#1953 willys cj3b series

The CJ series was the civilian version of the infamous Willys Military Jeep used by Allied forces during WWII. If youвЂ™re into off-roading or just want a beast to drive around, this CJ3B is located in Van Nuys, CA and is listed on eBay with a starting bid of $1,000. This 1953 Willys CJ3B is almost completely original and has acquired a some battle scars over the years. Derek RedmondД¬ontinue to Willys Paint Samples 1955-58 and Willys Paint Samples 1959-65.Д®lsewhere on the web, see Willys Paint Chips on The CJ3A Page, and chips for most years at is nothing more rugged then a Willys Jeep, especially a вЂ™50s one with some patina. Thanks to Bob Westerman for providing documents. The back of the Dupont sheet (130K JPEG) lists two-tone combinations used on some models. Signal Green, which according to your paint chart has some blue in it, appears to be a better match than Island Green, which does not.' Jim Kearney comments that his 1954 CJ-3B (VIN CJ-3BOB54-10160) has 'much original paint on the firewall and for sure it was a metallic paint and it certainly has a blue-green look to it. The Ditzler sheet also uses the name Gale Gray.

Some of the colors even have the same names (Bristol Red, Arctic White, Beryl Green).'

Could it be the same color as the Persian Gray on the Du Pont sheet? Other colors seem similar as well, like the Nason's Granada Green vs. Curiously, the color Gale Gray metallic is an exact, dead-on, in-the-sunlight match to the original paint on my '54. The Du Pont 1954 sheet lists only Bristol Red, Island Green Metallic, and Persian Gray 'Metalli-Chrome' as being used on civilian Jeeps.Д¬harlie Cherry notes: 'I've acquired a 1954 Willys paint chip sheet by R.N. Note: see also Ditzler 1952 sheet (90K JPEG) and Nason sheets for 1952: page 1 and page 2 (100K JPEGs). See Cadet Gray CJ-3B on, where I speculate that these colors were used at Willys' West Coast Division in California. This is confirmed by a February 1953 Willys memo to dealers (170K JPEG) despite the wide range of color options it lists for the various Willys Aero models.ДЄ Ditzler bulletin dated July 1953 (60K JPEG) also lists Cadet Gray and Saber Rouge as being used on the Jeep at that point. The Acme Paint 1953 sheet, the 1953 CJ-3B Parts List, and a Dupont 1952-53 bulletin (200K JPEG), list only Woodstock Green as being used on the Jeep CJ-3B. One gallon of paint is usually enough for painting the body inside and out. The side steps are normally the same as the body and underbody. Fan shrouds, seat frames and undercarriage were black or apparently sometimes olive drab. Steering column, brake and clutch pedals, and engine were normally black. Wheels were also sometimes body color but normally white or black. Footman loops were normally all black except the one at the top center of the windshield frame, which is whatever color the windshield frame is painted (sometimes body color but normally black). Elsewhere on the web, see chips for most years at .Д«lack bolt-on parts: Normally the windshield and its pivot brackets were gloss black. Note that it is not always clear which of the colors were used by Willys on the CJ-3B model in particular years. They are an approximation of the colors used by Willys, and should not be considered a replacement for actual paint chips. The images below are scans of paint chip sheets for Willys vehicles from 1953 to 1954.

See also Willys Paint Samples 1955-58 and Willys Paint Samples 1959-65.

1953 willys cj3b