The early CJ-5 body's were pretty much the same from 60-75 then they changed in 76. Yours has to be in that area. You need to give more info about its motor and transmission, transfer case ect. For me to tell you the year. I am in the middle of restoring a 74' cj5 myself! It has the old body style, and my serial number is on a sticker!!
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Willys Jeep CJ-3A. Serial Number Locations Serial numbers are located on the left front of the frame and on the back of the bumper. The engine number was located at the front of the engine block on the water pump boss. Mar 27, 2018 - M606 / CJ3B production line at Willys Motor Co., Toledo, OH, 1953. M606 / CJ3B Photo: Courtesy of Jon Rogers. M606 / CJ3B Photo: Courtesy.
My sticker is located on the dash of mine right beside the steering column. I believe that's where they are supposed to be for my year.
Maybe one of the previous owners of your jeep replaced the dash and relocated/removed the sticker. Just a thought, best of luck to ya for the restoration!! I have the 4 cylinder F 134 engine with the 3 speed transmission. I am not sure what the transfer case nomenclature is but it has two sticks. The left stick has an in and out position. The right stick has 4H, N and 4L positions.
I only took one picture so far but as you can see I have removed the brakes. After this picture was taken I gutted the front axle and differential for a good cleaning. I found out it has the Dana 27 up front and Dana 44 in the back. The previous owner seems to of had taken multiple parts from different jeeps and made one. The windshield is a later model with the wiper motor on the bottom.
It has a 'Willys' stamped tailgate. The body has a data plate on the drivers side firewall that is clearly not original It says manufactured by AM General Corp and lists a 11 digit serial number that has been semi scratched out. The grill, body and windshield are all different colors under the spray paint OD green. I am hoping to find out what year the engine is based off the serial number. It is probably the oldest and only original part on the jeep. More pics to come as the project progresses.
Check on either the left of right side of the frame can't remember which. It should be on the front right below the fire wall area. I'll have to check tomorrow. Do you what motor and transmission you have in it?
My block number is sd 806279. So yours has to be newer than mine.
Mine is a 56 If I had to guess yours is the same or a 57 or so. Matt my block number is also 806279. The serial # on top of the frame is 23319 can you give me an idea what year jeep I own and how to get the rest of the vin #. I am currently rebuilding for a hunting rig but would like to register it so it will be street legal. These production totals and serial number series for all Willys-Overland models, are taken from compilations handwritten by Norton Young, 1959-61.
Young was an employee in the Willys-Overland Engineering Department. The figures were transcribed in 1998 by Charlie Weaver, Winston-Salem, NC, who says: 'In a talk with Norton Young a week or 2 ago, he told me that by 1961, the folks in the corner offices at K-F had no more interest in these statistics so he quit keeping them. He also said that he had difficulty getting 'timely' reports from the production people, and often had to go thru the unit sheets himself and try to piece the info together.
He admitted that there may be some errors.'