Oh baby is this thing a show stopper. When you think of a flat fender Jeep, the image you probably have is of an old Army Jeep or maybe one modified to mud bog, scale rocks, or otherwise dominate the off roading environment. That is certainly what we think of, but there is an angle that we were not considering until our eyes met the gaze of this beautiful little number shown below….the factory restored flat fender. Boy is this thing amazing!

Rather than simply regurgitate what is published in the ad, we’re going to re-print that right here –

The product of a painstaking, 22-month, bare metal, frame-off restoration by marque specialist Jim Rohr of Northstar Willys. It is completed to factory specification and boasts show-quality paint, all-new interior, immaculately powdercoated frame and undercarriage, and it is fully sorted mechanically, including upgraded Warn overdrive.

The restoration was finished in 2008 and it has been sparingly driven since. The Civilian Jeep (CJ) was tailor made for farming, back-country exploring, and other rugged applications, with a 60hp engine backed by a Borg-Warner T90 3-speed transmission, Dana front and rear axles, heavy-duty Dana 18 transfer case and 4-wheel drive. And, in the effort to differentiate them from the surplus Army Jeeps, they were available in an array of interesting colors, such as included Princeton Black, Michigan Yellow, Normandy Blue, and Luzon Red like you see here.

Additional notable features on this CJ include 16-inch wheels with Warn locking hubs, period-correct military-style tires, fold-down windscreen, side-mounted spare, full instrumentation, and verified correct-type engine, which upon inspection, Northstar Willys believed to be original to this CJ from Willys-Overland factory.

Included with purchase are selected before and after restoration photos, receipts, a reproduction owner’s and workshop manuals, and collected CJ information.

The combo of the Luzon red paint and the tan wheels on this Jeep is stunning. We’re not sure we have ever thought of what amounts to a “concours” restoration of an old Jeep but having now seen this machine we’re not sure how else we’d want to own a CJ-3A. As nice and as cool as lifted or modified old Jeeps are, having one that is exactly as it left the factory would be so cool because you’d be sharing a driving experience that so many ranchers, farmers, soldiers, and people had during both WWII and the years after we think it would rule.

We’re not saying that we have anything against “big” Jeeps or those that have been modified just that when we see something as clean and nice as this, we don’t think you can improve on perfection.

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eBay listing: 1951 Jeep CJ-3A – Incredible restoration