Fred Williams’ garage-find 1961 Willys Wagon has been sitting with bad brakes and a tired drivetrain ever since a prior engine swap (Episode 37), so it was time to set that straight on this ...

This 1962 Willys Jeep Wagon looked stock when we spotted it on the street. Here's what these offered in the post-war years.

This one here is a Hurricane variant with AWD. In 1954, one year after Willys-Overland's merger with Kaiser Motors, the wagon became available with the 3.7-liter "Super Hurricane" inline-six.

The Willys Wagon stayed in production through 1965, and wasn't rare in its day with a production run of over 300,000 units in various body styles. They're hard to find today, though.

1948 Willys Jeep wagon. [COURTESY PHOTO] Thornton Race didn't want his son, Rick, to be in danger as he motored to high school, so he provided a sturdy secondhand 1948 Willys Jeep station wagon.