That is a piece of history right there....I'd be tempted to err on the side of preservation instead of a full restoration...Was the estate the actual last owner or has it already gone thru another owner since.??
It's only original once! And being owned previously by man known as the father of the jeep......priceless!
Here's a generic blurb about Mr. Canaday:
Ward Murphey Canaday, often known as the "father of the Jeep," was a longtime member of the Toledo community and a benefactor for the University of Toledo. Canaday, who was educated at Harvard University, began his career revolutionizing the kitchen cabinet industry, and created payment plans for cabinet purchases that he would later model his automobile credit plans after.
Canaday began his Willys Overland Company career in 1916, assuming the position of Advertising Director for the young, up- and-coming automobile company. Canaday would spend most of the next half century with Willys, helping the company establish the first automobile credit company and, later, rising to become Chairman of the Board and President of the company, in addition to resurrecting Willys Overland from bankruptcy in the early 1930's. One of the most important successes of Canaday�s reign at Willys was the creation of the Willys MB, the vehicle that would later gain the moniker of Jeep. Canaday and Willys did their part in the World War II effort, designing and manufacturing the vehicle that would be called "America's greatest contribution to modern warfare" by General George C. Marshall.
