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1943 Sleep, Baby, Sleep (In Your Jeep) Music on ebay

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I can’t say I’ve ever heard this song.

“SLEEP, BABY, SLEEP (IN YOUR JEEP)
Lyric by Al Dubin, music by James V. Monaco
from ‘STAGE DOOR CANTEEN’, 1943”

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Ooops . . .

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Do you think he was the driver of this overturned M-38A1?

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Photo of Ford GP at Camp Croft on eBay

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The photo of a Ford GP is one of several photos from Camp Croft, South Carolina.

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1957 Mechanix Illustrated Article about the New FC-150

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In honor of this weekend’s FC Northwest Gettogether in Tacoma, Washington, I thought this article was appropriate. McCahill isn’t shy about some of his ‘beefs’ with the new FC.

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Thursday July 31: Colville to Priest Lake

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<– Wed. July 30th Oroville to Colville | North Washington Trip

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This map only shows our route from Colville to Priest River, but we drove home late Thursday night.

I stayed up late Wednesday night completing emails and posts, so we stayed in bed until 10AM at Benny’s Colville Inn motel in downtown Colville. The motel was a solid 1 1/2 stars. We had a king bed with slightly uneven box springs. The bottom sheet wasn’t fitted, so it moved easily underneath us. But, the room was quiet, cool, and comparatively cheap. The lobby was unusual, part taxidermy showcase and part firearms museum. The staff was friendly, especially an older female gardner who began to talk to us and wouldn’t stop. I finally had to close the room door, albeit graciously, while she talked until she couldn’t see us anymore. She was a little off . . .

The other oddity we encountered involved the water. When we took our showers, we had the MOST difficult time washing the soap off of us. Either they softened the water too much or there was something else in the water, but neither of us could recall such a difficult time removing soap. Since we’d brought the soap from home, we knew it had to be something in the water (we finally had to use towels to feel clean of the soap).

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At 11AM we pulled out of the motel, the temperature already in the low 80s. It was going to be hot again. We drove up to Kettle Falls, then turned to drive north toward Canada. Our first stop was at the Roosevelt Reservoir, a large body of water fed by the Columbia River, which winds through much of Washington State until it flows by our home in Pasco a couple miles away. One of the neat aspects of the Roosevelt Reservoir area is that the shorelines remain free of houses, giving the area a remote, peaceful feeling.

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Roosevelt Reservoir behind us.

Back on Hwy 25, we stopped at every campground to evaluate them for future camping. Our favorite place was a small no-reservation campground called North Gorge. This campsite would have been perfect had we brought the motorhome. There were no other sites adjacent to it.

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Wednesday July 30th: Oroville to Colville

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<– July 28th/29th Pasco to Oroville | North Wash Trip | July 31st Colville to Priest Lake –>

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In 1986 during a jeep drive around Washington I stopped by to visit my great aunt and uncle, Tom and Ev in Oroville. That’s when I took the top photo. Yesterday, I decided to recreate the photo. Since Tom has since passed, I stood in for him.

As I remembered from my previous visit to Oroville in 1986, my great aunt Ev was a gracious host and great cook. We awoke at eight O-clock on Wednesday morning to find a table set with fresh fruit and home made granola. She also whipped up some eggs and bacon for us. Good stuff!

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After breakfast we toured the apple orchards that they farmed for many years before selling them. Naturally, if she needs some fresh fruit during the summer, she doesn’t have to go far out her backdoor to find some!

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At 90yo, she still can farm a mean garden! The orchards are behind her garden. In the background stands “Numbers Mountain” where the high schoolers used to paint mark their class years.

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Three Jeeps in New Jersey

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Joe’s son-in-law drives a truck in New Jersey and forwarded this cool photo to Joe. You don’t see three jeeps on a trailer too often.

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Tuesday July 28th & 29th — Pasco to Winthrop to Oroville

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North Washington Trip | July 30th Oroville to Colville –>

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US near the pass on road FS 37, northeast of Winthrop, WA

MONDAY: Pasco to Winthrop 2014-07-28-pasco-winthropWe left Pasco at noon on Monday the 28th. It was already 100 degrees. It’s a good thing the jeep has air-conditioning! There was nothing particularly interesting (or I should say it’s a drive I’ve done often enough to be bored with it) until we reached Dry Falls State Park, which once was the site of the largest waterfall in the world. As you can see from the pics, the view is pretty good. They had some pretty good looking food, too. We had ice-cream. 2014-07-28-sun-lakes-dry-falls-state-park2 2014-07-28-sun-lakes-dry-falls-state-park3 2014-07-29-conconully-3 Continue reading

 
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Roberto’s GPA Illustration

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If that’s how Roberto Flores rolls, it’s time to visit!

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1942 Popular Mechanics “Miracle on Wheels”

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This November 1942 article from Popular Mechanics titled “Miracle on Wheels” featured the jeep and shared some of the success stories from its use internationally. You can read the entire issue on Google or purchase a cheap copy off of eBay

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Photo of Holden Ambulance Jeep @ Saipan on eBay

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Marc found this interesting photo of a Holden Ambulance jeep during the battle of Saipan on eBay. The text on the back of the photo is hard to read.

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1952 Ad Featuring Hy-Rail Wagon

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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay

Here’s a neat Northern Pacific Railroad ad from the 1952 November issue of the Saturday Evening Post featuring a Willys Hy-Rail Wagon.

1952-11-sat-evening-post-hyrail-wagonI also ran across this Southern Pacific Hi-Rail Wagon from freerails.com:
http://www.freerails.com/view_topic.php?id=3656&forum_id=46

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Photo of General Montgomery’s Jeep on eBay

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According to the caption, this photo shows the rear of General Montgomery’s jeep as prisoners walk by it.

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Trip Through Northeastern Washington

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2014-winthrop-to-newport-tripFor our anniversary (which is today) we are taking a short trip through northeastern Washington. Above is an approximate map of our trip. We head to Winthrop today, then will make our way through some forest service roads before taking backroads to Oroville. Then we plan to hang as far north as we can before we drop down to Newport (or somewhere close to that).

 

 
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Jeeps Produced in San Paulo

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This photograph is part of a Popular Mechanics article from October, 1959. The article highlights the success American car manufacturers were having by producing cars in the San Paulo region, which the writer describes as the ‘Chicago’ of South America.

You can read the entire article here

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Lined-up Jeeps await delivery outside the Willys-Overland of Brazil factory at Sao Bernardo do Campo, Sao Paulo’s industrial suburb. This expanding plant will soon be producing 250 Jeeps, cars and station wagons per day.

 
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Pics from Charles

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Charles forwarded some more photos.

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2 Dualmatic Hubs Boonville, IL **SOLD**

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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $75.

They could use some cleaning, but not a bad price.

Off my old 47 willys cj2a. Dualmatic selector hubs. Great shape! $75.00 cash please. Feel free to call or email (put “Dualmatic” in heading so no spam)..but no texting please. Thanks”

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Fire Jeep Photos

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Charles forwarded these two photos. Note there is also a FC in the background of one photo.

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1944 Photo of Soldiers Fixing Jeep on eBay

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Marc found this photo taken in Nettuno, Italy.

“1944- U.S. soldiers work to repair a jeep damaged during fighting in the Nettuno area of Italy.”

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1947 Recruitment Ad on eBay

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The recruitment ad used a jeep as a carrot.

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Monroe Hydraulic Lift Brochure

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This Monroe Lift Brochure arrived while I was on vacation. It’s a great little brochure. The FarmJeep page has information on the Monroe lift, including this Monroe lift parts list.

Also, if you’ve never visited Clint Dixon’s Dodge Power Wagon Monroe Lift page, it’s worth a look. There he has some detailed drawing of the Monroe Lifts. He also has a great photo page that shows a Dodge Power Wagon and the Monroe Lift using different implements.

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Love Tractor and Hydraulic Lift System

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Speaking of Hydraulic Lifts, the Love Tractor Company (or perhaps more accurately Love Industries — I’m not clear on the difference) made a lift and also sold a willys-engine powered tractor.

According to the Standard Catalog of Farm Tractors 1890-1980, by C.H. Wendel, Love Tractor offered model J51 that was built around a Willys CJ-2A engine. This may have been a repurposed Empire Tractor, because at least one source suggests Love purchased eighteen Empire Tractors when Empire dissolved. Anyone know more about the ‘Willys’ Love Tractor?

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Standard Catalog of Farm Tractors 1890-1980, by C.H. Wendel

Love Tractor also created a hydraulic three-point lift system. At CJ3a.info is a page devoted to the lift. At the Farm Jeep site is a scan of the brochure.

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The February 1947 issue of Popular Science has an article on the Love Hydraulic Lift System distributed by Newgren.

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There is also an article about the Love system and Newgren in a 1949 issue of Farm implement news – Volume 70 – Page 56.

 
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Photo Featuring Holden Jeeps

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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay

Marc found this great photo of two Holden modified jeeps.

“This No Reserve auction is for an original vintage WW2 Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo that measures approx. 8″ x 10”. This is an original photo, not a re-print or copy. Photo is 70 years old and may show expected age. Some photos may have small creasing, pin holes and/or show slight yellowing. The caption on the reverse reads in part …

NOW IT’S A HOSPITAL — Jeeps, fitted with stretcher racks, pull up to this wrecked Jap building on Saipan which the Marines are using for a hospital. The zig-zag camouflage didn’t help much as evidenced by the hits scored by Naval and artillery fire in the early part of the campaign …
OFFICIAL U.S. MARINE CORPS PHOTO

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1944 Last Issue of ‘The Jeep’ **SOLD**

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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay.

The Jeep was a newspaper published at the Monterey Presidio in California. The Defense Language Institute in Monterey has a collection of issues from 1943-1944. The one below was published November 4, 1944, and is supposed to be the last one.

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1964 Photo of Helicopter carrying M-38A1C on eBay

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It may be a simulated exercise, but it’s a handy way to move a jeep!

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