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    Posted: 18 Feb. 2018 at 5:51pm
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Just saw this posted on craigslist... says its a 47. Obviously is a 3b (and not a 47). Has 3a windshield (not too odd) but the flathead 4 is a puzzle.
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I'll bet its titled off the frame number or the engine and the body is a swap.
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Or...it IS a '47 3B and is UBER rare Wink
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Originally posted by 3A Steve 3A Steve wrote:

Has 3a windshield



Looks like the correct 3B windshield from here.
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I see a 3B w/s frame too.  I think I see gussets on the front of the frame, so perhaps the frame is a '47.  It would make for an easy swap to a Hurricane engine, too.  No worries about finding a short carb.  LOL
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Originally posted by 3A Steve 3A Steve wrote:

https://washingtondc.craigslist.org/nva/atq/d/47-jeep-willys/6501020657.html



Just saw this posted on craigslist... says its a 47. Obviously is a 3b (and not a 47). Has 3a windshield (not too odd) but the flathead 4 is a puzzle.


The factory replacement flathead L134 that I bought came out of a early CJ5. Not sure why after the F134 died in that CJ5 they put in a L134 as the replacement. Maybe they were cheaper at the time?
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134L's were made up to like 1964 and used in the DJ-3A's
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Originally posted by berettajeep berettajeep wrote:

Not sure why after the F134 died in that CJ5 they put in a L134 as the replacement. Maybe they were cheaper at the time?


Probably less expensive enough to make it worthwhile to use the Go-Devil.
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Originally posted by Ol' Unreliable Ol' Unreliable wrote:

Originally posted by berettajeep berettajeep wrote:

Not sure why after the F134 died in that CJ5 they put in a L134 as the replacement. Maybe they were cheaper at the time?


Probably less expensive enough to make it worthwhile to use the Go-Devil.


Or they were more available?
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I went to look at a cj5 a couple years ago with the same engine swap. I figured maybe the flatheads were easier to find than the “new” engine back then. Of course a lot of people just used what they had back then too. If the neighbor had an old junk jeep with a good engine, that was bound to be cheaper than a rebuild or new engine. 
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Originally posted by cpt logger cpt logger wrote:

Originally posted by Ol' Unreliable Ol' Unreliable wrote:

Originally posted by berettajeep berettajeep wrote:

Not sure why after the F134 died in that CJ5 they put in a L134 as the replacement. Maybe they were cheaper at the time?


Probably less expensive enough to make it worthwhile to use the Go-Devil.


Or they were more available?


One led to the other?  Two sides of the same coin?
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