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Summer 2023 Dispatcher Magazine

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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. 
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Daniel Strohl’s Last Article with Hemmings

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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:

https://www.hemmings.com/stories/untold-auto-stories/

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Video: Salvage Workshop Saves Five Jeeps and Parts

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Barry shared this cool video showing a Salvage Workshops great find: five jeeps and parts.

 
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Feel Good: A Group of Students Rebuild Jeep

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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/

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Roberto Flores’ Newest Sketches

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Roberto shared these recent sketches of a brake assembly.

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“Phantom Automobiles” Postcard

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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?

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CJ-5 Dealer Letter

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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).

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