New Arrival 1946

A friend of mine dropped this off in my yard today and said he needed to get rid of it. Supposedly it is a 1946 but no title or ID tags. It is actually pretty complete and might have run before it was parked. He thought to do a rebuild but don't have the time or place to work. He took the front end off and pulled the head to see how it looks. The Carter carb, original air cleaner and oil filter are in the tub along with the fenders and hood. If anybody has any interest in it for a project or parts send me a PM, I'll know more after I get a better look at it tomorrow.

1947 CJ2A 90419
1947 CJ2A 127735
1949 Ford 8N
1955 Kaiser Willys Pickup
Half the distance takes you twice as long.

athawk11 wrote:

Hi Stan,

Looks like a 3A. Big smile

I was thinking the same thing.

1950 CJ3A "Thumper"
1966 M151 A1
1942 GPW #70221

M38 tailgate.

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the intake manny is plumbed with the atomizers for the m38 dash mount fuel primer pump as well. cant tell from the pics but are the front frame horns boxed?

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muley wrote:

the intake manny is plumbed with the atomizers for the m38 dash mount fuel primer pump as well. cant tell from the pics but are the front frame horns boxed?

Sadly enough, some previous owner de-horned it and welded on a channel iron bumper and cow catcher. I'll get a picture of it when I get time.

1947 CJ2A 90419
1947 CJ2A 127735
1949 Ford 8N
1955 Kaiser Willys Pickup
Half the distance takes you twice as long.

I've got a spare parts jeep with a whole driveline and two spare buildable engines, I'd love to have yours for a trail jeep project. I may check with you again at a later date, unless I can con my nephew into earlier.

PS my current situation is temporary, I'll be back in the jeep at some point in the upcoming fall months. Wink

Edited by oldscot3 - 31 Aug. 2021 at 8:20am

James 4:6 God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.

47 deuce alpha wrote:

...any good advice how to find out the year without the ID tags?

The CJ3A is difficult to date without the serial number plate. In most cases, the changes during 3A production were much more subtle than the 2A changes. You generally have to look at the dates or date codes on the components to help determine the YOM. The engine serial number can help too, but we all know how rare it is to find the original engine with these old Willys Jeeps. Axles generally stay with the Willys, so I would probably look there first.

There is a clue in one of your pictures. Assuming the stuff is original, the Oakes style air cleaner is a feature from a very early 1949 CJ3A. (Later production went pretty much to the Donaldson style.) So, based on that air cleaner, I would direct you to look for 2 extra screw holes just below the serial number plate area on the firewall. Very early 3As still had the body tag just like the CJ2A. If you have the holes for a body tag, then you can fairly definitively claim it is a 1949 CJ3A.

1- 1946 CJ2A
2- 1949 CJ3A

ace32107 wrote:

Bummer you are so far away I would love to have that!

Yeah, reckon you're about as far away from Texas as you can get.

1947 CJ2A 90419
1947 CJ2A 127735
1949 Ford 8N
1955 Kaiser Willys Pickup
Half the distance takes you twice as long.

Kerrville, about sixty miles NW of San Antonio.

James 4:6 God resists the proud, but gives grace to the humble.