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This April of 1946 article in Popular science highlighted the steering mechanism used on the four wheel steel “Circus” jeeps.
UPDATE: I believe Frank is correct. This is Fall/Winter 1975.
These photos were published in an issue of Jeep News. Click on the image to make it much bigger.
I’m in Salt Lake for a couple days, spending time with my kids. Karson took me mountain biking on Antelope island, which sits in the Great Salt Lake. He managed not to kill this semi-out-of-shape old man. But, it’s clear he is in better shape than I. Here are a few photos.
Ready to ride
Yep, we’ve been riding uphill for quite a while … yep, those are bison ahead. I am too tired to outrun them at this point. My hope was that they would take pity on me and not chase me down.
We made it to the top of a hill. That’s the Wasatch Front in the background. Most of the rest of the trip was downhill.
Geoff wants to let folks know about a friend of his who makes wood jeeps. If you are interested, email Fred at fredmaybee@Yahoo.com. It looks good!
“The following pictures are of a wooden Jeep that I had purchased from a local gentleman. He charges $30 plus shipping per copy for common wood. Prices go up depending on the choice of specialty species of wood, to cover the cost of the raw materials.”
UPDATE: The FC Roundup starts next Friday! I can’t believe we are already approaching late March!
15th ANNUAL JEEP FORWARD CONTROL ROUNDUP
March 23-25, 2018 1600 W. Colter St. Phoenix, Arizona 85015
This is your personal invitation to the “Most Excellent” FC-Only event. We invite all FC Owners and friends of Jeep Forward Controls.
It is our pleasure to invite you, with or without your Vehicle. This is where you will see some of the best authentic and original restored, ongoing projects or modified FC and FleetVans. You can learn a lot in a weekend, see the Military models of FCs, take detailed pictures, talk to other owners. Bring your FC items, toys, memorabilia, photos, artwork, literature, and manuals to display. See new FC related products and parts and special tools. FC Roundup event hats, T-shirts, will also be available. There is no charge for the event.
We are always so very grateful for your donation of any FC related items that are given away during the Saturday afternoon free raffle. Also on Saturday are the large BBQ Hot Dogs and much more, for lunch. Free refreshments daily. One of the best things that happens everyday, is that you are also invited to drive your FC / FleetVan or you might ride in an FC. We have FC-Only groups that cruise to and from breakfast and dinner.
It is important that I mention that our weekend is a very busy time for the Phoenix area, the best weather, Spring Training, and many other events. So book your hotel, before they are sold out. The nearby Grand Canyon University, (GCU Hotel on the internet) is the favorite. The 502 Hotel is now closed down. There are other hotels along the NW light rail route that comes from the Phoenix international Airport. Call me for transportation from the Montebello / 19th Ave. light rail terminal stop and for more information about anything, contact me.
Jesse Ybarra 602 321-3675 m677jeep@cs.com
Amazing that many folks can fit inside.
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“1942 Press Photo Group of girls driving a jeep drove pass 16-inch shells stack. This is an original press photo. Women At Home On The (Firing) Range Women who just a short while ago thought of a range as something to cook on and powder as something to pat on their faces are now doing the work of men on the firing range at the Army Ordnance Department’s providing grounds at Aberdeen, Md. They don’t just fool around with the light work, either. They fill shells with powder and prime them. They run huge cranes to assemble the big guns. And they load, clean, and fire everything from Garand rifles and Tommy guns to the big railroads guns. A group of the girls riding the range in a Jeep pass a huge stack of 16-inch shells. Photo measures 9 x 7.25 inches. Photo is dated 06-06-1942.”
This unusual brochure was part of an early equipment book.
Among the items Newgren produced was a Post Hole Digger. This brochure was published in a circa 1947 Special Equipment Binder.
Maybe it’s a poor scan, but the photo doesn’t appear to clear.
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“1944 Press Photo American Corps Medical Jeep carries wounded soldiers. This is an original press photo. American medical corps jeep, bringing wounded GIs back from fighting lines on Duren sector of Cologne front, jogs slowly along rutted and . One medic carries Red Cross flag as he rides on hood in front of stretcher borne patients. Photo measures 8.5 x 6.5 inches. Photo is dated 12-14-1944.”
I do not thing I’ve shared this early Koenig hardtop brochure that was published in a Willys Overland Equipment booklet.
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay.
The French didn’t waste any time launching jeep races!
” vintage photograph of a Jeep cross in Argenteuil, France 1951
photographer:?
dimension: 12,5 x 17,3 cm, 5 x 7 inches”
Nice vintage color slide taken in September of 1963. Looks like a CJ-2A that’s been modified with a bench seat.
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“VTG 1960s 35MM PHOTO SLIDE SSEP63 Red Jeep With Driver and Passengers”
This photo comes out of Iceland and the caption translation is a little rough.
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“Passengers “as tired and womenswear my stero out. Sir revealed to be three American war correspondents, who performed a quick drive with their vehicle from Oslo. If anledninren the journey, how they.”
The 1950s jeeps were built for work. The 1960s jeeps were built for fun, as this 1968 ad from the Norwalk Hour attests.
The seller believes this photo is from the ALCAN, but the photo is blank on the back, so I’m not sure why the seller thinks this. Squamish is just north of Vancouver and closer to San Francisco than Dawson Creek. Still, it’s a neat old photo. (Squamish has been used as a film location substitute for Seattle-area-based movies like the Walking Tall remake).
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“PLEASE SUPERSIZE ALL IMAGES OF THESE WONDERFUL AND GENUINE ORIGINAL PHOTOGRAPHS OF WORLD WAR II AND THE BUILDING OF THE ALCAN HIGHWAY THROUGH BRITISH COLUMBIA, YUKON AND ALASKA. CIRCA 1940’S. THIS CLEAR AND CRISP PHOTOGRAPH SHOWS:
1) A SUPERB IMAGE OF A WILLY’S WAR TIME JEEP CONVERTED INTO A ENTREPRENEUR FROM SQUAMISH BRITISH COLUMBIA. EMPIRE MILLS LIMITED SQUAMISH B.C. IS PAINTED ON THE SIDE OF THE VINTAGE 4X4”
GMWillys and his lovely wife visited the Birmingham Alabama’s Southern Museum of Flight the other day and took some photos for us. He notes that the museum is fairly impressive, given the relatively small space. And, the jeep count is at three: an M-38, an M-38A1, and a CJ-V35. See the pics below.
The M-38A1 (hidden behind a plane):
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay.
This spec sheet is a rare one. It’s not clear to me how the seller arrived at the 1953 date.
“1953 Willys Overland 2×4-73 Ambulance Specification Sheet.”
This is reported to be 18 pages, but only 2 pages have been photographed.
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“This packet contains a cover letter/order form in front of two brochure which are:
Ramsey Winches for the Jeep Models:
CJ-2A
CJ-3A
CJ-3B
CJ-5
CJ-6
FC-150
FC-170
Koenig King Winches
Pages: 18
Details: W 8.5 x H 11 x D 0.1”
UPDATE: Still Available. Description has been updated. Was $400. Now no price.
(07/02/2014) Oh this crazy thing is great! It’s got some floating rear hubs, so very well could have a 1944 chassis.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2018505331808739
“Experimental? 312 engine was informed by the long retired pilot Air Force. Found locally near Hyde field near Andrews AFB .. 312 virtually identical to 292 without checking numbers on crankshaft. Complete except carb. Parts or restore – pto, Dana 44s, tow bar. One off hand built cap. Still has some military type script on inside of cap, looks like they used recycled ductwork or equiptment steel. Ford mustang type seats. .. no parts this on really needs to be researched. Haven’t been able to locate a VIN. Confusion as to all that have studied it. No parts sell as whole unit. Bill of Sale. Great conversation piece, yard art or rare historical piece. Pretty solid except for some floor pan and rocker repair.“
A reader named Randy used to drive this very jeep. He shares his experience below. Note that the DJ-3A fuel inlet was moved to the side to accommodate the ramp.
These pictures were taken in the spring of 1970 and I am no doubt somewhere on the BOAC VC-10. Or I maybe flying the “bucket truck” in the back of the plane cleaning the lavatories
Randy writes, “After high school I got a job with a company that serviced airlines that didn’t have dedicated ground crews. These airlines had only one or two flights a day at our airport. This employer hired and trained people to service the airplanes just like a fulltime ground crew would. Every “ramp rat” was going to be something else after college except for me. I would learn to fly with the meager pay and get employed using friendships and connections made there.
“Anyway, Butler Aviation had a Jeep Baggage Loader and I would drive it on any mission that came up. Summer and winter or rain or snow, I volunteered to position the belt loader and loved each time I drove it. It wasn’t uncommon to reposition that Jeep from one side of the airport to the other. Four or five miles at a time.
“It was a 4 cylinder, 2-wheel drive, three on the tree with the giant loader and hydraulics attached above the center of gravity. The endless belt loader was fixed in the back and raised and lowered in the front. Had a huge rubber bumper on the front of the belt to prevent damage to the airplanes. It only went about 30 mph but, combined with the unstable loader, it could get scary. We use to fill it up with ramp rats and drive across the airport in the summer and get a nice breeze. But in the winter, I was all by myself.”
Looks like a Ford GPW off to the left.
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“Person or Specific Information: A GI in a medical jeep carrying two wounded American soldiers stops to ask directions during the Korean war in July, 1950. Answering his query is Lt. D.K. Paul of San Francisco, Calif., who had been taking time to shave. (for exact info please mouse over the image caption on the photo to read the exact info if there is info )
Date photo was published : 1990
Size of Photo: 7 x 11 roughly”
Reader GMWillys forwarded this photo after our discussion on the M-38A1D yesterday. You can see an M-38 in the foreground.
A jeep so fast it can pass a double-decker bus!
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“1942- U.S. Troops in a Ford GP Jeep Pass Double-Decker Bus on the Bayswater Road in London. Photo measures approx. 7 1/4″ x 8 1/2”
I didn’t realize that this CJ-3B prototype was the first right-hand-drive-US car made for the US since 1923.
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“1953 Press Photo Willys Motors jeep-type vehicle made for US mail delivery, Ohio. This is an original press photo. Right steer for United States Mails—Toledo, Ohio:—It’s easy for this United States postman to service his suburban route in Toledo, Ohio for he’s got a right steer! Made to order for the United States Post Office Department by Willys Motors, the jeep-type vehicle he’s driving is the first American car in 30 years to feature a right-hand drive. The postman doesn’t have to leave his seat to drop off the mail. (Toledo, Ohio) (United States Post Office) (Willys Motors) (Post Office equipment) Photo measures 7.25 x 9.25 inches. Photo is dated 09-17-1953.”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Both were on eBay. See alternative press photos of the M-38A1D setup here.
“1961 Press Photo Army’s New Davy Crockett Atomic Warhead on Jeep Launcher. This is an original press photo. Washington, January 1 – New atomic weapon displayed – The Army tonight released this first picture of the warhead of its new atomic Davy Crockett weapon and said it would be carried by one man. Here the bulbous shaped warhead is on a launcher mounted on a jeep. The Army declined to give the weight of the device, which is intended t give a small unit of troops the fire power usually possible only from massed heavy artillery. Photo measures 8 x 10.25 inches. Photo is dated 01-01-1961.”
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ORIGINALLY POSTED MARCH OF 2018: There can’t be too many press release photos of the M-38A1D.
“1961 Press Photo Davy Crockett hand or Jeep portable weapons system”
