vintage item or was it produced more recently?
View all the information on eBay
The interior could use a little work, but it sure looks sound for the price.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/448160817232056
“This is a 67 jeep wagoneer, it’s in pretty damn good shape for its age. All original nothing has been messed with really. Super fun to drive and just a cool vehicle. It has a little bit of a cooling problem and the filler neck needs replaced for the fuel tank. Found them online for $35.”
This looks like a clean build.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/500861984842197
“Original 1974 cj5 with 4 speed manual trans and straight 6 (258 CI ) has a lot of new parts took body off frame sanded frame painted with frame paint underbody done as well new painless wiring, complete new brake drum system from master cylinder, lines , wheel cylinders hubs and hardware. All new bearings, seals , unjoints new heavy clutch and pressure plate New heater controls and core. everything works even original AM radio. Like new soft top and doors . Engine runs like new . Never lifted or chopped super clean , $16,500”
