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List Date: 02/03/2010
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Owner James S. Email Seller

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Location SNOWMASS CO, 81654 Transport It

Year 1944

Make Jeep Our other Jeep's

Model WWII GPW Our other WWII GPW's

Miles 10,000 Extended Warranty

VIN 241385 Have it Inspected

Exterior Tan

Interior Green

Price $9,000.00 OBO Reduced Get Financing

Description 1944 Jeep WWII GPW, 4 Cylinder, Manual transmission, 10000 miles, Exterior: Tan, Interior: Green, Garage Kept, Records, 4x4, legendary, complete with original hood numbers and many script F parts, parade ready, 1000s of hrs of labor, $5,400 in receipts, above average condition. JEEP SERIAL NUMBER 241385. GENERAL SUMMARY OF PARTS REPLACED ON 1944 GPW 241385 FROM 1996 TO 2010 ENGINE REBUILD (Professionally in bold) Gasket set Pistons & Pistons rings Rod bearings Main bearings Valves Valve seats Valve springs Timing chain Flywheel resurfaced Flywheel ring gear Flywheel pilot bushing Oil pump Oil line Oil filter Mobil One oil Crank pulley nut Exhaust manifold Heat riser assembly Head pipe Tail pipe Muffler (non-stock/Midas) ELECTRICAL SYSTEM Plugs-Points -Condenser Rotor-Cap-Plug Wires Coil-Secondary wires Bracket grommet Firewall grommets Ignition switch (non-stock) Battery GC-2 group 6VT Battery cables (non-stock) Starter floor switch Starter relay (non-stock) Starter rebuilt (professionally) Generator mounts/wires Wire harness (partial non-stock) Light switch - blackout Dash lamp bulbs Tail lamp assem. (non-stock) Head lamp bulb (rt. non-stock) Steering column horn brush Steering column horn button Steering column horn washer FUEL SYSTEM Gas tank (adapted fuel line) Gas cap Gas pedal Body to tank sump seals Rebuilt carburetor (Carter) Flexible fuel line (frame to eng) Flexible Air hose Steel fuel line-brass fittings COOLING SYSTEM Radiator (French reproduction) Radiator cap Radiator mounts Radiator canvas web/rivets Thermostat Fan belt (1” undersize) Radiator hoses (upper/lower) Heater box (non-stock)) Heater hoses (non-stock) Heater fittings (non-stock) CLUTCH Disc (CJ-5) Pressure plate assem. (CJ-5) Throughout bearing Fulcrum Return spring Cable with clevis Pilot & starter bendix bushings Input shaft (transmission) Pedal shaft Shaft bushing (makeshift) Ball pivots Lever and tube TRANSMISSION Input shaft/gear Main drive bearing Low/reverse gear Main shaft bearing Main shaft Second gear assembly Synchronizers Counter shaft Thrust washers Main shaft roller bearing Main drive gear Counter shaft gear cluster Shift lever boot - leather Shift lever knob Polished interlock plunger Seals – gaskets Rubber mounts TRANSFER CASE Shift lever pin and zerk Shift lever knobs/boot Case mounting rubber Needle roller bearings DRIVE TRAIN All U-joints Front drive shaft (used) BRAKES Park brake band Park brake cable (reproduction) Park brake handle (original) Wheel cylinders All brake shoes Master cyl. SST lined Steel brake line (rear) Brake back plate (one) All Adjusters & springs All drum grease seals Front bearing caps STEERING Steering box bushings Steering box sector Steering box arm Drag link (new org. stock) Bell crank bearings Axel knuckle bearings (top/bot) Synthetic grease FRONT AXEL Synthetic gear lube REAR AXEL Synthetic gear lube BODY AND FRAME Rigid lift off top (non-stock) Rear seat frame (reproduction) Canvas seat cushions Shovel and Ax (antiqued) Ax shield & pivot bracket Ax/shovel fabric straps Wiper blades (non-stock) Body handle (one) Reflector inserts (non-stock) Jerry can carrier (non-stock) Wind shield wing nuts/chains Mirror(s) Front bumper (non-stock) Pintle hitch (non-stock) All Shocks 2 leafs in rear springs Engine rubber mounts Axel rubber block dampers Gas tank sump cap Hood latches License plate brackets Tool box latches Tool box lid hinge pins (SST) Tool box seals (oversize) Spare tire 6.00x16 NDT Gregory All Inner tubes & flaps, Primer paint (flat), Olive green paint (eggshell), Ford gray enamel (gloss). Little history is known about one General Purpose Willy by Ford, serial number GPW241385, but what is clear is that the vehicle emanates American ingenuity and stubborn longevity. Manufactured in December 1944, the General Purpose Willy may have seen duty on an Air Force Base. Hints of light (Air Force) gray spray paint over the olive drab were apparent before repainting. The unpublished hood numbers have not been researched. It may have received its first “standard modification” during active duty. What appears to be a .45 caliber bullet hole was strategically fired through the passenger floor to provide water drainage, an issue that was later corrected in the Civilian Jeep 2A with a side drain slot in the body. At an unknown date GPW 241385 was relocated to a large ranch as an “Army Surplus Jeep”. There it traversed double track trails in the mountains of Colorado, hauling what the horses could not. Standard modification for this work would require advancing the ignition timing by 1 degree for every 1000 feet of altitude. The GPW sustained damage to the spare tire bracket and rear body when ranch hands tried to vault over a huge irrigation ditch. The wheel house surfaces were used for work benches leaving dents and dings. It received the standard “farmer fix” to the drain holes on the frame rails, welded chunks of band iron. At some point the odometer seized at 60,000 miles. But one must remember, “There is no such thing as a junk Jeep”. For the next 30 years the GPW was owned between two brothers and their father. It appears that the vehicle was partially rebuilt by competent mechanics using high grade military spec. parts. Modernizations at this time included turn signals (street legal) and hinged doors of some kind. A fuel pressure device was added to the fuel line to reduce vapor lock caused by high altitude bubbling of the gasoline. The black out driving light mounting holes were brazed shut. An external horn button was installed on the steering column. Military non-directional tread tires were replaced with civilian mud and snow tires. As parts became harder to find, make-shifting occurred. Sometime during these 30 years it was fitted with a domed metal hard top cut from a Desoto Coupe. The Desoto also donated an over-size carburetor that made the jeep lug from too much gas during acceleration. A bench seat was installed. A CJ-2A gas tank was installed requiring a chiseled hole through the side of the body for the fill spout. A power steering pump was mounted, which ran off the crank pulley, lifting a plow blade attached to the front bumper. The GPW was utilized as a snow plow, steadfastly serving in the American way. In 1996 this wrinkled Great Grand Father, long since out of uniform, was purchased by a professional artist who had already brought a 1949 CJ-2A back to life. The new title continued to read “44 FORD UT”. It was running and could be driven home to the neighboring town. Over the next 14 years the artist methodically removed part after part, carefully servicing the vehicle without wiping clean the history logged by numerous dents and dings. Reproduction parts were kept to a minimum. Script “F” parts were saved. Weld bead was added and then ground flush. The master cylinder was sleeved with stainless steel. The exhaust manifold was blue printed and ground to fit. A total of $5400 in parts and untold hours of labor were poured into the Ancient Warrior. Today this 66 year old vehicle documents American no-how and perseverance by its very existence, and lives on as a tried-and-true example of The World War Two Jeep. Asking $9,000, OBO, REDUCED. Located in SNOWMASS CO 81654, Contact James at 970-922-XXXX (See Above For Number(s)) for more information.

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