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Private SNAFU: A Family M38A1 Legacy on Four Wheels

Kaiser Willys — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 18:30:55 +0000

Private SNAFU is my 1953 Willys M38A1 and as far as I can remember my father brought it home in the late 70’s early 80’s. I inherited it in 2006 and have been slowly restoring it to what you see now, it is about 95 percent or more complete with a few more modern enhancements i.e. roll bar, tires and stereo, different type of paint scheme etc…these extras were carefully added with minimal scaring to the original. I suppose one is never finished with his Jeep but now I can at least enjoy it and thank you Kaiser Willys for being readily available with high quality parts and excellent service.

Kaiser Willys Jeep Blog Story – Andrew Smith

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Kaiser Willys Jeep of the Week: 821

Kaiser Willys — Fri, 30 Oct 2026 18:05:39 +0000

821: Matt Bray’s 1946 Willys CJ-2A

This barn find is a 1946 CJ-2A, it has had a full engine and body restoration to try to get it back to the original spec. It was imported to the UK from Argentina about 20 years ago.

Kaiser Willys Jeep Blog Story – Matt Bray

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A Father’s Legacy: Keeping Dad’s 1951 Willys M38 Alive

Kaiser Willys — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 18:16:44 +0000

I inherited Dad’s M38 when he passed a few years ago. He got this 1951 M38 about 1958. We took many family drives in it. Dad made many upgrades to his Jeep. Dad was also always making improvements and modifications of some kind. He was very mechanically minded. As Dad entered his latter years he wasn’t able to complete some of the needed repairs, nor some of the upgrades. He did, however, go out often to fire it up. When I received it, I was delighted. It had been in the open side yard and succumbed to the weather. I reworked much of the rust and repainted it to red, white, and blue. As I took it through repairs, I could see a number of projects he had started. Knowing Dad, I was amazed at the projects he completed, and could figure out most of the unfinished projects he started. But some of them have taken me a while to discover what he had in mind. Every day, my delight in working on his M38 is the closeness it brings me to him still.

Kaiser Willys Jeep Blog Story – Victor Loforte

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Kaiser Willys Jeep of the Week: 820

Kaiser Willys — Fri, 23 Oct 2026 17:52:42 +0000

820: Thomas Herring’s 1951 Willys CJ-3A

I bought this restored Jeep from an ex marine who wanted it to be a ‘41 MB but it is likely a 51 CJ3A from the design of the windshield and tailgate which the MB did not have. Over 200,000 miles on it and going strong.

Kaiser Willys Jeep Blog Story – Thomas Herring

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From Sitting for 25 Years to Back on the Road – A 1957 Willys Truck

Kaiser Willys — Fri, 16 Oct 2026 13:16:26 +0000

I bought my truck from my now father-in-law. He and his wife bought it probably 30 years ago because it reminded her of being a child riding with her dad in a Willys truck while he plowed the roads. It sat outside for probably 25 years before I finally convinced them to sell it to me. I’ve had the truck for 4 years now and have been slowly fixing it up. It’s been a fun experience! You definitely don’t see these trucks around much anymore, at least not where we live, that’s for sure.

Kaiser Willys Jeep Blog Story – Dennis Bergstrom

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Kaiser Willys Jeep of the Week: 819

Kaiser Willys — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 15:52:20 +0000

819: Daniel Rimatori’s 1947 Willys CJ-2A

I managed to get hold of a Jeep and bring it back to life! It arrived in Argentina years ago and spent its time out in the countryside. I managed to find it and restore it with my own hands—despite not being a professional—after four years of work! And that was no easy feat, given that parts are hard to come by around here!

Kaiser Willys Jeep Blog Story – Daniel Rimatori

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A $500 Gamble: Bringing My CJ-3B Back to Life

Kaiser Willys — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:33:13 +0000

I found my 1953 CJ-3B in a barn out on a job site. It took 6 months for the previous owner to to agree to sell and to me for $500, I did not know if the motor was locked up or not but I took a chance. Over the last 9 months my father-in-law and I put many long hours in to getting her back on the road. This was our first major project like this and it turned out great.

Kaiser Willys Jeep Blog Story – Justin Lashley

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Kaiser Willys Jeep of the Week: 818

Kaiser Willys — Fri, 09 Oct 2026 14:01:56 +0000

818: Stephen Kuebler’s 1969 CJ-5 Jeep

The Jeep was a off frame restoration over this past winter. Many parts from Kaiser Willys were installed. Everything, including paint, was done in my pole barn with a wood stove for heat.

Kaiser Willys Jeep Blog Story – Stephen Kuebler

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“Herman” A Willys Truck Dream Come True

Kaiser Willys — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 15:38:48 +0000

~ Writeup and photos sent to us by Richard Link

My ’53 is called Herman. That was my dad’s nickname for me. Plus, Herman is built with the best of other trucks: Ford, Chevy, Jeep, and yes, even some Mopar. Herman started over 16 years ago when I had it brought to me from Nebraska after buying it through a Hemmings ad. It was tired, to say the least. The rear axle was blown, the Chevy 283 under the hood was frozen up, and yes, the whole truck had been pieced together in true farm-truck fashion.

But I had a dream!

I had wanted one since I was in high school in the late ’60s and early ’70s. I started gathering bits and pieces here and there. I collected information, searched for parts, and slowly began putting together a plan. The front suspension uses a Fatman Mustang II crossmember and TCI tubular control arms. I did the measuring and fitting of the front suspension myself. I removed all the old 4×4 springs and axles, front and rear, being careful to mark the axle centerlines.

I made a few trips to a friend’s salvage yard looking for a Ford 9-inch rear. I had the overall width I needed and a tape measure in hand. I found a ’78 Thunderbird that was one inch wider than the stock rear, so I bought it, cleaned it up, and rebuilt it. The rear springs are new S-10 pieces. The front hangers are also from an S-10, while the rear hangers came from a ’79 Jeep CJ. Lining everything up took time—and a lot of measuring. I worked on Herman for about eight years, doing what I could a little at a time. Then I had a run-in with cancer. I survived, but I just didn’t have the skill and strength anymore to finish the work. Finding a shop willing to take on the project was rough. Some said they would come look at it and let me know what they thought, but they never showed up, even after I made follow-up phone calls.

Then I called Wind Fall Rod Shop in Titusville, PA.

They showed interest in the truck, so I took a book of photos over to show them. They liked it, and they liked my plan for the truck. It seemed they enjoyed working on orphans and oddball projects, and Herman definitely qualified! It was set. They were going to finish my Willys. I hauled Herman over to the shop, and the shop owner and the rest of the staff came out and went over the truck like a swarm of ants. They loved it.

I already had the engine and transmission installed. The engine is a slightly warmed-over Chevy 350, bored .030 over, with a Crane cam, police-car heads, roller-tip rockers, an aluminum intake, and a Holley 650 dual-feed, double-pumper carburetor. It has an Accel HEI distributor. The transmission is a Borg-Warner Super T10. It came out of a Firebird Formula, and I already had it on hand. The main work the rod shop had to do was the body and paint. They corrected all of my mistakes and made Herman shine.

We worked closely together throughout the project. I knew where to find Willys parts when they were needed, and I was able to explain my plans for the truck. Some things didn’t work out exactly as planned, so we adjusted and kept moving forward. The engine had sat for over 10 years after I built it. Then came the day we finally fired it up. It sounded great. And yes, it runs great on the road, too. The rear axle has 3.25 gears. Okay, I’ve run on long enough!

I don’t have the money to head out to the major shows where Herman could really be seen, but I have taken it to some of the smaller shows around here. I get a lot of response there—and I get plenty of attention at the gas pumps, too! There’s something special about seeing people stop, look, and ask questions about a truck that started out as a tired old farm truck and eventually became the dream I had carried with me since high school.

I also want to mention something that is an important part of my story. I’m a disabled veteran of the United States Air Force, having served from 1971 to 1991.

I am very proud of Herman, and I’m proud that a dream I carried for so many years finally came true. Herman isn’t a high-dollar show truck. But it cost enough—and took enough time, work, patience, and heart—to finish it. He’s built from pieces of many different trucks, but in the end, he’s one of a kind.

That’s Herman. My dream come true.

I hope you like it.

Kaiser Willys Jeep Blog Story – Richard Link

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Kaiser Willys Jeep of the Week: 817

Kaiser Willys — Fri, 02 Oct 2026 14:56:33 +0000

817: Peter Woods’ 1946 Willys CJ-2A

My grandfather purchased the jeep new and it’s still in the family 2 generations later.

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Kaiser Willys Jeep Blog Story – Peter Woods

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