Some Jeep & Kubelwagen fuel system parts are interchangeable (Ford helped set up the VW factory) .

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Originally posted by Fenris:
I wonder if one could be assembled from spare parts?

The Wilkes brothers built the first Land Rover from left over Jeep parts.

Always wanted one. Still do!

Thanks for posting, brings back memories of my CJ-3A my wife and I restored and used for hunting in swampy east Texas. That Jeep would go ANYWHERE. I’ll try to dig out some old photos to post.

Steve

My dad had a Willys jeep that we used when we would elk hunting in Colorado. That thing could go anywhere. Some of my best memories are of driving that Jeep over the mountain trails.

My father bought an army surplus one in the 1950's. We used it on the farm daily to check cattle, fix fences, etc. Just like Patrick Aloysious Brady on the Roy Rogers show

My 3 sisters and I all learned to drive in that Jeep!

My dad had one with an aluminum cab that was extended in the rear. Good place for the bird dogs.

Never could get that $50 together for purchase but plenty of 4x4 miles in cj2 by Kennedy years. 55 years later I'm on my 5th Jeep. Still smiling.

Thanks for great photos.

Not a Willys, but a pretty cool modern variant with a legacy.

Roxor

My dad was a forester, his work vehicle was a Willy’s Jeep with a small plow in the bed of the Jeep, if he was the first to get to a fire while it was still fairly small he could plow a break around it, if the fire was too much for him to handle he would call the state to send their big cat truck. I learned to drive in that Jeep on the dirt roads in south Alabama when I was 8 years old.

Here is my 43 GPW.

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Here is my 43 GPW.

That's beautiful man! Must be fun to cruise around town in that. I'll bet you get more than a few second looks.

I'm a purist and have always loved the utilitarian aspect of those original little work horses (mules?)

When I bought my Jeep back in '05 there was a factory Willys edition right next to it on the lot. I liked the paint scheme but upon closer inspection it had too many of the amenities that I did not want. Automatic transmission, full doors, Air Conditioning!? What the hell? No thanks. Mine is a lot closer to the spirit of the original Jeeps in spite of the silver paint job.

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Here is my 43 GPW.

That's beautiful man! Must be fun to cruise around town in that. I'll bet you get more than a few second looks.

Yes, I get all positive responses when in the Jeep. They are also very fun to drive.

Thank You Tooky13

Have always wanted one. Love the simplistic, utilitarian, go anywhere nature of them.