Never Be Late Again: 1946 Jeep Willys Replicotrod
I know it might be a few days late for Loony Labor Day, but this next car is ready for the next lunatic owner. I’m still not entirely sure what it is or how it was built, but it is powered by a 454 cubic inch V8 and…well…that’s about all you need to know. Find this 1946 Jeep Willys Replica Replicotrod offered for $14,999 in Duluth, MN.
From the seller:
1946 jeep willys replica
cylinders: 8 cylinders
drive: rwd
fuel: gas
odometer: 8667
paint color: green
title status: clean
transmission: automatic
type: offroad
1946 willy Jeep custom replica 454/ posi rear end , everything custom ! auto tranny 8667 miles was $22000 , Reduced ! 14, 999!!!!!
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I think it’s a T-bucket for people who can’t quite get over Henry Ford’s politics, or just want the bare minimum body in compliance with local laws that it must look like something pre 1949.
I’d go with an American Bantam body myself.
Certainly looks like fun in the sense of being one muscle twitch away from becoming a John Chamberlain sculpture.
Don’t sneeze!
The steering wheel has the exact opposite of airbags.
‘How did you get that checkerplate pattern on your forehead?’
‘Had to brake really hard for the squirrels, on the way back from the parade – I thought one had stolen my nuts…’
Well at least the steering column won’t go through your chest the way most 40s and 50s cars did.
I’m really curious what’s going on with the suspension and steering here.
I gather that there is a drag link that goes back to the steering box just in front of the firewall. Transverse leaf spring and way-long hairpin radius rods but the geometry puts the roll center- I’m not sure. No anti roll bar at the front and great big tires on a beam axle. Not a clue what’s going on with the rear suspension, but this looks like the “off road†mentioned is a drag strip.
Sort of like someone ordered up a gasser and the builder asked their supplier for a Willies body and there was a miscommunication and the wrong Willies body came in the mail.
Or maybe there is a rulebook somewhere that specs a “ Willies body†leaving a loophole you could drive this thing through?
That would not account for that steering wheel though.