1953 Willys Jeep Pickup Truck All Original Survivor 29k Miles

UP FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION: 1953 ORIGINAL WILLYS JEEP PICKUP.

THIS PICKUP IS LIKELY THE MOST ORIGINAL WILLYS JEEP PICKUP IN EXISTENCE TODAY. THIS TRUCK WAS PURCHASED NEW BY JEROME WELLS, HIEF DRAFT ENGINEER OF STONEGA COKE AND COAL COMPANY AT COUGHLIN JEEP SALES IN BIG STONE GAP, IRGINIA. MR. WELLS ONLY USED THIS TRUCK TO GO COON HUNTING A COUPLE TIMES A YEAR AND WAS meticulous ABOUT ITS MAINTENANCE AND CARE.

UPON HIS DEATH, WO FARMING BROTHERS NAMED OTTO AND WORLEY REED PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE FROM JEROME’S WIDOW IN ABOUT 1976. THEY WERE ALSO METICULOUS ABOUT THE CARE AND UPKEEP OF THIS JEEP PICKUP. THEY, N TURN, OLD THE TRUCK TO STEVEN CARTER IN APPROXIMATELY 1978. MR. CARTER ONLY DROVE THE TRUCK FOR A WEEK AND THEN PARKED IT IN A GARAGE WHERE IT SAT FOR APPROXIMATELY 35 YEARS UNTIL 2013, HEN IT WAS PURCHASED BY MR. A.C. REASOR.

THE TRUCK WEARS ITS ORIGINAL PAINT AND IS STUNNING. CABIN IS AIR TIGHT. MILEAGE IS SLIGHTLY OVER 29K. TAILGATE AND ITS ORIGINAL STENCILS ARE REMARKABLE. TAILGATE CHAINS ARE STILL SHEATHED IN THEIR ORIGINAL VINYL. CARB, ENERATOR AND STARTER ALL HAVE BEEN REBUILT. DUE TO SITTING FOR SO LONG THE TWO MIDDLE CYLINDERS HAD SURFACE RUST. MOTOR WAS BORED 10 AND NEW PISTONS INSTALLED. LOWER END WAS PERFECT DUE TO SUCH LOW MILES AND SIMPLY RESEALED AND REASSEMBLED. HARDENED VALVE SEATS WHERE INSTALL TO SUIT NEW FUELS. ALL PARTS OF ENGINE AND ENGINE COMPARTMENT WERE SIMPLY CLEANED AND REINSTALLED TO MAINTAIN ITS ORIGINALITY. ALL NEW BRAKES WERE INSTALLED AND NEW LINES. FUEL TANK WAS BOILED OUT AND NEW FUEL LINES INSTALLED AS WELL. ALL FLUIDS WHERE CHANGED. TRUCK BED IS NOT DENTED OR SCRATCHED. TIRES NEED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO FLAT SPOTS. STARTS RIGHT UP AND DRIVE ANYWHERE AS LONG AS YOU DON’T NEED TO EXCEED 45MPH.

THIS PICKUP IS ALSO FEATURED IN THE UP-COMING BIG SCREEN MOTION PICTURE, BIG STONE GAP” STARRING PATRICK WILSON, ENNA ELFMAN, SHLEY JUDD, ND WHOOPI GOLDBURG SET TO PREMIERE IN THEATERS NATIONWIDE IN FALL OF 2015. THIS MOTION PICTURE WAS BASED ON THE NOVEL SERIES “BIG STONE GAP” BY ADRIANA TRIGIANI SET IN LATE 70s. IN REAL LIFE, TTO AND WORLEY REED ARE ORIGINAL CHARACTERS IN THIS NOVEL THAT OWNED THIS WILLYS PICKUP. SEE TWO LISTED MOVIESET PHOTOGRAPHS OF PATRICK WILSON DRIVING THIS PICKUP WITH ASHLEY JUDD IN THE FOREGROUND.

THIS IS A ONE-OF-A-KIND COLLECTOR’S PIECE WORTHY OF A TRUE JEEP COLLECTOR. LITERALLY, PIECE OF APPALACHIAN VIRGINIAN HISTORY, JEEP OF THIS EXCELLENT ORIGINAL STOCK CONDITION WILL NOT COME ALONG TWICE. PLEASE ASK ANY QUESTIONS AND BEST OF LUCK. PERSONAL INSPECTION WELCOME. THANKS, 76-393-3347.