Australian Combat 6 Willys jeep

[warren brown]

Mick, thanks so much for this - those photos of the Brotherhood of St Paul missionaries are fantastic!
I love how someone thought by putting the tyre on the bonnet, it makes the jeep an equal market competitor to the Land Rover - and lo and behold - there's a Rover - with the tyre on the bonnet for comparison!
Thank you for the link - and yes that is my brother - he's thoroughly enjoying the detective work for the Combat 6 - but for some reason he's still having trouble with his registration for the MLU site activating.
As for the ads - the photo of the CJ6 and CJ5 in profile - gawd they look primitive things!
Again many thanks for your help everyone - post more pictures soon. Warren.

[warren brown]

Sorry Mick - if you could PM that number it'd be great - cheers W.

[Stuart Kirkham]

Theres a Combat 6 Jeep on Australian ebay at the moment

http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/1966-CJ-6...item1c1d3001ef

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Willys 1966 CJ 6 Jeep. One of only 604 factory converted Combat 6 Jeeps ever produced. These jeeps were imported from the USA to the Australian Willys factory in Queensland as a CJ 5, the chassis was factory extended to CJ 6 specifications, a 12 volt electrical system added along with a Falcon 6 cylinder (this one an original configuration 170ci). According to Company records, there were only 604 total CJ6's including utes, soft tops, hard tops, etc, converted by Willys, and this is one of them. The rest are either rusted out, or butchered beyond recognition. That makes this one a rare find for the jeep enthusiast. The engine, gearbox (three speed dana spicer T90 and T18 transfer box) are original and rebuilt, the diffs are original and rebuilt, steering box, brakes, tailshafts, all original and rebuilt.

It was used as my daily work car in the country, it went under full restoration in 1998 when it was knocked back on rego for shackle rubbers, and has finally been finished in 2010 (I was in no hurry) I have restored it to as close to original specifications as I could. Chassis was sandblasted and painted, minor body rust repaired and jeep painted in two-pack enamel. It has new original spec wheels and brand new bar tread 6 X 16 inch tyres (fitted in 2010) The original seat has been rebuilt and re-upholstered. New wiring, original speedometer, aftermarket other instruments. Just about every nut and bolt replaced with quality newbies. New laminated windscreen and frame. Brand new Bestop soft top with doors, It is registered and has current RWC. She runs well, looks great, and is now once again my everyday work car. Heaps of restoration photos and receipts.

I have a new project - a 1965 International Scout 80 I want to start restoring, so the Jeep has to go as I need the cash.

[Gordon Brown]

Woohoo! I'm in!

G'day to you all.

Many thanks to Warren for kicking this discussion off and to everyone else who has helped out and contributed. I have been watching in agony from the sidelines, unsuccessfully trying to log in and join the discussion, until Hanno from the MLU site fixed me up yesterday. I had stuffed it up somehow but all is sunshine now.

I'll have to go back to the thread to respond to particular things. At the moment I have the engine and gearbox out, as Warren said, and the bonnet/mudguards/grill out. I'm enrolled in the local tech college night classes for auto body work and engine rebuilding. So: getting the body panels a bit smoother than they were/are, because I'm going after a better finish. The PO was going to build it into a rock crawler with huge wheels and tyres, so wasn't so concerned about the body. I'm looking for more of a period rebuild, which will mean sourcing steel wheels of the size and style the early CJ5s had when new. The engine (Ford 170cu) we will strip down and rebuild what is necessary. Will redo the valve seats to run unleaded petrol while we're at it.

Stuart, I have been watching your CJ6 Combat 6 on Ebay, and would love to have had a look at it before you moved to Queensland (?). It looks such a great job.

Cheers,

Gordon

[Hanno Spoelstra]

Originally Posted by Gordon Brown

Many thanks to Warren for kicking this discussion off and to everyone else who has helped out and contributed. I have been watching in agony from the sidelines, unsuccessfully trying to log in and join the discussion, until Hanno from the MLU site fixed me up yesterday. I had stuffed it up somehow but all is sunshine now.

Gordon,

Glad you made it here (finally) - welcome!

Exciting project you have going there, you are to be commended for taking on such a rare vehicle.

Regards,
Hanno

[warren brown]

Welcome Gordon - about time!

[warren brown]

This photo has popped up for sale on ebay. It's a Ford promo press photo from 1972 - on the back it has written Ford Motor Co. This might sound a bit naiive - but did I didn't know Ford build CJ5s. You can see the photo's been published and printed somewhere - it has hand-drawn crop marks and a bit of brush retouching. Does anyone know much about this?