About the cat: Eveready is a battery brand that's always been used in the Philippines. It's cheap, and it's sold everywhere. Excellent place to put that logo, I approve.
Like the stainless steel body, but I would prefer the original four cylinder, tweaked for more oats, and a late model 5 speed trans. More vintage flair !
a stainless gas jeep like that can be had for about $6k in the philippines....they now come in different body styles....the original military style are not very popular anymore
@@fzj8022 it's probably a CJ-3A or M-38, definitely not an MB or GPW. Considering the body isn't original either, I wouldn't say that they ruined it. For a short drive urban commute, this is better than gas in so many ways.
When building my Jeep, most people recommended that I stick with a points style ignition instead of HEI because it has less electronics to go wrong and is easy to fix on the trail........ this Jeep is the opposite of that.
There are Filipino jeepneys being imported or built in the States. There's one in LA, in Spokane, and there's even one that was a converted Willys Wagon that can also be an RV. I would like to see a review video about that.
The quality of work was fantastic, but I was quite disappointed to see that the willys was no longer 4wd. That kinda ruined it for me. Definitely would not of been my choice to remove the one feature that made the willys a legend.
As an owner of an old Willys (the very same Willys my dad taught me how to drive in when I was a little kid), this is horrible. As a hot rodder... this is cool. I'm so conflicted! I love the gas can being painted like a battery! Beautiful work!
Owner type jeeps are still a thing in the Philippines. They are used to transport goods. You can frequently see them along market place to transport fruits and vegetables, meat and other market goods
Not much gpw in there. The windshield is from a civilian cj3a. The grill is likely from a 2A or a 3a. Steering on these is scary. Bummer it is not 4x4 anymore.
Closest thing to a bona fide Jeep available are the Mahindra-made 'Jeeps'. New "Jeeps" (Wranglers) are just Cherokees with round lights and a removable top.
As he explained this vehicle had been rebodied back in the 60’s. I’m sure there were tons of other modifications and updates throughout its life as most of these Jeeps had. It wasn’t until recently that anyone was interested in preserving them in their original states. So the fact is this was the perfect candidate for extensive modifications as there wasn’t much originally anyway.
It needs covers over the front axle hubs, I can imagine it was just a forgotten detail. This is nearly as bad as the volkswagen powered cj-2s of the 80s. Thankfully, very few of those were made.
I miss my owner type jeep in the philippines I used to take my wife on a date and we smell fuel after every ride, one time I was pulling out of the parking and the front wheels came off it was really embarrassing. Great side history of the jeep
The Owner-type Jeep is the '32 Ford of the Philippines. Someday we hope to build one, in the best Pinoy way possible - lots of surplus parts and questionable engineering!
That’s actually a really thought provoking car. Cus when you think about it this thing really is just about as simple as it gets. And to EV THIS, of all things. So cool.
My (12 year old) son and I want to eventually have an Farm with ZERO internal combustion engines anywhere on our Farm. This thing would be absolutely perfect!! Plus, it just looks like so much fun to drive...
It's cool because it's an exact reproduction of a willys CJ-3A done in all stainless steel. It sucks because it's an electric two wheel drive version of an epic piece of American history, that can not possible function adequately as an off road vehicle, and certainly is not a highway vehicle, rendering it somewhat useless.
Hey, what's up with the front hub? At 10:09 you can see into it...there is nothing there. That means nothing protecting the wheel bearings, and more importantly, no way to lock into 4wd! Well...not that it has 4wd
It may be your dream vehicle but personally that’s not for me. Vintage cars and trucks are constantly modified from stock I get it but a old Jeep just keep a gas engine in it.
Ford made stainless examples during the thirties, but "planned obsolesence would'nt allow for them. The bodies would have lasted virtually forever, and that was TOO LONG. !
nice Jeep transformation! But I think, it should have been at least 4WD. I did not understand your constant reference to the Bronco? Which one? the old one, the new one? What does it have to do with this Jeep? Or are you one of those new Bronco haters, because they are a threat to the Jeep?
Kids loves to ride on my owner type jeep. They prefer that than their fathers car. Whenever we have road trip to Pansol Laguna for swimming or amusement park in Starcity, all my nieces and nephews hop in on my reliable stainless jeep.
I have a friend who lives in northern Minnesota and has much experience driving different sorts of off-road vehicles. He claims that the best vehicle he ever drove for driving in snow is a WW2 era Jeep. This is because it is such a light vehicle
The only widely available electric crate engine costs $50,000. I've looked into it because I own a 1946 cj2a. But that's twice the price of a hellcat engine so I'll just rebuild the Go-devil
The change didn't effect the drivers area, it's all contained under the hood. They could've gone with 4WD but what's the point when it's going to be a pavement queen?
Have you seen the Wuling mini ev rear axel ? just take the diff/motor section put the Willy`s front axel tubs on it you get you 4x4 back :):) and you can have it fwd to save battery power in towns/cities etc :):)
Great video, Matt! One big niggle - the brand is pronounced 'Willis' not ''Willies'. The company was named after John Willys when he took over the Overland brand, hence Willys-Overland, before WW I.