This Incredible WWII Jeep Was Built Piece By Piece From 1,000 eBay Parts
In late 2025, David Tracy was at an F1 event in Las Vegas, talking casually with an eBay Motors representative about the absurd breadth of Jeep parts available online. He joked that it might be possible to build a complete World War II Jeep from eBay alone, then moved on with his life. A few months later, eBay came back to him with an offer: turn the joke into a sponsored challenge, build a brand-new Willys MB from scratch, and drive it roughly 900 miles to the rugged off-road trails of Moab.
So, that was the easy part. The hard part was realizing what he had agreed to. Rebuilding an old vehicle provides a blueprint; you simply replace what is broken. On the flip side, creating a vehicle from nothing meant sourcing every single bracket, specialized washer, and missing fastener. To make the build truly authentic, Tracy committed to ensuring...
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