I want to find the guy who designed this truck and buy him a beer.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/jeep-FJ-3-Postal-stamp-van-collector-rat-rod-1961_W...
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Sept. 20, 2009 9:57 a.m. mattmacklind PowerDork
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Sept. 20, 2009 10:58 a.m. NYG95GA SuperDork
Rat Rod? With a 4 cyl. that doesn't even turn over?
I don't get it.
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Sept. 20, 2009 11:44 a.m. ignorant PowerDork
wow that is one hell of a rare truck.. I've seen cab overs and all sorts of wacky crap at an old jeep junkyard in Ferndale PA... (RIP Eccher Trent jeeps in ferndale) but never one of those
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Sept. 20, 2009 12:29 p.m. JFX001 Dork
I do believe that there is an orange electric drag racing one in the NW...cool looking little trucks.
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Sept. 20, 2009 1:08 p.m. dan_efi Reader
Any guesses to what the single pedal controls?
Is that speedometer marked from 1 to 9 mph?
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Sept. 20, 2009 1:38 p.m. Carson Dork
86k miles is a loooooong way at 9mph WOT.
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Sept. 20, 2009 1:55 p.m. modernbeat HalfDork
dan_efi wrote:
Any guesses to what the single pedal controls?
The big pedal is the brakes. The metal rod to the right of it is the sideways pivoting gas pedal.
The early RHD jeeps like this were often parted out for hot rods. The steering box works great when pivoted with a pitman arm sticking straight up for side-steer (common on hotrods) and the rear axle was usually one of a few medium-heavy duty axles with a very short width appropriate for a Model-A or Model-T bodied car.
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Sept. 20, 2009 2:29 p.m. Woody SuperDork
There is a very similar (almost identical) restored mail truck around here, but I think that it's shown as a Studebaker. I wonder if the bodies were made under contract for several different manufacturers.
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Sept. 20, 2009 3:49 p.m. Lesley SuperDork
That's pretty cute.
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Sept. 20, 2009 3:50 p.m. Will Reader
I'm sorry, but is that a cafeteria-style chair (not seat) I see for the driver?
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Sept. 20, 2009 4:05 p.m. carguy123 Dork
I don't see what's supposed to make it so cute.
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Sept. 20, 2009 4:10 p.m. aussiesmg SuperDork
Oxford Dictionary definition of "Cute" - Ugly but interested
Definitely fits
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Sept. 20, 2009 6:10 p.m. iceracer HalfDork
A lot of old delivery trucks were designed for the driver to be standing.
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Sept. 20, 2009 6:49 p.m. JeepinMatt Reader
Very interesting.
See, this should be in that other thread, "Ebay Typos"
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Sept. 20, 2009 9:01 p.m. DrBoost HalfDork
OK, I'm a dyed-in-the-wool (whatever that means) Jeep guy, but that thing is UGLY.
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Sept. 20, 2009 10:11 p.m. hotrodlarry Reader
It's sort of like a ice cream truck that has a mental disability. I'd drive it.
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Sept. 21, 2009 12:49 a.m. thatsnowinnebago Dork
dan_efi wrote:
Any guesses to what the single pedal controls?
Is that speedometer marked from 1 to 9 mph?
No, that truck just revs to 9k
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Sept. 21, 2009 10:35 a.m. 914Driver SuperDork
A kid in high school had one, his dad owned the local Terminix store. His was a longer wheelbase though, it had more tin behind the rear axle. If you pile four or five high schoolers up against the rear doors you could pop the front wheels off the ground. We all got detention when the back doors popped open and six kids tumbled out onto the ground right in front of the school office.
4 cylinder Jeep, tough to kill.
Dan
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Sept. 21, 2009 10:45 a.m. iceracer HalfDork
My dad was a Willys/Jeep dealer from '45 to '64 and I don't recall ever seeing one of those. Not that means anything.
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Sept. 21, 2009 7:36 p.m. CLNSC3 New Reader
Hahaha that is one goofy truck/van! Never seen anything like it before!
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Sept. 21, 2009 8:50 p.m. CLynn85 New Reader
It's like they intended for a formed/curved one piece front windshield like the 50's cars/trucks, but the budget didn't allow it and they had to settle for a piecemeal of flat glass in a bomber-esque fashion. It's quirky, kinda cool, but wouldn't put a huge price tag on it.
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Sept. 21, 2009 8:53 p.m. stuart in mn SuperDork
I remember seeing those trucks when I was a kid. I always kind of liked them, they reminded me of big Tonka trucks.
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Sept. 22, 2009 9:44 a.m. Duke SuperDork
There's one of those in substantially better shape parked at an auction house in NW Delaware, at a place that also has a bunch of old farm equipment around. I believe they use(d) it to drive around the auction lot while the caller squawked. It's even smaller than it looks in those pictures.
