Xander Wildeisen Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/448604857975634/?ref=search 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted July 16 Author Share Posted July 16 Just about impossible to find one of these in this condition. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 (edited) Virtually an automotive unicorn... Photos for the record: Edited July 16 by 58L-Y8 Photos added for the record: (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leif in Calif Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 $78K seems very unlikely on face book. They need to send it to AZ next February. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAKerry Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 Def rare. I dont think I have ever seen one that was not on a drag strip. But for 78k I can easily think of a dozen cars I would buy before this one. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 That thing will bring more money than you can imagine. I have always wanted a 40/41 and came very close to buying this thing way back when. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeke01 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 8 hours ago, Xander Wildeisen said: Just about impossible to find one of these in this condition. Just about impossible to find that much money in my “old car money” account. Zeke 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnS25 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 Dang that thing is cool ! I don’t even remember seeing one that wasn’t turned into a race car. It would be fun to clean it up and make it a solid driver. Thanks for posting John 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted July 16 Author Share Posted July 16 Some year, make and model cars are almost all modified. Very difficult to find 40-41 and 33 Willys in original form. And they can bring top dollar when restored to a high level. This 33 would be a great car to start with, but also a shame to take away the survivor aspect it has. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 How can anyone say "NO" to that face? 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted July 16 Author Share Posted July 16 It’s not the face, it’s the butt. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted July 16 Author Share Posted July 16 It has pretty unique wheels. Very different from other makes of the time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted July 16 Share Posted July 16 2 minutes ago, Xander Wildeisen said: It has pretty unique wheels. Very different from other makes of the time. Tall, narrow, diving hood-line, look-up-in-the-sky headlights, starfish wheels, the 1933-'36 Willys 77 was one of Amos Northup's more unique designs, but those did bridge Willys-Overland over a rough period to survive. The late lamented Special Interest Autos magazine coined those descriptive terms, love the "look-up-in-the-sky headlights, starfish wheels": prefect! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 Very cool to look at but I have a feeling its good for 40 mph downhill with a tailwind. Which is why a period gas car with history was what I was after. The one I was looking at did have that. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayne sheldon Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 That is a lot of money per pound! A lot more than the steak I barbecued for dinner a couple nights ago. I love those depression era Willys cars. As others have said, just don't see them very often at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted July 17 Author Share Posted July 17 12 hours ago, alsancle said: Very cool to look at but I have a feeling its good for 40 mph downhill with a tailwind. Which is why a period gas car with history was what I was after. The one I was looking at did have that. Your lucky day! https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/781801760808527/?ref=search Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 37 minutes ago, Xander Wildeisen said: Your lucky day! https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/781801760808527/?ref=search Looks like a nice build but no history. I don't have any money anyways. The 98K is about par for the course. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted July 17 Author Share Posted July 17 $70,000 + gets you a lot of different cars, in all sorts of condition. It takes true Willys fans to step up and purchase these cars. Out of my price range, and my automotive interests are in different cars. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 No surprise the Willys became the prize for the drag/gasser/rod crowd: the smallest, lightest, 'coolest' '30's-'40's cars largely ignored by the restoration/preservation community which made them dirt cheap for years. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xander Wildeisen Posted July 17 Author Share Posted July 17 Dirt cheap no more. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 2 hours ago, 58L-Y8 said: No surprise the Willys became the prize for the drag/gasser/rod crowd: the smallest, lightest, 'coolest' '30's-'40's cars largely ignored by the restoration/preservation community which made them dirt cheap for years. Steve, I've been paying attention to the coupes for the last 25 years. They were never cheap. I 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
58L-Y8 Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 16 minutes ago, alsancle said: Steve, I've been paying attention to the coupes for the last 25 years. They were never cheap. I A.J.: I'm think of a time far, far longer ago, in the 1950's-early 1960's when the coupes were still found in junkyards. When those places still held 1930's-1940's cars, junkyard operator considered the whole inventory regardless of what it was as only having scrap value. I got into some of those with my father searching for parts, remember at least a couple of those Willys coupes mixed in with all the other cars. Word hadn't reached those junkyard owners there was any demand for those coupes yet. It was an era when restorers/collectors would walk by Full-Classic sedans as not worth the time other than as parts cars. Ford Model Ts and As were in demand, a Willys was a non-entity. Steve 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lahti35 Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 Just a gorgeous car in the current condition... I'd do mechanicals and that's it. Wish I had that kind of scratch! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Skelly Posted July 17 Share Posted July 17 A person should get his or her head examined to pay even half the asking price. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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