videos Research Archives

videos

To Top

Electric Motor Built into a Chev V-8 Block

• CATEGORIES: Features, videos This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

Steve shared this unusual modification. This experienced hot rodder built an electric motor into a V8 block to make it look like a traditional engine. To improve the engine’s range, he installed a V8 into the bed of the truck which will power a pair of generators.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/enthusiasts/hot-rodders-hybrid-1936-pickup-hides-an-electric-motor-inside-a-chevy-small-block-v8/ar-BB13wvKB?ocid=spartanntp

The build:

 
To Top

First Generation Wagoneer Restoration by The Jeep Farm LLC

• CATEGORIES: Features, videos This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

Mark Smith (JeepTruck.com) and Drew Norman (The Jeep Farm) teamed up again for another video:

 
To Top

Early 1980s Tour of the Toledo Jeep Plant

• CATEGORIES: Features, videos This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

Roger spotted this early 1980s video tour of the Toledo Jeep Plant on Facebook. I believe I’ve figured out a way to share it even if you don’t have an FB account. Hopefully, this works for everyone.

Here’s the original link just in case the movie doesn’t work for some folks: https://www.facebook.com/AmericanMotorsMovie/videos/202921640972219/

 
To Top

1978 Jeep Expedition of the Americas

• CATEGORIES: Features, videos • TAGS: This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

Mark Smith was the leader of the 1978 Jeep Expedition of the Americas (also known as the Expedicion de Las America), a 20,000-mile, 120 day odyssey that covered the Americas. Much of the trip was on roads, with the offloading of the the Darien Gap, the section of land between Colombia and Panama, the focus of the trip.

The narrator in the movie notes, rather dramatically and erroneously, that the Gap had only been crossed once before by the British Army. In fact, the Darien Gap had been crossed at least once before in 1960 by a group in a Landrover and a Willys truck, the story of which was published in National Geographic and clearly titled “We Drove Panama’s Darien Gap“. Though Frank and Helen Schreider drove the entire length of the Americas in their SEEP, Tortuga, in 1954, one place they didn’t attempt to drive, but instead floated around, was the Darien Gap.

Fortunately for us, the 1978 trip was captured on video, so we can enjoy some of what they saw during their adventure. Vimeo currently has a twenty-seven minute video of the trip. It’s a little dated at times, but still interesting to watch:

expedition-darien-gap

 

 
To Top

1953 Ramar of the Jungle Program

• CATEGORIES: Features, videos This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

Mike shared this episode one of season one introduction to the Ramar of the Jungle TV program. It opens with an MB overheating. At one point one of the guys removes the radiator cap (I kept wincing, waiting for water to explode out of it). At another point, the same guy starts to “work” on the brakes by banging on something (didn’t sound like the brakes) with a wrench.

 
To Top

Season 1, Ep 2: Wagoneer Restoration

• CATEGORIES: Features, videos • TAGS: This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

This is season 1, episode 2, by Mark and Tom Smith of Jeeptruck.com from his series with Drew Norman at his Jeep Farm in Phoenix.

 
To Top

Season 2, Ep 2: What is the Jeep Farm w/ Drew Norman

• CATEGORIES: Features, videos • TAGS: This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

This is season 2, episode 2, by Mark and Tom Smith of Jeeptruck.com from his series with Drew Norman at his Jeep Farm in Phoenix.

What Is The Jeep Farm? Drew Norman’s Garage in Phoenix, Arizona:

 
To Top

Season 2, Ep 1: Working On the Jeep Farm w/ Drew Norman

• CATEGORIES: Features, videos • TAGS: This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

This is season 2, episode 1, by Mark and Tom Smith of Jeeptruck.com from his series with Drew Norman at his Jeep Farm in Phoenix. Drew’s done some nice work updating this 1970 Wagoneer.

Season 2 Episode 1 in the series Working on the Jeep Farm with Drew Norman …Custom 1970 Jeep Wagoneer Build by The Jeep Farm | Axles, Stereo, More

 

 
To Top

George Baxter’s Early 2A w/MB Frame Rebuild

• CATEGORIES: Features, videos This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

This is an interesting story. George Baxter of ArmyJeepParts.com rebuilt this 1946 CJ-2A with a Willys MB frame, one of handful of production CJ-2As with MB frames. Thanks to Mark Smith and WarJeeps.com for alerting me.

 
To Top

UPDATE: Jeep’s Groundhog Day Commercial with Bill Murray

• CATEGORIES: Features, videos This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

UPDATE: There’s an interesting story about the making of this commercial; it almost didn’t happen. It was shot in the same town where Murray shot Groundhog Day, just two weeks before the SuperBowl. Murray calls it his first and last national commercial.

https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/03/how-jeep-landed-bill-murray-for-its-groundhog-day-super-bowl-ad.html

==========================

Original Post Feb 2, 2020: Maury alerted me to this funny commercial. Hope you all enjoy it.

 
To Top

Jeeps in January 2020

• CATEGORIES: Features, videos This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

Scott Gilbert shared these pics and the video from Joe DeYoung’s annual winter jeep gathering. Looks like a good time! A shout out is also in order to Richard Darr from Washougal Classic Jeep, who supplied some discounted rebuild parts.

As part of the event this weekend, Joe rebuilt a 1 1/8 shaft D18 to raffle at the Spring Willys Reunion (May 15-16, 2020). They’ll also be building one live at the show.

2020-jeeps-in-january3b 2020-jeeps-in-january1b 2020-jeeps-in-january2b

 

 
To Top

Greatest Show on Earth

• CATEGORIES: Features, videos This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

Since the last ad in the post above promoted “The Greatest Show on Earth”, I figured it would be neat to see some video footage of an ad from that show. Here is one:

 
To Top

1953 Mighty Mite Video

• CATEGORIES: Features, videos This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

What a great early video showing Mighty Mite testing.

 
To Top

Buster Keaton Lessons In Living Jeep Commercials

• CATEGORIES: Features, videos This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

I didn’t realize the Buster Keaton had done multiple commercials for Jeep under the brand “Lessons In Living”. Here are three that I found:

1 At the end of this commercial Jeep highlights the Hong Kong and Maverick TV series:

2. This is the most common version I’ve seen on line: 

3. You can depend on a service station jeep owner:

Continue reading

 
To Top

1958ish Snow Removal Commercial

• CATEGORIES: Features, videos This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

Tis the season for a snow removal commercial. This one must be about 60 years old.

 
To Top

Willys-Overland Universal Jeep 1948 Videos

• CATEGORIES: Features, videos This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

Brendan, who used to run This-old-jeep, posted this 3-part video back in 2010. The video was produced by Willys-Overland to help sell the new CJ-2A. I don’t think I’ve ever seen them.

Part I:

Part II:

Part III:

 
To Top

VIDEO: Ford Reconnissance Cars Join The Army

• CATEGORIES: Bantam-FordGP-WillysMA-EarlyJPs, Features, videos This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

I’ve posted something similar to this video, but not this specific one (at least that I can find). This early 1941 film reel is narrated and shares the news that Ford’s Reconnissance Cars would be joining the Army. The video is located at the National Archives.

 
To Top

1952 Navy Foam Fire Fighting Jeep Prototype

• CATEGORIES: Features, Fire/Police/Industry Vehicles, videos • TAGS: This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

UPDATE: Thanks to Ted, below I’ve added an article and more images from a March 1953 Popular Science article about the little fire fighting jeep, also known as the “Little Squirt”.

1953-03-pop-sci-fire-fighting-jeep1 1953-03-pop-sci-fire-fighting-jeep2 1953-03-pop-sci-fire-fighting-jeep3 1953-03-pop-sci-fire-fighting-jeep4 1953-03-pop-sci-fire-fighting-jeep5 1953-03-pop-sci-fire-fighting-jeep6
This video from the National Archives Catalog shows a special-purpose fire fighting jeep the Navy was testing. The video is divided into two parts. The first part shows the jeep fighting a fire. The second part shows the jeep from various angles. I’ve also included some images from the video below. (If the video is slow or doesn’t work, go here to download the video).


1952-us-navy-fire-fighting-video7

Continue reading

 
To Top

More on The New Mexico Jeep Derbys

• CATEGORIES: Features, Magazine, Racing, videos • TAGS: , This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

The February 1963 issue of Popular Mechanics included an article about the New Mexico Jeep Derby held annually in Truth or Consquences, New Mexico. It’s a great article about the early days of jeep racing. I’ve also included a video of one Derby race, but the quality is poor. Still, in some clips, you can see just how much the co-pilot shifts his body around the jeep.

View Popular Mechanics February 1963 at Google Books

1963-02-jeep-derby-crisis-on-wheels5 1963-02-jeep-derby-crisis-on-wheels6 1963-02-jeep-derby-crisis-on-wheels7 1963-02-jeep-derby-crisis-on-wheels8 1963-02-jeep-derby-crisis-on-wheels9

 

 

 
To Top

1960s Commercial for American Oil

• CATEGORIES: Features, videos This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

Robin shared this great vintage ad that includes a jeep.

 
To Top

Mighty Mite Demonstration Video

• CATEGORIES: Features, videos This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

This video shows an early Might Mite being tested.

https://www.criticalpast.com/video/65675077115_M422-Mighty-Mite_driving-jeep_soldier-aboard_driving-without-one-wheel

mighty-mite-video-test

 
To Top

How to Waterproof Your Willys Jeep

• CATEGORIES: Features, videos This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

UPDATE: This video is now included on this website: https://www.motorious.com/articles/news/365606/how-military-waterproofed-willys-jeeps

============================

Original Post appear July 2014:

 
To Top

Terminal Apex video of Modified MB

• CATEGORIES: Features, videos This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

I can’t remember who shared this video (my apologies), but it’s nicely produced one. I’m might get a little geeky and quibble with some of the history as presented, but overall it’s a video about a guy who loves his jeep.

 
To Top

Yipao Video Article

• CATEGORIES: Features, videos This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

Russel shared this video article subtitled in English about the Colombian Yipaos.

 
To Top

Brazilian Rural Wagon Video

• CATEGORIES: Features, videos • TAGS: This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

This Brazilian tutorial about the Willys Rural Wagon and Truck was spotted by Carl. Portuguese speakers might find it interesting.

I hadn’t noticed it before, but some of the Rural wagons and Jeepsters have a “Parkette”-looking fiberglass stripe along the sides. Maybe that’s where Paul Parker got the idea?

parkett-rural-side-stripes