1946 CJ2A invoice |
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WeeWilly
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Posted: 12 Apr. 2022 at 5:41pm |
While cleaning up my shop a little today I found this invoice and thought some on here would find it interesting especially if you own a cj2a with s/n 20394 and motor # 21039.
Jim
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47 CJ2A (Ranch Hand) 48 CJ2A, 48 Willys truck, T3C 3782, M274 (Military Mule)
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48cj2a
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Was hoping it might be listed in the CJ2A Database but it is not - cool none the less!
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Art C USAF (Retired)
47 CJ2A #134955 Project 48 CJ2A #206759 62 L6226 Station Wagon #58167 10900 45 T3-C #191 Project http://www.bantamt3c.com http://www.48cj2a.com |
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wheelie
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Very cool.
I'd be curious what that area of Baltimore looks like now. edit: Google shows a big parking garage at that address now. Who'd of guessed, right?
Edited by wheelie - 12 Apr. 2022 at 8:12pm |
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Vintage Don
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Besides being very cool, I think it's valuable in that it shows us that by March 11, 1946 that # 20394 had been built, and sold. It gives us one more firm data point in establishing and proving build dates.
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Tom in RI
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lhfarmbt
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Agreed. It also shows information about a distributor (we have lost that database) and that a business, not an individual was the customer. Pretty basic Jeep, but would be fun to know how it was put to work. Thanks for sharing the invoice. Everyone tells a story. Barry
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https://www.farmjeep.com/
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cal.bar
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Interesting. So... based upon the rate of inflation calculator, that $1,322 in 1946 would be worth..... $19,491 today. About the price a CJ2 in good shape might go for today.
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Charles
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boy that is close to mine
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Charlie
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Bill2A
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If that one was sold on March 11, it had to be built before that.
This makes me think that mine might have been built in Feb. S/N 14098.
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1946 CJ2A 14098
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chris
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I have #13396. It has a lot of ‘45 stamped parts (including “cross out” Ford GPW parts), it looks identical to a ‘45, but is titled as a ‘46. I’m certain it was built in late … perhaps December … 1945.
That said … I’m pretty sure I read somewhere that there was a strike at Willys in the Fall of ‘45. That had to create a good deal of confusion on the assembly line. So, who knows?? Perhaps someone on this forum has more info, and can fill in the details. Either way … that invoice is very cool! Thanks for sharing.
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chris
2A #13396 |
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SharingPoet517
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Looks about as plain jane as my jeep. Mine probably said:
-Front Seat -Draw Bar -Full Top (Possibly Spare Tire and Windshield Wipers as well) Really cool to see some original sales documentation though. Wish the people I bought mine from had its original paperwork, probably would have made this restoration process a little easier
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I'm not actually a poet, just an old online name I use
45 #11319 - Pasture Green 46 #35578 - Harvest Tan (Data Tags Only) |
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Ol' Unreliable
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Which address, the Kernan Motors one or the Slaysman one? Baltimore is not the happy city it once was, from what I hear...
Edited by Ol' Unreliable - 10 May 2022 at 4:13am |
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There's a reason it's called Ol' Unreliable
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