Vehicle Description
1947 Willys 4-63 �Tin Woody' Wagon Restomod� First mass-market
all-steel station wagons designed and built as passenger vehicles
First Willys product to feature an independent front suspension
Tunisian Red over Clear Maple with Mahogany Brown inserts on the
outside Tunisian Red, ivory and maple interior GM 4.3L V-6 engine
with Edelbrock air cleaner, 4-bbl carb, intake and HEI distributor
Professionally rebuilt 700R4 four-speed automatic transmission with
1:1 electric overdrive and Dana 44 3.54:1 rear end Aftermarket
air-conditioning, power brakes and fog lights Documentation
includes installation guide for most of the driveline upgrades, the
foglights and a set of color paper photos of the wagon Looking for
a rolling billboard, one that will drive fine on the interstate as
well as on a two-lane residential street? MotoeXotica Classic Cars
has the perfect tool to market your business or service - this 1947
Willys 4-63 "Tin Woody" Wagon Restomod. This example was one of
handful of wagons made in 1947.� It under went a full cosmetic and
mechanical restoration by a formal national guard mechanic and it
was done professionally with loving care. Finished as all early Tin
Woodies were - Tunisian Red roof, cowl, hood and front fenders with
Clear Maple doors, rear fenders and cargo doors that had Mahogany
Brown inserts - this Willys has paint and trim that are in overall
very good order. The windows are clear and crack-free and the
wagon's lights are haze-free and look good, including the Unity
Night-Eye amber fog lights atop the front bumper. This wagon's
bodywork is straight and solid while the engine bay is very tidy,
the battery looks new.� The electrics on the fire wall are second
to none, the cargo area is clean and in great shape and the bumpers
are in great shape, too! Under hood, a modern 4.3L General Motors
V-6 replaces the original L-134 Go-Devil flathead inline
four-cylinder.� The engine has been upgraded with Edelbrock air
cleaner, four-barrel carburetor, intake manifold and high-energy
ignition. The GM mill is linked to a professionally rebuilt 700R4
four-speed automatic transmission with a 1:1 electric overdrive and
a Dana 44 rear end with 3.54:1 gearing. Driver convenience features
include aftermarket air-conditioning and power brakes. This wagon
rolls on Nexen AT Pro radials, size 235/75R15 at all four corners.
Each tire is wrapped around a steel wheel topped by a Willys
factory moon with a yellow accent line. The tires are in
better-than-average shape while the wheel covers are in
satisfactory condition. Inside, the wagon's striking interior is
overall great shape. The Ivory front buckets, middle row short
bench and full rear split-folding bench seats all look great and
along with the two-spoke ivory steering wheel, provide fantastic
contrast to the red metal instrument panel and maple inner door
panels. The wooden floor provides another contrasting element to
the seats. A set of aftermarket Dolphin gauges reside in the center
dash cluster. The�Willys Jeep Station Wagon,�Jeep Utility
Wagon�and�Jeep Panel Delivery�are�automobiles produced by�Willys in
the United States, from 1946 until 1965. They were the first
mass-market all-steel�station wagons designed and built as a
passenger vehicle. With more than 300,000 wagons and its variants
built in the U.S., it was one of Willys' most successful post-World
War II�models. Its production coincided with consumers moving to
the�suburbs. The Jeep Wagon was designed in the mid-1940s by
industrial designer�Brooks Stevens. Willys did not make its own
bodies yet car bodies were in high demand and Willys was known to
have limited finances. Brooks therefore designed bodies that could
be built by sheet metal fabricators who normally made parts for
household appliances and could draw sheet metal no more than six
inches. The steel body was efficient to mass-produce, easier to
maintain and safer than the real wood-bodied station wagon versions
at the time. The Jeep Wagon was the first Willys product
with�independent front suspension.�Barney Roos, Willys' chief
engineer, developed a system based on a transverse seven-leaf
spring. The system, called "Planadyne" by Willys, was similar in
concept to the "planar" suspension Roos developed for Studebaker in
the mid-1930s. Competition to this Willys in 1947 was Crosley's
all-steel wagon. Documentation on this vehicle includes
installation guide for most of the driveline upgrades, the
foglights and a set of color paper photos of the wagon. So, if
you're looking for a vehicle to make you say, "Dilly-Dilly!" come
check out this Willys at MotoeXotica Classic Cars today. This wagon
is currently located at our facility in St. Louis, Missouri.
Current mileage on the odometer shows xx,xxx miles. It is sold as
is, where is, on a clean and clear, mileage exempt title. GET OUT
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