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Originally Posted by tooge
this is "Truman", my 1948 Willys CJ2A. She's in the garage right now with the engine pulled, the axles off, and about to undergo a complete frame up restoration.
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Incidently, here's sorta a cool story regarding this "jeep". It is referred to as an agrijeep. Willys overland was trying to find a market for these army jeeps after WWII ended. So, they fit them with a rear PTO and a 400 lb tractor weight on the front. So, you can till up a garden, hook up a large circular saw (sold them to the US Forest service too), a trencher, wood splitter, etc.
Also, this one is a "lefty", meaning that the spare tire carrier in on the left, or drivers side of the vehicle. There were only about 10K of these made before several states decided to not allow them on the roads because they were a hazard to hit pedestrians when backing up, obscuring the drivers side view mirror. Missouri was one of those states. So, the leftys were made for about six weeks, and then they converted back to the right side spare tire carrier.
Here we are 65 years later, and there can't be many lefty agrijeeps remaining, so she's at least somewhat rare.