: what is this 1942 willys?


PIA
11-10-2001, 10:06 AM
i dont know my early jeeps too well.

http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=597311565

all i know is that it has some ford inline 6 from a car, with an auto. no transfer case :barf: and some cheese dick shifter...guy said it uses a hand brake to shift....wtf?

anyways, what exactly is it? i see potential...thanks

mike
11-10-2001, 01:35 PM
Well, its definatley a cj3a windshield, the grill is definatley a MB/GPW grill, since the grill top looks rounded I'd bet its an MB grill. The rest of it I cant tell easily in the pictures. Keep in mind that early jeep titles arent particularly accurate on either the year or the model (like my friends 47 cj2a which is really a 42 GPW). Ive seen ford straight 6's swapped in before.. last one I saw was a real butcher job. The bellhousing was about a foot and a half into the tub and the gas pedal was right next to the block. Needless to say that was yanked out.

oldjeep
11-11-2001, 07:36 PM
Well, it's definitely NOT a 3a windshield. It's a MB/GPW windshiel with the stock inner replaced with a single piece of glass.

The wood bench seat is a nice touch. No telling how bad it's hacked up underneath. $1500? Body looks OK, but it's missing all the good parts to restore it and costs too much to build a trail rig.

mike
11-11-2001, 08:54 PM
Originally posted by oldjeep
Well, it's definitely NOT a 3a windshield. It's a MB/GPW windshiel with the stock inner replaced with a single piece of glass.

The wood bench seat is a nice touch. No telling how bad it's hacked up underneath. $1500? Body looks OK, but it's missing all the good parts to restore it and costs too much to build a trail rig.

Ahhhhh so it is, my bad :D