These are 2 scaned photos of pictures taken back in 1991 (still with film - no digital then) In 1991 I purchased the jeep and was all set to do start restoring it. There was more work than expected. The body besides a small hole under the tool box (pass. side) and dents and dings it was not to bad. I was more worried about the the drive tran. I found wheat in and down the carb. In 1992 we moved into a house without a basement. So you can guess where all the things to store ended up. Things started to pile up. I managed to clean up the garage a few times to work on the jeep. The jeep is now in pieces. To many things were happening during thistime (kids work etc.). Now I am starting to have more time so a separate garage is going to be built for my projects. After the engine was taken apart I found that it was bored out to max.The head has a small crack by a stud hole which can be repaired. In the mean time I was able to get a hold of two engines for parts. Will send more pictures once garage is built. For now, Stefan Stencel
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When I was 8 years old our family moved from Knoxville to Memphis, TN. I had an older sister and two younger brothers. My father has always been an avid sportsman and was looking for an activity to involve all his children. He befriended Charlie Olieta who with his brother Glen was starting a hunting club at the Tunica Cut-Off in Tunica County Mississippi calling it the Tunica Cut-Off Hunting Club. He was in need of a hunting vehicle which could navigate the miles of thick muddy roads on the leased land (they were as bad as any logging road I have ever seen with sticky mud called Mississippi gumbo). My father purchased the 1947 CJ-2A Willys Jeep in 1966 from Robert Barlow for $400. <br> The condition of the Jeep at time of purchase was in a poor state. My father was told that all the grease seals had been renewed. The next morning after a greasing of the Willys he discovered all the grease was under the Jeep on the carport floor! Fortunately my father had always worked on vehicles; for this was a project which required great patience and mechanical skill. He shared a story with me of him prowling through a military junkyard and finding a box half buried in the mud. The stenciled lettering said MB front axle. He bought it for $50. It was a completely rebuilt front axle with tire rods, and brake drums still in the cosmoline …what a lucky day! Another lucky break came when a friend who worked for Sears told him they were replacing their air compressors with new devilbiss compressors. The original compressors were 4 cylinders and pumped on two. They had one such compressor still in the crate for $100. Dad said he jumped on it because this was the original Jeep flat head engine with a modified head but the same block. <br> Dad was a great steward for this Willys Jeep. He raised four children all of whom learned to drive with this vehicle and abused it engaging in youthful frolic during the process. It was during my childhood years that I fell in love with this great vehicle and grew to appreciate its endurance and versatility. I can see why Eisenhower said it was one of the three reasons we won WWII. My siblings and I kept my father busy doing body work, replacing motors, crank shafts, transmissions, paint jobs, etc… He kept it street legal most of the time. My junior year in high school I drove the Willys Jeep to Hernando, MS from Memphis to see a girlfriend. I never made it home after throwing a rod in the engine which I replaced with my hard earned summer savings from mowing grass. The spare tire on this civilian model was originally on the rear panel driver’s side until I drove too close to a tree peeling it off. <br> Somehow the Willys Jeep survived my childhood years and as well as those of my father’s grandchildren. In September, 2009 I made a trip to Tunica, MS to pick up the Willys Jeep. My father parted with it taking my Honda 4Wheeler in trade. My first objective was to restore this vehicle back to a mechanically sound condition so that I may continue to enjoy it on my farm in Montgomery County, TN. I am not mechanical and so I sought out someone to do a limited restoration. We rebuilt the engine, installed a new wire harness, rebuilt the carburetor, applied a paint job, did a brake job and finished up with original military tires. While hauling the Willys Jeep back to my home in Clarksville, TN as luck would have it my wife and I went through tornado conditions while on I-24. I had to pull off the interstate for safety and due to impaired visibility pulled into a grassy median sinking my Sierra GMC truck, trailer and Willys Jeep in the muddy soft ground. I was hopelessly stuck! As soon as the wind died down I unloaded the Willys Jeep in the rain pulling it up on the pavement. I attached a chain to the truck. With my wife steering the truck I started up the Willys Jeep and as if talking to an old friend asked it not to fail me now. Much to my pleasure and surprise the Willys Jeep pulled my truck and trailer out of the muddy median. Like a faithful hunting dog it has never let me down! <br> My next objective is to be as good a steward to this vehicle as was my father so that future generations will grow to appreciate it and hopefully pass it along!
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Wow! Great addition to the site… thank you. Sons and I working on a 48 CJ-2a and expect it will be a couple years more before we submit a pix. Just bought one of your new tubs for it… kinda’ embarrassed to be doing this but I worked on old body for quite a while but decided I wanted to get it done and on the road before my passing. I know some of you at least know what I am talking about… previous owner trashed the inside by (poorly) gas welding in a rube roll bar, and then the rust… oh, my. But it is ours, and I am still excited! Thanks for the parts and the help Kaiser Willys!
Richard
whoops the last pics avble are till letter T
what abt the rest U,V ,W X …..Z
Hello every one it is great to see old jeeps still around I am 20 years old and I have a 1946 Willys CJ-2A that was givin to me by a man named Ron Frazer. He started restoring it, he got it running but still needed a lot of work. He stopped working on it because he got sick and it was stored under a barn for 8 years. Then I came along dating his daughter and now engaged. I started working on the jeep for Ron to drive so a couple months later he handed me the keys to the jeep and said it was yours. I said the jeep was ours to play with, one month later he passed away. I hope he is proud of what I’ve done. I wish he could be around to see it and to see his first grand child. RIP Ron Frazer.
Hi Brandi, take a look at http://www.willysforsale.com a free classifieds for Willys Jeeps and parts. Good luck!
We have a willy CJ2a we want to restore….need another one that we can use for parts. Does anyone know of someone selling? Let me or my husband know. 970-210-7915. We want to put two together to make one original!! All help is appreciated.
Hopefully, one day I will join the ranks of my fellow Jeepsters? I too have a 1946 CJ2A that is in restoration.
Nice collection of jeeps. Will resend my pics of my 43 GPW
ASHEVILLE, NC
http://asheville.craigslist.org/cto/2554829889.html
Bimal,
Try WillysForSale.com, Craigslist.com, Recycler.com, or our Facebook @ http://www.facebook.com/KaiserWillys?ref=ts
Happy hunting.
I am looking for one CJ-3B in any condition or its chasis only.
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R Lickert, those are to hold the top bows or poles when the top is off.
what in the world are the slots or tabs or pockets or holders or whatever they are on the left side designed to do, and hold?? the MB used different ones for the shovel and axe..but these baffle me?
Bob
Mike, Got my CJ2A seats you made for me. They are 1st class. Easy install and a perfect fit. Thanks
Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You have a great site, lots of great pics of some of the best jeeps ever made.
Thank you
Hello again Dan,
I just saw that yours was the photo album without a name, but I received your email reply… I would have posted it last Friday but I was out of the office (it was my birthday). I will get your album posted today and send you a link!
– Rachel H.
Hi Dan,
I usually post the new pics / albums on the Friday of the week during which they were submitted. Did you send photos? I had one email without a name…was that you?
How long does it take before pics are posted after they are emailed in?
Here’s a link to my jeep pic’s on photobucket. I’m not sure how to post them here to make them visible…
http://s817.photobucket.com/albums/zz91/elraque/Willys%20CJ2A%20Pictures/
Anxious to see pictures of my ’47 Flatfender on your website. Please send me an email when they are listed. Thanks!!
Same goes for me. I’m assuming they received a butt load of replys and are sorting through all of them….hope to see it up soon
I don’t see my photos. Shall I send them again?
Tim