1950 Willys Pickup Ratty

His S/N is  4WD 13049, the '1' isn't real visible in his pic.   The 1950 1/2  S/N started with 4WD 12745.

  To correct this post to save confusion.  The 1950 1/2 started with S/N 4-73 4WD 10,001.  The 12745 in the above is the S/N when Willys changed from round holes on the wind shield header to oval holes.

  Jim


Edited by WeeWilly - 05 Nov. 2013 at 10:19pm

My '53 pickup has the same spring packs as yours, and frankly it's way too much. One ton springs in a 72 hp pickup is ridiculous. Where and what type 1/2 ton springs are you getting? I was considering removing leaves in mine. Thanks, John

Oilleaker1: I got my springs from a place called BJS, it’s a jeep salvage yard.  The guy there has been great to work with.  I can get you his email if you would like.

Schimms15: what kind of small changes are there in the 50-53 run?  And how could you guys tell from my box that is was a late 50 truck?

I'm wondering if your springs came from a Jeep wagon. They were lighter. As to changes, the early Flat fendered trucks are interesting because they have the pivot shaft for the clutch and brake petals on both sides from the factory. L or R hand drive. They were all similar up to 50 that I've seen. 50 is a very mixed up year. Some Flat, some pointed, different dashes, still had push button inner door openers, ash tray different, and I thought they were all l heads. I thought ( must be wrong) F head started in '53 and only the M38a1's had the F head in late '51. Early bench seats were split 60/40 with the pair arranged either way for L or RH drive. The full bench must have started sometime in 50. Yours has the flip board in the cab so it was full. The WO tailgate was used up until around '54 I think. I don't have a book to look this up in. I tried to figure stuff out looking at all the different years. What a mess to figure out. Then there is the timken VS dana rear ends.   And: we are not done yet, what about previous year trucks being sold a year later and titled at that time? I can see after owning one why so many got  Ford and Chevy V- eights stuffed in them.  3100 lbs of slow. At least the sound of the fan is cool!. John

the Mc will cross over but the truck had 11" brakes the cj had 9" brakes, i could tell you have a late 50 because your cab has the tool boxes that open to the top not the sides, the early ones opened to the sides and had a slider that would close them. also john 50 late had the f head option and that was the standard until 53/54 when the f head was an option but the l head 6 was also an option and in 54 the 6 cylinder was a standard. your doors must be a later one than because in 52 the doors changed from push button to pull latch style

Go to  www.Willysamerica.com  

Quick question for all you smarty pants, while deer hunting in the great white Upper Peninsula this past weekend I bought an early 50’s pickup, no vin plate so year is uncertain, for parts.  My buddy that I hunt with said that his neighbor used to be into Willys jeeps, after talking with guy he brought over some parts that he still had sitting around, one of them is an intake exhaust for a L134 but the carb mount sits 90 degrees different and there is some material forged into the intake for bolts to.  I’ll take a picture but does anyone know what this would be for?

DJ or Jeepster.