RESCUING 1940's Willys Jeeps with my Brothers! ~ Saving a Man's LIFETIME Collection of Willys!

Many years ago I met a man who had a BUNCH of old jeeps and I always thought they were awesome, but at that time he wasn't interested in letting them go.
Well today he has finally decided to pass the torch to me, and I'm ECSTATIC to continue to carry it from here forward!
So today we're rescuing 5 full Willys Jeeps ranging from 1946-1955, and a MOUNTAIN of parts, engines, and everything associated with these awesome jeeps!
We also got 1/2 a jeep if you want to count is, so that makes a total of 5 and 1/2 jeeps!
I've always wanted to find one of these amazing machines, and somehow I was able to find 5 and 1/2, ALL in the same location!
Sit back, relax and watch as we bring these old Willys jeeps out of the barn and off the fields, all the way back to Salvage Workshop where we'll give them a NEW life!
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0:00 - Welcome to Salvage Workshop!
0:17 - DAY 1 - I found the WILLYS Jeep Resting PLACE! Let's Check it out!
5:10 - Starting the 1946 Willys Cj2a
8:00 - Driving the 46 Cj2a OUT of the Barn
8:15 - Pulling the other 2 jeeps out of the Barn
12:00 - Loading Jeeps WITH the 1946 Cj2a Willys Jeep
22:40 - Uncovering the 1955 Cj5 (6) and Moving parts
25:53 - Loading the 1951 Willys M38 Jeep & 1946 Willys Cj2a
29:31 - DAY 2 - Moving & Loading the 1955 Cj5 (6) and the 1/2 Jeep
37:56 - We also got a MOUNTAIN of parts for these Willys Jeeps
38:46 - Everything's back at the shop! Let's see what we've got!
44:05 - Old Generator Radiator made into an Engine Stand
45:02 - Check out the Willys JEEPS!
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Thanks for stopping by, I truly appreciate your support!
#willysjeep #jeep #SalvageWorkshop

[@thebenchmonkey4117]

C&C Equipment has the M38 body brand new for $2300. The Philippines still stamps all these old bodies.

[@-oiiio-3993]

MD Juan.

[@noelguerrero2770]

I assembled a MD Juan Wrangler replica in 1995. I still have it and now converting it to a California style. But at almost 70 years old, I cannot put in long hours anymore.

[@raytalbot5890]

C&C equipment has anything you need to rebuild a Jeep. Go see Diesel Creek lasted video when he & Letsdig18 go to C&C & get a tour 👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@noelguerrero2770]

Agree. The company is MDJuan. I assembled a Wrangler using the company's body/chassis kit in 1992.

[@-oiiio-3993]

@@raytalbot5890 An original generator and voltage regulator for a Willys MB?

[@simplegreen6596]

Two men had their best Jeep days of their lives. One got rid of em all, and one got them all.... Its a jeep thing.

[@kahutochishisumi9056]

I'm 57 and from Nagaland, India, and I grew up around these Willys Jeeps. I currently own a 1963 Willys CJ 5 M38A1 (US Marine Corps Edition). Sadly I can no longer obtain the parts for the engine, transmission and differentials. So I've swapped all the running parts and installed Mahindra diesel engine, transmission and diffs.

[@1978garfield]

Diesel swap Jeeps are amazing! A popular swap in the US is a 4 cly Cummins engine. Mahindra used to be a contractor of Willys so that is a perfectly acceptable swap IMHO.

[@michaelhoward1900]

Love this rescue! I'm 68 and grew up watching all the movies and TV shows full of Jeeps.

[@troybaker1099]

Dude the copper coloured jeep is a post war farm jeep. It’s got the pto in the rear for attachments for farming. Willys marketed these jeeps to farmers like tractors basically. Super cool to see

[@francisbarbeau1862]

A fellow You tuber(C&C equipment) carries the tubs for ALL of your jeeps!! Those jeeps bring back alot of memories! Love the this episode! Keep them coming!

[@clivehorridge]

No floor can often be an easier job than repairing a rotted one. Great find and purchase 👍🏻 Greetings from Romania ❤️🇷🇴

[@JamesThomas-gg6il]

Wow Matt, so much to unpack in this one. First the military one with out the floor is an M 38. The red one is the civilian version of the M38a1, called a CJ5. Its am 81 inch wheel base A CJ6 has a 110 inch wheel base. One of those other may actually be a rare Tuxedo Park version. The one with th shifter on the column. As far as nodoby needing 6 jeeps, i beg to differ, at one time i have had over 20 in my possession. Still have two. Those parts could be a gold mine. Any future updates on them will be gladly watched. Be careful, JEEPs are very addicting.

[@-oiiio-3993]

Tuxedo Park models were CJ5a, introduced in 1961, and CJ6A models of model years 1966 - 68 (less than 500 CJ6A produced). Flatfendered Jeeps with column shift were the ultra rare CJ2 'Agri-Jeeps' of 1945 and early production CJ2A of 1945 - 46.

[@PAINFOOL13]

Just wow .Pot of Gold at the end of the Rainbow 🎉

[@keithprine8981]

Like a candy land of jeeps. I'm 55 and wanted one my whole life congrats.

[@IR-nq4qv]

Even the jeep that's rusted out can be easily repaired since its all easy accessible flat floor panels. Nice barn find and so complete. What a treasure trove of inventory and envy to any collector /restorer.

[@mrtank1967]

Very nice find. Rusty gold. Nice seeing those young lads learning and working hard. Good crew.

[@hkeg80]

That would be an amazing father son(s) project, all 4 of you rolling down in a restored jeep each.

[@donaldshulman6771]

You really hit the mother lode. So many parts. I'm sure that there are at least 3 complete jeeps. This could be on of your best projects.

[@horstszibulski19]

Great find and good to rescue them! Nice job with the whole crew! Thx for showing 👍👍👍

[@andreacrashe9894]

*I am so pleased that the previous owner finally contacted you after all this time... & that these 'Willys Jeeps' are now in safe hands... to get used again at some point. Shall be looking forward to seeing you getting them fixed up and running again. nz*

[@-oiiio-3993]

Willys.

[@flynnanderson3736]

now that shed has a bit of stuff in it

[@paulw3182]

You might want to reach out to various Willy's Jeep clubs and forums for information, on identification of parts and approaches to restoration. This project is a "content generator" and a wonderful purchase - worth every cent.

[@nealbullington8301]

A new meaning to "kicking the tires".

[@douggeist8422]

MI

[@Chad93oleblue]

Also need to get in touch with Clint at C&C he stocks all the bodies and parts you may ever need!!

[@AJMRFIXIT]

WOW What a GREAT Find Love My 1947 Willys Enjoy Whatching All Your Vidios AJ East,Texas

[@WisconsinWanderer]

I’m pretty blown away by the amount of Jeep and Jeep parts that you got out of this stash, what a goldmine of a find. This will keep you busy and all of us very entertained for years to come. 😊thanks

[@gtnaylor5870]

So glad to hear from you again! I love this video and what you do saving the old iron. I envy you in a way. Wishing I was younger and able to do what you are doing. Anxiously waiting to the next chapter.

[@jhonditch4269]

myron down the street ha a full body one always amazing to see

[@IoannisKokovidis]

Some 40 years before,I restored completely a CJ2A and used it as daily driver in Greece..Love them..Many good memories (and bad ones but who cared !!)..Thanks for the video ..

[@user-cx5sl2et1b]

Good Morning Workshop , I am so glad to see you again today and I hope you are having a great day! It is 7:06 am my time here in AZ, US on 8/8/23 !

[@CSltz]

Looks like C&C are getting a lot of thumbs up here. I’m going to have to visit there. I got a lot of my parts from Turner’s the Jeepster Man and Kaiser Willys. Plus a few others. I’m going to “crack” for my next habit. It’s got to be cheaper! Did you ever do videos on replacing individual parts? I’m having trouble getting the fuel pump to stay full after it starts, runs and then sits for a while in the garage. Good luck to you and may you be blessed with deep pockets 😂

[@phillipjones3342]

Wow wow wow 5 willys I want to see all of them up and running soldier let's do it

[@T_B]

That would have taken a month without those 3 corn-fed country boys with ya!! Those young men worked VERY WELL together. Very refreshing to see. Oh yeah, theJeeps kick ass, too! 💪

[@alexdeglavina1412]

I noticed the 46 cj2a has a power takeoff drive on it. I have the gearbox that goes on those drives. Right angle flat belt pulley.

[@davetaylor4741]

What a score. They are such a classic shape. Where I live in Oz you would have a serious amount of monies worth. I know a guy down the road that has a lovely driveable restored version. Looking forward to seeing these come back to life.

[@michaelnola7966]

C&C equipment has all your jeep needs

[@tayro7265]

There are a couple of outfits that make everything from floor pans to entire bodies for those. Basically if you have a frame, you have a Jeep. O' yea, and a but-ton of money won't hurt.

[@oddtechman]

awesome looking set of classics there! Have a chat with Clint over at C&C Equipment and see if he can help with pointers etc.. he is a major jeep stockist and importer of the willys style stuff

[@rorri2372]

Im just in love with these older jeeps, they're like little tractors. I also love compact off-road old tractors, but I just can't find enough information about those vehicles

[@1982jeepcj8]

there are a couple of choices for replacement bodies, The TWO manufactures of replacement steel bodies are MD Juan of the Philippines, there are many importers for these tubs. Less well known is SGI, SGI-Shree Ganesh Industries of India, which were the OEM of Mahindra license build jeeps for decades, there are only two importers for these tubs.

[@orgcoast5990]

Boy-O-Boy A mid-20th century goldmine on wheels. Well done!

[@daveharper5655]

That 555 is in great condition, I think this shows what basic maintenance to a piece of equipment can do later down the road. I like them. The jeeps are sweet as well.

[@Skoalman]

I know you like to use original parts, but C&C Equipment has replacement parts for all of your jeeps. Hope that helps. Great video. I'm looking forward to seeing you get them going again. Thanks for sharing.

[@onryboy2264]

You fell into a gold mine with just the jeeps and the parts are worth there weight in gold..

[@WalterMcWaters]

Just so you know, the one with the shifter on the steering shaft, if it is original, it is quite rare. From what I know! Hope you have fun!

[@Chad93oleblue]

The old triple nickel was putting in work! Those old machines always seemed well built to me!

[@stumpy2816]

Holy moly where to start😮

[@mauricekeithjohnson2598]

I'm simply blown away !!

[@zachingram7522]

Grandpa has an old ford 555 backhoe just like that one. I heard it running and new exactly what it was. Those are great machines.

[@d.r.ledbetter2286]

Those jeeps with the PTO on the back reminded me of an article I read some years back. After WWII the plethora of surplus jeeps were adapted to farming and light construction by a few companies that would make attachments for them. You scored big time with this deal.

[@notajp]

Yes, there was also a 3 point hitch that mounted in the bed for using mounted implements like plows. That PTO unit is fairly rare and highly desirable by collectors. After WW2, surplus jeeps were cheaper to buy than actual farm tractors, plus you could even drive the Jeep into town when you needed to.

[@-oiiio-3993]

There were front PTO units as well.

[@paulw3182]

Wow what a great find! It would be great to see those jeeps restored.

[@chrisbirkenmaier5807]

Excellent show. Glad you had the space for everything

[@michaelmiller7208]

Awesome! What a stash of old jeeps!

[@CXensation]

WoooW ! Looking forward to watch over your shoulder reviving these old runners !

[@G-regular503]

What a killer complete score!!!! So rad man!!!

[@r3d3k3r]

I’am happy to see you again.

[@1944chevytruck]

TOTALLY AWESOME CONGRATS!!! ......AMAZING!

[@merlepatterson]

C&C Equipment has all kinds of aftermarket replacement panels and parts for Willy's.

[@andarthome142]

Yes i know, but they are not original and those parts are.

[@merlepatterson]

@@andarthome142 Yes, but you'll have to get some kind of aftermarket stuff to patch the rotted areas in some of them. They're too far gone and if you don't have enough original parts to match the quantity of chassis, then aftermarket is the only solution.

[@davidguntren4487]

Thanks for saving these

[@rustygoldworkshop4672]

Looks like a great project for those 3 gentlemen that help you. Thanks for all that you do. 👍👍

[@larrydavidson3402]

You made a good purchase. Can't wait to see a couple of them being able to be put to use again.

[@mikewilliams2072]

The generator stand probably had a jeep engine in it to power the generator, they probably bought it for the engine!

[@richardbaumeister466]

Great score Matt One for the record books! Congratulations.

[@DaleDirt]

Love those little jeeps .

[@jarack1]

OMG finally a Jeep restore! Looking very forward to this series

[@swagmanexplores7472]

What an amazing score !

[@siranikobar69]

Glad to see new content from you! The old Jeeps are awesome

[@jrmintz1]

Cool! This will be a great series.

[@WillysWorldShow]

Yes. Save as many as you can. We are on the same mission. Best of luck.

[@rhondasweeney7271]

I absolutely love this video. Saving all those jeeps. By the way, are those your 3 boys? If so, they sure have grown up. Thank you for sharing your journey with this new project.😊😊😊

[@IO-zz2xy]

Think they are his brothers??

[@carloskawasaki656]

Thank you for sharing, always a pleasure watch your video, i learn a lot 👍👍👍👍

[@Country-Marshal]

Wow! What a find. Gonna follow this series. I've been looking for years for one. Again amazing home run.

[@volvobrynk]

Im looking so much foreward to the next Update on these puppies! God job and get to it, lad!

[@Dagrond]

Massy Furgesum is the first thing I ever drove at age 8. Miss that tractor.

[@victorjenkins8783]

looks like a model 20 drove one a lot when i was a kid greetings from belgium.

[@kevinshanklin3182]

You really know how to make my day for I love all the old American Jeeps .

[@garyhodder2784]

What a find,great video!

[@63ciscokid]

Man, it would be SUPER FANTASTIC! if you would restore the military one to its original state, including paint, emblems, shovel, etc.

[@josephcormier5974]

This has been one of my favorites also I love the old jeep this style is the only one I think is worth restoring six stars for a great video

[@DDB168]

Great haul ! Looking forward to future videos on these.

[@ronaldclark2624]

Fix and Run. Thanks for sharing. Ron PTL USA

[@Farm_fab]

You might give thought to converting one of your jeeps to 5 or 6 speed and add a VW TDI for a daily driver, and install the cab. Mahindra Roxor uses many of the same parts as the CJ as they were made under license from Willis. The "crunchy" jeep might be the best candidate for your conversion as it's already in need of repairs, so could be made to fit around better quality angine anf drive train, like TJ or YJ, including the rears.

[@-oiiio-3993]

Buick 225 'Odd Fire' V6, 4 speed with Warn overdrive, Dana 44 diffs.

[@usernamesreprise4068]

As someone else pointed out Clint at C&C Equipment knows a guy who sells all the sheet metal to rebuild jeeps newly pressed in the Philippines....and if I'm not mistaken Clint carries some jeep body panels himself, these cars are so rare now it might be a good idea to get all those parts you have and refab and renovate them and advertise them for sale, it could repay what you paid for the whole job lot and then some, ha ha in two or three years time you might even become known as the go to Mr Jeep lol..

[@selwyndyer8357]

Cover them as soon as you can,spray rust with old engine oil a fine mist until you ready to proceed,good purchase.

[@juniormoraes5195]

Oh god what an amazing find, I'm a huge Jeep fan. A true treasure, congratulations excellent choice. A pleasant video to watch and dream about these Jeeps.

[@drone_nerd]

In 80's I learned how to drive in a 1942 "Jeep" Willys MB (old brother of those) all original. It's a brave WW2 veteran (with few bullets holes) and It have been in family for almost 60 years. Cheers from Brazil!

[@kevinbarrett9615]

Great find , I love old Jeeps owned 4 CJ 7’s, can’t wait to see what you do with them.

[@natecampbell4708]

Well you definitely now have a lot of options! Looking forward to what you do with them. BTW, major kudos to those young men that were helping loading everything! It does my heart good to see some young men that's not afraid of hard work & it's clear they're used to it. Please send my regards, both to them, & their Dad, who did a fantastic job raising them! I'm pretty sure that my Dad (who has passed) was very familiar with the oldest model you got while he was stationed on the island of Saipan during WW2!

[@batterymakermarkii2654]

Three words: Bucket. List. Jackpot.

[@chuckthomas8176]

Ooh and those tractors . As a farmer now .. i love those tractors true work horse of my farm . What a blessing of find for u sir .. congratulations

[@VincentGroenewold]

Oeh back with some restorations, very nice find!

[@renem6441]

You will need at least one for each kid and one for you!! Amazing find that’s a lot of parts!! Thanks for sharing

[@carlgauntletttrains3026]

What a great video. Carl.

[@cccorvette]

Great video.....can't wait to see more on them.

[@craigsmith8217]

My friend's WWII jeep had a winch on the front. We pulled medium size trees up by the roots with the motor idling.

[@danielstrachan8988]

❤️❤️❤️ it, this is so amazing and bringing as many of these back to life, ooooh man😁😁👍👍

[@michaelhunt2369]

very exciting video, keep them coming please

[@everestyeti]

What a brilliant find, something I've always wanted but since my accident now out of the question. Nice to see the boys helping out they look like good kids, your a propper role model Matt showing that hard work never hurt anyone. 👍🤗 I bet if Captain Kleeman was watching this, think he might be a little bit envious of that 555. 🤣

[@billgolcher2537]

Really awesome finds

[@brianelliot2719]

Well done, Matt. Farm fresh.😊

[@richardsurber8226]

amazing find. liked it

[@bobbysnow5478]

Thanks for the video! Flatfenders rule!

[@markmilostan2493]

I didn't know jeeps had a shifter on the column. what an amazing time.

[@-oiiio-3993]

1945 and early 1946 CJ2A Jeeps had column shift as well as the ultra rare CJ2 'Agri Jeeps' of 1945 and 'Tuxedo Park' (CJ5A, CJ6A) editions of the 1960s. They were not produced in 1949.

[@Herbybandit]

That's a good haul you got there.

[@stevesalvage1089]

Wow what a find , amazing Matt , yep just repair and save that's my thing too , thanks for sharing,