1950 Willys Jeepster, the phaeton jeep
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- Опубліковано 11 січ 2024
- Today, On what it’s like the year is 1950 and this phaeton jeep was on offer at willys, It was only available for a very small window and time 1948 through 1951, But with that said it’s worth mentioning that the Jeepster Did see a rebirth in 1966 through 1973 but it was sold under Kaiser Jeep. Lots of cool information in this episode enjoy =)
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Glad to hear you saying the brand name name correctly!....song "Tribute" by Tenacious D
Yeah buddy you got it
And the peculiar thing is this my friend.. the song we played that night didn’t sound anything like this song this is just a tribute =)
I'm still gonna say Wileez. Ha.
I say it like that off camera lol
I’m not a stickler for pronunciations or at least I try not to be I just hate getting corrected for saying it right
Pronounced exactly like George Jefferson's in-laws/neighbors.
I had a '51 Jeep Delivery back in the mid 80's/ 200in Ford 6cyl/3spd. Gave $100 for it without brakes! A month later, a guy came by and offered $300 and pulled it to his place.
I currently have a 1950 Jeep Delivery project out back waiting its' turn! 👍👍👍👍
50 wagon
50 jeepster
Just one of the coolest vehicles ever produced. If you're worried about windows then you shouldn't be driving a Jeepster. However if you want to look cool on the beach then you definitely want to be driving a Jeepster.
I’m a Willys wanderer. Sign me up for the Jeepster and the Jeep truck. If you think a Jeepster rides rough, try a Crosley and stay off the freeway! Brooke Stevens always came up with the best designs for companies on limited budgets.
Totally agree
Great subject today Jay Willy’s did so much on a small budget I would choose the jeepster and the jeep truck they both are beautiful and have that cool factor that will always be appreciated
Almost forgot, my dad had one of these. We lived on top of a big hill outside of Ithaca NY. The school bus would not come up there so we had to wait at a buss hut, little more than a lean-to. My dad got a contract to get the kids to this hut and so he had this four wheel drive jeep to gather us up. He made up this little bench for the back with oil cloth over cotton batting. There were a lot of bad winters in those days but it seems that little jeep did its job.
WYR: 1950 CJ and 1950 Jeep Truck - both icons. I've always associated the "rams horn" exhaust manifolds with Chevrolet. Old hot rodders loved them for the gains in flow. In any event - thank you as always, still digging everything you do! ~ Chuck
Me too but ford did it first with the y block and this even predates the y block super interesting when you stop and think about it =)
I recall the Jeepsters from '60s, "Holy Toledo, What a car"! But the '50 was before my time😊.
You knocked this one out of the park! Your research is spot on 100% accurate. And I'll give you 20 extra points for pronouncing Willys correctly. Yes. I know the "teacher" part of me is showing, but you are polishing your research skills and it shows.
GREAT JOB!
1) WYR: Jeep station wagon
2) WYR Jeep pickup
Thank you so much it means the world to me it really does a lot of people think that I go out and find Miss information just to post it and it’s not the case it’s just you’re not aware what is the right information I should’ve threw a third source in there and said look it’s even different on here because of a lot of times that’s what happens I usually resort to the advertisements pieces themselves but I couldn’t find the advertisement pieces that would go through all of the specifications sometimes companies didn’t do That..
I might make a video about what goes into making each one of these videos just as a fun extra video I suppose because a lot of people do I ask.
Great choices =)
Absolutely Love the Jeepster!!!
I'm surprised you didn't use the song "Jeepster" by T Rex.... When I was a teenager, my uncle bought a 50 Jeep pickup with a seized 4 cylinder that I helped him get home. He had acquired a early 4 cylinder Chevy Nova engine and trans and that went in. I thought it was a cool truck but after driving it for a month or so he got bored and sold it. These vehicles are rare today, and it's nice to still see them around the cruise nights on occasion. Thanks for showing!
I honestly didn’t know about the jeeps are song by T-Rex or I would have used it lol
This isn’t going to be our last know a guy who has one he invited me down to review it I just haven’t had a chance to get down there I think his is a 49
I had a 47 cj2a and the truck but the jeepster is hard to come by 🤔..
I take the Wagon in 2wd 👍 unusual front suspension??
Mono leaf spring with a king pin and upper control arm for independent suspension 🤷..
Weird but cool , I liked it my truck was a 49 flat nose ..
I never rode in a jeepster 😕..
Great Episode
Happy Motoring ✌️🤠
Great information and insight thank you for sharing that.. sweet choices
I learned to drive in a 46 MB military Jeep at the age of 7 in 1963. I drove it all over our Apple and Pear orchard pulling trailers with sprinkler pipes, props, and other stuff.
Awesome =) thank you for sharing that memory
Neat. Look at those skinny wheels!
It's great that you've reviewed this seldom covered vehicle!
That’s what the mission of this channel is to cover all the cars that never got covered they all have a story to tell
WYR 1: All of them.
WYR 2: All of them.
I love the CJ2A from around that time, and the Jeepster looks like the way to go when it's raining because it has doors to keep water from getting in your boots. The truck is even better because it has windows you can roll up to cut down on wind noise.
"Wilis" is the correct pronunciation of the name Willys. My father was a WW II veteran, and contemporary of Willys and the original Jeep, and this is the way he pronounced it.
The Jeepster is vehicle that few people today have ever heard of or even know exists.
9:21 This is a concrete highway. The roadway is surfaced with concrete instead of asphalt. There were a few of these built from the 1920's through, at a guesstimate, about 1950. The road was white, and the center line was black. They were very durable, and rarely if ever needed re-surfacing, however, being concrete they had to have expansion joints to allow for the concrete to expand and contract. The expansion joints are the regular transverse lines that run perpendicular to the center line. When you drove over the expansion joints your tires made 2 bumps, one for the front tires and one for the rear, which weren't too bad as long as cars didn't go very fast. But by the 1950s, at highway speeds of 55 or 60 or even 65 mph then in effect, they made a rhythmic bump-bump...bump-bump...bump-bump sound that could become annoying. I believe the added expense of using concrete, which was considerable, and the annoying bump-bump sound and actual though small bumps, may be reasons they stopped building them, but that's speculation on my part.
Car Choices: 1. Willys Wagon 2. Jeep Pickup Sorry, no idea on the song. Billboard Magazine's number one single of that year, 1950, was "Goodnight Irene," 17:05 Dare I say it? Love the stockings ad. I can remember, barely, when women actually wore seamed stocking like this. If you were a woman back then, getting your seams straight and making sure your slip wasn't showing were a big deal and matters of grave concern. .
Great insight and information and choices
Great video! Thank you
You’re welcome thank you so much for digging this episode
In the early 70s I worked at a service station that catered to Jeeps. Several times a customer new to the jeep world would bring their Jeep pickup in because the 4x4 didn't work, only for us to inform them that they had purchased a 2wd version.
Thank you so much for sharing those memories with us =)
You blew my mind with the bizarre silent farm implement scenes. What the heck? I thought I was having flashbacks man. I will take the Jeep truck. My favorite outfielder of all time is Willis Mays. One groovy dude. Outsight!
Yeah I should’ve put something on the screen that said that this clip doesn’t have any sound I just thought it was really cool to see all the different equipment being used
Hi Jay!: Agree with others that the Jeepster is just COOL! I mean, you aren't going to pick up many bathing beauties in a farm-o-road!! Seriously, though, this was a very interesting vehicle for Willys. It seemed to pave the way for the Willys Aero. A car which, unfortunately didn't catch on, even with VERY good styling. WYR#1 1950 wagon (no bathing beauty action, but you can haul stuff) #2 1950 Jeep Truck, that is a sweetie!
Ha ha ha ha ha nice awesome choices =)
The six cylinder engine was designed for a postwar car that was too ambitious for the small company. The Jeepster was a stop gap, throw a bone to the sellers market of 1948.
Gotta love the Jeepster with the Farm-O-Road for rarity. The wagon is sharp too and all pick-ups have appeal but the Jeepster just looks fun though by many accounts the ride quality was bad and there would be practically no heat in the winter which is probably why it wasn't more popular. No trunk but enough space for four and a picnic basket, and that's good enough for me!
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Jeepsters have always been cool. It's a wonder why so few were made the first time around. It was successfully brought back in maybe 1967? Updated a bit but this time around 4WD was available as well as a Jeep 4cyl and a Buick V6. It even got beefed up over the next few years and morphed into the Jeep Commando. Then, eventually you could even get one with the AMC 304V8. The Jeepster and Commando are vehicles that I would like to own today.
Growing up, we had a 1950 Willys CJ. Over the years, it got a Chevy 265 V8 and then overdrive. It came with a full metal removeable top. My dad cut the back off the top and made it a cab. It also gained a one-piece windshield. In 1970, we rebuilt the CJ from the ground up, installing a Ford 351W-2v V8 and a 4-speed with a granny first gear. With the new 4.27:1 differentials, in first gear and the transfer case in low, with the engine running at 6 to 7,000rpm, the Jeep moved at walking speed.
Before that, my dad had a 1950's vintage Jeep 4WD pick-up. I was very young and just barely remember it.
My dad had another pick-up for the ranches, so, he got rid of the Jeep P/U and then got the CJ. It made better sense for hunting.
Yep. Those old Jeeps rode rough, but they were open-air and a blast to drive. The fun-factor and utility overruled everything else.
I will take the CJ. Your rant about specs was really the highlight, for me, of this video. I too find it weird that there can be such discrepancies concerning measurable things! Wow. 🧐
I needed to show you guys some of the stuff that I deal with I’m going to make a longer version of that, just to show everybody all of the different misinformation there’s so much out there and just sifting through it pictures for cars with wrong dates... bots also like to take information and use it as there own like people have stolen my thumbnails for their stuff it’s whatever I usually just make thumbnails from ads
@@What.its.like. I look forward to seeing your video on these issues. I know you work exceptionally hard to turn out quality material. I loved the story of your grandfather tied onto the tractor….I think you have inherited that work ethic!
Grandpa was my hero, I really miss him
Great video, Jay. A friend at my high school had one just like this yellow one and really loved it. And I'll take the Jeepster in both case.
Awesome thank you for sharing that memory =)
hey jay another great episode , years ago my friend had a later edition jeepster with a buick v6 stock and 4x4,
now I'm not bein snobby so please dont get offended ,since your on the correct pronounciation kick ,phaeton is pronounced
fay-eh-ton, I think its french
crosley also submitted a jeep prototype to the armed forces (among other things)
keep up the good work
It’s all good that’s one that I need to work on that one =) glad you dig this episode
This is cool one IMO, I'd pick it, it the second, I'd pick the truck 😎
Sweet choice
Sure wish I could buy a brand new Jeepster today for less than 20 grand. Memories: did a summer Laborer job for NPS in 1973, driving most often a CJ3B with the F head.
Look on Facebook marketplace you’ll be surprised what you can find on there for cheap I can find at least one silver hawk from the lake around 1959 for about $5000 I can buy one a year that cars were three times that amount at least..
Not sure if you’re on Facebook but I just found this one for 10,500 just like the one in the video
Also not sure where you’re from but this one’s in Ohio
facebook.com/share/PYXNxYbTTZzzvkJC/?mibextid=79PoIi
The Jeepster was only available in 2wd, and you need to check out the layout of the independent front suspension. It has a transverse leaf spring that doubles as the lower control arms.
I should’ve talked more about the suspension but there was so much conflicting information I think that’s why I didn’t get into specifics with this because I couldn’t find any information saying explaining things in advertising which is the only trustable source in my opinion
The Jeeps there was only available in 2 Wheel Dr. I said it later I knew putting four wheel in 2 Wheel Dr. with the trucks was a bad decision lol
@@What.its.like. You could always look under the vehicle - - - just saying. If you are going to produce "facts" then do it all.
To me, Jeepsters were just something that were there. I don't like or dislike them. I'd rather have the 1950 Wagon and the 1950 Truck. When I lived in Massachusetts I saw quite a few customized wagons and trucks with small block chevys and I wanted one. But as I've gotten older I now strongly prefer to preserve original vehicles.
Same I never really got into them but we cover everything on here =)
Easy choice for me. The CJ-3 and the truck
Sweet choices
I've always liked the Jeepster looks, but would probably get one of the later Kaiser versions with a little more power. So, let's say the wagon for 1950 and the pickup truck..
Awesome
I’ll take the wagon and the pick up. 👍
Sweet choices
For WYR, I guess I'd go with the Jeep Wagon, and the truck.
It's interesting looking. Too bad about no windows or trunk.
Awesome choices =)
My favorite Jeeps shown here would be the woody wagon & the pickup. The Jeepster was replaced by the Cherokee in 1974. Like the Jeepster the Cherokee started off being a 2 door only, though it was bigger. The Cherokee has been a long running name as it still exists today.
Very cool subject today Jay, Willy’s did so much with so little in my opinion in the wyr my first choice is definitely the jeepster and then the jeep truck both have that cool factor and will never go out of style
1950 Willys Jeepster because it looks the best. The wagon might actually be more comfortable and have a smoother ride though... and priced accordingly. Mt dad had a Willys jeep circa 1950, which he used the PTO on once to run old Fred Kitcher's threshing machine. It was way more powerful than the steam engine Fred normally used to run the thresher, and the threshing machine was literally jumping up and down because the PTO ran it a bit too fast! 😊. Good powerful engines in those old Jeeps.
Thank you for sharing those memories
Romantic concept, jaunty looks - Stevens had a prolific career; not at all limited to autos. Often cheap - but not fun either to drive or ride in even by early 50's standards. Not nearly as well loved, and certainly not the same concept, the slightly later Willys Aero provdes a much more modern driving experience - and was probably the best of the early 50s 'compacts' (Rambler, Jet, Henry J) WYR: 1) Willys wagon (chucking resale to the wind), 2) Jeepster
Sweet choices as well as insight and information =)
Simple car, complicated subject! Your 1950 interview model had a Hurricane, not a Go-Devil. The 'CJ 3A' is a photo of a CJ 2A. The Kaiser Willys parts catalog is a good source of information. Aberration in height may come from 'top up' or 'top down'.
Thank you so much for the corrections hard vehicle to do information was all over the place..
Jay- if you haven’t heard it, listen to “I’m a Jeepster for your love” by T Rex.
Didn’t know that was a song I’ll have to check it out
@@What.its.like. it’s on UA-cam
During development of the Jeep, Bantam had the best chassis, but not enough production capacity. Ford had the production capacity, but the least successful prototype. Willys had the 'Go Devil' engine, but their prototype was too hefty. After the war, Bantam was not ready to launch a civilian Jeep (CJ), Ford wasn't interested, and Willys won the game on a technical foul? Not exactly sure, just glad we have Jeeps to this day 😊
They had an ohc six in 1960 as I recall
Please do a video on the Jeep FC-150 and -170. Thanks for this. I understant the wagons were pressed with rubber molds, not metal.
I will definitely try to cover some more jeep stuff =)
I would take the jeep truck. These are all fun till you get old then they become uncomfortable. Same with mg B and triumphs I had to move to a saab conv. 250 hp turbo vs 75 hp. I ownsd 5 different jeep military and cj. The best was 44 military. Yet the 2005 was best over the high way.
0:01 The headline in several newspapers the day my sister was born on 2/1/1950 said "Truman Approves H-Bomb"
Thank you for doing this video, it was a long time coming. if you want the true and whole jeep story, you need to watch. jeep: the unstoppable soldier on youtube. great video keep it up.
Glad you dig this video someone requested it they aren’t easy to find lol.
when you have the time, you need to watch the video on youtube, on the jeeps i had mentioned in my message. you made a couple errors in your video.
Nicely designed body. . . :>/
I've always liked Jeepsters of both era's. But, just can't say Willis, to me they are a Willees. The most interesting one never made was a 1950 Willy's Alcoa hardtop. It had a Studebaker like wrap rear window. Should have been built. Druthers: Jeepster CV, and Jeep PU.
Yeah I’m not a stickler for pronunciations and I should’ve said as much I just hate it when people correct me in the comment section and it’s supposed to be like that.. ( honestly say willeez off camera
Rode in one many times it was faster than his 47buiçk convertible if that's possible they had overdrive w 4 banger it had a head bolt under the carburetor as I recall 😢
Wouldn't it be great if you could find and review:
-a 1939 American Bantam
-a 1941 Willys Americar 4-door sedan
I know where there is an American bantam it’s just getting there it’s been on my list of cars to do I want to do every single body style from that company because it’s in my backyard
The plan is to cover as many cars as possible especially the cars that never got covered
Take a look at an early Gaz and the Bantam Jeep for a good laugh...
50 Wagon
50 Truck, not that I don't like the 'Jeepster' but...
Awesome choices
Jeepster and Jeep truck
Awesome choices man =)
This one has OD, as marked on the knob
In the 70's that meant Over Dose.
I'm going to guess Tenacious D because of the rock style, but no idea on the song.
You got part of it
It looks like that Jeepster has overdrive. Going by the pull knob on the left side of the dash. How rare were Jeepsters with OD?
Not sure it was an option tho
WYR 1: Wagon WYR 2: Truck Hint? Too much rant. A neighbor had one of these when I was a kid - even from the age of 4 I remember it, well.
The rant was needed because some think I go out of my way to provide the wrong information which isn’t the case.. I’m going to make a longer episode about it. It’s super frustrating I almost want to take a tape measure with me and do it myself.. weight would be the only one I couldn’t do. Sweet choices =)
Wagon!!
Sweet =)
Video on Bantam BRC?
Here is the link to BRC bantam
ua-cam.com/video/GCW6ao1YEOg/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared
Also evolution of jeep
ua-cam.com/video/rC2TFVkDHqI/v-deo.htmlfeature=shared
Jay, it's a Jeep roadster, hence Jeepster.
YES!! =D
The spec sheet you used showed the Jeepster as being 72" tall. You said you were 6'2", which is 74". Is that Jeepster the same height as you??? The Kaiser spec sheet shows 62", which seems more correct.
I can’t remember how tall it is maybe I’ll start taking a tape measure with me I would how accurate some of the information is out there.. that’s why I try to get the specs from the ads themselves
It’s funny how the brain works, I swear I could smell my dad’s Jeepster when you opened the door. It was a 1960 that we bought in 56 and sold about 1960. I learned to drive in that car. Turn signal unit was an aftermarket addition. It had a little rubber wheel that rode against the base of the steering wheel.
It was a 1950. Blame my fat fingers!
@@user-bq4un2zx1s I wondered how you had a 1960 model that was no longer made, but was bought in 1956. Fat fingers? Nah, let's blame it on a glitch in the matrix.
Was your door spring loaded as well door shuts itself
@@What.its.like. not that I recall, I’m wondering if your example has a slight mis-alignment of the hinges. As a carpenter I can make a door do that if I try.
CJ 3
Feedback ? ? ?
Like Jimmy Hendrix ...
Great guess not that song or band
The jeepster was in direct response to soldiers coming home from the war they saw and some drove the European sports cars and we had nothing even close at the time if the jeepster wasn't so underpowered it would have been a hit and Corvette wouldn't be remembered as America's first sports car
Bantam didn't have the production capacity to produce the Jeep
Which is very true but I get it that the automotive business is very cutthroat business Bantam had an advertisement campaign saying Ivan bought his jeep from Bantam I just hate when companies get screwed over and bantam very much got screwed over
@What.its.like. Bantam produced the small trailers for the Jeep, by the way it was named after Popeye's dog.
most of the early, non-standardized Ford/Willys/Bantams were 'sold' on Lend-Lease to overseas allies. @@What.its.like.
Wagon (eer)
wagon
I would rather a cj over the jeepster.
I used to have a 59 model cj-5, great off road vehicle
Wagon
Truck
Sweet choices
Thank you for spreading the truth: "Willys rhymes with "Gillis" and "Phyllis ". It's Welsh. They never really figured out our alphabet. Just like"physics" isn't pronounced "fye-ziks".
Pronunciations isn’t my strong point but I hate it when people correct me whenever it’s supposed to be that way..
atom bomb in 1950? WW2 ended in 1944 I think so.......?
1950 was when the "Hydrogen" atomic bomb was developed
Russia made an atomic bomb in 1949 as a sign of force/strength Harry Truman wanted a more powerful show of force with the hydrogen atomic bomb
Also, 1945 was the end of the war in Europe. The war with Japan didn't end until 1946.
Willys! Not Willis go back to school!!!
That’s not the correct way though. It’s in the video it’s Welsh. It’s pronounced Willis.
It’s not free Willy
I just can't watch this it's the Willys Jeep not the Willis Jeep if you're going to have a interesting view on the car company interesting good but maybe you shouldn't like just start calling it a different name Evelyn knows Willie's
I choose the Jeep then the Jeep pickup 🛻.