131: Gurhan Huroglu’s 1951 Willys CJ-3A
I bought the Willys with my father. He mainly made the restoration and I made the logistics and project management. My father is now half retired, he is 72 years old and he restored a 1942 MB in 1962 when he was 20 years old. He sold it after using it daily for 10 years but I know he always loved the Willys. I was feeling that he was just waiting for support to buy one and start a restoration.
Than suddenly, one day in January 2013 we decided to buy a Willys and restore it. We looked for an MB but it is almost impossible to find one for restoration. There are quite a lot of CJ-3Bs in Turkey, but we could find this CJ-3A which are getting rare also. It was quite in good shape and with many original parts. But it was quite rusty and I think, it did not see some good maintenance in its entire life. Anyway, my father who is a very good mechanic, dismantled the Willys down to the very smallest part and we did a complete restoration.
It was possible to find many spare parts in Turkey and we ordered some from the USA also. I have to confess that our family business is designing and manufacturing various types of machines for marine industry. Therefore, with the capabilities of our workshop it was not very difficult to make the restoration. We wanted to keep our CJ-3A as stock as possible. Beside keeping its civilian look we wanted to add some military features such as Air Force Blue body color, olive drab canvas seats, olive drab jerry can, olive drab safety straps, rear bumpers, pintle hook and the M38 used speedometer.
We finished the restoration in 6 months and enjoyed it a lot. I hope you will like our Willys also.
Greetings from Istanbul
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Fantastic Job Gurhan! It is beautiful and I can see the attention to detail is second to none. Nothing looks better on these old Flatties than original rims and non-directional tires. Again Great Job!
Fantastic Job Gurhan! It is beautiful and I can see the attention to detail is second to none. Nothing looks better on these old Flatties than original rims and non-directional tires. Again Great Job!
Hi Larry,
Thank you for your liking. I really payed attention on the details when making the restoration. Now it makes me happy to read comments like yours. I have to say that this willys is a head turner, it draws more attention than much more expensive cars in the streets. I agree with you also about the original rims and non-direcitonal tires, flat fenders are more pretty with these.
Hi Larry,
Thank you for your liking. I really payed attention on the details when making the restoration. Now it makes me happy to read comments like yours. I have to say that this willys is a head turner, it draws more attention than much more expensive cars in the streets. I agree with you also about the original rims and non-direcitonal tires, flat fenders are more pretty with these.
Your Jeep looks awsome with nice original detailing, a job well done Gurhant by you and your dad.
Your Jeep looks awsome with nice original detailing, a job well done Gurhant by you and your dad.
HOLA MUCHO LO SIENTO PERO NO SE LEER NI ESCRIBIR INGLES
YO SOLAMENTE HABLO ESPAÑOL SI PUEDEN RUEGO SE COMUNIQUEN CONMIGO EN ESPAÑOL
MUCHAS GRACIAS
POR MOLESTARSE EN CONTESTARME
ALDO
HOLA MUCHO LO SIENTO PERO NO SE LEER NI ESCRIBIR INGLES
YO SOLAMENTE HABLO ESPAÑOL SI PUEDEN RUEGO SE COMUNIQUEN CONMIGO EN ESPAÑOL
MUCHAS GRACIAS
POR MOLESTARSE EN CONTESTARME
ALDO
Hola Aldo, lo siento pero Yo hablo muy poco Espanol
Hola Aldo, lo siento pero Yo hablo muy poco Espanol
OooWeeh!!! Head turner is right. Looks great. With this kind of attention to detail I bet your day-job company makes a super product. Doing another one? You’re inspiring me to get started on my 46 CJ2A. PHK, Idaho.
OooWeeh!!! Head turner is right. Looks great. With this kind of attention to detail I bet your day-job company makes a super product. Doing another one? You’re inspiring me to get started on my 46 CJ2A. PHK, Idaho.
Hello Peterhenry
Thank you for your comments. These comments are encouraging me and my father to do another one, a truck may be. Please share with us pictures of your CJ2A also. If you are interested, you can check our production from http://www.datahidrolik.com
Hello Peterhenry
Thank you for your comments. These comments are encouraging me and my father to do another one, a truck may be. Please share with us pictures of your CJ2A also. If you are interested, you can check our production from http://www.datahidrolik.com