These are first pictures of our Willys that I found on Craigslist Nov. 2008. Origionally I was looking for an AMC Eagle SX/4 but it was too hard to pass up and it did have 4 wheel drive.
We picked her up for $875.00 from somewhere near Kalamazoo MI, this is her coming to her new home. We got quite a bit of stares and heads turned as we brought her home, she will I imagine cause more of a stir when she is done. She actully runs drives and handles quite well. Her top was chopped and lowered 3 inches already when we got her. She however came with some extra parts. She has her origional inline 6 cycl. Or Flathead 6, L6-226 Supper Hurricane engine. Many of her parts are origional, however like many survivors she has some hodge podge parts from other wagons over the years.
The following will be about her restoration / modification. The last page will have a Parts Needed or Wish list if you have these Items please email me!
Day One: of restoration / modification. First off, please let me start by saying we (my partner and I) believe cars/trucks should be driven. They where made to go on and off road not to sit on some trailer or in some garage and never start or run. Willy will become a daily driver again when she is done. So our first day was a little more difficult than we expected. We had 7 degree weather and she was really cold from sitting for the past few months tarped up until we could get working on her. We didn't want to try and run her too much so we ended up pushing and towing her into the garage. Which took most of the day.
Day two: I started to get myself familar with the existing wiring and what was the origional cloth wiring. Most of the wires have been cut or are no longer connected. Sharon began removing the side panels as we had decided we wanted to put the windows back in. I also took off all of the origional oak floor boards. Here are the pictures from the end of the days work.
We found more rust spots and fiberglass patches than we really wanted but over all most of the metal is in really good condition.
