Now, That's a Real Jeep

Very cool. How about commando?

Yeah, he wants to get $10K for it ($30,000 "invested", you can get it for a third of that. Right.

I wonder if the owner had skipped the oil temp gauge and bought his wife some flowers instead if he'd have to be selling it now. (I learned long ago that random gifts of flowers for no reason at all is a pretty good way to stay out of divorce court.)

Ghood ghod is that one ugly beast. Some sheet metal schemes are improved by poking the top of the engine up through the hood. The Commando isn't one of them.

L.W.(Bill) Hughes III wrote:

I found out that merely emailing her a picture of flowers at work is a pretty good move, too.

$30,000 and rising...

Kind of over priced don't you think?

Coasty

Kind of over priced don't you think?

Coasty

That thing is cool, 44K and reserve is not met. And to think that been sitting in some guys barn for the past 2 decades.

$47K now. Doesn't look in great condition either.

Dave Milne, Scotland

The Willys MT-TUG is at $47K and the reserve still is not met. I wonder how high it will go -- poking around the Web it looks like there's only

4 of the original 15 known to exist, so it has real attraction for the collector. I don't think it looks too bad for original (the description says some of the original tires are still in place), unrestored condition.

I wonder what a WWII-era Willys T-28 halftrack would fetch?

The Commando is at $4K and hasn't met the reserve either. He's never going to see all of his money come back.

Dave Milne wrote:

Didn't realise that they were that rare. One of them was at the War and Peace show in 2002 - dunno if it lives here or was just visiting. Guess I didn't appreciate it as fully as I should have done.

Dave

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Looks like it lives here.

Dave Milne

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It looks like _maybe_ the front sheet metal will fit -- the grill and the hood. The windscreen and fenders are clearly different.

Someplace around here I've got an article on just what went into the MT_TUG, but your comment about the cases being different rings a bell. Some fuzzy voice in the back of my head whispers that one of the rear axles has an offset pumpkin to allow the drive shaft to pass, but I might be making that part up.

L.W.(ßill) Hughes III wrote: