The Summer 2023 issue of Dispatcher Magazine arrived in my mailbox yesterday. That cover photo is beautiful (much better than my lousy scan would suggest). The issue includes an unknown-to-me story of how the Olympics helped sell the Jeep Comanche.
Features Research Archives
Daniel Strohl’s Last Article with Hemmings
Bill shared Daniel Strohl’s last article for Hemmings, which is less an article and more of a wish list of articles he had hoped to write, but, for various reasons, couldn’t. One of those article was the FC-150 Commuter Van, but he never uncovered it. You can read his “Untold Auto Stories” below:
Video: Salvage Workshop Saves Five Jeeps and Parts
Barry shared this cool video showing a Salvage Workshops great find: five jeeps and parts.
Feel Good: A Group of Students Rebuild Jeep
Bill shared this nice story about a group of students who rebuilt a family’s jeep after the owner died.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/2023/08/06/jeep-mechanic-coronoa-students-porter/
Roberto Flores’ Newest Sketches
“Phantom Automobiles” Postcard
Chris was wondering if anyone knows more about why this postcard describes these vehicles as “Phantoms”, especially when the look more like Ford GPs than Bantam prototypes?
CJ-5 Dealer Letter
Toby purchased a 1966 CJ-5 from an original owner and found this letter inside the owners manual. Note the last paragraph (no coverage for squeak and rattles, lol).