It's a daily driver antique... so both!  I'm showing my age though because the first thing I thought was... "antique??  That's not an antique!"... uhhh... 30 years?  Has it been that long?!

In the bed... Willys parts?

Edit: you wanted year... 1939?

Edit again: errrr... 1938?

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That is a pretty nice clean example of one of those trucks.  Nowadays those things are getting rare!  i have a 91 very similar all original,  not really my style but i inherited it

It needs a good cleaning in and out to get the manure off it as well as fixing the saggy doors, a good tune up and a couple new tires.

The back bumper is rusted junk though.

However the cassette deck works great!

Yes, it seems to me that it was only 88-89 in white but had to ask!  We sure changed a lot of those on warranty when they came out with the upgrade. 

REGULAR CABS, LONG BOXES RULE! I like it!

Mine is a 2006 daily (well weekly) driver and garbage hauler.

4SPEED427 wrote:

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Ken, does it have the dreaded all white dial cluster, or does it have the white dials with the red tips so you can at least read the gauges!

 

 

 

 

 

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 Wow, 976,000 km! My 1989 only had 634,000 when I had to scrap it due to frame rust. 

Paul

That's pretty good detective work! I had managed to find three sets of 38 Willys front sheet metal and have now got a fairly good set made out of the best parts of them. (I didn't do it myself. Hammer welding on thin, fatigued metal without warping the crap out of it is beyond my skills so I farmed it out.) If you want I'll post some pics of the good stuff. This box load is the stuff that is going back on the parts car.

For the other guys I agree that the long box regular cab is to me the real truck. It was actually difficult to find this type (you know, without the extended cab and pretty much original, if a bit tired) and I was hoping to get a manual tranny but in every other way this is pretty good. I had previously bought a quite pristine 1995 Chevy short box slabside 4x4 with a hard box cover and still have it, but it is just too small to haul anything much and it rides like a buckboard.

I'm trying to sell it actually and I have been getting offers but haven't made a deal yet. In fact this is  what saved me from some fairly harsh criticism from my old sweetyface.

Maybe today I'll post some picture of the bad side. I didn't want to show it yesterday but the rear wheel  arch on the pass side is pretty bad.Oh well, fixable.

Sure let me give it a wash and maybe I'll post it the for sale section officially.

I don't mean to demean the truck but what I want in a truck is one that you wouldn't hesitate to use for any purpose like towing, moving dirt  even hauling garbage when you have to.  I don't intend to trash it but I don't intend to treat it like a show truck either

This one is basically pretty solid but has rust on the rear wheel arches and under some of the trim, quite a few dents and scratches, a very needy exhaust system, and an engine that has a miss right now.  It has a GM plastic box liner so the box is quite functional.

The 95 that I bought is just too pretty to use as a working truck but this one I figure I can grow old with as long as I do some work now and then on it.

66 Grande guy wrote:

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I don't mean to demean the truck but what I want in a truck is one that you wouldn't hesitate to use for any purpose like towing, moving dirt  even hauling garbage when you have to. 

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That's what trucks are (were) for. Nowadays, they are mostly 80 thousand dollar grocery-getter/baby seat haulers that go to Walmart.

My 2006 is a "stripper" 4x4 (hand crank windows, no AC, etc.). I did add a slider rear window (for air circulation), mudflaps, an aftermarket stereo/speakers ('cause I love my music), side window air deflectors (for air circulation), and for a bit of summer bling, chrome-alloy rims.

Most of my kms were put on by hauling stuff.

Part two pics