# If you're seeking a Willys sedan from the '50s **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Created:** [November 5, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-seeking-a-willys-sedan-from-the-50s/187275 "2022-11-05T20:54:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 15\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 8:54pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-seeking-a-willys-sedan-from-the-50s/187275/1 "2022-11-05T20:54:03Z")
… or a lot of other cars from the '50s & '60s, you should enter a bid at this upcoming auction. > **[N.J. portable toilet supplier’s 75 classic cars are up for auction](https://www.nj.com/news/2022/11/nj-portable-toilet-suppliers-75-classic-cars-are-up-for-auction.html)** > > The family of Bob Drayton Jr. of Mr. Bob’s Portable Toilets, a septic service business based in Southampton, are auctioning off 75 of his American classics. ---
**Author:** ![weekend-warrior](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/weekend-warrior/32/26122_2.png) [@weekend-warrior](https://community.cartalk.com/u/weekend-warrior)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 9:07pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-seeking-a-willys-sedan-from-the-50s/187275/2 "2022-11-05T21:07:56Z")
I wouldl take the 1957 chevy, the grey 1966 GTO and the 1969 vette. 😉 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 10:10pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-seeking-a-willys-sedan-from-the-50s/187275/3 "2022-11-05T22:10:43Z")
Guess we know what business is a profitable one. It seems to me that I have always thought I remember one of those in our driveway when I was about two. Nobody to ask anymore but always thought dad had a Willy’s at one time. The body style and years just don’t jive though so it might have been a 51 Chevy or something. They seemed to be good cars though. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2022, 10:28pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-seeking-a-willys-sedan-from-the-50s/187275/4 "2022-11-05T22:28:36Z")
> [@bing](#): > > Guess we know what business is a profitable one. I was debating the merits and demerits of aggressive driving with one of my co-workers. He said his philosophy was simply to get where he’s going as fast as possible, and so rapid starts and stops is fine with him, he’s just using his own car in the way he wants to use it. I concur, it’s his car and he should use it like he wants to. Then I said that’s why I hold stock in companies that make brake and suspension replacement parts, every fast start and quick stop, I get a little dividend … lol … ---
**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2022, 12:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-seeking-a-willys-sedan-from-the-50s/187275/5 "2022-11-06T00:25:35Z")
You’re possibly going to get me in trouble. Southampton is only 40 minutes north of me, and that pink Cadillac may be calling to me. Fortunately, i have no desire for anything made by Chevy or Willys. ---
**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2022, 1:06am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-seeking-a-willys-sedan-from-the-50s/187275/6 "2022-11-06T01:06:39Z")
I got my Hemmings today and included was a flyer for the Raleigh auction. The have two beautiful 59 pontiacs. Outside of the $50-60,000 price I’m sure, I have absolutely no idea what I would do with one. ---
**Author:** ![wolyrobb](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/wolyrobb/32/45497_2.png) [@wolyrobb](https://community.cartalk.com/u/wolyrobb)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2022, 3:37am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-seeking-a-willys-sedan-from-the-50s/187275/7 "2022-11-06T03:37:51Z")
These Van Der Brink auctions are always a good source for project cars, or at least parts donors. ---
**Author:** ![Nevada\_545](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/nevada_545/32/41232_2.png) [@Nevada\_545](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Nevada_545)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2022, 4:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-seeking-a-willys-sedan-from-the-50s/187275/8 "2022-11-06T04:02:59Z")
> [@bing](#): > > . The have two beautiful 59 pontiacs. Outside of the $50-60,000 price I’m sure, I have absolutely no idea what I would do with one. You could wax the car, isn’t that your past time? Being married there is little chance you will be allowed to buy a used car. ---
**Author:** ![jtsanders](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c2a13f/32.png) [@jtsanders](https://community.cartalk.com/u/jtsanders)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2022, 1:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-seeking-a-willys-sedan-from-the-50s/187275/9 "2022-11-06T13:27:15Z")
> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > He said his philosophy was simply to get where he’s going as fast as possible, and so rapid starts and stops is fine with him, he’s just using his own car in the way he wants to use it. I concur, it’s his car and he should use it like he wants to. I disagree. There are limits to what is acceptable. It’s hard to tell from your post how your friend actually drives. Extreme examples like rapid starts and stops in poor driving conditions or weaving through spaces barely larger than one car length are just asking for trouble. You seem to have ignored that a 3000 lb or more vehicle is dangerous and we owe it to our neighbors to drive responsibly. A little of what you condone is OK but too much is a bad thing. ---
**Author:** ![George\_San\_Jose1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e5b9ba/32.png) [@George\_San\_Jose1](https://community.cartalk.com/u/George_San_Jose1)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2022, 8:44pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-seeking-a-willys-sedan-from-the-50s/187275/10 "2022-11-06T20:44:04Z")
> [@jtsanders](#): > > A little of what you condone is OK but too much is a bad thing. You make a good point, but my intention wasn’t to condone the aggressive driving activity. What brought the discussion on, I noticed he was driving too aggressively in the parking lot, endangering others. So should I do? B/c it is endangering me too. If I tell him he’s driving too fast in the parking lot, seems unlikely to do any good. Who am I to tell him how fast to drive? I expect he’d just drive even faster in the parking to prove a point. So decided to try a little psychology, point out that when he drives fast, I make money. Jealously can be very effective. Like if you have two dogs, and put a separate bowl of food out for each, sometimes one dog isn’t hungry, but b/c of jealously bullies the one that is hungry from eating his bowl of food. So did this idea work? No … lol … but at least he didn’t drive even faster in the parking lot. ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2022, 9:34pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-seeking-a-willys-sedan-from-the-50s/187275/11 "2022-11-06T21:34:43Z")
> [@George\_San\_Jose1](#): > > I noticed he was driving too aggressively in the parking lot, endangering others. Here’s what you tell him: “You’re being a jerk and an idiot. You could kill somebody, like ME.” ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2022, 9:38pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-seeking-a-willys-sedan-from-the-50s/187275/12 "2022-11-06T21:38:11Z")
Fun fact: Willys were not made by somebody named Willy, but by a company founded by John Willys. Pronounced ‘Wiliss’ supposedly. ---
**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\ **Post date:** [November 6, 2022, 9:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-seeking-a-willys-sedan-from-the-50s/187275/13 "2022-11-06T21:43:34Z")
> [@bing](#): > > Guess we know what business is a profitable one. Sign on the back of a septic truck… Might be $h1t to you, but it is bread and butter to me! ---
**Author:** ![VDCdriver](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/vdcdriver/32/48514_2.png) [@VDCdriver](https://community.cartalk.com/u/VDCdriver)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2022, 12:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-seeking-a-willys-sedan-from-the-50s/187275/14 "2022-11-07T12:20:53Z")
> [@texases](#): > > Pronounced ‘Wiliss’ supposedly. That is correct! ---
**Author:** ![old\_mopar\_guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/6bbea6/32.png) [@old\_mopar\_guy](https://community.cartalk.com/u/old_mopar_guy)\ **Post date:** [November 7, 2022, 7:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/if-youre-seeking-a-willys-sedan-from-the-50s/187275/15 "2022-11-07T19:46:21Z")
We had a septic system service company in my area whose employees wore tshirts that said “your sh\*t puts food on our table”.