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Here a book for budding capitalistic kids.
“The Jeep Wheel Book, Published by Samuel Lowe Company. No date but early 1950s.
Neat little book has movable wheels attached to front cover. This copy of the scarcest title in this series, is in near fine condition. There is a bit of light rubbing near the tops of front and rear. Pages are clean and very tight. No names or other markings. It shows some of the uses a jeep can be put to.
Overall condition is Near Fine”
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There are 88 pages here. This appears printed especially for the Post Office.
“88 Page Jeep Fleetvan parts book from later in the 1960’s. Pictures and part numbers.”
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The lowest price I found on the internet for Dan Posts’ “The Military Complete Jeep Book” was $95 on Amazon
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This is a great little book for sale.
“Ballantine Series of informative topics dealing with many WW2 subjects by various experts. Shows no use other than shelf wear for over 40 yrs.”
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Roberto forwarded a link about a book published by Wings and Wheels out of the Czech Republic called “MA Jeeps in Detail”. It looks like a good book. 496 Czech Korunas is approx $25 US.
Learn more about the book here: http://wwpbooks.com/product.php?id_product=223
You can find more jeep books here: http://wwpbooks.com/search.php?tag=Jeep
UPDATE: Staring bid is $7.50
Bounce the Jeep was published in 1945.
“ENLARGED PICTURES!! Please scroll ALL the way down to view LARGER images.
KA355. Illustrated by Harold Peterson. Pub. Rand McNally 1945.
6 ¾” 45 pages. Small split bottom rear hinge. Otherwise. Very Good condition.”
Anyone know what’s inside of this manual/catalog?
“1956 Car Parts Catalog
Willy’s Utility Vehicles
Willy Motors, Inc. – Toledo, Ohio”
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UPDATE: Bill has an updated price structure for his book.
(10/31/2012) A couple weeks ago Glenn wrote me about a book he ran across call the “Doug and the Old CJ” by Bill Nelson. Based on Glenn’s recommendation, I wrote Bill and recently received a signed copy of my own. I still have a few books in front of it, but I’ll write a review once I finish it. I leafed through the book and it includes a nice collection of illustrations, too.
Bill published the book in 2009 and according to him, ” It was loosely based on my boy’s adventures with a 1960 cj5. Beyond a good kids story, I tried to present many mentoring lessons, shop safety, thinking out problems, it is ok to get flustered when talking to a girl, the proper way to talk to a girl, the value of knowledge, setting goals,and general constructive living.”
UPDATE: This is back on eBay. Initial bid is $6.99.
I purchased a copy of this book. There are some good pictures and stories of the jeeps used to make the first few Zamboni Ice Resurfacers. If you haven’t seen it, here’s my post about the Zamboni Ice Resurfacer.
I bought this book because it sounded interesting and because it had a jeep on the cover. “Ok, Joe” is about a Louis Guilloux, who for a short time acts as a French interpreter. A well respected writer before the start of WWII, Louis kept a diary of his experiences and this book is structured in that way, describing his impressions about the end of France’s occupation and the entrance of the Allies (American’s in particular). There is not much about jeeps, other than the writer takes several rides in one, driven by a driver named Joe. If you like WWII history, it’s a different look at it. I enjoyed the book.
From the publisher:
“OK, Joe!” the American lieutenant calls out to his driver. He hops into his jeep and heads out through French countryside just liberated from the Nazis. With him is the narrator of this novel, Louis, a Frenchman engaged by the American Army as an interpreter. Louis serves a group of American officers charged with bringing GIs to account for crimes–including rape and murder–against French citizens. The friendly banter of the American soldiers and the beautiful Breton landscape stand in contrast to Louis’s task and his growing awareness of the moral failings of the Americans sent to liberate France. For not only must Louis translate the accounts of horrific crimes, he comes to realize that the accused men are almost all African American. Based on diaries that the author kept during his service as a translator for the U.S. Army in the aftermath of D-Day, OK, Joe follows Louis and the Americans as they negotiate with witnesses, investigate the crimes, and stage the courts-martial. Guilloux has an uncanny ear for the snappy speech of the GIs and a tenderness for the young, unworldly men with whom he spends his days, and, in evocative vignettes and dialogues, he sketches the complex intersection of hope and disillusionment that prevailed after the war. Although the American presence in France has been romanticized in countless books and movies, OK, Joe offers something exceedingly rare: a penetrating French perspective on post-D-Day GI culture, a chronicle of trenchant racism and lost ideals.”
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