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On the Heap for A Jeep @ The Missouri Archives

• CATEGORIES: Features, Library Collections, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

While doing some book research, I ran across the Missouri Historical Society’s online archives, which includes some images of jeeps, mostly photos of jeeps at schools, probably related to bond drives. It may be of use for folks looking for military era jeep photos. https://mohistory.org/collections?text=jeep&images=0

There are also a few pre-war Willys-Overland and John North images: https://mohistory.org/collections?text=willys-overland&images=0

I thought the below photo is neat, as it is a reminder that there was a big push to recycle metals (along with other materials).

According to the sign:

The Beauty Industry Helps Beat The Beasts
Throw It On The Heap
It Will Help Build A Jeep

http://collections.mohistory.org/resource/1026297

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Photo from the Missouri Historical Society, CREATOR: Sievers Studio. Miss Elengo, who probably worked for the Modern Beauty Shop magazine, is one of the clients and rights holders.

This photo may show a Holden jeep: http://collections.mohistory.org/resource/736142

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A reproduction of a photograph of American soldiers attempting to pull a Jeep out of the mud using a Holt tractor during the Battle of Okinawa (April 1-June 22, 1945). Photo from the Missouri Historical Society

 
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M-38 Split Windshield Frame $550

• CATEGORIES: Features, Parts • TAGS: This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

UPDATE: Buz reached out to say this is still available. He dropped the price to $550. 

Buz is selling this unique windshield frame for the M-38. He has the paper work from the Government and work order to document its origins. Contact Buz Kanzenbach via phone 757 403 9964  or email buzkan @ att.net  (remove spaces around the @).

“Split M-38 windshield excellent shape. This is a rare item! Authorized By Order of the Army, The Secretary of The Army. When it was broken during the Korean War it was transferred from a 1 piece two a 2 piece, to save glass. I know of only 2 frames in existence.”

Here are a few others from the archives that might be M-38 split windshields

1) This M-38 appears to have one: http://www.ewillys.com/2010/05/07/year-m-38-mount-vernon-wa-4000/
2) Possibly a modified one(?): http://www.ewillys.com/2014/06/03/1947-cj-2a-lexington-tx-4700/

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1951 Farm Jeep & Jeep Tractor Brochure

• CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features • TAGS: This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

UPDATE: I was surprised to recently see a 1953 ad for a Farm ‘Jeep’ in the Nevada State Journal (March 05, 1953, pg 9). Remember that the Farm ‘Jeep’, along with the ‘Jeep’ Tractor, were models produced mostly in 1951 and 1952, along with a line of jeep implements.

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As you can see from this timeline reproduced below from the CJ-3A.info page, there were very few Farm ‘Jeep’s produced at all and none in 1953, though a handful of CJ-3B Farm ‘Jeep’s were made (see CJ-3B page for more info on the 3B version). So the use of the ad is curious.

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Originally Published May 12, 2020:  Each of the brochures has consecutive form numbers, from FS-514100 to FS-514105. The brochure below included extra digits at the front: FS-4 FS-514102.

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Bulletin & Mechanics Manual for Willys Supercharger

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Here’s the Willys Service Bulletin that announced the Kaiser Willys Supercharger, along with the manual and a few pics of a super charger at the bottom of the post (from a 2014 post).

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Kaiser Supercharger Manual:

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