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Thursday and Friday I finally painted the interior. The color is rattle-can Red Apple Gloss. It nearly matches the exterior color, but is slightly brighter. As noted before, it’s literally just some lipstick to clean up what was there and to help preserve the metal a little longer before I can get the cab removed for a proper media blast, repairs, and paint.
After paint:
Here’s an odd ball toy that the seller suggests is from Marx. I can’t confirm that. The seller is only asking $5 for it.
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“Vintage Marx Willys Jeep. Plastic that has been painted. Axles and wheels turn.”
Andy shared this wagon turned camper-trailer.
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“Station wagon body. No motor or tyranny. Body is bolted on a trailer as a camper? I didn’t do it. Good solid parts here though. What you see is what you get. Dash is good, doors, fenders, hood, grill, both bumpers are great. Nice start for a custom build..or spare parts. Local pickup only and thanks
SORRY but there’s NO TITLE folks.
AND…I’ve been ask about floor inside body..it is solid and I’ll try to add pics of it. Try. Please remember I’m selling body and what you see. Period. Don’t make offers….BID. again..thanks”
Thanks to Roger Martin for sharing these Saturday morning photos from the Bantam Festival’s jeep history display. You can see Roger’s M-677 and his FC Fire Truck in a couple photos.
Roger Martin shared these photos he took today (Friday) at this year’s Bantam Jeep Festival.
Chris, aka thegrilleguy, is selling a variety of things at this year’s Bantam Jeep Festival, so drop by and say hello.
This 22 page brochure is something I found on a non-ebay auction. I had to buy it with some other stuff I already had, but I couldn’t pass up this rare (perhaps 1-of-a-kind) brochure. I hope it helps someone down the line.
This weekend is the Great Willys Picnic (in Kempton, PA) and Bantam Fest (in Butler, PA).
This tiny LRDG-styled lighter is something I’d been keeping an eye out for. It’s smaller than I expected, just slightly larger than a biz card (or in this case a Fred Smiley’s old club card, which is something that accompanied a different purchase). I forgot to take a photo of the bottom, but there’s no identifying information there.
These just sold on eBay for $9.99. This CJ-2A was equipped with a rear PTO.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/204812664497
The tour jeep’s E-Stopp parking brake arrived today. I couldn’t get a very good sense of the size on the seller’s website, so I have photographed it on one of Ann’s cutting boards.
UPDATE: Matt thought I should add this billboard to this thread.
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This really neat color slide documents a Setaro’s Willys Motors Billboard ad. The only issue I see is the price of $79.99! Setaros was in New Haven, CT. I’ve included an ad published in the Yale Daily News Newspaper from January 13, 1948.
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“Original Kodachrome Red Border Slide 1949 – Jeep Station Wagon Billboard. Beautiful vintage original slide. Comes as shown and described. Very rare!”
This is the newspaper ad from the Yale newspaper historical library archives:
UPDATE: Thanks to pics posted to Facebook by Ken Wyatt, we now know that Frank’s GPW has moved to the lobby at the Golden Hotel, Ascend Hotel Collection.
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Originally posted September 27, 2018: Gordon mentioned to me that Frank Sinatra had once owned a GPW. So, I spent some time searching for Sinatra and jeeps. Here’s what I have so far:
Franks GPW went to a Sotheby’s auction in 2003 (which listed it as a 1942 GPW),
then to a Barrett Jackson auction in 2005 (which listed it as a 1944).
It now resides in the Tebo Museum (private museum approx 400 vehicles) collection (Facebook link) (Flicker Link). Here’s how the jeep is presented:
Back when Frank built his home in 1947 at Palm Springs, California, his daughter noted that the town was still small and the roads rough, so “We . . . needed our jeep to manage the dirt roads, sand dunes, and tumbleweeds,” No indication as to what jeep model this was.
Of course, Frank spent some time in jeeps while acting. For example, this still photo from a French eBay page of Sinatra in a jeep is from his 1958 film “Kings Go Forth”.
According to an April 1966 Esquire magazine article,
“At other times, aiming to please, his men will overreact to his desires: when he casually observed that his big orange desert jeep in Palm Springs seemed in need of a new painting, the word was swiftly passed down through the channels, becoming ever more urgent as it went, until finally it was a command that the jeep be painted now, immediately, yesterday. To accomplish this would require the hiring of a special crew of painters to work all night, at overtime rates; which, in turn, meant that the order had to be bucked back up the line for further approval. When it finally got back to Sinatra’s desk, he did not know what it was all about; after he had figured it out he confessed, with a tired look on his face, that he did not care when the hell they painted the jeep.”
According to the “Remarkable Cars” website, this 1941? MB was used during the filming of the dirty dozen, then purchased by Sinatra, who then gave it to Burt Reynolds. It is now located in the Star Cars Museum in Gatlinburg, Tennessee.
I’m sure there’s much more out there. I’ll add to this thread as I learn more.
No pics of the actual slide. The seller wants $23 for it. Unclear where this was taken.
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“Slide 1950s Red Star Border Kodachrome Jeep Train on Tropical Resort Beach”
Andy shared this rare CJ-3B manual printed in German currently priced at $59.
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Brian shared this unique ad on the back of a jeep’s spare tire. It was posted to Facebook.
Roger Martin shared this unique half-cab chair for sale. It’s listed on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/257291947029332/permalink/441725818585943/
Matt shared this January 12, 1982, article from the Chicago Sun-Times about this Jeepster and its owner, Emily Tupy, who was part of the Mid-States Jeepster Association.
The Jeepsterman announced he will being selling a new bed extension soon.
This book cover landed on Facebook. It appears there was an early (or original) edition publishe din 1952 without a jeep on the cover. The CJ-5 cover edition was published in 1960 (and possibly other years). I do not know if a jeep plays any role in the narrative.
1952: (can be found on Amazon for $14.59)
1960: A copy of this book can be found on eBay for $4.99 plus shipping:
UPDATE: Still Available. https://www.facebook.com/groups/1252147641540519/posts/7901643466590870/
Joe-in-Mesa’s friend Keith shared pics of this Hawaii-Style looking jeep. Keith is willing to sell it, but also wants to learn more about it.
To me, it looks like something someone brought to the US Mainland from Hawaii. You can compare this to the others we have documented here: http://www.ewillys.com/tag/hawaii-body/
If you have interest in it, feel free to email me and I’ll pass along Kieth’s info: d@deilers.com.
I was going to post many more updates, but a hay baler breaking down put a stop to that (long story). More updates Sunday morning.
This weekend is the Willys Rally at Heuston Woods. Tom was kind enough to take some pics for us.
I’ve got the driver’s seat ready to mount once the cab is ready. I still need to get some seat belts, so I can add them.
I won’t be needing this FC Vacuum Wiper motor. Anyone need one? I don’t know how well it works (or not), so I would just ask you pay for shipping. It includes the cable and the mounting bolts (not shown). I don’t know how the FC vacuum wiper motor differs from other jeep vacuum motors, if they are different at all.
More progress made, as the passenger seat bracket holes were drilled (studs were rusted) and the stock brackets look appear to fit perfectly.
However the driver’s side holes, due to some previous patches and brittle metal, aren’t visible. So, I am attempting to estimate their location. The rough distance I measured is from the front of the hat channel bracket just behind where the seat posts rest to the seat brackets shown below. The 16 1/4 inches might be a little short. Anyone have the correct measurement for a circa 1960 FC-170?
Here is the driver’s seat from underneath, per Will’s question:
Here’s an example from another FC-170 with the same brackets (from this post):
Passenger seat:
