Equipment
Firestone tires, vinyl top and doors.
Condition
Very early civilian Jeep. Excellent paint. Straight bodywork, which is all new. Spotless fully restored frame. Very good brand new top with restored frame. Fresh, clean gauges. Far better than it ever was new with reportedly 50 grand worth of work put into it, and arguably too nice now to do anything other than look at it.
Market commentary
The Jeep (GPW) arose to nearly sanctified status in WWII, immortalized in Bill Mauldin's "Willy and Joe" cartoons. It was not a surprise that GIs migrated back to the reliable, rugged, utilitarian Jeep when they got back home to their farms and ranches. Willys capitalized on the Jeep's reputation with civilian models that were snapped up in the postwar years, like this '46 CJ-2A. In its present condition it is unlikely ever to see the mud of the Battle of the Bulge or the sand of North Africa, but it's a willing mount for parades or touring a ranch or farm and at this price something of a bargain.