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January 1943 Cover of Collier’s Magazine

• CATEGORIES: Artists/Drawings, Features, Magazine, toys This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

Most of you have probably seen this, but for documentation purposes, this high-flying kid in a toy jeep made the cover the January 30, 1943, issue of Collier’s Magazine. There are a couple pretty cheap issues on eBay.

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Women’s? CJ-5 Bracelet on eBay

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Maybe your significant other would like this? I think mine deals with enough jeep stuff.

View all the information on eBay

“Great present for a wife, girlfriend or daughter. Jeep CJ Wrangler bracelet is in very nice condition has shows minimal wear.”

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Coffee 3B in Cartagena, Colombia

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This was shared yesterday on Facebook by a woman visiting Cartagena, Colombia. Now I want some coffee.

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Jeep Showcase @ Camp Plymouth/MVCC Event April 16-21, 2019

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UPDATE: Tomorrow is Camp Plymouth. They’ve got over 260 sites booked, so it should be good for parts.

This year’s Camp Plymouth-Military Vehicle Collectors of California event April 16-21 will include a Friday jeep showcase that will include pre-1987 military and civilian vehicles.

Learn more here: http://mvccnews.net/plymouth_spring.html

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Circa 1951 Framed Wagon Ad Mt. Joy, PA $10

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Given it’s framed, it seems like a good price for someone.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2302910539997101/

“vintage car ad, Willys Statin Wagon,”

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1945 Baby Jeep and Military Police Photo

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UPDATE: Fred provided information indicating the photo was taken around 1945 at the Place de la Concorde in Paris.

Roger Martin shared this photo from Facebook.

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Jeep w/ Perkins Diesel Brochure

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Here’s a better look at the Introduction to new ‘Jeep’ Universals with Perkins Diesel Power brochure.

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1962 Military Vehicles Brochure

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UPDATE: Here’s the scanned version of this January 1961 military vehicles brochure, It highlights the M-38A1 and M-170.

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Transmission Raffles @ Willys Reunion

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Bob Christy let me know that the 2019 Spring Willys Jeep Reunion will be holding TWO raffles: One raffle for a transmission rebuild and one raffle for a rebuilt T-90. Learn more here: http://www.willysreunion.com/Raffle.htm

“You can buy a ticket to bring your transmission to the show (friday) and tear it down alongside Joe Deyoung, then rebuild it Saturday with parts supplied by Novak. A local transmission shop is going to hot tank it for us friday afternoon. We even have a selection of gears on hand in case new ones are needed.

Alternatively, you can buy a ticket to win the T90 joe is building. Winner need not be present for that, we can ship on the winner’s dime.”

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1944 Photo of a Press Jeep in Paris

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This photo was published in the October 21, 1944, issue of the Saturday Evening Post.

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