David Eilers

My "New" Marx Pressed Tin Service Truck

Thanks to Joe in Mesa for spotting this truck at an antique store for only $50. Usually these are pretty high priced (none on bay right now), so I was happy he found this in reasonable condition. It lacks the tow package and headlights, but I'll take it none-the-less.

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17 Comments

  1. Mike
    Neat cool deal, that is a great price, lucky guy.
  2. SE Pennsylvania Steve
    That one is very nice. Glad you got it at a reasonable price.
  3. barney roos
    the questions are -- is it a model 2T or model 4T ? -- or model 2WD or model 4WD ? -- 1/3 , 2/3 seating ? or full bench ? -- column shift or floor shift ? -- any options like rear pto ? -- i have the full size model 2wd , red , and the model 4wd , yellow -- both are column shift -- my old girlfriend gave me a marx cj-2a ? metal jeep toy and then a framed early jeepster advertisement " meet the jeepster " ..cheers
  4. John
    Awesome gift! I bought one recently off Ebay and paid around $160 for it with shipping. Not a great price but I wanted it so I splurged. Goes well with my lineup of CJ2’s
  5. Joe in Mesa
    So glad you like it, Dave. While I'm more of a military jeep guy, I thought you'd know what this was and appreciate it ;-). Now if I could just find that original STARR-X Schlitz bottle opener, wall-mounted (my proverbial purple unicorn).
  6. Mark
    Neat toy. I got two of them and the cj at a good guy meet here in Phoenix
  7. James R Hybicki
    this used the same metal stamped pieces or the box as the marx jeep trailer. almost always missing the tailgate on the trailer.
  8. Vintage Don
    Are any re-pop parts made for these? I would love to find a tailgate for mine. On mine, the bed is the same red as the cab. The doors say: "Delivery. Service"
  9. Mike
    Vintage Don, should be easy enough to make, square, cut one out to fit from a scrap piece of metal or plastic, I do this all the time.
  10. Bob
    That one is in great shape!
  11. David Eilers
    Thanks guys! Joe definitely scored one for me on this one! Don: I haven't run across any reproduction parts for them, but I think mike is right about making the tailgate. I'd be happy to take detailed pics of the tailgate if that would help.
  12. Vintage Don
    Yes, I would love to get subs photos to replicate a tailgate. I sent you a private email, Dave. Thanks.
    1. David Eilers
      Hi Don, I didnt' get the email, but sent you one. You may have sent it to the ewillys.com account, which no longer works. - Dave
  13. Vintage Don
    "subs" = "some" above
  14. Vintage Don
    Yep, exactly. Re-forwarded.....
  15. barney roos
    excuse me ? but the tailgate doesnt have a W-O on it or the 4wd stencil ( if it was a 4wd model ) ... people pay long green for original Willys truck W-O tailgates ... they were available to up to the 1953 models ... thank you
  16. Mike
    Just for commentary and information, if in fact you wanted to add a W-O logo to a tailgate you were making for a toy pickup, it can be done easily, by using thin sheet metal. Make a pencil drawing on a tracing paper (onion skin) and then use a sharpened pencil to trace the image over the thin sheet metal. Take you time, it can be done, press hard enough and the W-O image can be pressed into your toy tailgate. This can be fun, and less expensive than playing with big boy toys, epically for senior citizens who no longer have the ability to work on full size vehicles. Creativity to make life work for you.

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