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Some Assembly Required

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Over the last couple of days I’ve been sorting through Rusty’s parts and putting it back together so its easier to ship (It sold this week). It almost looks like a real jeep again. I started with the bare frame that Ann and I cleaned up prior to the Alaska trip in 2017.

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I thought it would be easiest if I reinstalled the engine and tranny and gas tank for transport.IMG_9633

With the powertrain installed, the body and front clip went together pretty easily. The parts have been sorted and boxed. It’s just about ready to go. IMG_9635

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‘Jeep’ Badge T-Shirts

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Tom wanted to have some t-shirts made with the design below on it. He’s wondering if anyone else would like some as well?

The price is $20 per shirt plus USPS priority shipping of $7.35 (shipping is the same for one or two shirts $27.35 or $47.35 for two shirts). If you are interested, you can either comment below or email Tom at Lsi24 @ msn.com (remove the spaces around the @). He expects to have about 40 available for sale.

The t-shirts would be a white Hanes Beefy shirt that is 100% cotton with a pocket. The vintage logos are based on the 1950 ‘jeep badge’ logo seen in a few ads. He’s only making a few and doesn’t plan on selling them anywhere else. The below are mock ups, so they aren’t quite exactly what you’ll get.

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CJ-5 VIN Sticker Reproductions $50

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Bear Creek has now stopped producing reproduction Jeep VIN stickers for jeeps 1969-1975. To fill that gap, Maury has developed templates and a printing process capable of reproducing them. If you’d have questions or would like to order a VIN sticker, you can contact Maury through early CJ-5 site or contact him directly at snoopy2x @ gmail.com (there are spaces around the @ to reduce spamming).

You can learn more about what he’s doing and how the pricing works here:

http://www.earlycj5.com/xf_cj5/index.php?threads/1969-to-1971-jeep-vin-sticker-reproduction-artwork.135815/#post-1473936

Here’s an example of a new sticker (on the left) overlaid with the original sticker (on the right).

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Here’s another example of an old sticker (top) and a new sticker (bottom). cj5-vin-stickers-reproductions

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Salesbuilder Magazines

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Willys-Overland began publishing the Salesbuilder magazines in July of 1948 with the announcement of the Jeepster. The Salesbuilder supplanted the W-O Sales News magazine. According to a small blurb on Google (I can’t read the whole reference), the Salesbuilder was part fo the effort to push the Jeepster.

I own a couple of Salesbuilder magazines, but those are the only ones I’ve seen. Below is a series of covers that I’ve been able to document so far. I’d like to find more.

As far as I know, Salesbuilder issues were published between July of 1948 and as late as August of 1951. By early 1954 (possibly January), Kaiser Willys had shuttered the magazine format for a newspaper format (see the March 1954, volume 1, issue 2 at the bottom of this post).

July 1948:

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August 1949:

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March 03, 1950:

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November 1950:

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1957 Photo of M-38A1s in Barstow, CA on eBay

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That’s a lot of M-38A1s!

View all the information on eBay

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“1957 Press Photo Senior Sergeant Jack McCallister, Army jeeps, Barstow, CA. This is an original press photo. Trucks – United States. And imagine your problem trying to locate your parked car in this jungle of jeeps which stretches across desert sands at the Marine Corps Supply Center at Barstow, California. However, the Marine Corps says it has a filing system which helps locate any one jeep in jig time. The Marine in jeep at center is Senior Sergeant Jack McCallister. Photo measures 10 x 8.25 inches. Photo is dated 3-22-1957.”

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