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Colin swears this isn’t him, but that surrey looks suspiciously similar to his. In his defense, I will say I’ve never seen him wear that red outfit to any FC Roundups, though it would match his Jeepster’s color. (see his Jeepster and Surrey here)
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Bruce spotted this photo of a Ford convertible top on an MB/GPW. It seems to fit pretty well.
“Original Vintage Snapshot Photo Willys Jeep CJ Convertible Automobile Size is 3.5×3.5″ inches.”
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The October 26, 1943, Fox Movietone featured a one minute clip about a Toledo, Ohio, Fire Jeep. It appears to be built on a Willys MB Slat Grille. The clip appears at the 6:53 mark of the video. I managed to get a few still images:
http://digital.tcl.sc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/mvtnwarfilm/id/783
This is a classic.
“You are bidding on an original press photo of Toledo Farmers Using Vintage Willys Overland Jeep . If the listing shows thin red and/or green lines, they are the result of a bad scan & they are NOT on the actual photo. Photo measures 7 x 9 inches and is dated 7/10/1945.”
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This 1955 July Willys News article highlights the naming of a Navajo baby named Jeep Chee. My attempts to learn more about Jeep Chee weren’t very successful. I did find this odd movie script. There is a more extensive article about Gwen and Marvin Walter in the July 1958 issue of Desert Magazine.
I’ve never heard of a jeep tour through a sewer.
“1949 Press Photo Portland city commissioners went on a jeep tour Thursday
This is an original press photo. Portland city commissioners went on a jeep tour Thursday through new 1 1/2 mile sewer running undreground from Columbia slough to Oregon slough. In front, from left, are Commissioners Ormond Bean, William Bowes and Driver Chuck Odell, Commissioner Fred Peterson is at upper right.Photo measures 7.25 x 9.5inches. Photo is dated 12-30-1949.”
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That’s a happy hunter.
“Original 1959 Press Photo 2×2 Negative Muddy Jeep Hunting 12 Pt Elk Head”
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I found this interesting article from the St. Petersburg Times in 1994. Island Cruisers was a Clearwater, Florida, company that refurbished old right-hand drive postal jeeps for export to island countries where people drive on the right hand side.
Jan and Robin Stach started the company. By the time this article was written, the company had sold 35 jeeps to the Bahamas, Grenada, Aruba, the Cayman Islands and Cancun. They were generally used for rentals. The company had another 30 jeeps in process. The Stachs feel that demand was huge and they hoped to mature into a company capable of producing 500 jeeps a month.
Unfortunately, I didn’t find any additional information on how successful (or not) or for how long the company operated.
Note: Another company started about the same time on the west coast called Safari-Kars
Johnny had some skills back in the day!
“1947 Press Photo Johnny Price of Indians Catches Flies Upside Down in a Jeep
This is an original press photo. Johnny Price, Cleveland Indians comedian, demonstrates, with the aid of a jeep, how the outfielder of 1950 will chase flies–even while upside down. Price showed how before exhibition game between Indians and New York Giants at Tucson, Arizona.Photo measures 9 x 7.25inches. Photo is dated 03-15-1947.”
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Great photo.
“1944- U.S. Marine and U.S. Navy Seabee shaking hands in front of sign erected by the 3rd Marine, 2nd Raider Regiment on Bougainville which reads:
So when we reach the Isle of Japan
With our caps at a jaunty tilt
We’ll enter the city of Tokyo
On the roads the seabees built.”
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The prisoner doesn’t seem all that upset about being captured.
“1943- Wounded German soldier is brought down from the hills around Salerno in a jeep ambulance for treatment at a dressing station behind Allied lines.”
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These old photos I bought off of eBay show aren’t the best. They capture a weekend of jeeping somewhere in California, possibly the Rubicon.
According to this story, Buddy Cowger lost the use of his legs due to cyanide poisoning. That didn’t stop him from driving the backroads of Utah in search of Uranium. He was a friend of Charlie Steen, a famous Uranium hunter out of Moab.
This testimonial was published in the July 1955 issue of Willys News.
I spent far too much time in the sun today. I could have used an umbrella like this!
“1943- British Signaller W. Bale working on his jeep using an umbrella for shade on Sicilian beach.”
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This was part of the training exercise at the Air Force’s Advanced Glider Detachment in Mobile, Alabama.
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Pfc. Harold B. Whiting of Plainfield, New Jersey, built an award-winning model jeep that in 1946 that landed temporarily on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This article was featured in the February 2, 1946, issue of the Afro-American. I wonder where that model is now??
An October 26, 1951, article from the Times-News of Henderson, North Carolina, reported that the State Supreme Court of Texas ruled jeeps were “uncouth . . . without beauty of line or body”! Obviously, this didn’t sit well with Willys Overland.
This photo celebrated the arrival of Pinky Tomlin‘s west coast “Camel Caravan” show. It included an escort of five jeeps and two command cars. The article appeared the June 12, 1942, issue of the Spokesman-Review. The jeep shown has a hood number of 2064482.
Cool photo.
“1942 Press Photo U.S. Army on Peeps and Anti Tank Guns.”
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Alex found this unusual photo on a French website (no credit was give for the photo). He thought it a historical re-enactement of the allied landing in Southern France in 1944. I think she might be photoshopped into the image (not sure). Certainly, the photo leaves little to the imagination.
Peter shared photos of a few jeeps he used to own.
He writes, Enclosed several photos of Jeeps in the 1960’s which I thought might be of interest. Two of these were taken outside Metamet the Jeep dealers in Daleham mews London around 1966 at the time I was making regular trips for parts.
The other photos show my first jeep CJG which I regrettably soon found out was more suitable as spares. It had at some time been given some form of conversion and the body extended, the rear enclosed with planks ! An extra length towbar can be seen. This jeep was beyond ever getting being put back on the road so was soon disposed of.
