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1947 CJ-2A Ventura, CA $4700

July 7, 2014 • CATEGORIES: CJ-2A This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Lee’s decided to sell his CJ-2A.

“This is a 1947 CJ 2 A. This Jeep was bought new  in Calif.by the Edison Co.  and used for four years and then sold. My friend bought it from the Edison Co. in Calif. and then took it up to his cabin in the Sierra mountains and used it.  It was stored in a shed when not used. Then it was moved  to his hangar and stored and that is where it is now.  That was 49 years ago! I am the third owner since new. I have owned this Jeep for over 8 year. This Jeep has very little rust. I had the rims  sand blasted and painted and installed 5 new tires and tubes.

5 new tires and tubs
rims sand blasted and painted
very little rust
not running
$4,700.00 or trade for 1978 to 1985 CJ 7”

http://ventura.craigslist.org/cto/4459035386.html

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Jeep Rustling by the Navy

July 7, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Artists/Drawings, Features, Old News Articles This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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This article shares some of the jeep rustling that went on during WWII. One of protections against rustling that I’ve encountered is that driver’s would grab the rotor from the distributor to keep other military folks from stealing their jeeps.

Note that the ice cream story from yesterday has expanded to five gallons!

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Jeep lashed to Submarine Deck

July 7, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old News Articles This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Yesterday I featured an ad that related a story about jeeps lashed to the decks of Submarines.

This article was published in the February 10, 1944 issue of the Eugene Register Guard:

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I found this article on page 5 of the January 10, 1944, edition of the Southeast Missourian Newspaper:

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And from page 2 of the February 10, 1944, issue of the Spokane Daily Chronicle:  1944-02-10-jeep-lashed-to-deck

 

 

And, on a note of trivia, I found this gem at an archived site:

In World War II, Burton Baskin of Baskin Robbins fame, was a quartermaster who began his ice cream career by trading a jeep for an ice cream freezer

Now, I don’t know if that’s true as I couldn’t verify it anywhere else, but a fun fact if true.

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1950? Photo of Kachin Tribe and Allies on eBay

July 7, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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The date on this photo is January 1950. If so, these guys are part of the fight against China rather than Japan. Therefore this is more likely a WWII photo.

“KACHIN TRIBESMEN OF NORTH BURMA AID ALLIES IN WAR AGAINST THE JAPANESE”
Jeep drivers pause at an overnight shelter during a long run through a Japanese-held jungle. Kachin forces use airplanes, jeeps, mules and elephant to negotiate the remote jungle trails in their relentless stalking of the Japanese.”

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