For a good read on CJ6’s pick up the December issue of Vintage Truck Magazine.  Fellow Jeeper (and Bantam trailer owner) Bill Norris has authored two articles on CJ6’s - one an overall history of the model, and a the other a feature on a super-sweet 1967 CJ6 owned by a funeral home here in MI, with only 14K miles on the ticker.

Of course I have to rib Bill a bit for describing the CJ6 as a “Supersized” Jeep…

The only error I spot in the historical article is where Bill ID’s the CJ6 body seams as being “used to reduce the door opening of the M170”.  In Bill’s defense the photos used show the seam clearly on the passenger side, but not at all on the driver’s side.  For those without a CJ6 to look at first-hand, these seams are present on both sides of the body, and are where the factory took a CJ5 body, split it apart and added the 20” of extra sheet metal in.  They correspond to an extra floor section that was added as well.

In other magazine news, the latest issue of JP Magazine has a writeup on the recent EarlyCJ5.com run in CA where a couple of CJ6’s were in attendance.

If you’re interested in an intermediate-era CJ6 with an original V8 (AMC 304) motor, here’s what looks to be a gem hiding under ugly paint (sorry, not a fan of camo)  being auctioned on EBay.

The seller claims it to be all-original, only a bit of rust in the underseat toolbox, and a crack-free frame.

For those of you interested in in Fire Jeeps, here’s a pretty sweet looking CJ6 version currently on EBay.

The auction description reads:

The Village of Saltaire is auctioning a vintage 1960 4x4 Willys Jeep Fire Truck. The vehcile was purchased new in 1960 and was used as a front-mounted pumper by the Saltaire Volunteer Fire Company, located on Fire Island, New York. It has 1,645 original miles, all very light use. It has been used almost exclusively as a parade vehicle for more 20 years, and has been recently restored. It is an extended bed version, which was used to hold the hose.  The engine and body are in excellent condition. It is only being sold because we have run out of space in the firehouse.

One of the casualties of a simple dash was the lack of a good spot for a power plug.  With the use this Jeep will see the fewer cords hanging from the dash and getting in the way of the shifters the better.  So I came up with this spot to mount another power plug.  The plug is a nice stainless steel version that I picked up at a boat shop.

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The brown Santa Claus just dropped off the last “big” thing I needed for SSDutch - the rocker guards.  These are from Off Your Rockers - and I’m really happy with the whole experience.  I had these on my CJ5 as well - they’re very stout and reasonably priced.  I bought these “unfinished” as I need to trim them on the trailing edge so that they don’t interfere with my fender flares.