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Willys Wagon L6-226 4WD (1957)
for sale

Price: US $5,000.00

Description:

57 Wagon.
Owned for 25 years. Selling, as I just don’t spend the time on it that it deserves.
Runs terrible, transfer case needs to be rebuilt, and drinks oil. Shocks are painted and pretty, but need to be replaced. Especially the back ones. Guy that had it before me, lifted it all around about 2 inches, with “not bad” work. But that means the shock throw is “not standard”.
Winch is a 12, 000lb mechanical from the Power Takeoff, and works like a champ.
4wd all works, kingpins are fine. Steering gearbox leaks but centers up pretty good.
I got a “show quality” carburetor from Walcks last year, and when I redid the wiring, put in an electronic ignition distributor and a new alternator with a nice stainless arm. It was 12v before I got it, but the horns have never been loud, and I suspect they’re still 6v.
The temp and fuel gauges have never worked. Speedo, lights, brights, blinkers, radio, and courtesy lights all work. And the heater blower and defrost work great. Even put in some new duct hose for the defrost, and built an interior duct box for flow direction. Heat exchanger in the engine compartment doesn’t leak.
Radiator was cleaned out and cored 20 years ago, and seems just fine. Every wheel got a new slave cylinder about then too, and the Master cylinder was replaced with a used rebuilt one about 5 years ago. My wife covered the seats a few years ago. I had the old frames blasted and painted. We used some matching material for the door panels and other interior panels.
The wooden slats in the floor are mostly original. I found the missing ones on Ebay, so they’re complete. I have a headliner (gray) “new in the box”. I bought it 20 years ago and never put it in, so I guess that’s “old in the box” or “new in the old box”. I bought some material to make the 2 missing headliner bows, but never got around to making them.
Tires are all good. And yes, that is indeed a barometric altimeter on the dash. When I bought this 25 years ago, it was already there. I don’t need it, but never felt like removing it.
For much of the past 20 years, it has been in some state of “rebuilding something”, in my garage. Sadly I did the engine first, and after setting as long as it has, even though it runs, I’m afraid it needs a teardown for rings and bearings. Knocks and smokes. Fuel pump diaphragms never seem to last, so I stuck an electric pump on it, that seems to be fine. Left the mechanical fuel pump in place for the vacuum wiper motor, which never actually got around to being rebuilt.
In the 90's, I drove this as a daily driver for 5 years and just loved it. If someone took the time to go through it mechanically, put in the headliner, fixed that rusty old hinge on the bottom of the rear tailgate, got the fuel gauge to work, and gave it a nice paint job, they’d really have something. I just don’t have the time or energy, and although it’s a wonderful thing to have when my wife wants me to pull up a stump, its just a shame to have it stuck in the garage. If you buy it, plan to trailer it away. Like I started with it runs terrible. That means it fires up just fine, and I won’t hesitate to drive around the local area, up to normal road speeds. But I know what to do when it coughs or burps, and am real familiar with how it sways and steers. Someone that isn’t familiar with it, could get into trouble trying to safely go more than say 5 miles. Plus the motor is knocking more these days, so should really be looked into before starting to try to drive it around.

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