1944 Willys Jeep. The vehicle registration identifies it as a 1944 with a VIN number 501801. Based on the year of the registration this has to be a MB model, which were produced from 1941-45, however I suspect that this is actually a 1946 CJ-2A with a floor shift. The current body on the vehicle is not the original one. The replacement body seems to be either a CJ-3A or M38 with a one-piece windshield, which were produced from 1949-52. The replacement body is an aftermarket body from J.C. Whitney that was replaced in the late '70s when my father first purchased the vehicle and did a ground up restoration. I don't know what the original body was on the vehicle, however the original color was olive green. The original serial number green color has survived and it has the following numbers: 54163 followed in larger numbers 30350. The odometer reads 52,158 however I don't know whether this is the original miles. During the ground up restoration done in the late '70's custom hydraulic mechanism for the snow plow was built utilizing the power steering pump from a Datsun 280ZX, Ford oil filter and brake cylinder were mated into the original system, 12 volt conversion with an alternator was done, a Datsun 280ZX radiator overflow bucket was added and the original seats were replaced with Cadillac Cimarron leather seats. The vehicle was last registered and driven daily in 1986. Since then it has been used only for snow plowing in front of our building a few times a year and for the past 5 years it was not driven or run at all. The vehicle was always garaged from late '70s till present. The last time that the vehicle ran it had low compression in one of the cylinders, the carburetor needed rebuilding and the brake lines needed replacement.
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