Re: Ford GPW Jeep with machine gun mount (1943)
 

"Kruse" <kruse@kansas.net> wrote in message
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> On Jul 11, 6:14 pm, nrs <neale...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> $18k seems a bit high for a jeep you haven't inspected in person. Well
>> restored WWII jeeps do go for around $15k routinely among restorers/
>> collectors though.
>
> I personally think that all Jeeps of this era are overpriced because
> what can you really do with them? They can't haul "stuff" like a
> pickup and you can't haul people like you could with a car.
> But....that's just me.
> Even though most parts interchange with the Willys jeep, please
> remember that this is a Ford jeep and it will probably command a
> higher price. Still a lot higher than what I would be willing to pay.
>

It's not necessarily what you can "do" with them. It's more of what they
represent: the origins of the current Jeeps, the revolution in automobile
design, design for a specific purpose but almost infinitely flexible to
accomodate a different task, and the preservation of history. Civilian
vehicles (especially from that era) are not available with options like
machine gun mounts, positive crankcase pressure systems for fording water,
armor plating, exterior mounted pioneer tools, etc. Besides that, military
vehicles are just freakin' cool looking.
Pete

Re: Ford GPW Jeep with machine gun mount (1943)
 

On Jul 11, 6:48 pm, Kruse <k...@kansas.net> wrote:
> On Jul 11, 6:14 pm, nrs <neale...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > $18k seems a bit high for a jeep you haven't inspected in person. Well
> > restored WWII jeeps do go for around $15k routinely among restorers/
> > collectors though.
>
> I personally think that all Jeeps of this era are overpriced because
> what can you really do with them? They can't haul "stuff" like a
> pickup and you can't haul people like you could with a car.
> But....that's just me.
> Even though most parts interchange with the Willys jeep, please
> remember that this is a Ford jeep and it will probably command a
> higher price. Still a lot higher than what I would be willing to pay.

If they are in good shape, you could do with them whatever the
soldiers in WWII did with them, which is a lot!

Re: Ford GPW Jeep with machine gun mount (1943)
 

On Jul 11, 6:48 pm, Kruse <k...@kansas.net> wrote:
> On Jul 11, 6:14 pm, nrs <neale...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > $18k seems a bit high for a jeep you haven't inspected in person. Well
> > restored WWII jeeps do go for around $15k routinely among restorers/
> > collectors though.
>
> I personally think that all Jeeps of this era are overpriced because
> what can you really do with them? They can't haul "stuff" like a
> pickup and you can't haul people like you could with a car.
> But....that's just me.
> Even though most parts interchange with the Willys jeep, please
> remember that this is a Ford jeep and it will probably command a
> higher price. Still a lot higher than what I would be willing to pay.

If they are in good shape, you could do with them whatever the
soldiers in WWII did with them, which is a lot!

Re: Ford GPW Jeep with machine gun mount (1943)
 

On Jul 11, 6:48 pm, Kruse <k...@kansas.net> wrote:
> On Jul 11, 6:14 pm, nrs <neale...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > $18k seems a bit high for a jeep you haven't inspected in person. Well
> > restored WWII jeeps do go for around $15k routinely among restorers/
> > collectors though.
>
> I personally think that all Jeeps of this era are overpriced because
> what can you really do with them? They can't haul "stuff" like a
> pickup and you can't haul people like you could with a car.
> But....that's just me.
> Even though most parts interchange with the Willys jeep, please
> remember that this is a Ford jeep and it will probably command a
> higher price. Still a lot higher than what I would be willing to pay.

If they are in good shape, you could do with them whatever the
soldiers in WWII did with them, which is a lot!

Re: Ford GPW Jeep with machine gun mount (1943)
 

On Jul 11, 6:48 pm, Kruse <k...@kansas.net> wrote:
> On Jul 11, 6:14 pm, nrs <neale...@yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > $18k seems a bit high for a jeep you haven't inspected in person. Well
> > restored WWII jeeps do go for around $15k routinely among restorers/
> > collectors though.
>
> I personally think that all Jeeps of this era are overpriced because
> what can you really do with them? They can't haul "stuff" like a
> pickup and you can't haul people like you could with a car.
> But....that's just me.
> Even though most parts interchange with the Willys jeep, please
> remember that this is a Ford jeep and it will probably command a
> higher price. Still a lot higher than what I would be willing to pay.

If they are in good shape, you could do with them whatever the
soldiers in WWII did with them, which is a lot!

Re: Ford GPW Jeep with machine gun mount (1943)
 

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007, nrs wrote:

> On Jul 11, 3:52 pm, Lee Ayrton <layr...@panix.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007, Mike Romain wrote:
>>> Ed wrote:
>>>> eBay:http://301url.com/1943_Jeep
>>
>>> Nice restoration or 'kit' car it would seem.
>>
>>> The sales pitch is complete --------.
>>
>> Someone is taking the bait, look at the bidding history. From $399 to
>> $1K, $3.5K $9K, it is up to $18K right now.
>>
>> It does /look/ good in spite of the misleading description. Its all in
>> the details.
>
> $18k seems a bit high for a jeep you haven't inspected in person. Well
> restored WWII jeeps do go for around $15k routinely among restorers/
> collectors though.

These guys offer "motor pool condition" WWII jeeps for sale $17K and
"factory fresh" condition for $20K, so the bidding on eBay seems to be in
line with current prices. http://www.olivedrabfever.com/



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that the extent of our American lunatic fringe had been underestimated."
Orson Wells on the reaction to the _War Of The Worlds_ broadcast.

Re: Ford GPW Jeep with machine gun mount (1943)
 

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007, nrs wrote:

> On Jul 11, 3:52 pm, Lee Ayrton <layr...@panix.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007, Mike Romain wrote:
>>> Ed wrote:
>>>> eBay:http://301url.com/1943_Jeep
>>
>>> Nice restoration or 'kit' car it would seem.
>>
>>> The sales pitch is complete --------.
>>
>> Someone is taking the bait, look at the bidding history. From $399 to
>> $1K, $3.5K $9K, it is up to $18K right now.
>>
>> It does /look/ good in spite of the misleading description. Its all in
>> the details.
>
> $18k seems a bit high for a jeep you haven't inspected in person. Well
> restored WWII jeeps do go for around $15k routinely among restorers/
> collectors though.

These guys offer "motor pool condition" WWII jeeps for sale $17K and
"factory fresh" condition for $20K, so the bidding on eBay seems to be in
line with current prices. http://www.olivedrabfever.com/



--
"We began to realize, as we plowed on with the destruction of New Jersey,
that the extent of our American lunatic fringe had been underestimated."
Orson Wells on the reaction to the _War Of The Worlds_ broadcast.

Re: Ford GPW Jeep with machine gun mount (1943)
 

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007, nrs wrote:

> On Jul 11, 3:52 pm, Lee Ayrton <layr...@panix.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007, Mike Romain wrote:
>>> Ed wrote:
>>>> eBay:http://301url.com/1943_Jeep
>>
>>> Nice restoration or 'kit' car it would seem.
>>
>>> The sales pitch is complete --------.
>>
>> Someone is taking the bait, look at the bidding history. From $399 to
>> $1K, $3.5K $9K, it is up to $18K right now.
>>
>> It does /look/ good in spite of the misleading description. Its all in
>> the details.
>
> $18k seems a bit high for a jeep you haven't inspected in person. Well
> restored WWII jeeps do go for around $15k routinely among restorers/
> collectors though.

These guys offer "motor pool condition" WWII jeeps for sale $17K and
"factory fresh" condition for $20K, so the bidding on eBay seems to be in
line with current prices. http://www.olivedrabfever.com/



--
"We began to realize, as we plowed on with the destruction of New Jersey,
that the extent of our American lunatic fringe had been underestimated."
Orson Wells on the reaction to the _War Of The Worlds_ broadcast.

Re: Ford GPW Jeep with machine gun mount (1943)
 

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007, nrs wrote:

> On Jul 11, 3:52 pm, Lee Ayrton <layr...@panix.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, 11 Jul 2007, Mike Romain wrote:
>>> Ed wrote:
>>>> eBay:http://301url.com/1943_Jeep
>>
>>> Nice restoration or 'kit' car it would seem.
>>
>>> The sales pitch is complete --------.
>>
>> Someone is taking the bait, look at the bidding history. From $399 to
>> $1K, $3.5K $9K, it is up to $18K right now.
>>
>> It does /look/ good in spite of the misleading description. Its all in
>> the details.
>
> $18k seems a bit high for a jeep you haven't inspected in person. Well
> restored WWII jeeps do go for around $15k routinely among restorers/
> collectors though.

These guys offer "motor pool condition" WWII jeeps for sale $17K and
"factory fresh" condition for $20K, so the bidding on eBay seems to be in
line with current prices. http://www.olivedrabfever.com/



--
"We began to realize, as we plowed on with the destruction of New Jersey,
that the extent of our American lunatic fringe had been underestimated."
Orson Wells on the reaction to the _War Of The Worlds_ broadcast.

Re: Ford GPW Jeep with machine gun mount (1943)
 

Hi Greg,
The WWII M35 should have the same Rockwell axles, but all those years of
sitting without turning through the lube oil would surely be too rusty.
Better to buy something ten cents on the dollar like:
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Ford-...spagenameZWDVW
God Bless America, Bill O|||||||O
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"Greg" <greglc84@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> How new is newer Bill? A freind of mine keeps telling me about an old
army
> 6x6 that he wants to go get the axles out of, it's at the head of a lake
> that was damned before my time, ( 46 years old )



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