Jeep or another auto maker, make these and small trucks. Pick'em up in the pallet and put'em together at home. No computer, just a stripped down plain Jane. How cool would that be!!!

Very cool!! I know I will buy one! Nice project!

I know a lot of people who bought those WWII jeeps as army surplus. They were super cheap in the eighties.

Keith

you can get a new jeep that's a clone of an old jeep. It has a little diesel engine in it. they're not a kit though, they come fully assembled.

Read a story about a guy with a Willy’s stranded on the wrong side of a swollen river. Took his jeep apart and ferried it across in a dugout canoe. Obviously took several trips but he put her back together and rolled on.

Where can you purchase these?

ROXOR link

They are made by Mahindra. A guy i hunt with has one and loves it.

Yup, roxor is what I was thinking of



Has he tried to make it street legal?

In the '50s war surplus jeeps were $75, I was a kid and I WANTED ONE!!! Nope said Dad.......jk

for as many places around here that ATV/UTV can run on the roads almost not worth it but it can be done in some states.

A friend of mine has 1 and loves it. Takes it everywhere

His is street legal and licensed. Some states are more liberal on licensing than others. He went through a 3rd party to get it licensed.

Some of the people I know, who had the old surplus jeeps, ordered them from comic books, back in the fifties and sixties.

Keith

Friend at works father in law had one of their tractors for his deer farm. It was always in the shop for warranty repairs. when the spindle on the front wheel broke off driving through his hay field he sold it for a loos after the warranty repair. This Is why I never seriously looked at these. Figured thay would hold up as well as the Chinese 4 wheelers dad bought the boys. always broken and had more $ in parts then they cost when purchased.

My dad's daily driver was an army surplus jeep from my earliest memory until '69 when he got a car. I drove it for a year after turning 16 until I got a car. We lived in Rhode Island and dad sold it to a guy who drove it to his ranch in Montana. Dad had built a hard top for it but had also removed the heater to make more foot room for mom in the passenger seat. The passenger seat pivoted forward to allow access to the back seat. It was tied down with a length of clothes line to keep it from pivoting after big brother lost his two front teeth (baby teeth) on the rifle bracket during an emergency stop. Those teeth are missing in all the early pics of brother. Dad put the biggest 6 volt battery available in that jeep but it was still a bugger to start.

Grandpa's hunting rig in the 50s and 60s. He replaced the stock 4 cylinder with a flathead 8 and beefed up the front suspension. Dad drove it to high school and chased jack rabbits with it on the prairie.

Back in early 1980s when I was still pounding nails for a living. We were doing replacement window job for a guy. Him and his son where rebuilding a old WWII Willie's in the garage. They had ordered and original military body for their frame they had. I was surprised that the body had come all the way from the Phillipines. Seem that they had been sent there during WWII and had stacks of them. I thought it odd that they could get it shipped from the Phillipines cheaper that getting it here in states. Another neat thing was the crate it was in. They made a point to take the crate apart very carefully. It was all msde of Teak wood and probably worth as much as what they paid for the whole jeep body. I thought it odd they use that heavy wood to ship it. But I guess if its what you have locally it cheap wood and available.

Interesting what military left behind as surplus not worth shipping back.

Mac

Theres video on the you tube of how they put one together in 20 minutes or something crazy I remember seeing.

Those are awesome

In 1980 I seen a add for surplus Army Jeeps in a magazine. I sent a $3.49 money order to get the contact info of where to buy them. I was scammed, never heard from them and that was out of my lawn mowing money lol. Years later I did buy this 51 Willy's and me and Pop redone her but like an idiot I sold it. I really do think if they made them again they'd sell like crazy!