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Corsairdeluxe

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Willys postal
« on: June 18, 2017, 03:14:08 PM »
If I had room for a lot of cars, I would like to have this for parades.

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Re: Willys postal
« Reply #1 on: June 18, 2017, 03:22:05 PM »
That is a rare one and it is nice to see it so beautifully restored.
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Re: Willys postal
« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2017, 10:45:11 PM »
You ain't kidding! I am mostly familiar with these vehicles from the parts books. F-head 134 with an automatic! And you can drive it standing up!
Studebaker had a similar postal vehicle that used their OHV converted Champion 6 (that had a reputation of cracking the OHV heads) with a weak all aluminum B/W automatic. Like the Kaiser product there are hand controls so you could drive standing up. The steering box is right behind the front bumper so a bump in the right place could break the steering.
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Re: Willys postal
« Reply #3 on: June 28, 2017, 01:23:43 PM »
The top-heavy Jeep Fleet-Van. Beautiful little truck built on the Jeep chassis, so too short and too tall.
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