1946 Willy’s.

[mwqpd11]

Just picked this up for a winter project. Going to run antique tags and have fun. Going to replace fuel tank and lines. Carb. Going over wiring for lights. Go over brake system.
Buick odd fire V6 with Offenhauser intake and Holley 390. Headers
Saginaw steering box
33 Buckshots on Jackman wheels
Saginaw 4 speed
Warn Overdrive
Later rears with 5.38 gears and 11 inch drums
Dumped fuel in it and it fired right up. Been in a garage for 20 years. Guy daily drove it for 3 years.
Came with a soft top and doors also

 

[mwqpd11]

More pictures

 

[mwqpd11]

Hiding in the back is 1998 wrangler with Cummings 4BT. Will be for sale in spring

 

[mwqpd11]

Extra fenders hood and grill came with it. Probably sell those

 

[gr8dain]

Looks awesome. I am getting more use out of my 49 these days.

 

[masscj2a]

I've got a 46 as well, it's called the Jalopy. Got it with no axles, tranny or transfer case. Sense then picked up a centered 44 flanged, T18, Dana 20 with Terra low. Dauntless is almost ready.

 

[bigwalton]

Looks like a great rig

 

[Drahcir495]

Love it! Fired right up - that is a great sign.

 

[mwqpd11]

Got my license plate for it

 

[Belizeit]

Nice. Will you be able to use it as the official one ?

 

[mwqpd11]

Yes in PA you can re use old tags up to the late 1980s. You fill out a DMV form with the picture of the tag. They send you a reg card for the tag. Got the tag on EBay for $25

 

[bigwalton]

Yes in PA you can re use old tags up to the late 1980s. You fill out a DMV form with the picture of the tag. They send you a reg card for the tag. Got the tag on EBay for $25

That is an awesome program!

 

[wm69]

Growing up an old guy across town had a rusted out MB. Wanted $400 for it, which to a 14-15 year old kid in the 80's, was a lot of money. It disappeared, so that dream went with it (along with the two mid 60's MGB's the guy across the street had).

Fast forward a few years, I'm grown now, mortgage, two kids, and a CJ2 pops up on a backroad about 10 minutes from my house. Runs and drives, and actually wasn't too rusty. $1200. I hemmed and hawed around about it, decided I didn't have a place to keep it, and then the next day decided I could throw it under a tarp in the back yard until a better storage alternative came up, and the guy had sold it the day before.

There's one that's been sitting in a backyard down the road from my work for several years. I finally figured out who owned it and sent him a message on bookface asking if he'd sell it. He said it was actually his dad's and wasn't for sale, but I did notice a few days later that it had been moved, so maybe my inquiry will push them into getting it back in use and save it from a slow rot.

One of these days I'll find my cheap project flatty.

 

[mwqpd11]

Plan to start working on it in February