WW2 Jeep (Willys/Ford/Hotchkiss)
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I was in Normandy with a couple of mates at the weekend and we really want to get a jeep to take with us next year.
Any ph'ers got one? Any tips, or knowledge of good UK-based suppliers?
I have read somewhere that they can be picked up for around £5k but all the ones I've seen for sale have been over 8k which is a bit much for a toy that will do 300 miles per year
I was in Normandy with a couple of mates at the weekend and we really want to get a jeep to take with us next year.
Any ph'ers got one? Any tips, or knowledge of good UK-based suppliers?
I have read somewhere that they can be picked up for around £5k but all the ones I've seen for sale have been over 8k which is a bit much for a toy that will do 300 miles per year
You'll be lucky for a ww2 one you will be looking at about 9k or 10k
http://www.milweb.net/classifieds.php
http://www.milweb.net/classifieds.php
You could get hold of a Mitsubishi copy of the original WW2 style jeep for #5k easily....like this: http://www.japan-partner.com/Auto/5116/Mitsubishi/...
Has the advantage that it's not 60 years old and runs a 2.7 turbo diesel.
Has the advantage that it's not 60 years old and runs a 2.7 turbo diesel.
Lefty Guns said:
Search function is down so apologies if this has been covered recently.
I was in Normandy with a couple of mates at the weekend and we really want to get a jeep to take with us next year.
Any ph'ers got one? Any tips, or knowledge of good UK-based suppliers?
I have read somewhere that they can be picked up for around £5k but all the ones I've seen for sale have been over 8k which is a bit much for a toy that will do 300 miles per year
Yeah, as has been said, £5k won't get you anywhere near, maybe a post war Hotchkiss in need of work. Realistically you need to double the budget.I was in Normandy with a couple of mates at the weekend and we really want to get a jeep to take with us next year.
Any ph'ers got one? Any tips, or knowledge of good UK-based suppliers?
I have read somewhere that they can be picked up for around £5k but all the ones I've seen for sale have been over 8k which is a bit much for a toy that will do 300 miles per year
And having spent many hours at the wheel of Willys/GPW's including a few Normandy and Arnhem anniversaries, I doubt you'll 'only' do 300 miles a year, they are way too much fun to not use on a regular basis
Lefty Guns said:
Search function is down so apologies if this has been covered recently.
I was in Normandy with a couple of mates at the weekend and we really want to get a jeep to take with us next year.
Any ph'ers got one? Any tips, or knowledge of good UK-based suppliers?
I have read somewhere that they can be picked up for around £5k but all the ones I've seen for sale have been over 8k which is a bit much for a toy that will do 300 miles per year
I have one check my profile. £10,000 will see you in a reasonable straight example. Easy to work on,and parts are plentiful.I was in Normandy with a couple of mates at the weekend and we really want to get a jeep to take with us next year.
Any ph'ers got one? Any tips, or knowledge of good UK-based suppliers?
I have read somewhere that they can be picked up for around £5k but all the ones I've seen for sale have been over 8k which is a bit much for a toy that will do 300 miles per year
BLUETHUNDER said:
Lefty Guns said:
Search function is down so apologies if this has been covered recently.
I was in Normandy with a couple of mates at the weekend and we really want to get a jeep to take with us next year.
Any ph'ers got one? Any tips, or knowledge of good UK-based suppliers?
I have read somewhere that they can be picked up for around £5k but all the ones I've seen for sale have been over 8k which is a bit much for a toy that will do 300 miles per year
I have one check my profile. £10,000 will see you in a reasonable straight example. Easy to work on,and parts are plentiful.I was in Normandy with a couple of mates at the weekend and we really want to get a jeep to take with us next year.
Any ph'ers got one? Any tips, or knowledge of good UK-based suppliers?
I have read somewhere that they can be picked up for around £5k but all the ones I've seen for sale have been over 8k which is a bit much for a toy that will do 300 miles per year
Darkslider said:
BLUETHUNDER said:
Lefty Guns said:
Search function is down so apologies if this has been covered recently.
I was in Normandy with a couple of mates at the weekend and we really want to get a jeep to take with us next year.
Any ph'ers got one? Any tips, or knowledge of good UK-based suppliers?
I have read somewhere that they can be picked up for around £5k but all the ones I've seen for sale have been over 8k which is a bit much for a toy that will do 300 miles per year
I have one check my profile. £10,000 will see you in a reasonable straight example. Easy to work on,and parts are plentiful.I was in Normandy with a couple of mates at the weekend and we really want to get a jeep to take with us next year.
Any ph'ers got one? Any tips, or knowledge of good UK-based suppliers?
I have read somewhere that they can be picked up for around £5k but all the ones I've seen for sale have been over 8k which is a bit much for a toy that will do 300 miles per year
Lefty Guns said:
Thansk chaps. I foudn a website of a dealer in this country whose FAQ says that £5k will get you a decent WW2 example but it would appear to be well out of date.
Oh well, maybe just need to stretch the old budget a bit...
I would tink that add is long.......long.....out of date.Oh well, maybe just need to stretch the old budget a bit...
at the prices on there.........Get down to a large-ish branch of WH Smiths and pick up Classic Military Vehicle Magazine - plenty of ads in there and will be cheaper than the web site that you have picked up.
No way you will get anything other than a basket case for £5K.
They are brilliant fun to drive, not quick but a torquey little engine.
The price may seem high for the sort of mileage you would do but depreciation is pretty much non-existent (indeed, if anything prices have been going up as the supply of ex-French government M201s has dried up), no road tax and a couple of hundred quid to insure.
All in, it is actually one of those rare vehicles where the cost per mile run is very low, even if the mileage is only a few hundred a year.
If you are over about 5' 10" tall I would recommend getting the "Fat b
d" conversion that William Galliers offers (maybe not if you went for a matching numbers WWII example) this involves a bit of welding but moves the drivers seat back a bit, making driving a bit more comfortable.
No way you will get anything other than a basket case for £5K.
They are brilliant fun to drive, not quick but a torquey little engine.
The price may seem high for the sort of mileage you would do but depreciation is pretty much non-existent (indeed, if anything prices have been going up as the supply of ex-French government M201s has dried up), no road tax and a couple of hundred quid to insure.
All in, it is actually one of those rare vehicles where the cost per mile run is very low, even if the mileage is only a few hundred a year.
If you are over about 5' 10" tall I would recommend getting the "Fat b
d" conversion that William Galliers offers (maybe not if you went for a matching numbers WWII example) this involves a bit of welding but moves the drivers seat back a bit, making driving a bit more comfortable.Edited by Stitch on Wednesday 17th June 09:22
Stitch said:
Get down to a large-ish branch of WH Smiths and pick up Classic Military Vehicle Magazine - plenty of ads in there and will be cheaper than the web site that you have picked up.
No way you will get anything other than a basket case for £5K.
They are brilliant fun to drive, not quick but a torquey little engine.
The price may seem high for the sort of mileage you would do but depreciation is pretty much non-existent (indeed, if anything prices have been going up as the supply of ex-French government M201s has dried up), no road tax and a couple of hundred quid to insure.
All in, it is actually one of those rare vehicles where the cost per mile run is very low, even if the mileage is only a few hundred a year.
If you are over about 5' 10" tall I would recommend getting the "Fat bd" conversion that William Galliers offers (maybe not if you went for a matching numbers WWII example) this involves a bit of welding but moves the drivers seat back a bit, making driving a bit more comfortable.
Good advice thanks! I'm 6'4" and 15 stone so probably fall in the fat bastid category No way you will get anything other than a basket case for £5K.
They are brilliant fun to drive, not quick but a torquey little engine.
The price may seem high for the sort of mileage you would do but depreciation is pretty much non-existent (indeed, if anything prices have been going up as the supply of ex-French government M201s has dried up), no road tax and a couple of hundred quid to insure.
All in, it is actually one of those rare vehicles where the cost per mile run is very low, even if the mileage is only a few hundred a year.
If you are over about 5' 10" tall I would recommend getting the "Fat b
d" conversion that William Galliers offers (maybe not if you went for a matching numbers WWII example) this involves a bit of welding but moves the drivers seat back a bit, making driving a bit more comfortable.Edited by Stitch on Wednesday 17th June 09:22
Havings said that, I sat in one in Normandy and it would be ok for short drives I reckon. If we do get one we'll take it on a trailer from Aberdeen and just use it for f
king about in France.Don't think we'll go quite as far as dressing as GI's though...
If your willing to make the long trip back down again......the War and Peace show at Beltring Hop Farm in Kent next month is probably the best place every year for looking for a Jeep in just one place....usually about 500+ of them at Beltring, and a fair few will be up for sale by their owners. All the Jeep restorer/traders/parts suppliers usually stall there as well.
Details here..... http://www.thewarandpeaceshow.com/
Details here..... http://www.thewarandpeaceshow.com/
BLUETHUNDER said:
This will be at war and peace next month........
I will be in the "living history" section. Feel free to come over and have a chat. Someone i know is looking to part with a couple. He is selling them for reasonable money.
Ooooh....that's way too clean and nice.....that needs some rough abuse to make it look like a pukka Jeep I will be in the "living history" section. Feel free to come over and have a chat. Someone i know is looking to part with a couple. He is selling them for reasonable money.
One of the lads in my old Living History group bought one like that years ago.....only took us a month or so of 'work' to field overspray into British colours and markings, hack off the bits of bodywork to 'airborne-ise' it with added Vickers K's and stuff and add a few dings with a sledge hammer here and there
Previous owner saw it at a show some months later and was heartbroken.
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