Monthly Archives: April 2014

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1946 Photo of Jeeps in Tokyo on eBay

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Looks cold.

“You are bidding on an original 7 x 9 press photo of Tokyo Japan Army Jeeps at 5th Air Force HQ, covered in snow as the heaviest snow in more than 20 years blanketed Tokyo. Photographer Tom Shafer. Dated 2/12/1946.”

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Get to Know your Jerry Cans

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Marc discovered these two technical manuals that discuss Jerry Cans.

http://www.liberatedmanuals.com/TM-10-7200-200-13.pdf

 
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1945 VEC CJ-2A San Luis Obispo County, CA **SOLD**

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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $15,000

“I’ve decided to cell my jeep after 25 years of taking care of it.
It works perfectly, all three serial numbers match and tags are there #11809.
Body and tail gate #1821.
Body and frame have never been butchered or modified.
It has four original Monroe take apart shocks, rear seat, top bows, coil bracket
(No coil too bad) generator is original 6volt, with rubber brush cover, and I used a
Ford 12v regulator with the right bolt pattern to charge the battery. The rear end
Has a modified model 27 power lock with custom 300m axle shafts.
Comes with mis spares.”

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1952 Land Rover Orange County, CA **SOLD**

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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $17,850.

I don’t know what these are worth, but it’s pretty neat.

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“Up for sale is an amazing example original Land Rover Series 1 was designed by Maurice Wilks and launched by the Rover Company of Solihull on 30th April 1948. It had an 80inch wheelbase and a sturdy box section ladder-frame chassis. The open back with 3 seats in the front design was heavily influenced by the American World War. The Land Rover quickly became popular, the wheelbase was extended during the Series one production to give the vehicle a greater load capacity. Originally produced with a 1600cc Petrol engine, Land Rover replaced this with the larger 2.0 litre petrol engine which was fitted between 1951 and 1958.

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Year? Fiberglass Nampa, ID **SOLD**

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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $1500

This project is a mix of parts.

“1943 Willy’s Jeep CJ2A. The original body has been replaced with a fiberglass body. Comes with extra engine and transfer case. The motor ran a few years back, but has been parked in the shop since. Asking $2000 obo.”

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3 Wagons Penn Valley, CA $4500

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I only see pics of two of the three wagons.

“3 Excellent Classic Vehicles. Two 1952, One 1956. One 1952 is complete, one is without engine. All have good bodies. 530-559-1017 Dave please leave message, will get back to you as soon as possible…lousy reception”

http://goldcountry.craigslist.org/cto/4413772267.html

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Year? CJ-3B Springfield, MO **SOLD**

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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $900.

(04/02/2014) There’s some value here.

“LATE 40S WILLYS OVERLAND NO TITLE NO SEATS BODY NOT BAD HAS MOTOR TRANNY IN IT
1000.00
WILL TRADE FOR JUNK CARS OR FARM EQUIPMENT”

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Day 20 – Apr. 8th: California Adventure w/ Mrs. Soggy Bottom

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<– Day 19 – Apr. 7th: From McDonald’s to Ruby’s | OVERVIEW | Day 21 Apr. 9th: Day 2 at Disneyland –>

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Yep, I found the Willys truck near the Grizzly Water Slide in the California Adventure Park. How could I resist a photo with it? Of course, I could not.

Our goal for today was simple: Go to Disneyland’s California Adventure Park. This was made possible by the kind donation of a reader who wishes to remain anonymous coupled with Disney’s active military only three-day $129 park hopper pass. That pass allowed us to do one park yesterday (California Adventure) and one park today (Disneyland). (how is she still active military you wonder? The Air Force refuses to release her fully from duty because of what she did with them).

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Today our drive was short, as my buddy’s place is close to Disneyland.

Even better, because Ann can’t stand for long periods of time, Disney’s handicap system provides us a way to avoid standing in lines for the ‘fast pass’ tickets. I won’t go into explaining how the Disney Fast Pass vs the standard waiting line vs the single line vs the handicap line all differ from one another, because it does get a little confusing. But, I do have to thank Disney for making the experience possible for Ann (and others).

Now, why am I calling her Mrs. Soggy Bottom? Because we made the mistake of riding the Grizzly Water Ride as our second ride. She got his with a lot of water, causing her shorts to get wet. It was she who called herself Mrs. Soggy Bottom 🙂

The “Cars” ride was by far our favorite. It starts as a typical ride, but then turns into a road race. Pretty fun! What I found most amazing about this ride was the rock wall over and behind it. The rock looks so real and is enormous (see second pic — huge!!). I’m sure it is fiberglass/plastic/cement . . . but the paint, and look, down to the dirt at the bottom of one of the faux mesas’s, was incredible.

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Tomorrow go back for a second day. This time we will go later and stay late to see the evening water show.

<– Day 19 – Apr. 7th: From McDonald’s to Ruby’s | OVERVIEW | Day 21 Apr. 9th: Day 2 at Disneyland –>

 
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Anyone know the “6” Nose Piece History?

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Several people have asked about the history of the “6” nose piece. Anyone know how many and the time frames they were produced?

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Poor Cherokee Jeep

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Tim shared this small bit of news from beachtreenews.com

“Around 4:19pm on Wednesday afternoon a vehicle went through Lindsey’s Market on Hwy 79.  Michael L. Hutchison (DOB 3/1/81) of Oak Ridge Road, claims that a van stopped in front of him and he could not stop, so he left the road, went through the parking lot, and into the building. Hutchison is lodged in the Butler County Jail and charged with operating a vehicle on a suspended/revoked, operating a motor vehicle under the influence of Alcohol/Drugs, .08, first offense, and possession of marijuana.”

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