My daily driver

I have had this for 21 years. Kind of a composite. I thought we could post some of our weird units. Jim

Here's mine.

Very nice
Willy's CJ3 I think
I have it's more modern version 92 YJ 387000 on it with a 2.5l 5 speed
not as nice looking as yours
I also have the full hard top as well as the soft top and doors
I like it best with the short cab for most driving

I recognize the CJ3B part of it but what's the cab from?

Looks like an International pickup cab.

I suppose that I could wish that it could be my daily driver.

I like it. I have a 1953 CJ3B the same color. Mine is strictly a summer rig with no top.....it is our "convertible". I like how the cab is adapted to yours. Maybe I could play with mine in the snow here in Wisconsin if I had a cab like yours.

The chassis is CJ3B The cab is from a 1949 IH K series 1.5 ton straight truck. History: As told by the son of one of the people in the story.
Missoula Montana 1948, there was an implement dealer that had a customer base making loose hay in stacks. They used dump rakes to gather, and front end loaders (farmhand etc.)to stack it. The loaders used 10 foot wide fork tined "buckets" and trip latch. The Owner decided to make faster, bigger machines for the purpose. He purchased 5 IH 1.5 ton X 150" WB straight trucks to modify. Harvester would not sell the trucks without cabs because they could not transport them. So the trucks were modified by removing the cabs, Turning the differential upside down, re-arranging the steering brakes and clutch to work going backwards. The Lift was frame mounted and extended outside of the wheel base pointing backwards. A 16' wide fork setup was attached with trip system. Evidently the market was saturated as the total production was 5.
6 years went by.
The next business on the street was a body shop. The Owner of that shop and the implement dealer were friends and often shared breakfast and coffee. The body shop guy had been looking at the 5 cabs sitting on blocks for all those years figuring how to use them. One day he broached the subject by suggesting they could make a weatherproof vehicle out of them by putting a cab on a Jeep. Good Idea. The duo Arranged that they would buy the Jeep 50/50 and the cab would be supplied free and labor supplied free. They purchased a new 57 CJ3B Willis, and put the cab on it. It was sold for about 2X the jeep original price as it was seen. Good to go, they did it again and the next was sold part way through construction. The third was sold before work started. They looked at each other and decided they each needed one of them, so the remaining two were kept. Mine was given, by the body shop owner, to his son. The one belonging to the implement dealer was (best I recall being said) sold to a hunting/guide/tourist camp in Redlodge MT. One was wrecked in and accident. One was left to rust after a failed engine. And one was rolled down a mountainside. I modified mine by using a Ford Ranger gas tank under a hatch in the "bed" (better than a 6 gallon tank under the drivers seat), and rack and pinion steering from a 1981 Toyota Tercell. It is immediately surrounded by interested people when in a parking lot. Jim

neat little puddle jumper...lol. that ihc cab sure stands out. i like it. what kind of power house?

It's cuter'n a button. What is the leg room like? The MB-GPW WW2 Jeeps I have been involved with were a little tight for a tall guy.

Jim, I've seen this vehicle a hundred times in your alley and on the street. I also must have actually spoken to you years ago as I have heard the story before. Don't get to town much any more as I have retired (I worked for the City). Next time I'm there, I'll drive by and see if you're around.

I have high density urethane foam cushions right on the back wall (double wall) about 3 inches thick. I sit on the same
urethane at about 25 inches high. The steering is far enough away, and the pedals as well, that I have no real issues.
6'2-1/2. Jim

Stock F-134 Hurricane A mighty F head engine with the intake valves (and intake manifold) built into the head, and the exhaust in the block. 75 HP. Jim

I would remember your face, but I would have to see it. The jeep gets continuous requests to buy it and the what is its. I am still teaching at SCSU in Headley Hall Manufacturing and Somputer aided Design. Jim

Nice machine. I remember one did up like yours from the mid fifties.
Service station had it. Think it had a snow plow on it.

Looks like a 1965 or earlier front end on it- 1966 was the curved out a bit shock upper mounts for VW if I remember right. Shortened frame? Can't see details of rear trailing arm- swing axle likely, not the independent rear then since the rear tire visible hints at little angle, not straight up and down. What kind of engine?
RN

It's titled as a 68 EMPI sportster. I think it has 54 frontend, swing axle , shortened pan and a 1600 dual port. Gramps sold the kits. This one was my uncle's. Dad bought it back in the mid 70's. I have been driving it off and on ever since. Might put an 1835 with dual del ortos in it. You know your vee wees pretty good RN.