S-l-o-w-l-y being able to join the Jeep club. Rebuilding a 1945 Willys CJ2A which will likely not be ready until sometime in 2018. They started building CJ2A Jeeps in 1945 with serial number 10001. This is number 10559 so a very early 1945 being the 559th Jeep off the line. They only made 1,800 Willys Jeeps in 1945 and over 71,000 in 1946. This has the column shift 3-on-the-tree which they discontinued early in 1946 in favor of a floor shift. Has the 60hp, L-head, Go-Devil 134cu.in. inline 4 engine. Also has the full floating Dana 27 rear end which they swapped out with a Dana 41 when they eliminated the column shift. Only came in two colors in 1945, green with yellow wheels or tan with dark orange wheels. Not going back to those colors for sure...
Some pictures of the Jeep as we pulled it out of storage, mid tear-down and ground up rebuild of the frame.
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