My Willys 3A and 3B Community
How To Join => Once You've Joined => Topic started by: Forum Master on November 01, 2020, 12:26:16 PM
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Welcome to the CJ DJ 3A 3B Willys Community Forum xavier_peeters!
Tell us more about you and your Willys!
We love pics so don't be afraid to post pics of your Willys.
Here we like any kind of them!
You will find a lots of smart people here that are willing to help.
Enjoy your stay,
Pascal and all forum members
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Hi everybody,
first thanks for accepting me on this forum. Let me introduce myself: My name is Xavier and I'm from Belgium. I'm a jeep enthousiast and I own a french Hotchkiss M201 jeep since 2000. It's the french copy of the Willys MB in a really uncommon Sahara version: it has a 2 fuel tanks, a double fuel system with electrical fuel pump, a toolbox on the front, special sand tires, a sand filter, a search light,...
I wanted to have another jeep, but with some belgian history. After the war, jeeps were build in Belgium. So I recently bought a 1953 jeep CJ3A from "les Etablissements Wilford", meaning this jeep was probably send in a kit in Belgium, and build here in Brussels by Wilford. As my grandmother is a Wilford and was related to this company, it's more or less a family jeep I bought.
CJ3A were also built by 'les Ateliers de la Dyle", but in a military version but still different from the M38. So, we have a lot of link with the CJ3A here.
About this new jeep, I'm starting a complete body-off restauration. I started the big "mechanical strip tease" a few weeks ago. A lot to do...
I want to have it as original as possible, and I hope I'll find a lot of answer (technical, historical,...) in this forum.
I'll send more info and pics when I understand how it works!
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Welcome Xavier!
Your "Sahara" jeeps sounds very interesting. Looking forward to seeing your jeeps. Maybe a "Build" thread for your 3A rebuild....
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Some pics of the Sahara and her new friend...
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That Hotchkiss IS unusual. The toolbox on the front is unusual for me. The Sahara modifications are some I've never seen before.
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Welcome. Thanks for the photos.