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This book appears to contain lots of bulletins.
“From an old dealership comes this binder of service bulletins mostly from the late 1950’s to mid 1960’s for Kaiser, Willys, Jeep…I have taken pictures of the categories covered…in well used condition, but I suspect useful to those who still have some of these antique vehicles…good luck and please check our feedback and other fine items from our home to yours.”
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UPDATE: Was Make Offer, now $4500.
This looks like it has a jeep chassis. Anyone check this one out?
“runs and drives. needs brake work. taking offers since I have no idea what it’s worth.”
http://stcloud.craigslist.org/cto/5303813119.html
John’s been going through old photos and digitizing them. Each of these includes a jeep somewhere in it. Neat photos. Thanks for sharing!
Andrew spotted this blue CJ-3A in the Rain Forest area of the Milwaukee Public Museum and took most of these photos. The staff informed him that it was used by a museum research team in the 1980s. According to the museum’s webpage, the team collected specimens in Costa Rica during 1986. Since the CJ-3A’s license plates are Costa Rican, they may well have used the jeep in Costa Rica and brought it back with them.
This photo was taken by “Retinal Fetish” on Flickr.
Hugh wrote me a couple days ago. He was excited to share his barn find jeep, a 1943 MB that had sat for forty years. Nick Oxender actually found the jeep and told Hugh about it. I wanted to share the jeep with everyone as evidence that barn finds still exist, even in the midwest!
Hugh wrote, The jeep is rust free and original and not too bubba-ed up. It has all three seat frames and four combat rims with almost new tires. The switches and controls on the dash are present and it is only missing the parking brake handle.
It runs and drives well, but has a post war engine. The original insulation is on the firewall and the filterette and it came with the original radiator with the horsehair insulation. The original crossover tube, air cleaner and fuel strainer are still there. It also has the original oilfilter and bracket. Someone just switched out the engine and left the T-84 trans and WW2 components alone.
I will be watching for an mb engine but it drives just fine right now. i don’t plan on an extensive restoration, just paint markings, a canvas top and an engine swap. I plan to preserve it. There is a patch right over the transfer case that i believe covered a hole where it had a PTO operated generator. Judging by the extra holes, ground straps and suppression devices, I believe it was a radio jeep. i am very pleased with this piece of history. Oh yeah, it needs a front bumper and that crazy hitch on the back removed as well, but its a very original rust free example of a ww2 jeep.
Paul’s getting close. Over the last six years we’ve watched him build this stainless monument to jeeps. Just some little things to be completed. Maybe 2020????
Tom’s been working on the restoration of this CJ-3A APU. He’s wondering if anyone knows anything about the three-wheeled APUs that were auctioned in California about five years ago. He’s hoping to find some of the hard-to-find APU equipment.
Here are a few photos of the APUs sold a few years ago:
Here’s how he started, with a jeep he didn’t know was an APU. Since then he’s been learning more about them.
I don’t think I’ve published this one previously.
“1942- U.S. airbone infantry troops practice loading a jeep into specially built mockup fuselage at Fort Benning, Georgia.”
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Lee’s shared some updated photos on his M-38. His goal has been to restore it back to stock. Though he’s got a great deal of stock jeep to use, as he disassembled it he discovered a few more problems than he’d planned. Despite some unexpected issues, he’s been working all summer since Ann and I visited he and his family last April in San Saba, Texas. He doesn’t have a great deal of time, between his job, farm, kids and wife, but he’s been making the most of it. He tells me he is almost done.
Here’s the jeep before disassembly:
The body:
Some body work completed.
The Frame:
Plenty of scrubbing needed.
First coat of paint.
Partial assembly
This photo that must have been posted on eBay at some point was shared on eBay.
You may remember Robert’s 1942 GPW from this post last year. Since then his father and he have repowered their modified GPW.
Robert writes, It has been about 18 months since I wrote you about the GPW project that my father and I found on your website in 2010. You were kind enough to feature the build of our Willys last time. Since then we have made some drastic changes that I think you may enjoy.
Things got out of hand last November when a simple craigslist browse lead to the purchase of a B&M 144 Supercharger from Ohio. Initially, we were not sure if the blower would find its way into the GPW, and decided to bore out a 350 that we had lying around. The plan was to build a supercharged 383 stroker for fun, and then decided what vehicle to install it in. As you may imagine the longer we had the blower in the garage the more inclined we were to see it tentatively installed in something, and the GPW was the easiest option. We pulled the 400 SBC and installed the 350 with no internals, but the blower on top to see how it looked. The result was amazing, and we decided that the Willys was going to get a new motor!
Installing a small block chevy with a blower in a Willys that came with a 4 cylinder comes with numerous obvious and unforeseen hurdles. For instance the blower is a bit taller than a traditional intake manifold, and consequently the hood would not close. Therefore, we moved the motor mounts down which actually helped the center of gravity! This alone did not clearance the blower, carburetor, and air cleaner though. However, we were undaunted, and decided that the only remaining option was to cut a hole in the hood and stuck the air cleaner out!
After we figured out how to fit the motor in up and down we decided to address the issue of front to back. The position of the motor already had the HEI distributor close to the firewall so there was no room to move the engine backwards, and the snout on the blower was too long for us to fit the single core radiator before the grill. Therefore, we completely removed the radiator from the engine compartment, and installed a new 3 core aluminum radiator on the roll bar behind the seats! We had to customize all of the plumbing for the cooling system, and my uncle assisted us with a very special bender borrowed from a former custom off-road shop. In addition to the bent aluminum portion we ran the same flexible lines along the frame rails that you can find on monster trucks. Continue reading
Great shot of the VEC.
“1946 Press Photo Toledo Edison Company employees using a Jeep out in the field
This is an original press photo. Two “trouble shooters” for the Toledo Edison Company, Toledo, Ohio, find using a Jeep suitable for reaching poles in “deep cut and heavy fill” areas.Photo measures 8 x 10.25inches. Photo is dated 03-07-1946.”
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John took these photos at the National Museum of the USAF in Dayton, Ohio.
On Buz’s last day in Las Vegas he stopped by an AMC Rambler Club, Desert Southwest Regional show in Henderson, Las Vegas. He took these photos for us.
Seller will take offers.
“RARE WWII Era Army Jeep Willys Aluminum Bookends
• Good Condition with some limited signs of wear
• Unique Bookends – WWII Era
• Measure at 6″ x 4.75″ x 2”
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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay.
“Real Photo Postcard Red Bird Mission Bookmobile Jeep in Beverly, KY”
This CJ-6ish jeep has no fuel inlet on the driver’s side. It also appears to have some kind of Tuxedo Park package (front bumper for example). Price is a crazy $99! It’s listed as a 1958 CJ-3B brochure.
“Original part color folder , 7.5 x 10.5 folded , 15 x 10.5 unfolded , has 2 horizontal folds , text in Chinese and English .”
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Mike Manco posted photos of this Willys Wagon golf cart on Facebook today. He spotted it in Disney (which I assume meant Disney World, Florida). Pretty well done.
Apparently, this parking enforcement jeep was ticketed by parking enforcement.
“1967 Detroit MI Parking Enforcement Jeep Ticketed Press Photo”
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UPDATE: Back on eBay
(03/05/2014) That is Al Whalen and his brother’s GPW/MB. I don’t who Al is, but I wonder if his brother is still looking for his jeep?
“1946 Press Photo Al Whalen, Acme NY mailroom foreman & his brother’s jeep”
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We returned from camping yesterday. It rained much of the time, but that was fine. We enjoyed ourselves anyway. I ran into some trouble with my email while I was gone. So, if you sent me an email in the last three days and I didn’t respond, please resend it.
Just west of Clarkson on Highway 12 we spotted this jeep high on a hill. It looks like it may have been used to carry irrigation lines.
Americans working at a British Ordnance Shop.
“1943- U.S. Army ordnance crews working on a jeep assembly line set up at a depot in England.”
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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay.
Now, why are they putting a pole in the middle of the field?
“1945 Press Photo Willys-Overland Motors unveils postwar Jeep on post-hole digger”
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Just a few posts for Sunday morning.
Looking west down the Snake River as it winds north from Silcott Island.
Ann and I, accompanied on Friday by her son Daniel, drove east from Pasco to go camping for a few days while the non-freezing weather lasts. We left Friday afternoon and drove through the barren, rolling wheat fields of eastern Washington. Our goal was to spend the night at an Idaho State Park called Hell’s Gate, just a couple miles south of Lewiston, Idaho. For those that don’t know, Lewiston, Idaho, and Clarkston, Washington, sit adjacent along the Idaho-Washington border at a spot where the western flowing clearwater river joins the northern flowing Snake River. They continue as one, flowing north, then west, then south until reaching the Columbia River near Pasco. The cities are (obviously) named for explorers Lewis and Clark, the pair ventured through the area during their initial trek West.
Map of Trip from Pasco to Lewiston/Clarkston area.
Closeup of the Clarkston/Lewiston area.
As we drove east on highway 12, we passed Chief Timothy Park, an Army Corps of Engineers managed park. The park sits on Silcott island on the Snake River just west of Clarkson, Washington. Surrounded by large hills, and with the trees on the island golden with falls colors, It looked like a beautiful spot to camp. But we continued on to Hells Gate State Park. When we arrived, though it sits right along the Snake River, it was situated across from a large number of houses on a hill. It wasn’t nearly as picturesque as we expected, so we turned around and headed back to Chief Timothy Park for the night. important note: Chief Timothy is not a Washington State Park, so the Discover Pass is not honored. However, though they don’t advertise it well, we discovered (after paying of course) that the Army Corps honors federal passes like the ACCESS pass. Fortunately, my broken wife comes with an ACCESS pass, which gives us half-off on federal park fees.
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay.
Not sure what this is worth, but an interesting item.
“Menko cards made during the Occupation are about 10 times more scarce than the famous T-206 tobacco cards. You will receive the exact card shown in scans above. These colorful little works of art were created in occupied Japan under the Marshall Plan at the end of WW2.”
