62 Willys Wagon

[Mad Trapper]

I didn't want to hijack Slippy's thread.

Story is I was a poor college student, going to my favorite junkyard owned by good friend, to keep my 73 C10 chevy, I got for free still running.

That got fixed eventually, a newer 292 I-6 (from UPS truck 40k miles), 66 no emissions pull choke carb (junkyard pull/rebuild), 1-wire GM HEI distributor, and a hurst/muncie from a 73 vette.... another story...


At the junkyard sat a 62 Willys wagon. No motor. Had brand new Rancho springs/shocks, all new brake lines, almost no rust even surface.

I asked Tom the junkyard owner about it. "it's my friends, going through a bad divorce, he started restoring it..........he's asking $800 but say You are a friend, $600."

I asked about motor. "Motor original Hurricane I-6 is rebuilt with a new clutch, brakes are all new, has a complete spare transmission/transfer case."

"Tom, it has 29,000 miles?" "yes it does, original owner was a Vietnam Vet who got killed. Dad kept the Willys to plow the driveway only...."

Only rot was where a rug was on drivers side, door ajar, rotted the drivers floor. Was missing distributor, I got one from same junkyard, Tom collected Willys stuff. I also have the aux heater assy, that is a small radiator that fits in the back, plumbed to the motor coolant w/electric blower fan.

I got it $600. Been covered in storage ~ 35 years now, rebuilt motor is in my barn. I don't have a garage to fix it proper.

Last car I did proper, I worked at a garage a while, and had free time and tools/equipment, took it to bare block rebuild. Not original motor (396) but maybe better, 69 370/350 corvette 11:1 motor. It was My 1st car, 68 Camaro RS/SS. It's in my barn too. That one shift into 4th when speedo was 120mph/buried, 3.07:1 gears. 1/4 mile only used 1-3rd, 11s or 12s.

I need a garage.......have tractors too

[Slippy]

Excellent story! Its the memories and stories that we all have that make us a great group of friends! Glad you shared with us!

I didn't want to hijack Slippy's thread.

Story is I was a poor college student, going to my favorite junkyard owned by good friend, to keep my 73 C10 chevy, I got for free still running.

That got fixed eventually, a newer 292 I-6 (from UPS truck 40k miles), 66 no emissions pull choke carb (junkyard pull/rebuild), 1-wire GM HEI distributor, and a hurst/muncie from a 73 vette.... another story...


At the junkyard sat a 62 Willys wagon. No motor. Had brand new Rancho springs/shocks, all new brake lines, almost no rust even surface.

I asked Tom the junkyard owner about it. "it's my friends, going through a bad divorce, he started restoring it..........he's asking $800 but say You are a friend, $600."

I asked about motor. "Motor original Hurricane I-6 is rebuilt with a new clutch, brakes are all new, has a complete spare transmission/transfer case."

"Tom, it has 29,000 miles?" "yes it does, original owner was a Vietnam Vet who got killed. Dad kept the Willys to plow the driveway only...."

Only rot was where a rug was on drivers side, door ajar, rotted the drivers floor. Was missing distributor, I got one from same junkyard, Tom collected Willys stuff. I also have the aux heater assy, that is a small radiator that fits in the back, plumbed to the motor coolant w/electric blower fan.

I got it $600. Been covered in storage ~ 35 years now, rebuilt motor is in my barn. I don't have a garage to fix it proper.

Last car I did proper, I worked at a garage a while, and had free time and tools/equipment, took it to bare block rebuild. Not original motor (396) but maybe better, 69 370/350 corvette 11:1 motor. It was My 1st car, 68 Camaro RS/SS. It's in my barn too. That one shift into 4th when speedo was 120mph/buried, 3.07:1 gears. 1/4 mile only used 1-3rd, 11s or 12s.

I need a garage.......have tractors too

[Piratesailor]

I’ll second that. Great story. Thanks!

[StratBastard]

Oh, you can hijack his thread.

Get his wallet too.

[Box of frogs]

Trapper, since we are all cool and everything I am gonna make you an excellent offer.
Since you don’t have time or a garage (neither do I have time or a garage)
I’m gonna trailer up to your local and take both of those project vehicles ,the Camaro and Willys off your hands. Then you can sleep at night and you want have to worry yourself about finding the time to work on them.
I am even willing to do it for free.
So what do you think ok buddy, pal of mine, is it a deal ?

Your best friend in the whole world BoF

[Mad Trapper]

Trapper, since we are all cool and everything I am gonna make you an excellent offer.
Since you don’t have time or a garage (neither do I have time or a garage)
I’m gonna trailer up to your local and take both of those project vehicles ,the Camaro and Willys off your hands. Then you can sleep at night and you want have to worry yourself about finding the time to work on them.
I am even willing to do it for free.
So what do you think ok buddy, pal of mine, is it a deal ?

Your best friend in the whole world BoF

BOF, thanks for the kind offer.

I didn't mention I have a 67 Kaiser CJ5. From Oklahoma never been driven winter, 67,000 original miles. Rare original Buick V6 231, Warn overdrive. Stock except bumpers, wheels, Besttop. The OD is fun can use like a gear splitter, that Jeep will cruise 70 mph no problem, or creep like a turtle.

I need to finish brake update, drums don't slow down at 70 good. 70s GM 4WD 1/2 ton disc pickup brakes can be adapted easy, have parts not the time/garage. Just need spindles/rotors/calipers/ new MC/partitioning valve. Good thing those Jeeps went slow.

Check out earlycj5.com if you are into anything Jeep/Willys pre-Chrysler.

My treasures and dreams are not for sale. The Camaro if I finished the body would fetch 100X what I paid for it.

Did I forget about the tractors? 40 9N, 52 Fergy TO-20, 72 Ford 2000.........just getting to the Fergy, just owned last fall. Will do a post on that soon.

Fergy has bigger TO-30 Continental engine, good rubber, 12V conversion. Fuel system was fked from E10. Got that done MS carb and new lines/sediment bowl

[Slippy]

Oh, you can hijack his thread.

Get his wallet too.

When you pry it from Mrs Slippy's cold dead hands...

[Slippy]

BOF, thanks for the kind offer.

I didn't mention I have a 67 Kaiser CJ5. From Oklahoma never been driven winter, 67,000 original miles. Rare original Buick V6 231, Warn overdrive. Stock except bumpers, wheels, Besttop. The OD is fun can use like a gear splitter, that Jeep will cruise 70 mph no problem, or creep like a turtle.

I need to finish brake update, drums don't slow down at 70 good. 70s GM 4WD 1/2 ton disc pickup brakes can be adapted easy, have parts not the time/garage. Just need spindles/rotors/calipers/ new MC/partitioning valve. Good thing those Jeeps went slow.

Check out earlycj5.com if you are into anything Jeep/Willys pre-Chrysler.

My treasures and dreams are not for sale. The Camaro if I finished the body would fetch 100X what I paid for it.

Did I forget about the tractors? 40 9N, 52 Fergy TO-20, 72 Ford 2000.........just getting to the Fergy, just owned last fall. Will do a post on that soon.

Fergy has bigger TO-30 Continental engine, good rubber, 12V conversion. Fuel system was fked from E10. Got that done MS carb and new lines/sediment bowl

Again, awesome!

"MY TRESURES AND DREAMS ARE NOT FOR SALE" should be a bumper sticker or at least a very nice sign over a threshold!

I would love to spend some time with the Mad Trapper and just listen to his stories etc!

[Modfan]

Those old fergusons are so cool. I keep threatening the wife with buying an 8n and putting a surplus Cummins 4bt into it.

[T-Man 1066]

Those old fergusons are so cool. I keep threatening the wife with buying an 8n and putting a surplus Cummins 4bt into it.

They are very cool for sure, I got a fairly clean 50th anniversary Golden Jubilee, 1953.