1948 Willys Jeep CJ-2A, New Interior, Enclosed Cab, Check our 120 Photos!

Description for Willys 439 1948

1948 Jeep CJ-2A Hardtop Description

1948 Willys Jeep CJ-2A

First full-production Civilian Jeep or CJ Next-to-last year for CJ-2As New Olive Drab Paint Custom-made hard top and doors with full glass Pop out rear quarter windows Upgraded to a 140 CID Ford inline four-cylinder engine from 1984 Borg-Warner T-90 three-speed manual transmission New interior, enclosed cab with heater

Got an itch to go Jeepin'? MotoeXotica Classic Cars can help you scratch that urge with a 1948 Willys Jeep CJ-2A, produced at the former Willys factory in Toledo, Ohio.

This example is a very solid build and is dressed in Olive Drab with a custom-made hard top with full glass windows. The engineering of this custom made hard top is very impressive and looks extremly handsome on this Jeep! The top has full glass with rear quarter glass that pops out for fresh air, this hard top and the full doors are pretty slick! The new paint is in excellent condition; the new glass panels look great, which are removable for open-air adventures. The Jeep's lights are clear and haze-free. This Jeep rolls on General Grabber tires, size 265/75R15 at all four corners. Each tire surrounds five-spoke metal wheels, which are painted black. The tires and wheels are in overall excellent condition.

This Jeep's bodywork is straight and solid. Behind the rear seat is a spare wheel. The engine bay is tidy and the bumpers look very good.

Under the hood is a upgraded 140 CID inline four-cylinder and backed by a Borg-Warner T-90 three-speed manual transmission. This Jeep has the following new parts - all leaf springs, shock absorbers, brake shoes, wheel cylinders, fuel tank and lines and speedometer.

Inside, the new Olive Drab interior is in overall excellent condition. There is a full roll cage, front buckets and rear bench seat look great and ready for action. Instead of carpeting, the floor is swathed in black mats that are in good order. The green metal instrument panel looks great, as does the three-spoke black steering wheel. The canvas inner door panels look fantastic, the mirror glass looks great and so do this shift levers. From the driver's right knee are the transmission shifter, the lever to lock and unlock the front axle and the auxiliary range lever for the transfer case.

The lessons learned with the CJ-2 led to the development of the first full-production CJ, the 1945-1949 Willys-Overland CJ-2A. The CJ-2A looked very much like a civilianized MB with a tailgate and side-mounted spare tire. One major difference between the MB and the CJ-2A was the grilles of the two vehicles. The MB had recessed headlights and nine-slot grilles while the CJ2A had larger headlights flush-mounted in a seven-slot grille. In place of the MB's T-84 transmission, the CJ-2A was equipped with the beefier T-90 three-speed transmission. The CJ-2A was still powered by the reliable L-134 Go-Devil engine. Many of the early CJ-2As were produced using surplus military Jeep parts such as engine blocks and, in a few cases, modified frames. Some of the use of surplus parts was due to strikes at suppliers such as Autolite. Since Willys produced few parts in-house and relied heavily on suppliers, it was vulnerable to strikes. Unfortunately for Willys, strikes were common postwar. This undoubtedly contributed to low production totals in 1945 and early 1946.

Since the CJ-2A was primarily intended for farming, ranching, and industrial applications, a wide variety of extras were available such as: rear seat, center rear-view mirror (Stock CJ-2As came with only a driver side mirror), front passenger seat (Stock CJ-2As only came with a driver seat), canvas top, front PTO, rear PTO, belt pulley drive, capstan winch, governor, rear hydraulic lift, snow plow, welder, generator, mower, disc, front bumper weight, heavy-duty springs, dual vacuum windshield wipers (stock CJ-2As were equipped with a manual wiper on the passenger side and a vacuum wiper on the driver side), dual taillights (Stock CJ-2As had a taillight on the driver side and a reflector on the passenger side), hot-climate radiator, driveshaft guards, heater, side steps and radiator brush guard.

On early CJ-2As, the front seats were covered in olive drab vinyl. Around mid-1947, Slate Gray vinyl became available for certain color combinations. Later, Barcelona Red was added to the mix.

This Jeep is currently located at our facility in St. Louis, Missouri. Current mileage on the odometer shows 353 miles understood to be since restoration. It is sold as is, where is, on a clean and clear, mileage exempt title. GET OUT AND DRIVE!!!

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VIN: 174950

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