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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.
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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 .
I missed out on winning this brochure on eBay. Though stamped “1960”, the early grille plus the Willys-Overland branding on the brochure suggests Mil-Ner’s ambulance modifications may have been one of the earliest example of the Jeep being turned into an ambulance.
There is only printing on the front of the page. The back was blank.
Dave found and shared these photos of a Dualmatic hub box with an information sheet inside it.
I suspect this won’t last long.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1093194144589092
“it starts drives and one brake will stop you at low speeds no title I can show on Mondays”
Looks in good shape.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/990665391825549
“4 wheel drive, 4 cylinder original motor with a 3 speed manual transmission. Dualmatic 4 wheel drive hubs and an original PTO driven Ramsey winch. This is a 6 volt system with an Optima battery. The original odometer has 30367 miles and the new odometer has 1709 miles. We have the original odometer. There are many original parts, including an underdash coil starter key switch. The jeep runs, drives and stops. It has a good cooling system and oil pressure and does not drop out of second gear. Rust free, like new tires, a canvas top plus many other features.”
Looks solid. Has a rear PTO gearbox.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/492596999192970
“1957 Jeep FC-150 4×4, nice older restoration, runs and drives. Not sure if odometer is actual. Cross posted,FCFS, won’t respond to low ball offers( message me for more info).located south of Shelbyville 62565”
UPDATE: FB Post has some new pics.
(10/16/2021) Unclear if these are still for sale or what the prices are.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/282531883733061
SEVERAL JEEP FC170 TRUCKS FOR SALE. 3 WITH CURRENT REGISTRATION, TITLES AND PLATES IN MY NAME; PURPLE HAS HAD A LOT OF WORK DONE TO IT; NEEDS A BED, AND RUNS, DRIVEN TO WHERE IT SITS, CURRENTLY NEEDS A CLUTCH PART TO DRIVE; IT IS A 1957, THE FIRST YEAR OF PRODUCTION FOR THE FC170 JEEPS; RED ONE WILL RUN AND DRIVE, CURRENTLY AT A MECHANICS, 2 MILES FROM ME; IT IS A 1961; GREEN WITH PLOW, AND A STAKE BED ; THIS IS A 1960, RUNS, DRIVES AND PLOWS, IN GOOD SHAPE; WOULD LIKE TO SELL AS A GROUP, WITH THE GREEN PARTS VEHICLE SHOWN. ALL TRUCKS ARE MANUAL. TWO OF THESE HAVE PLOWS; THESE ARE THE BEST PLOW TRUCKS ON THE PLANET, IF YOU HAVEN’T HEARD.”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $6500.
This modified CJ-6 has a rare Koenig hardtop with the “barn doors”.
“1964 Jeep CJ6a. Very rare. Konig removable hard top, oddfire V6, SM465 four speed manual with low, twin stick Dana 20 with low gear set, Dana 44s with 4.10 and lockers, 37” Goodyear MTRs with double headlock rims and matching spare. Very solid.”
This may be worth a look. The rust doesn’t look too bad.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1311633826012965
“M38 flat fender. This Jeep has never been licensed or titled. It was bought surplus by a close friend and sand dragged. The Jeep is set up for a small block Chevy. Great candidate for full restoration or convert it into a crawler or? $2600 and you bring your own tires and wheels or $3000 with Goodyear mtr’s on new wheels. Very little rust. AZ Jeep. May take 🔫 on partial trade. Very few dents and body damage. Includes axles, transmission, and transfer case. Vortec 4.3 with 4 barrel edelbrock a intake and 4l60 available for 1200.00”
It’s a project with mods.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/232547265645651
“61 FC, PROJECT. Approximately 9700.00 invested. Solid front axle, Camero rear end, set up for SB Chevy. 86 GMC, 4bolt, 700R trans are in the bed along with 80% PLUS of the parts to build stock looking or otherwise. Mounted on fancy wheels/tires. More pics if interested AND when l get it out of storage.”
This was listed two years ago, but this is the first time I’ve seen it.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/482854838945849
“Willy’s Crate Package, Flat head Motor, Transmission, Transfer Case, Front and Rear Axles, Bell Housing, Fly Wheel and Clutch Assembly, Drive Shafts ,Tub, Front Clip, and 2 Radiators.
Rolling Chasis with Tansmission and Transfer Case, Extra Frame, Extra Grille, Extra Transfer Case and Transmission, Miscellaneous Parts Package,
Deal $5000 (Also have Title) All parts from jeeps we have acquired and disassembled. If you are looking to build a Jeep this is the package for you. Also have an F-Head Mor early 50’s jeep and another Rolling Chasis with F-Head Complete for Additional Money. Hard top for CJ2 or Cj3 with doors.”
This is a project with some of the work completed. This pic below is pre-disassembly.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/670972780999751
“46 willys jeep.frame off rebuild.frame blasted and painted.motor rebuilt.40 over .trans t case gone threw. New brakes wc MC lines. New u joints clutch. Every blot touched replaced with stainless steel bolts.everything new or rebuilt.new seats and frames new gauges new windshield frame and glass.everything gose plus have old stuff still good can have too. Body needs side panel welded in have panels paint body put on and done have 11000.00 in my lose your gain moving and don’t have time to finish”
UPDATE: Still Available.
(10/23/2021) It hasn’t been run in a few years.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/267424778616848/
“1947 Willy’s cj2a keep. Unit has all original parts and looking to be restored. Fuel tank was rotted, so auxiliary tank was used. Last ran and drove 6 years ago. Always stored in doors. Good unit waiting to be restored.”
Nick’s got this former mud racer for sale.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1078062102756362
“*No title or engine* *I have a forklift for easy loading* $1900 OBO for Jeep as it sits, $850 for the Jeep without trans/tcase and the fog lights. This is an old school 1980’s mud racing Jeep that’s been frozen in time. Starting life as an early 1946 CJ2A with tool slots on the driver side, it received the following modifications: -Spring over axle lift -Large drum front brakes -Late style Muncie M20 4-speed transmission mated to a factory D18 tcase with an aftermarket adapter -Chevy 350 engine (I do not have) -Tilt steering column -Saginaw power steering -Hanging pedals -Larger radiator”
UPDATE: A twist on the 4-in-1 campaign shared below was the use of the term “4-Purpose Jeep” in some newspaper ads.
A few months after the introduction of the CJ-2A in July of 1945 Willys-Overland introduced the 4-in-1-functional vehicle advertising concept for the Willys Universal ‘Jeep’, which was an effort to quickly explain how Swiss-army-knife-like the new jeep could be. Perhaps, speculatively speaking, it was even a play off of the “4” in the 4-wheel-drive aspects of the jeep as well? Either way, for a short-time, in late-1945 and early 1946 Willys-Overland pushed the idea of the jeep as having 4 different functions for farm and industry.
I would argue that the campaign wasn’t very successful, or at least didn’t work for me, because just this morning I had to once again look up what constituted the “4”. In case you can’t remember, let’s take a quick look at how this campaign might have originated.
WHAT THE JEEP CAN DO: The earliest mention I have of the four functions was in the Saturday Evening Post’s November 10, 1945, two-page-ad, the first big splash of advertising for the new Universal Jeep, where W-O claims in bold at the top of the ad that the ‘Jeep’ is a vehicle capable of doing a “thousand jobs”:
Looking more closely ad the ad text, W-O never gets around to listing all 1,000 possible jobs for their new vehicle, but, after claiming the Universal “Jeep” can do almost Anything, the company breaks down the CJ-2A’s functionality into four categories: 1) As a Truck, 2) As a Runabout, 3) As a Mobile Power Unit, and 4) As a Tractor. But, absent from this page is the 4-in-1 branding.
The Four-Function Jeep: The very next month, Willys-Overland inches closer to the 4-in-1 concept by proclaiming in a second two-page ad on December 02, 1945, in the Saturday Evening Post, that the ‘Jeep’ was a “The Four-Function” vehicle.
Once again, Willys-Overland listed four categories, but this time a) changed the order, 2) softened the “truck” claim, changing it to a Light Truck, and c) softened the “tractor” claim, changing it to Light Tractor as the following category headers show: 1) Use it as a Runabout, 2) Use it as a Light Tractor, 3) Use it as a Mobile Power Unit, and 4) Use it as a Light Truck.
Still, as of December 1945, the term 4-in-1 still wasn’t used in the company’s major advertising campaigns.
The 4-IN-1 Jeep: That changed on January 19, 1945, when W-O published a third two-page-ad with the title “For Business Or Farm, The 4-IN-1 ‘Jeep’ Does More Jobs … Tougher Jobs“.
Bill shared this video about the origins of the Land Rover. The early footage is particularly interesting.
Blaine shared this post showing a vintage camping thread from the 1970s. If like me, you camped with a motor home, I expect this will feel very nostalgic. There are even a few jeep pictured. There’s some great Utah/Colorado scenery as well.
https://www.coastresorts.com/cforum/index.cfm/fuseaction/thread/tid/26221472/print/true.cfm
This 1944 letter looks like it appeared in a newspaper. The eBay description isn’t very helpful.
View all the information on ebay
“WWII
Army
Christmas V-Mail
Art Letter
63rd Signal Battalion
Willys Jeep
Named: T4 Robert Glashauser
Look over pictures to see the exact item you will receive and to determine the overall condition of this item.:
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $5500. Not surprisingly, this didn’t last long.
Seems worth a look at this price.
“New parts within the last two years:
New aluminum radiator
New windshield
New battery
New toyota starter (better than stock)
New master cylinder
New tires
New fuel pump
New throw out bearing
and probably more I forgot…
This is a 1960 Willys CJ-3B. It is by no means perfect, but starts right up and would probably drive anywhere you want as long as you don’t want to go fast.
The body is fair, the interior is pretty good.
The motor runs great, the brakes work but pull to the left. The tires are reproduction vintage, so they’re only a couple of years old but look like OEM. The lights all work, and I’ve got a clear NM title.
The speedometer was broken when I got it, I replaced it with a different one, I have no idea what the actual mileage is, but you can tell how slow you’re going!
I’m asking $5500, and would consider partial trades for ATV’s, dirt bikes, Willys parts, maybe others.”
UPDATE: Price dropped to $4900.
(12/08/2021) Betsy runs and drives. Betsy deserves attention. Give Betsy the love she needs!
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/611677373211461
“This is Betsy. Betsy is loved by our family very much. She runs great and is an absolute joy to drive. By no means is she perfect. We do not want to see her go but with a growing family she doesn’t get the attention she deserves”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $9500.
Lots of updates to this jeep.
“1948 willys jeep. 302 Ford auto tranny, 4 wheel disc breaks ,power steering. Call for more details”
This modified CJ-2A appears to have some later model Free-Lock hubs.
https://easttexas.craigslist.org/cto/d/whitehouse-1946-willys-jeep/7450903929.html
“1946 Willys Jeep. This Jeep only has 11,488 miles since being restored. It’s in excellent condition and a lot of fun to drive. It has a GM V-6 engine, 3 speed manual transmission and a Ramsey Winch. This Jeep has been kept in a climate controlled garage since 1990. Just had the carburetor rebuilt, a new fuel pump installed, the radiator drained with new antifreeze installed, a complete tune up and new Goodyear Wrangler tires installed on mag wheels with a matching spare. The body is in very good shape with no rust and the paint is a 9 out of 10. All lights work including blinkers and the windshield wipers work. This thing will go anywhere you want to go and get you back! It has a 3 speed manual transmission with hi-low range, 2wheel drive-4 wheel drive selector and PTO engage shifter. I have an aluminum top that was custom made for it that is not pictured but comes with it. It runs very good and shifts smoothly. I have the title in hand. Asking $15,500. Located a few miles south of Tyler in Whitehouse.”
It’s rare to see a Blue Star hardtop on a jeep for sale anymore.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/899721907293721/
“1951 Jeep Willys · Other_body_style · Driven 42,000 mile”
UPDATE: Price dropped to $4500.
(10/28/2020) This could be a good price.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/351603706687015
“This has been a toy so doesn’t get used alot. Starts and runs no issues. Has the original hard top. A rare find”
UPDATE: Price dropped to $2800.
(02/22/2022) This early 2A lacks an engine, but includes a parts jeep.
https://enid.craigslist.org/pts/d/marshall-willys-jeep/7449482315.html
“1946 cj2a, has 3a windshield, no motor, original trans and transfer case with pto, and rest of drivetrain is there, has some dents and dings but mostly solid, great project, also comes with a complete rolling chassis minus engine, correct 2a windshield frame, both front fenders, hood, grille, another set of original rims, locking hubs, a bunch of miscellaneous parts , no title”
UPDATE: Still Available.
(10/09/2015) Has a variety of updates and some mini terras.
“Rare 1953 Jeep CJ3B High Hood.
327 Chevy Engine. Muncie 4 speed and much more.
Bucket Seats, Big winch,
Was a reliable hunting rig but has been parked for a few years.
Rubber gone but not much rust on this old truck.
Ready for a new love!Seats”
https://missoula.craigslist.org/for/d/bonner-1953-jeep-cj3b-high-hood-327/7454164138.html
