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"Original"-- Technical Questions, Answers, Observations / Re: Vacuum Wipers

« on: December 20, 2010, 08:12:14 AM »

Maybe this will help:
http://cj3apage.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=Tech&action=display&thread=1109

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Rambling, Malarky, Rants, Etc... / Re: �Member buyout of the 3A page...

« on: June 14, 2012, 04:19:06 PM »

If it is possible to pay by PayPal I'll donate a small amount. If not too much of the amount will disappear in the transfer from Norway.

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Rambling, Malarky, Rants, Etc... / Re: Skype

« on: December 15, 2010, 09:33:29 PM »

Tons of people up here at tech use skype, but I can't since my computer doesn't have a camera thing. Its a little strange to use, there is a bit of lag time.

You don't need a camera to use Skype, a speaker and a microphone is all you need.

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Rambling, Malarky, Rants, Etc... / Re: The most expensive CJ-3a in the world

« on: December 02, 2010, 11:55:06 AM »

Thanks for the reply, that is interesting and answers my questions. Some friends that are into restoring WWII vehicles and tanks go to Europe every year to buy parts and stuff they can't get here. I wish I could afford to go with them sometime just for the fun of it. Just riding around with them visiting everywhere would be a great experience.

I forgot to mention that the society bought all the spare parts the army had for the MBs and GPWs! This included unused L134 engines in boxes etc... And now the society sell the parts to the members with reasonable prices. They also bought all the parts to the Weasel and a lot of parts to GMC CCKW and Dodge WC 5x/6x.

The engine of my CJ-3a is long gone, and now a Volvo B16 is mounted in it. It could be interesting to get a F134 instead (since my jeep had this originally) or an odd-fire V6, but these are hard to find here.

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Rambling, Malarky, Rants, Etc... / Re: The most expensive CJ-3a in the world

« on: December 02, 2010, 09:40:14 AM »

kristaga, how many CJ2 and 3 Jeeps are there in Norway? Will it really bring that much over there?

As I said, that particular CJ-3a has been on sale for a year now, probably due to the steep price.

The Royal Norwegian Army and The Royal Norwegian Airforce used Willys MBs and Ford GPWs (from the Lend-Lease agreement) until late 1980s, and then the Norwegian Society for Historical Military Vehicles (HMK) got an agreement with the government to alow their members to buy the jeeps from the Army. So there are a lot of WW2 jeeps in Norway.

The army wanted to start to replace the jeeps in 1965 and had a competition between Willys M38a1, Volvo L3314 Laplander and a third car I don't remember. The Volvo won, so no newer Willys/Jeep entered the Norwegian Army.

CJ-2a and CJ-3a probably was imported to Norway, but so few that most of them probably have been used until they were wrecked. Still, a CJ will be seen as "less worth" due to historic value when compared to the WW2 jeeps.

Since the MBs and GPWs go for NOK 40000-100000 (USD 5000-12500) depending on the originality and looks, a CJ-2a or CJ-3a should cost less.

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Rambling, Malarky, Rants, Etc... / Re: The most expensive CJ-3a in the world

« on: December 01, 2010, 10:15:08 AM »

Not to start an argument, but wouldn't the Icon Dog be the most expensive Jeep? �

http://www.icon4x4.com/overview/cj/models

That is beside the subject of this discussion, if you reread my initial post it states the most expensive Willys CJ-3a in the world.

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Rambling, Malarky, Rants, Etc... / The most expensive CJ-3a in the world

« on: November 30, 2010, 05:57:22 PM »

In Norway the most expensive Willys CJ-3a in the world (I belive) is for sale. On the by far biggest site in Norway for selling used cars an importer of cars have restored a CJ-3a + a Stevens M416 trailer and want to sell them for 288000 Norwegian kroner! This equals 35600 Euro or 46800 US Dollar. It has been listed for sale for more than one year...

In addition to the high price they claim that the trailer is produced in the same year as the car, but as far as I know M416 wasn't produced before the 60's.

From the photos the Willys looks very well restored, but the price is way beyond similar cars in Norway.

The car is listed here:
http://www.finn.no/finn/car/used/object?finnkode=19477969 (click on the picture to see more photos). If your Norwegian skills are a bit rusty, copy the text into Google translate: http://translate.google.com/#no|en|
I tested the translation, and it works fine.

What would the price for a similar car be in USA?