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This rare brochure probably doesn’t mean much to most folks, but hopefully it’s important to someone.
UPDATE: Barry shared this image from April 1951 Popular Science article. Per the article, at a minimum, twenty-four of these truck packages were sold.
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This early Monroe brochure advertises a plow (and pumper unit) specially designed for plowing fire lanes.
Jeff Pranger shared the following two wonderful paintings by his father, Ed. Ed Pranger was a WWII US Navy artist and cartoonist for The Hoist in San Diego. According to Jeff, after the war, when surplus Jeeps were plentiful (and Ed was single), his father and his buddies would go hunting and drinking in their Jeeps in the Yakima, Washington, area. Ed produced many paintings and some had Jeeps.
Both of these paintings appeared to have been painted in Anacortes, Washington, one year a part (each has Ed’s name, the year, and the location it was painted on it). The first was completed in 1988 and the second in 1989.
It being a small world, I traveled through Anacortes (to catch the ferry) both of those years, as I was working in the San Juans in 1988 and then got married in the San Juans in 1989.
Any one know if any of these machines survived?
This brochure was part of a late 1940s Willys Overland Special Equipment booklet.
UPDATE: Price dropped to $600.
I have not idea what these are worth, but it seems a fascinating bit of history that might be best put into a museum.
https://westslope.craigslist.org/pts/d/cory-collector-car-flat-glass-patterns/6953558244.html
“Used old car truck glass patterns for door wind wings windshields and back glass form an old glass shop that closed I was told at 100 if not thousands of patterns for cutting glass for old cars from the 30’s or earlier through the 70’s if you have a rare old car most likely there is a pattern to cut all the flat glass in that car.also included with the sale are books listing the glass codes for those windows.
these are in used loved condition corners are warn but the information is there.
I hauled these by filling a uhaul trailer and pickup There is a boat load of patterns PICK UP ONLY located in Colorado zip 81416 BRING HELP TO LOAD and lots of shrink rap to keep in sequence.
THIS IS NOT AN ITEM YOU SEE FOR SALE very rare to see for sale
I have a wet glass sander I will offer to buyer on pickup at a separate price.
NAGS automotive glass Carlite Pittsburgh Harding glass PPG”
UPDATE: This video is now included on this website: https://www.motorious.com/articles/news/365606/how-military-waterproofed-willys-jeeps
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Original Post appear July 2014:
Interesting photo.
View all the information on eBay
“1947 Press Photo Jeep tows Boeing XL-15 Liaison plane for United States Army. This is an original press photo. Versatile new liaison plane can be used on land, water or snow is Boeing XL-15 (package unit) for army ground forces – can be towed on its own wheel or dismantled to ride on truck. United States Army – planes. Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches. Photo is dated 10-29-1947.”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay
“FOR SALE – 1950’s – 1960’s ( 1957 to 1962 ) WILLYS JEEP OF CANADA WINDSOR ONTARIO BOOK BINDER OF DEALER BULLETINS , FOR CONDITION CHECK PIC’S & CONDITION DETAILS , FOR MORE INFORMATION ON ITEM OR SHIPPING PLEASE CONTACT.”
This weekend the Ohio-based jeep club “Muddy Buddies” held a Jeep Jam at the Clinton County Fairgrounds in Wilmington, Ohio. Roger Margin dropped by to take some photos. Some of the photos include a jeep that participated in TheRoadChoseMe.com, a 53,726 mile trip around Africa:
