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Here’s an interesting photo showing an early water fording test from the Baltimore Sun archives.
“JEEP GETS WATER TEST: LT JOHN CULLAR, OF OAKLAND, CALIF, TESTS A JEEP FOR ITS AMPHIBIOUS POSSIBILITIES EXPOSED PARTS SUCH AS THE MANIFOLD, THE CARBURATOR, INTAKE AND OIL BREATHER PIPE ARE SEALED AND EXTENDED UPWARD; THUS PREVENTING THE DANGEROUS POSSIBILITY OF SALT WATER SEEPING. LT CULLAR IS A MEMBER OF THE VETERAN AMERICAL DIVISION.”
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I *think* the jeep in this photo from the Baltimore Sun archives is tied/attached to a raft and is churning its way across the water while towing another raft. Or am I incorrect?
“Los Angeles, Calif. The amphibian jeep is here shown pulling an anti aircraft gun.”
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I believe this photo shows a Bantam BRC-40 being lowered from or loaded onto a ship.
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Charles tracked down these for our viewing enjoyment.
Charles spotted these.
Charles found these at WW2 Archives and a few other places.
Charles spotted this trencher photo at the Jalopy Journal.
http://www.jalopyjournal.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-428585-p-112.html
Marc forwarded this great photo.
“Amphibian Jeeps Assembly Line 1943”
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This unfortunate policeman fell out of the jeep. I wonder if there were a series of pictures that captured this.
“This is an original press photo. Credit-Cleveland PressPhoto measures 7.25 x 8.75inches. Photo is dated 03-25-1952.”
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Charles found some jeep pics in the Jalopy Journal archives. This first photo of Edsel Ford in a Ford GP is from Wayne State University.
If you plant a jeep in a field, will it grow?
“Vintage, original “snapshot” photograph circa 1940s, measures 2 1/2″ x 3 1/2″ in very good condition. Photo taken by a member of the “205th Transportation Battalion” which was stationed in “Stuttgart, Germany”.”
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Is this some type of Hotchkiss prototype?
“1950 French Army jeep driving near Paris Press Photo 90
You are bidding on an original press photo See Scan Below ~ Photo is 8 x 10 in size.”
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I wonder how deep that river was?
“GI’s from the 45th Infantry Division’s 157th Regiment ford the Moselle River in a Willys Jeep, Fall 1944 near Igney, France !!”
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Marc spotted this unique press photo of Jack Price.
“This is an original press photo. Credit-Cleveland PressPhoto measures 8 x 10inches. Photo is dated 08-03-1946.”
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Note the jeep is a Willys MA
Here is are a couple photos of a jeep building over time:
This first jeep looks like some kind of customized fire/crash wagon.
Alex du Prel from Tahiti-Pacifique magazine shared these D-Day photos.
Here are some more pics Charles found.
Notice the track and the guide below the front of the jeep’s bumper. This photo came from Mission4Today.com
“Several students at Page Field in Fort Myers (ca 1945) with a jeep, the mechanical mule of the army that carried a target around on a circular cement track. The jeep itself was protected by a large embankment in the background. The students are over the right side of the embankment and shoot at a target.”
UPDATE II (09/11/2013): Brian and Bruce each sent a photo. See below pink surrey photos.
UPDATE (09/10/2013): Brian shared these pics of a Surrey with a Kelly hardtop. He bought the hardtop, but not the jeep.See Brian’s pic and info underneath the pink surrey hardtop photos.
Unfortunately, there’s no description. Only the date of July 1965.
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(09/11/2013) Brian sent this photo of the door after it was sand blasted.
(09/11/2013) Bruce forwarded this photo of the surrey without the top.
(09/10/2013) Brian’s photos of a 1961 DJ-3A Surrey:
Brian writes, “It’s not the same Jeep. My top has never had an i.d. tag on it which i always thought was odd. When i bought the top, the Jeep was only in Florida for a year or two at the time. Before that it was in Virginia where it had spent most of it’s life, the same State that the top was built in. The story was something like: a lady bought the Surrey new in ’61 and then (i think) it was sold to a serviceman around the time of Vietnam. He put the Jeep in storage and it sat there for well over 30 years, hence why it was in such good shape. I can’t remember who had the top put on it.
I found two more pics that show a bit of the pink paint, in the rear cargo area some is showing on the ribs and the front floor shot shows a line of pink around the body seam. I had underhood pics that showed alot of pink paint that the cheaper paint didn’t adhere too well to but i can’t find them.“
I found Poker Flat, California, but I couldn’t locate a “Poker Flats”. Anyone recognize the town?
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