Seth spotted this one. There is no price listed for the sign. I don’t know if it is an original club placard or a knockoff sign.
http://www.porcelainsigns.com/image-galleries/other-signs-f-m/hemet-jeep-club-porcelain-sign/
Seth spotted this one. There is no price listed for the sign. I don’t know if it is an original club placard or a knockoff sign.
http://www.porcelainsigns.com/image-galleries/other-signs-f-m/hemet-jeep-club-porcelain-sign/
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay.
A reader forwarded this ebay ad for a Wolverine 4-Wheelers jacket. They are the oldest four wheel club in Michigan (according to their website). It is a medium size.
“Amazing condition for its age
No holes
4 amazing patches on this red windbreaker jacket
Patches have minor discoloration but overall in great shape
Size is a medium
Perfect for a collection or everyday wear
Sold as is”
<– Day 11 & 12 – Wed. & Thurs Apr. 22rd & 23th: Road to Recovery | TRIP OVERVIEW | Day 14 – Sat. Apr. 25th: Saddleblankets to Prada –>
Finally, we made it to Texas. Now our trip can start, right? It wasn’t a long day, but if felt good to be back on the road again. Here was our rather short drive:
Before we left Tularosa, we made sure to stop by and ham it up in front of the world’s largest pistachio (see pic at top of the post).
From there, we drove south on highway 54 until we saw the magic sign:
Our first and only real stop of the day was at the National Border Patrol Museum. Surprisingly, it is entirely donor based. No federal funding is used to support the museum.
Inside, the museum is divided into small sections. One area was devoted to Border Patrol vehicles. Another honored those agents that had died. One section explained the history of the Patrol, how it originated, and its evolution over time. It’s a nice little museum that doesn’t take long to explore.
Of course, I was there to see the jeeps. In fact, their 1947 CJ-2A is one of the center-pieces of the vehicle exhibit. The jeep was assembled by volunteers. The front frame rails have more patches than a leftovers quilt. And, the floors aren’t particularly pretty. But, it’s doing the job!
Craig spotted this cool RC FC jeep. You can see how he created the cab at RCCrawler.com.
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“Too many toy trucks, have another one on the drawing board, this one has to find a new home before it starts seeing rock rash!
March ’15 RC Driver Show Off of the Month Winner!
Build thread – is at RCCrawler.com, sorry eBay will not let post the link. Just Google, scale 1958 Jeep FC170 RC Crawler – I must be crazy! That’s the link.
Custom styrene cab, interior and dash with diamond plate rear bed.
LockedUp RC hardware
HandBros CMS mount
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Steve forwarded this ebay item. The photo pack includes two images that reference the jeep as a ‘peep’.
“YOU ARE LOOKING AT A 20 PC. SET OF VINTAGE WWII PHOTOGRAPHS IN THEIR OWN ORIGINAL HOLDER. PHOTOS DEPICT INFANTRYMEN, TANKS, JEEPS, CANNONS AND MISCELLANEOUS MILITARY VEHICLES. PHOTOS MEASURE APPROX. 3″ X 2″. ALL ARE IN WXCELLENT CONDITION.”
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On Wednesday I had a slight relapse, mostly from lack of sleep, but Wednesday night I finally got some good sleep (10 hours worth) with the help of Tylenol PM. That’s exactly what I needed. All Thursday I felt like myself. Ann felt good all day too (even got herself a pedicure).
Feeling confident, we will hit the road again today (Friday) and we will FINALLY be in Texas by Friday evening! It’s only taken a week and a half to get there. Our first stop in El Paso is to see a museum about some jeeps.
And so we bid adeiu to Fred and Cindy, the Stong Hospital and Recovery Compound, and the panoramic backyard view we enjoyed through sickness and in health. Not much happens in their backyard, but it was enough to entertain us for a week whether day or night.
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Roberto Flores forwarded his latest doodle. My doodles NEVER look that good 🙂
Craig forwarded this November 1959 ‘Jeep Service and Parts News’ business tip for recruiting new clients for your jeep business.
Don’t forget the MVCC swap meet this weekend in Lodi!
http://www.mvccnews.net/event_pages/tower_park/tower_park_spring.htm
Lots of parts & and lots of vehicles. Parts for WWII Willys MB’s, Ford GWP”S, M151, Dodge WC trucks, tanks, half track’s etc.
Held at:
The Stockton Delta KOA Campground (Tower Park)
14900 W. Hwy 12 ( 5 miles west of Hwy 5 )
Lodi, Ca 95242″
Straight from our Jakarta bureau comes this video about a ‘Jiffy jeep’ team that could use a little more practice. However, what they lack in speed, they make up for in enthusiasm. The event was part of the Parjo 2015. If you are up on your Indonesian language skills, then you can read the story in full.
If you’ve never seen a Jiffy Jeep quickly disassembled and reassembled, then you’ll enjoy this link: http://www.ewillys.com/tag/quick-disassemble/
This article appeared in The Lima News, out of Lima, Ohio. Buy a bond and get a ride in a Jeep. That sounds like it was worth the price! I don’t see a year listed on the article.
This 1943 photo from the Denver Public Library’s digital collection shows that these elementary school children were busy. They helped purchase 4 jeeps! There are several other photos from the same event.
http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15330coll23/id/9467/rec/6
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To whom should credit be given for that all-too-accurate phrase, ‘no good deed goes unpunished’? One need look no further than our bedroom to comprehend its accuracy. To wit, my wonderful wife who cared for me during my darkest hours with the plague has now succumbed to its wretched claws. Now she suffers the coughs, the chills, and all manner of inhumane indignities brought on by the horrid influenza. Tissues (with aloe) shall become her solace as she extricates the worst of dregs, nasally, from her being.
On a sunnier note, as of this evening I have shaken the devil from me. No chills, no fever, no sweating, and no more tissues!! It is no less a miracle than Jesus with Lazarus. I am reborn!
So, yes dear readers, we remain in quarantine for a couple more days. We are now a month behind my initial schedule. Fortunately, schedules matter naught to us!
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This photo was published on Facebook by the Museum of Moab and shows Alice and Mac McKinney’s CJ-3A at Arches National Monument in 1963 (it didn’t become a National Park until 1971). I haven’t been to the Museum of Moab (didn’t know it existed — we’ll have to give it a try next time we are through there).
Seth spotted this on eBay, but not until after it sold. It’s the first one I’ve seen.
UPDATE: **SOLD**? Was $450.
It’s not in bad condition, but hardly ‘mint’.
“1930’s jeep usa pedal car. Mint shape”
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I felt better today, but still sneezing and coughing quite a bit, so I laid low. However, Ann spent some time wandering around Alamogordo taking photos (good for her!). She even managed to wiggle her way onto private grounds to photograph a building used in several movies (Fred and Cindy tells us that usually NO ONE is allowed to go inside the gates). I hope to publish some of her photos on Wednesday. We will most likely leave Tularosa on Wednesday.
I got a bit of good news. Ann and I will be the inaugural guests at Red River’s Bed and Breakfast in Fredericksburg, Texas (once the plague leaves me and we can make it there). Tomorrow I will nail down a date with James.
James runs the Red River Jeep Tours in Red River, NM, along with the Uncorked Wine Tour and now a bed and breakfast in Fredericksburg.
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Her are a couple additional illustrations. Based on a quick look of Mr. Arifman’s projects, it appears they are well done.
Roberto writes, both have been commissioned by Mr. Firman A. Arifman, from Indonesia. He´s a Willys jeep restorer and his company is called “Reborn Workshop”, located at Yakarta. This is its Facebook website:
These are generally priced higher on eBay. This is similar to the Grrrumbler.
“Beautiful Molded in Orange – Vintage MPC Trailblazer 1/25 Scale Off-Road Willys Jeep! A 34 year old kit. Made in the U.S.A. 1979-80 Fundimensions Inc. MPC kit. Very good condition – The box has slight shelf ware. The engine and one differential has been partially built. Nothing has been painted. Everything in the pictures is included. $29. No texting.”
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I stuck to the bed on Sunday. I’m not terribly sick by any means, just semi-tortured by a continuous cough that won’t let me sleep or talk much without coughing. Hopefully with a day of rest, we’ll be ready to go by Tuesday.
On the positive side, I’ve had time to read a couple books. I’m particularly enjoying a book called Great Stagecoach Robberies of the Old West. As the title indicates, it is a history of major stagecoach robberies!
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This 1955 article in the September/October issue of Willys News highlights how dealer Elmer Horstmeyer uses his service jeep to generate more revenue.
Blaine shared a link to this early Willys Overland history article.
http://myautoworld.com/chrysler/cars/history/jeep/jeep-company-history/jeep-company-history.html
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I was feeling better Saturday morning, so rather than rest, Uncle Fred and Aunt Cindy joined Ann and I for a short road trip into New Mexico’s mountains to hunt down a former gold town called White Oaks.
The first hour of the trip consisted of flat New Mexican landscape and an even less interesting highway. However, the company kept that part of the journey interesting.
We stopped in the tiny town of Carrizozo to grab some Advil, as Fred has suffered a serious and life-threatening elbow injury at the hands of his grandchildren, whom Fred has discovered are now big enough to mob him and take him down. And by life-threatening elbow injury I mean the injury effects his dominant arm, thus it seriously curtails the ability for him to eat or drink with it (hence, threatens his way of life).
It turned out that the arm injury was a blessing for the rest of us, because as Cindy and I sat in the Jeep waiting for Ann and Fred to return, we spotted a donkey (or ass??) on top of a building a block away that was off the well-traveled highway. When Ann and Fred returned, we decided to investigate.
Don was asked to share pics of his 1961 wagon. It sure looks great! He included a photo of an earlier jeep as well. He’s owned 19 jeeps over the past 35 years. He’s currently working on a 1962 truck. I’d say he’s got a serious case of the Willys sickness!