Wednesday,
February
5th,
2025
~ Sent to us by John Richards
A friend of my wife’s had a 1947 Willys CJ-2A that was partly disassembled and had been sitting in her yard exposed to the weather for several years. She wanted to sell it to someone who would restore it to its original state. We looked it over and agreed this would be a fun project.
I started my restoration June of 2018. After completely disassembling it down to the bare frame, I spent time mixed with work and other projects rebuilding every component. I reused as many original parts as possible only using new replacement parts to replace missing and non-reusable parts. I finished this project in October 2022. When I say finished, it was completed to the point it runs and drives well and looks like new. I guess I will never be completely finished as I continue replacing the replica parts when I find good original or NOS parts to replace them. One day it will be finished and I hope to pass it along to my family.
- John Richards Kaiser Willys Jeep Blog Story – If you would like to share your Willys Jeep Story please send us a line. We’d love to meet your Jeep.
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