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Appears in good shape. It’s missing the front frame horns (possibly 3A frame). The key isn’t in the standard place, so it’s possible the body isn’t original.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/753472965124356/
“This is a real nice piece of history. Body and interior are in excellent condition. Older restoration. Purchased from a large estate. Runs and drives great. Starts at the turn of the key. This is a rare find. Lentzusedvehicles.com”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $2000.
Given it runs and has a plow, this might be worth a look.
“Vintage Willys Jeep with plow. Good runner. No brakes.”
This has a reproduction body, so it’s probably in pretty good shape. Doesn’t run at the moment.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2421787464556686/
“This is a perfect candidate to ride around in parades, back woods, or to cruise to your local car shows with. There’s some minor work that needs to be done (mainly the windshield, engine only cranks), but seeing that this vehicle is nearly 75 years old, this can all be fixed by a mechanic or body shop.
We hate to let it go, but we need the space …. Make an offer that’s hard to turn down.”
Body has at least one patch on the driver’s side.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/448068702419335/
“For sale 1953 Willys Jeep CJ 3A. Runs great lots of new parts including brakes distributor tires and wheels plugs wires starter seats gauges gas tank and much more. Rebuilt transmission Asking 6500.”
Looks like something has been added under the hood near the driver’s side headlight that keeps the hood from closing all the way.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/738563819941441/
“1949 CJ 3A jeep with top, heater, and new gas tank”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $1250.
Not sure how much value is here, but sure seems like there could be some value here.
“No motor. Has title. Transmission and transfer case are not locked up”
Supposed to have a rear PTO, but I don’t see it on the back? It’s got an L-head rather than an f-head.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/554898255248464/
“54 Willy’s CJ 3b, 4 cup flathead engine. Less then 50 miles on overhaul. New brake pads and master cylinder, new rear leaf springs, has the rare agricultural rims. Has the rear pto”
UPDATE: May still be available.
(07/22/2019) Includes a trailer of some type.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/701270603643848/
“Willy’s jeep runs and drives and comes with a military trailer. Clear title on both.”
UPDATE: Still Available.
(03/12/2019) Has some mods, including the repro/custom fenders and steps.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2317406665165617/
“1951 Jeep Willys CJ3A, Original, Runs and drives good. $3,200.”
UPDATE: Price dropped to $2300.
(06/19/2019) Engine runs (or did 5 years ago), but may have an oil issue. Includes a rear PTO setup.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/338809040375003/
“1954 Willys Overland CJ3B. Ran when parked about five years ago. Snow plow and PTO. One cylinder gets oil fouled after two hours run time. Rusty. $2500 negotiable. Clean title in hand.”
These two nearly identical jeep brochures were published in different colors a year apart. The red version was published in late 1959. The blue (or green-blue?) brochure was published in late 1960.
Differences:
Page 1: The truck at the mid-far-left of the page on the 1960 version has the ‘hockey stick’ styling, where the 1959 version has the older styling. Curiously, the wagons are identical.
Page 2: The ‘hockey’ stick 4WD utility wagon moves from the right to the left hand side on the 1960 brochure, while the older-design 2WD wagon is dropped in favor of the Harlequin-design wagon. The plain version of the truck is swapped for the ‘hockey’ stick truck. There are a variety of small text edits as well.
Page 3: Some very minor edits. The red version of the brochure is marked Form NO. 59-19, while the blue version is marked Form No. 600-19. Both brochures were part of a 20 series set of brochures both years. Once I get both sets of brochures complete, I will do a post for each year of brochures.
1959: 
1960:
This very unusual item is priced at $39. Here’s more information about the Hong Kong TV series / ‘Jeep’ partnership.
View all the information on eBay
There was a mention of both Maverick and Hong Kong TV series at the very end of this Jeep Commercial. This is one of at least three commercials Buster Keaton did for jeep.
Roger Martin shared these pics with me. This jeep is not for sale; it’s just fun to look at.
The pics are from a Facebook post. The jeep is an MB with a 1938 Plymouth DeLuxe hardtop on it and powered by a 1939 Studebaker flat six. It was built by a farmer years ago.
Rare Austin Champ for sale.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1501548290037874/
“1952 Austin champ , ex English military , rolls Royce engine , new tires 5 forward gears and 5 reverse gears , in the process of getting CA plates”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $7000.
Only pics of the orange jeep (the running one?) are included.
“I am selling 3 Jeeps Willys – 1948 all One can run, the other two are projects that require work. All parts are included in the package”
Needs electrical work completed.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/412972309328257/
“OBO 4 cylinder motor brand new trans, needs some electrical done. Ran good before I had a short in it. Has 5 point belts . I dont have time to finish it.”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $2200.
There might be value here. Probably needs some work.
“CJ3A Willys project. Has running Go Devil L134. New starter, points, coil. Needs radiator repaired. Great start for a flat fender classic. Clean title, can help with delivery if needed.”
This may be a Koenig hardtop. A few had the flat back like this. It also looks very similar to a Lambert top, but those tops had smaller rear windows. Oddly, it seems like the passenger side of the top near the passenger door area has been trimmed. I would ask for passenger side pics of this one before going to see it.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2397674526934432/
“Here is a good condition factory Jeep CJ 3A hardtop. It bolts on. This is just for the hardtop only…not the Jeep. No rust or bad areas……needs painting”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $20,000.
There were 831 FJ-3As produced (in contrast, 7300 FJ-3s were produced; this was the shorter version that was mostly, but not exclusively, used by the post office). Based on a my records and a quick google search, I’d guess there are more like 50 FJ-3As still around, but that’s still not many.
“1962 jeep willys fleetvan runs and drives ready for shows or a restoration.There are probably only about 20 of these cars left in the world. Message me with any questions”
UPDATE: Price dropped to $12,000.
(06/18/2019) Lots of updates to this flattie.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/467459810679116/
“Here is my 1948 Willys! It runs and drives great! Everything works on it and it has a lot of extras! Fun car to do some off-roading in! Asking $18,000 obo. Here are all the details
305 Chevrolet V8
Dana 44 axles
Front disc brakes
PRP seats
CNC pedals
Jamar ProX master cylinder
20 gallon fuel cell
Onboard air compressor
8000 lb winch
2 KC HID lights
KC LED light bar
Swingaway spare tire carrier
Race radio
Intercom
Auto meter gauges
New wiring
Roll cage
Warn hubs
Tow bar”
UPDATE: Still Available. The 2A appears to be a lefty.
No pics of the CJ-3B. Unclear if one or all is $1500.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/391613968188180/
“CJ2A and a CJ3B jeeps. They don’t run and no titles. By appointment only. Starting price is $1500.”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $2500.
(09/08/2019) Could be worth a look. May have an f-head.
“1947 Jeep CJ2A runs and drives. $3000 obo”
UPDATE: Still Available?
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/412008219661947/
“All original, has a metal top. Runs good but needs battery. 4 cylinder flat head”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $300.
John shared this odd one. For $300, there should be value here. This appears to have a Porter & Reed hardtop.
“willys jeep many good parts must go do not want to end up in scrap yard.”
UPDATE: Thanks to Dave, we have some additional Koenig history:
“The son of the founder built the company up into a successful business making winches, “truck bodies”, and other stuff. His name was Herbert Koenig and he died in 2011 at age 95. An obit mentions that Koenig Iron Works (of Houston) was sold in 1978, and is now known as “RKI” and makes truck equipment (in Houston). They are RKI-US.com. Nothing indicates they care about Jeeps anymore!
Also, a Danish guy seems to have a website named Koenigwinches.com and it seems he makes parts for Koenig winches.”
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Original Post November 2019:
This is a good example of simple post that spun out of control. Initially, I wanted to look at some changes in Koenig’s CJ-5 hardtop model numbers over the years; But, that then expanded to a look at twenty years (or so) of brochures.
THE EARLY YEARS:
The timeline of the early Koenig brochures are pretty easy to identify based on the jeeps used. In later years, Koenig began using numbered ‘bulletins’ to identify brochures. At first, I thought the numbered bulletins should be ordered by ascending number, but after closer examination, I the later two digits of each bulletin number reflect the year of the brochure. As you will see, other brochure elements back this theory.
Before we start, you can find installation instructions for some Koenig hardtops here.
The earliest Koenig brochure I can find was published in an early Willys-Overland Equipment brochure (1949?). The models consisted of “Full Cab” and “Half Cab”. This brochure was included among a surprisingly large number of hardtop competitors’ brochures, including Worman tops, CarsonCraft tops, Boston Top tops, Sturdee tops, Porter & Reed tops, Body V7 Works tops, Blue Star tops, Lambert tops, Hills Custom Built tops and Meyers tops (which became sears tops and a company that was different from the one that produced later Meyer tops).
This brochure circa 1949 showed half and full cabs on a CJ-3A:
