Rare 2wd 1962 Willys Traveller

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This popped up on Facebook - a former State of Colorado Department of Forestry 2wd Traveller. It sold in an estate sale recently in Kansas. Hopefully the new owner finds his way over here. Other than the missing 230 OHC Tornado, it's nearly stock and in great shape. It also has a picture of the spare tire rack behind the driver's seat. This meant the left rear fold-down bench was shorter than the right hand one. It's also the reason why the 2wd Traveller was marketed to carry eight folks (as long as everyone was 5'6" and 130 lbs.?) whereas the 4wd Traveller with its roof-mounted spare tire rack was claimed to seat nine people.

In any case, enjoy the pictures:

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I see that it had round rear wheel wells vs the rectangular style . I thought that round style was on the earlier models (Wagon's only?). And since you refer to "the missing 230" I'll have to assume that this was a late model, possibly even the last year?
 
Yeah, I’m not sure why the later Deliveries (and Parkway Conversions and Travellers that came from a Delivery) had the round rear wheel wells etc. To be a fly on the wall!

The 230 OHC showed up in May 1962 and continued through the end of production in 1964/1965. There are other changes (steering, vacuum heater controls, etc.) between the 226 Hurricane ones and 230 ones, but my walnut-sized brain uses the notched firewall as a reference:

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That is a thing of beauty! Just an observation, but based on the condition of the body and how complete it is, it looks like the State of Colorado took better care of their rigs than the USFS.
 
That is a thing of beauty! Just an observation, but based on the condition of the body and how complete it is, it looks like the State of Colorado took better care of their rigs than the USFS.
Actually I think it is more of where it is located. Not much salt on the roads in the mountains of Colorado compared to midwest and east coast. My 62 wagon was USFS (sign still on front doors under primer when bought over 30 years ago, originally from Montana). Not much rust, but 3 years in midwest did a job on it. Trouble is I actually drive it every day no matter where I live. It is doing better now that I am back in AZ. Next on my retirement list is to fix rust. I don't think any of these are rust free, it was installed at the factory. Mine was same color but early 62 so had the 226 with 4X4, same top, back doors and windows but no the traveler seats. Maybe it was a supervisors wagon and didn't need 4X4.
 
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The running gear on my wagon came from a 63 USFS wagon that I towed back from Montana. It was a wagon with barn doors. The seating was odd because it had the regular long drivers/short passenger seat in front and another adjustable drivers seat in the rear with no short seat. All of the frames and upholstery matched, so I assume it was ordered that way. It had the extra tank which was filled by removing a threaded cap in the floor (where the short seat would go), and then the gas cap proper and pumping the gas from inside the vehicle. I don't remember much rust, but the body was pretty beat up. In fact, one of the side panels had been patched in the lower area in front of the wheel with apiece of sheet metal and the ribs were made entirely from bondo. Not really a bad job either. The only part of the body I kept was the firewall and floor tunnel which I transplanted on a completely rust free 51 2 WD. I used NOS doors and fenders as well. My wagon has zero rust repairs and I still can't find any body cancer since I painted it almost 22 years ago.
 
Looks to be in quite an original condition,,, at least as far as the body goes,,, not to much rust, but we all know that the rust is at least 10 times worst than what you can see,,, why did they use the delivery body on the Traveller and Parkway Conversion,,, imho it was to get around the parking laws in some states and county's,,, if they used the wagon base, it would not be classed as a commercial vehicle,,, easy to put windows in the delivery and they had the stamps,,,
 
and because they already had the stamps Jeep kept using the "round rear wheel well" for the 2wd deliveries. That is my guess. I had about a 1960 4wd panel truck that I eventually junked but I do not remember if it had the round or flat wheel wells. Does anybody have a later model 4wd panel to compare?
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I can't imagine you could find one more original, those appear to be the original outside rear mirrors, that's unbelievable.
 
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