Monthly Archives: January 2014

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1949 Jeepster McMinnville, OR **SOLD**

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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $2000

“I have a rare 1949 Overland for sale not title, no engine or tranny. Can get title will the right documentation. Very little rust. Have most of chrome for the car and the rails for fold down top are all intact good project car. Car has been stored for over 30 years if interested call or text the number above.”

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1948 CJ-2A Taylorville, IL Make Offer

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No pics provided. It was listed last month, but I imagine it is still available.

“Up for sale is my grandpas 1948 willys jeep. He has no time for it anymore and needs to be gone. The jeep had sat in the woods for 20 years. And my grandparents were moving so I had to pull it out. Everything original is all there. If interested there is another complete chassis minus the body you can also have. (719) 315-7170 give me a text.”

http://springfieldil.craigslist.org/cto/4241112608.html

 

 
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1943 MB? Bargersville, IN $2700

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This is a project, but includes a GPA motor.

“I have a 1943 Willys jeep for sale, in process of restoring but moving forces sale, frames is excellent, normal rusted out areas for body, but easy fix, engine does turn over, transfer case is good, still some orginal paint on all parts, “F” stamped transmission and transfer case, GPA motor, rare engine. DOD is FEB 19-29 1943….Have title that matches orginal body/Frame. Engine was overhauled in Topeka KS 08/24/1945 with all STD bearings so you know it wasn’t abused. Has 4 Combat rims
In photo it has cj2 headlights but previous owner just mounted them there, not buckets, has hinged brackets under hood.”

http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/cto/4242130277.html

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1946 CJ-2A Akron, OH $800

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No pics provided.

“1946 Willy’s CJ2
Frame transmission ,Body, Grill ,Tailgate
not running
Have title”

http://akroncanton.craigslist.org/cto/4284128674.html

 
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1953 CJ-3B Clyde, OH $2000

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UPDATE: Still Available

(01/06/2014) Does not run.

“i am selling my 1953 willys jeep. it is in pretty good condition but does not run has very minimal rust. would make a good project it has a 2.8 buick motor in it and it will turn over but doesnt want to run thanks for looking 4196809786 2000 obo”

http://toledo.craigslist.org/cto/4273728974.html

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1961 Wagon Phoenix, AZ $5500

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UPDATE: Still Available

(08/01/2013) This looks solid. It has several updates.

“61 willy wagon
runs good
4X4 283 chevy motor with original transmission and axles (with over drive).
am open to reasonable offers
602-993-3797”

http://phoenix.craigslist.org/nph/cto/4284501681.html

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Jeeps @ the California Automobile Museum

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The California Automobile Museum (location) in Sacramento has at least three. I have been there yet, but it might be a potential stop on our California tour in March. The M-38 and CJ-2A were photographed by Jack Snell in August of 2013 (more great jeep photos by Jack in his photo stream).

This 1951 M-38 looks good:

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/jacksnell707/9623631181/ M-38 @ the California Automobile Museum

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/jacksnell707/9626867018/in/photostream/ M-38 @ the California Automobile Museum

This 1945 VEC CJ-2A looks very good:

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/jacksnell707/9626420176/lightbox/

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/jacksnell707/9626419994/

The museum also has a 1943 GPW which was photographed and posted here along with other images from the museum. Below is the photo of the GPW:

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More Photos from the Pictoral WWII Book

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Here are a few more photos from the “Pictoral History of the Second World War”.

This first photo is really interesting. Here’s the caption:

OUTWITTING THE NAZIS: A little thing like a capsized ship doesn’t stand in the way of the U.S. Army engineers. Here, in the Naples Harbor they have outwitted the Nazis and turned a deficit into an asset by transforming an overturned ship into a pier. Nazi demolition ships in the harbor at Naples, like this one, did not count on the ingenuity of the Engineers. The ship’s superstructure, digging into the harbor bottom, steadies the hull. All five hatches of a Liberty ship can be unloaded at once alongside this improvised pier. All during the campaign through Italy the Allies came across numerous scenes of destruction like the one pictured here, designed to slow up the Allied march to  victory in the former Mussolini stronghold.

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I wish the light had been better for this photo:1944-08-26-gpa-seep-eiffeltower

 
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Treeline Teardrop Trailers

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Tom Perkins’ company Treeline Teardrop Trailers out of Petaluma, California, offers both road and offroad trailers. Tom’s considering the purchase of a CJ-3B, which I think would look good pulling on his trailers. Here’s an example of the offroad one below.

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Container of 1940s Letters on eBay

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No jeeps here, but lots of interesting history.

View all the information on eBay

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“Interesting Lot of WWII era LETTERS –

some might be considered somewhat rare and/or unusual.

Lot of WWII letters that had belonged to my father-in-law, who served in the Army Air Force from 1943-1946.
He was trained as a photographer, trained at several bases and also stationed at the Stars and Stripes office in Erlangen, Germany.

I believe I counted over 240 letters in this lot.
There could be more than one letter in one envelope I noticed…
The bulk of the letters are from my father-in-law to his girlfriend, who later became his wife. Some are from her to him, a few are to and from their parents, one or two from her siblings to Ed when he was stationed away.

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