The 22nd Annual Midwest Willys Reunion will be taking place May 16-18, 2014, in Hudson, Ohio, this year. This year’s Banquet Speaker will be Paul Barry, of Willys America.

Learn more about the reunion here: http://www.midwestwillysreunion.org/smwwr14.htm

Merlin posted a follow up article at Hanson Mechanical about the 2013 Mason Dixon Show. You can read part I here.

http://hansonmechanical.wordpress.com/2013/11/08/trucks-and-military-jeeps-at-the-2013-mason-dixon-show/

If you are in the Union Mills, MD, you might check out the Mason Dixon Willys Jeep gathering on Sunday, Oct 27th. You can  learn more at Jeepchasm.com

The Show will be held at the Historic Union Mills Homestead, north of Westminster, MD 21158 on Littlestown Pike (MD-97 north) from 10am to 3pm.
5 trophies will be awarded as follows:

• Best Military
  
• Best CJ
  
• Best Willys (Non-Jeep)
  
• Best Work in Progress
  
• Chairman’s Choice
  

A food vendor will be on site, in addition to other Jeep / parts vendors.
Gettysburg Tour:
We will once again do a Gettysburg Battlefield tour to a different section than the past years.
We will meet at 12 noon on Saturday Oct. 26th (near the theater) at the Gettysburg Outlet Shoppes located at the intersection of US-15 and PA-97 just south of Gettysburg. We may “wash the trail dust down” afterward with a  stop by Appalachian Brewing Company!
Saturday Evening Activity:
At 6pm on Saturday the 26th, all are welcome to join us at Gary & Dell’s Crab House on Littlestown Pike near  Union Mills. They have steamed crabs, American & Thai cuisine. Come join us while we eat crabs, drink beer, and tell stories about our Jeeps!”

Omix-Ada’s President, Al Azadi, has a jeep collection that totals at least 20 jeeps, including some prototypes (see six of his jeeps below). At the November 5-7 2013 Sema Show in Las Vegas, he’ll be showing off a portion of their collection.

You can see more about the collection @ http://www.jeepcollection.com or learn more about the event at http://www.off-road.com/blog/2013/10/22/omix-ada-debuts-historic-jeep-collection-at-2013-sema-show/

Cambodia Jeep, which provides jeep (m151) tours through Cambodia will be running another two week adventure they call the Lotos Rallye 2014. It takes place January 18 – January 31. It’s approx $6000 or 4,400 Euros.  You can see a few photos and a video from their 2013 Lotos Rallye here. I just need to sell a few many more books and I can go . . .

More information at these sites:
www.cambodiajeep.com
www.lotos-rallye.com

Roger Martin forwarded these photos of his father (James “PeeWee” Martin) and others. He wrote, “I thought you and others would enjoy seeing pictures of the WWII Veterens, who gathered at Taccoa, GA this past weekend for the 71st anniversary of their training at Currahee Mountain.  These were the first and “original”  G Company 506 101st Airborne Division Paratroopers  who parachuted behind enemy lines at Normandy the night before D-Day.  Currahee Military Weekend has become an annual, three-day event in Stephens County.  There are book signings, interviews, military reenactors, a parade, and tours of the Historical Society Museum and Military Museum. The pictures I have sent include Paul Grice’s (Waynesville, OH), 1942 GPW Ford Jeep which he loaned me, and I hauled 500 miles to the event.”

Col. Tom Kennedy (age 92), Ira Morehart (age 90), and James “PeeWee” Martin (age 92) are pictured:

My dad, “PeeWee” Martin is in front of the Currahee Monument:

Reenactors with “PeeWee” Martin:

Me and my dad, “PeeWee” Martin:

Camp Taccoa at Currahee Mountain at the entrance to the original camp at the foot of Currahee Mountain where the paratroopers trained daily by running the 3 miles to the top. The mountain is 800 feet above the valley below. “PeeWee” Martin was there from the first of August until the first of December, 1942 as part of his paratrooper training.:

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Hugo spotted these jeeps on rails from an exhibit at Retromobile 2013, the February Paris exhibition for car lovers. I don’t know much more about the event, but it looks like fun.

http://en.retromobile.com
http://www.ultimatecarpage.com/gallery/32557/Welcome-to-Retromobile.html

Yes, finally, the book will arrive! The Amber Panels of Konigisberg will go on sale next Wednesday. Since the pre-release version, I’ve reduced the number of words, made numerous corrections, changed the font, smoothed out rough patches, cut portions of the book, and added a slight twist to the ending. Even the cover has been altered.

For those wanting signed copies, it will take a few weeks for me to receive my order of books, sign them, then forward them to you (this includes the pre-release readers as well). So, stay tuned for updates.

For the launch and the ongoing sales campaign I’ve created a special website as well which I’ll share Wednesday.

Here’s the newest cover:

The Half Century of Progress Show happened this past weekend in Rantoul, IL. The show takes place every other year. Bob Christy reports there were 13 jeeps or so this year and two empire tractors.

Bob took the photo below. Here’s link to the CJ-2A Page with more photos

Kate Goelzhauser, editor for Lawn and Garden Collector Magazine, was also there. She posted a variety of pictures to her Facebook Page. You can see them all here.