Willys MB 1942....

[Rossi]

Nice Kirk - post some pics.........!

Hey Steve,

Long time since you said post some pics. Well the back went out on me for a couple weeks and today was the first I felt up to climbing around, under and in old beastie. Pulled her out of storage and she popped over right away. Hard to beat that 1974 Vette Motor. Purrs like a big kitty after a kill in the wild. So damn much fun it seems illegal. Any body in MN this summer lets have a cold one and take a ride. Got her finally spiffed up and threw the top on for the first time in a couple years. I really think I need to drive to your neck of the woods and we need to get this bitch buried in a bog! I have never used the Ramsey wench except for pulling a downed tree from the back yard.

[Walkwolf]

Great pics Kirk - thanks - Beautiful machine ! Don't know if I have
ever mentioned it before, but Willys used leftover MB parts on
the early CJ-2A's, and I noticed the axe and shovel
recesses on yours.

Mine has an MB driver's side fender which has the hole
for the blackout lamp wire to go through. It's a '46
serial number 32014.........

[Rossi]

Great pics Kirk - thanks - Beautiful machine ! Don't know if I have
ever mentioned it before, but Willys used leftover MB parts on
the early CJ-2SA's, and I noticed the axe and shovel
recesses on yours.

Mine has an MB driver's side fender which has the hole
for the blackout lamp wire to go through. It's a '46
serial number 32014.........

I love your jeep. Wish we were closer to take them for a cruise! Yep when I found this in the field it had an old shovel in it and a old rifle rack on it and I stupidly as a young idiot took them off and threw them cause they were roached out.

[Rossi]

Wish I would have restored mine to original engine and parts specs. It would be worth a small fortune. More fun to drive this way

[Walkwolf]

It's not too late ! There are probably quite a few CJ's around as many
people are attracted to WWII jeeps. I've also seen a lot of CJ-2A
conversions - there are at least three CJ-MB's in the greater
Toronto area - they change out the windshield and the
grille, and replace the tailgate with a solid panel.........

[Rossi]

It's not too late ! There are probably quite a few CJ's around as many
people are attracted to WWII jeeps. I've also seen a lot of CJ-2A
conversions - there are at least three CJ-MB's in the greater
Toronto area - they change out the windshield and the
grille, and replace the tailgate with a solid panel.........

My Dad has a 1948 Willys. He has another motor that is an original well running 1947. I am not sure if I want to attack it. I got 5 years and many hours into mine. Did it for a good amount of budgeting too.

[Walkwolf]

Indeed - time and money.........

[earlymb]

Nice CJ's! I think it's really a shame when someone tries to convert a CJ into an MB, you don't see them that often (they're quite rare here) and it ruins a CJ while trying to be something it will never be.

[Walkwolf]

Agreed. CJ-MB's are pretty convincing though - the thing
that gives them away is the T-90 transmission hump,
but again, most people would never know.........

[earlymb]

Most people here that want a cheaper WW2-model jeep opt for a M201 Hotchkiss, a version of the Willys MB license-built in France in the 1950's and 60's for the French army. They are reasonably plentiful although I wouldn't call them cheap, and although different in many details they are nearly identical to the WW2 MB. With some work it can be quite hard even for experts to tell what it is. They are very well built and most M201 parts will fit on a WW2 jeep (but are often marked with 'WOF', for Willys-Overland France).

Because the French army kept using their WW2 jeeps at the same time it's common to find 'jeep-salads', jeeps built up from both WW2 as M201 parts, usually after being overhauled by the army.