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1942 Photo of Fort Story Maneuvers on eBay

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At least a couple of these are Slats. The photo is dated April 22, 1942.

“This is an original press photo. A unit of sand eating jeeps’ climb over the sand dunes at Fort Story during maneuvers developing drivers and men in the operation of these vehicles in deep sand. Photo measures 9 x 7.25 inches. Photo is dated 4-22-1942.”

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1944 Photo of Bantam BRC-60 on eBay

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UPDATE: The same photo with the same caption, but dated slightly different, is for sale on eBay. The earlier one sold in March of 2016 (seen at bottom of post).

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(03/13/2016 original post) “1944- U.S. Army’s Bantam BRC 60 reconnaissance car on display in the Smithsonian Institute. Note: Still on display at the Heinz History Center in Pittsburgh.”

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“Last Jeep” Pic From Facebook

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Mike shared this pic off of Facebook. It looks to be a GPW. The message indicates this is #93389, but there were 277,000 built? Can some interpret this one for me please?

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Bestop Back Seat Brochure **SOLD**

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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay.

I didn’t know Bestop made backseats. Not much useful info on what types they made.

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2017 Dover AFB Air Show Pics

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Joe and several others had a chance to show their vehicles at the August 2017 Dover AFB Air Show. He’s shared some pics below (thanks!):

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1943 Photo of Nurses in Adak, Alaska on eBay

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Adak Island is part of the Adreanof Islands, roughly 1300 miles southwest of Fairbanks.

“1943- U.S. Navy nurses climb into a jeep to go on a sightseeing trip through the mountains in Adak, Alaska.”

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1945 Photo of Jeep on Rails on ebay

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I don’t think I’ve seen this one published anywhere.

“Original WWII press photo of American GIs using Jeep fitted with railroad wheels as a locomotive to pull supply train on Luzon, Philippines, 1/25/1945.”

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Women Workers at the Willys Overland Plant

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Mike came across this photo on Facebook. I am so happy I don’t have to build jeeps in a dress and heels!

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1945 Photo of Jeep Crossing Bridge on eBay

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Some interesting history here.

“This is an original press photo. Thanks To The Fifth Division Germany–In the wake of the Fifth Division advance into Germany, a jeep crosses a Bailey Bridge, spanning the Sube River, marked with a hand lettered sign informing all who pass that they do so through the courtesy of the Fifth Division. A Military Policeman stands to one side as the jeep heads for Germany. Photo measures 8 x 6.25 inches. Photo is dated 02-28-1945.”

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1942 Photo of Jeep Descending Dune on eBay

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The caption refers to the vehicle as a ‘Jeep’ car.

“This is an original press photo. Down a 160 foot incline on the sand dunes at Cape Henry, a ‘jeep’ car from Fort Story makes the descent with ease during maneuvers training drivers to handle these vehicles over all types of terrain. Should American Soldiers see service in desert lands the training these men receive will be of great value.Photo measures 9 x 7.25inches. Photo is dated 4-22-1942.”

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Early Warn Brochures

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I missed out on these early Warn brochures that sold on eBay. There were two hubcap brochures, also known as “summer hubs”. The third brochure (in yellow) touts the Automatic Warn Hub. According to Hugo Vidal, Warn Industries and Hugo’s company AVM had all kinds of trouble with the Automatic hub, so it was discontinued (possibly in favor of the Warn Lockomatic hub?).
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Jeeps at the Museum of Military History in Kissimmee

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Roving eWillys correspondent Tim Evans braved Hurricane Irma to file this report.

He wrote, “I arrived in Orlando, Florida, last Wednesday (9/6) to attend a conference, but found out late Thursday that it was canceled.  That gave me time to visit the Museum of Military History where I found a M38 and a M151 jeep. Then I began a long slow drive home to Kentucky Friday morning, arriving late on Saturday.”

Always good to see people taking their unpaid, completely volunteer, unheralded work as eWillys correspondents seriously. I may have to upgrade his title to Chief Hurricane Correspondent!

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Jeeps at a Pennsylvania Mushroom Fair

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Rick reports that there was a car show this past weekend at the Mushroom Festival in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, that included a couple jeeps. My wife would have never seen the jeeps; she would have been all over the bomb!

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Warn LockoMatic Hub Brochure

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This six page Warn brochure for the Warn Lock-O-Matic hubs sold for $26 on eBay last week.

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Quincy Air Compressor Brochure

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I missed out on this Quincy Air compressor brochure model 216-s. It was for sale on eBay last week.

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Bob’s New 1964 CJ-3B

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Thanks to eWillys, Bob just picked up this 1964 CJ-3B. He bought it out of Arizona and had Drew from the Jeep Farm replace the bumper. Because he found it on eWillys, Bob is sending Ann and I out to dinner on him. His support has been great over the years, so a big thanks to him and his wife (pictured in the passenger seat below)!

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Photo of M-38A1s Ready for Airdrops

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Charles shared this cool photo of M-38A1s readied for airdrops that was posted to http://www.vintagemilitarytrucks.com/M38A1-Willys-Jeep_airdrop-2_warehouse.jpg

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MIni Jeeps in New Mexico

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Nick spotted these mini jeeps in Tierra Amarillo, NM. Those jeeps make him look big!

He writes, “A rare late summer sighting, Willy the mountain giant ventured down from the pine studded hills admiring various preserved Willys’ in Tierra Amarila, N.M.
C store parking lot, north of Intersection of Hwy 64 & Hwy 84.

Keep back unless you have ice cream bars or Snickers to trade.

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Kelly Manufacturing’s “Safari” Hardtop

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This Kelly Manufacturing “Safari” Hardtop postcard was for sale on eBay. I’ve never run across a brochure for this.

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1951 Photo Showing Custom Jeep on eBay

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This photo was taking in 1951 and shows Bill Warren in front of his modified jeep. It looks like a simple convertible top is stowed on the rear of the jeep.

“Vintage Photo — Photo Measures 3″ x 4.25″ — Photo Is In Good Condition with Minor Wear — ”

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Repro Gauge Labels For Wagons

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Scrambler Dan emailed me about some reproduction gauge labels he’s made. You can see more information starting with post #56 here: http://www.oldwillysforum.com/forum/showthread.php?4435-Easy-gauge-restoration-and-testing-(for-beginners)&p=112509 .

If you have questions, contact Dan at scramboleer@yahoo.com

Dan writes, “Restoring your 1950.5 to 1956 Willys truck, wagon, or delivery (or 1950.5 to 1951 Jeepster) and want sharp-looking gauges? These professional “rub-on” labels might be for you. Designed and made in California. First photo shows an example of a re-done 1952-1956 dash (gauges not included obviously).

$15 for the AMP TEMP and $15 for the FUEL OIL. Free shipping to the US. International shipping at cost.”

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1980 Overdrive Article from Pickup, Van & 4WD Mag

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UPDATE: Here is a brochure and some directions/schematics for the rare Sierra Dana 20 Overdrive.

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The Sierra Overdrive was designed to mount to a Dana 20.

In November of 1980, Pickup, Van & 4WD Magazine published this article on overdrives, which includes several I hadn’t heard about. This series of article images comes from Christian Harrison (and thanks to Marty Tilford for spotting it). The scans aren’t perfect, but are mostly readable. You can find a similar article at the Four Wheeler Network.

Particularly interesting to me is the Dana 20-mounted Sierra Overdrive. Willie Worthy of Four Wheeler was involved in the development of it, but noted that a lack of capital doomed it.

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1942 Photo of Cammo’d Jeep on eBay

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Must be an early jeep given the solid rims.

“1942- Camouflaged Willys Jeep fitted with a Browning M1917 machine gun crossing a jungle stream.”

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1942 Photo of Beep/Blitz Buggy

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This June 2, 1942, photo published in Australia of a jeep gliding on a cable has been shown elsewhere, but I like the caption. The paper calls it a Beep, a Blitz Buggy, and the diminutive of the jeep (meaning it isn’t the jeep), which was also called a command car. Basically, as of that time, the name was still being figured out.

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No Updates on Wednesday

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I spent most of Tuesday on my sister’s roof, then we had a bday party for her in the evening. So, no updates this morning. They’ll resume Thursday morning.

Okay, so I said no updates, but you might enjoy this story by Brian Gabrial on Four Wheeler’s site about a 50th anniversary Jeepster Commando get-together this past Spring in Moab, Utah. Looks like it was a fun event!

http://www.fourwheeler.com/events/1708-jeepster-invasion/

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PHOTO CREDIT: Four Wheeler Network