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1942 Photo of CGs and Jeeps on eBay

February 7, 2018 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images, Old News Articles This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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UPDATE: Here’s an original press photo used in the article at the bottom of the post.

“1942 Press Photo U.S. Coast Guardsmen in Armed Jeeps at East Coast Port. This is an original press photo. Anti-saboteur patrol “Vital war shipping must be protected on the docks as well as on the high seas,” was an official order by Vice-Admiral Russell R. Wesche, Commandant of the U.S. Coast Guard, who equipped Coast Guardsmen with armed jeeps to protect valuable war supplies from any attempts at enemy sabotage. These armed Coast Guardsmen are shown getting their orders at an East Coast port before they start their patrol in the blitz buggies. Photo measures 9 x 7.25 inches. Photo is dated 10-20-1942.”

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(From a March 20, 2015 post) These Coast Guard men are protecting the ships and shipyards from saboteurs. The photo was published in the October, 22, 1942 issue of the Spokesman-Review.

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Jeep Smoking Pipe **SOLD**

February 2, 2018 • CATEGORIES: Features • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay.

Here’s another Jeep-smoking pipe. These jeep pipes don’t appear very often. You can view two other examples here.

“This little pipe looks unused and is a WWII souvenir brought back by a US GI. The wooden part is about 2.5 inches long. See photo. This was in my WWII toy display for many years. It would look great in your toy JEEP or real JEEP collection. Made in FRANCE!”

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Conch Jeep Train Key West, Florida

February 1, 2018 • CATEGORIES: Features • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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UPDATE: Mark shared this closeup photo of the Jeep Train ‘Engine’.

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Original Post — Jan 19, 2013: Here’s a jeep train out of Key West, the ‘world famous ‘Conch Tour Train‘.  You can still find the Conch Tour Trains wandering Key West.  Here’s a picture of one.  It looks to be a CJ-5.  Here’s an article about them.

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Vintage Conch Tour Train Pics:  Check out all those shrimp boats in the background. you can just make out the jeep trapped under the shell of the train body.

State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/77312.  Picture taken by Barron, Charles.

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State Archives of Florida, Florida Memory, http://floridamemory.com/items/show/77286.  Picture taken by Barron, Charles.

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1959 FC-170 Doylestown, PA **SOLD***

January 27, 2018 • CATEGORIES: FC150-FC170-M677 This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $2500.

(08/23/2014) Does not run.

“Up for sale is my 1959 Jeep FC 170. Suprer Rare, needs restoration. 
4X4 
6 Cylinder Super Hurricane Motor
Manual Transmission
Snow plow
Factory Ramsey front mount PTO Winch
9″ stake body flat bed
Also included with truck is a second engine, transmission, transfer case, and pto.
Respond with your phone number and I will call you right away.”

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Eye-Catching Ice Cream and Diaper Service Jeeps

January 19, 2018 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features • TAGS: , . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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UPDATE: This was previously published in July of 2014.

This great article from the July 1947 issue of W-O Sales News highlights the use of jeeps as ice-cream distributors and as a diaper service. Companies highlighted include Better Brands Ice Cream Novelties, Swell Time Ice Cream Corporation, and Wee Folk Laundry.

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1942 Mini Comic Magazine “Jeeps” on eBay

December 25, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Comics, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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UPDATE: Here’s another issue of “Jeeps” Magazine on eBay. Looks like a Bantam. This one has some pencil marks.

“American pulp magazine, 1940’s era humor. In very good condition. Pages may have chipping, pencil marks, sun bleaching or yellowing due to age.
-First issue.
-Mini magazine format, size is about 5 1/4 x 7 1/2
-WWII cartoons and jokes
-Art by Walt Munson, J. Kelly and Charles Wible

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1956 T-Man Comic with Ford GP on eBay

December 24, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Artists/Drawings, Comics, Features, Women & Jeeps This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Strangely, this 1956 Comic book (#31) on eBay features T-Man (Treasury Man) Pete Trask fighting a “Red Agent” in a Ford GP, while four issues earlier T-Man raced bad guys in a more traditional WWII jeep (see bottom photo). I wonder why the comic switched to an older jeep? Maybe we have to read it to find out??

“1956 T-MAN #31 EARLY 10 CENT SILVER AGE SWEET ACTION JEEP COVER FINE CONDITION”

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This was for sale on eBay in 2013.

“This lot is an original September 1955 T-MAN (#27) from Quality Comics, nice solid VG condition, 36 pages including The Great Assassination Plot, The Underground Press, Commie Fire Bomb Plot, and Red Riffs Of Morocco. Violence and good girl content. Very early code comic! Complete, nothing missing. I will update this with more info as needed! US bidders only, please.”

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