Sold!
In 2018 the Willy truck was finally done then sold.
It was sold to an enthusiastic guy who plans to show it.
It was a fluke that we actually sold it at a car show with having no inclinations we would even do so. The adventure never ends though. We are not onto a 1953 Dodge Pilot House truck where it's also been taken down to the frame and working till it's completion.
We are officially a Willy owner. After years of admiring the Jeep Willy's and the Willy truck my husband has tracked one down. He spent considerable time searching the web making phone calls and educating himself. We've owned a jeep for many years and have enjoyed going to 'camp jeep' and having fun as a family on trails. I've blogged about how my daughter has admired a Willy several times. I do believe she was born in the wrong decade. She should've been a 1960's girl. Anyway the adventure has begun for my husband to turn this 1962 Willy's truck into a road worthy vehicle. We travelled to the Berkshires in Massachusetts into the small village of Blandsford to bring the truck home. Thankfully without too much fuss we arrived home safely during our first snowfall of the season. Because of the snow we cut our trip short so I need to go back through the Catskills and Berkshires because it's a photographers paradise. My husband just completed a 1998 Jeep Loredo and I think he was afraid of being bored! I'm proud of all his hard work. I'm sure it may be quite some time before this all comes together because of course the holidays are arriving and directly behind that brings baseball and softball and the world of golf. It'll occupy his time for a few years but stay tuned for updates! (The biggest decision of all will be --what color to make it!!) ........................Goodnight John-Boy!
Willy blogs......
http://hymyers.blogspot.com/2009/05/found-another-willys.html
http://hymyers.blogspot.com/2009/02/willys-world.html
OMG!
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful boy!
Enjoy this jewerly and please let us know how you feel.
Best regards from Canada.
-Jose.
hi we are in Australia, reading your blog, very nice, could your husband give us some tips, where to look to buy jeep, we have tried many jeep truck site, but they all want ridiculous mo eye, pinterest, or Craig's list, we are in mid build and missing body part, but would buy whole truck if need be, thank you
ReplyDeleteSorry - your comment was in moderation and I neglected to check there! We've recently sold this truck after a complete re-do from the frame up keeping it 99% original. It's very hard to find parts. Some fabrication came into play. We stumbled upon the purchase of this one and agree with you - getting parts is an adventure all in itself! Goodluck!
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