Grandfather Jeep - 1947 Willys CJ2A - Post-War Workhorse

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Nick has an incredible variety of vehicles come to his shop. Some are lots of fun, some are made to work. But this 1947 Willys does both! Here we go!
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[nickpanaritis]

Shaft and rotor in the distributor were not the same as the electronic unit. For that reason, firing order was redone on the cap.

[donaldhalls]

Awesome little buggy, be excellent toy, all the best to you all

[paleo]

Man oh man is that cool. Willys CJ. Wow

[bobmeyer]

Cool old Jeep! I learned to drive in a friends 1945 Jeep back in the '50's. Good memories!

[mikelindsay]

Nick, You sound like my father in law. When he went to war they did not put him n the front line, He ws a awesome mechanic and they put him in england keeping the eguipment going. and nick sounds just like art. If things did not go his way he was know to use a few choice words and the odd time he was know to fire somehing across the shop!! lol

[grahamsengineering.]

Hey Nick, it's the one and only Willy's Jeep. Nothing more, nothing less. Classic.

[joeljenkins]

Gooood afternoon everybody!!!! The ol’ Willy’s Jeep!!! I remember back in the late 70’s, the guy I worked for at the time had one of these: he bought a conversion kit and dropped a 327 Chevy motor in it. To say it was quick and fast is an UNDERSTATEMENT!!! Love seeing Nick working his magic on whatever is presented to him: great week everyone!!!!

[mattottie]

Nick looks like a General with his driver, good stuff..

[fabieneldridge]

Willy’s Jeep’s are still the Best looking Jeeps !

[peterphillips]

That’s a nice job your customer did restoring that unit, just walked in the door from working on my Willy.

[truck]

I love the Jeep. I have a 77 Jeep CJ7 that was pretty much a barn find. I drug it home, rebuilt every system and now I daily drive it. Let me tell you I love this Jeep, it's a family cruiser.

[keithharris]

Awesome little Jeep looks like a lot of fun to rebuild one of them keep them coming and see you Friday

[stevepoore]

Nick, I loved the smile on your face while driving a piece of history!

[leelavoie]

This Willy’s brought on a flood of memories!! Pretty Cool Nick.

[darrenbeller]

Nick's garage is very fun channel love this guy

[ShnitzlHaus]

the shaft at the end of the distributor is offset. if you want the timing back you have to pull the oil pump and re index it ( the pump is on the outside and opposite side of engine). 1947 the timing mark is on the back of the flywheel. there is a window and steel circle plate you move to the side.

[jefferyrightmire]

Extra nice Jeep. I was on Google Earth and saw you were close to that prison. Be careful near there.
I enjoy what you have going on.

[mattottie]

Yes we used them, i had a 1965 jeep tuxedo park and i drove it to high school in my senior year, it was fun to drive, Nick knows what to do to get it going...

[kevinwoolmer]

From 6 packs to jeep Willis, you never fail to make it interesting

[MUN.A]

Amazing..nice to see it again on raods.
Thank you for your efforts to it .