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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. This section used to be split into jeeps, parts and other categories, but recent changes to eBay will require this information to be recoded.
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 .
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $50.
Some idiot put the wrong link in this post … fire him!
This is missing the windshield.
UPDATE: Price dropped to $10,000.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2050470681961241
“47 Willys cj2a 289ci 4spd, has no rust, to many parts 2 list! I have all receipts.”
I suspect this engine is built. This has a fiberglass one-piece front end.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/329300779538689
“1949 Jeep willy cj 4×4 The original engine was replaced with a 350 v8 engine. with turbo 400 automatic transmission with Dana differentials. Everything works very well in engine and transmission. you only need to bleed the brakes”
It’s supposed to run.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/841442904004534
“53 Willy’s B California jeep no rust to speak of have roll bar and tire carrier…motor has been rebuilt runs well”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $3500. This was previously listed in 2016 (pics at very bottom).
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1247637132618246
“1942 Ford gpw military jeep runs good clean title It has a newer motor and transmission brakes have been replaced”
Previous pics:
UPDATE: Price dropped to $6000.
(10/21/2021) Has updates.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1328691381353593
“1951 CJ3A
Chevy 327
3 speed, manual transmission dual stick transfer case and stock axles.
Runs
Title
Collector plates
 Bought a soft top but have not installed it, will include this in the sale”
I received another good report from the eye doc. Things are progressing as expected, plus in the last two days it appears the bubble is smaller.
A couple days ago I spent a little time in the garage and feel like I’ve found a solution to my clutch issue. Some adjustments plus a new spring bracket appear to have overcome the lack of clutch response.
I hope to resume some updates on Monday morning, as I can now see over the bubble in my eye while typing.
Blaine spotted this really neat model of a Jeep CJ-5 Camper setup. It’s pretty neat model and unique model that I believe is about 3″ long. It is shipped from Mannheim, Germany. In the post below this one, there’s some history about the camper inventor.
https://www.nasshan.com/en/autocult/ac09017-jeep-cj5-universal-camper-1969-usa
UPDATE: Originally posted February 20, 2021:
Charles “Chuck” Prater’s (1928-1913) jeep camper has been discussed in the past, but pics of his prototypes are less well known. Chuck must have been a curious kind of guy, because when he was an employee at the circulation department of the Palm Beach Post in Florida he invented an automatic paper bagging machine.
How he got involved with jeeps isn’t well documented, but in the 1960s he developed a unique camper setup that allowed a camper to be ‘hitched’ to the back of a CJ-5. He showed off his prototype to the Palm Beach Post in July of 1968:
July 07, 1968, Palm Beach Post, Palm Beach, Florida.
From the CJ5camper.com website we have this additional photo of the prototype, year unknown. You’ll note that the camper in the pic above seems to lack the blue color added to the pic below, so this may have been taken after the Palm Beach Post photo?:
The Palm Beach reported a few months later on September 25, 1968, that Kaiser-Jeep agreed to manufactured Chuck’s camper idea:
For reasons unknown at this point, Chuck waited almost two years later (August 24, 1970) to file his patent (approved August 15, 1972). The patent included several illustrations. Below is one of them.
At some point after he filed his patent, Waldron Motors presented Chuck with camper #1. Curiously, the caption indicates he patented the idea, then sold it. However, the information above suggests he sold the idea, then patented it?:
This newspaper clipping was posted to thegentlemanracer.com’s site.
Being the inventor he was, Chuck didn’t stop inventing after the development of the camper. He expanded on his basic camper invention with a similar dump trailer idea. This article comes from the cj5camper.com site and is undated:
I searched but could not find a patent or another other information about the dump trailer.
According to his brother-in-law Sam Williams (see his comment in this post), Chuck built another camper that fit the CJ-7, one which Sam owns.
Mike shared this unusual camper. The shape of it reminds me of the late 1940s Book mobiles (or see below post). The box on this truck appears a little taller than the book mobile boxes, so this truck and the book mobiles may be unrelated.
The truck is listed as a 1954, but the grille suggests it is earlier. It’s unclear whether the camper on back is original to the truck (special order for example) or whether someone added the camper later. That said, the interior faux wood and carpet screams 60s or 70s to me. The “Jeep” radio would have also been added at a later date. Note the Warn hubs are IH branded hubs.
The jeep sports a “Rednor & Raine” Jeep sticker from Trenton, NJ, which as of 1965, was a jeep only dealer. This also has a Princeton Theological Seminary parking permit, which is still an active institution.
https://westslope.craigslist.org/cto/d/durango-1954-jeep-willys-purpose-built/7659761315.html
