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1929 Willys Overland Whippet
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1929 Willys Overland Whippet
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Description
Built by the Willys-Overland Corporation of Toledo, Ohio, the Whippet was aptly named - it was small and swift.
Introduced in 1926, it was America's smallest car, with a 100.25-inch wheelbase. Two engines were available, a four and a six.This car we have here is a 4cylinder example.
The Whippet was in production from 1927 until early 1931 and during the first year of production 110,000 Whippets were sold and in 1928 Willys-Overland shot into third place behind Chevrolet and Ford with 315,000 cars out the door. How Cool Is That :)
ABOUT THIS CAR
- Mint Condition
- NZ New
- Straight Body and Beautiful paintwork
- Good Tires / Wooden Wheels
- Inline 4 cylinder engine, Petrol motor.
This engine produces a maximum power of 40 bhp at 3200 rpm - 3 speed Manual gearbox.
This Whippet has Semi-elliptic leaf springs. De Dion axle. front suspension and Semi-elliptic leaf springs. De Dion axle. rear suspension. - Front and Rear Brakes.
- Very Well Restored Vintage Car, as may be seen from photos.
- Mechanically sound
- Good Motor - starts and drives well (Driven weekly)
We mostly know Willys today for Jeeps and Jeepsters, but the Whippet was one of the most popular cars of its day.
Sadly, the Great Depression did for the Whippet and it was discontinued in 1931. Willys-Overland limped along until World War II when the military demand for Jeeps which, although first designed by the American Bantam Motor Car Company of Butler, Pa., were built in huge quantities by both Ford and Willys-Overland and helped to save the Toledo company.
The firm capitalised on the Jeep and continued production until being bought by Kaiser Motors in 1953. And, as everyone knows, the Jeep is still with us, although it gone through several owners, and is about the only reminder of the Willys-Overland Company.
So, if you're looking for a dependable, easy-driving pre-war car, and if the odds are poor that a Willys-Overland Whippet is on your radar, then think again. After all, they were only selling a quarter-million of them per year - I mean how good could they be?
Car will be sold WOF'd and Registered if sold in New Zealand.
TRANSPORT / WORLDWIDE SHIPPING CAN BE ORGANISED ON THIS VEHICLE ON BUYER'S BEHALF AT BUYERS COST.
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NOTIFICATION AS TO NATURE OF GOODS IN TERMS OF THE CONSUMER GUARANTEES ACT 1993
Waimak Classic Cars Ltd is a New Zealand registered company and accepts that the vehicle being sold must be of “acceptable quality” in terms of section 7 of the New Zealand Consumer Guarantees Act 1993 (the Act) having regard to “the nature of the goods”.
Waimak Classic Cars is not aware of any specific defects with the vehicle, however (a) such a vehicle being a classic vehicle may have mechanical breakdowns, electrical failures at inconvenient times and maintenance costs being part of and parcel of ownership of a classic vehicle; (b) reliability is a combination of the particular nature of the classic vehicle, how it is being driven, how it has been maintained, and to a certain extent luck; (c) because of the age of the vehicle, and its propensity to rust, it is likely that the vehicle would have been fully or partially restored, or at least repainted at some point in its life, maybe even more than once. Waimak Classic Cars does not know, and cannot give advice on how good any restoration work on the vehicle had been.
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