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Joe in Mesa forwarded this article posted at Core77, an industrial design website, about crated jeeps. Not a perfect article regarding jeeps, but it does have good photos and a video, one of which I’ve posted below. The Core77 site is an interesting one to explore.
http://www.core77.com/posts/63223/How-WWII-Jeeps-Were-Crated-for-Shipping?utm_medium
Too bad the photo wasn’t farther to the right. Looks like there’s more jeeps.
“WWII U.S. Jeeps Roll Off Assembly Line at Depot in England Original Press Photo”
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Ink Pen is a little rough.
“Pen & Pencil Set from WILLYS MOTORS INC. The Ink Pen needs a spring and has a lot of the writing and art rubbed off. The Pencil works perfectly and has most of the art and lettering. This set comes in the original plastic case with the Guarantee and instructions from Shaffer’s.”
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Blaine shared these two jeep-related promotional items that came with some GI-Joe action figures. He’s currently selling these on eBay.
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I have three original painted hair G.I. Joe action figures that I played with about 5 times with care. These have the original boxes which are excellent condition. One box had been taped shut at the ends. The store price stickers were torn off when new as they were gifts to me. My parents didn’t want me to know how much a present cost. The black haired Joe is 1968 and has a patent number on the rear. The other two should be 1967 and say “Patent Pending”. The black haired Joe has a few cracks in the limbs from age. An older one has a small crack in the small of his back on the lower torso. Two of the Joes have dog tags and one is bent a little. Also included is a foot locker which has had the sticker removed and my name written in. Also included are various accessories. Everything is in like new and very good condition. Continue reading
It was busy at this year’s Great Willys Picnic. Thanks to Craig for sharing these photos.
There were 84 Willys and around 25 people selling parts etc.! They included a modern Jeep section with 35 Wranglers, a few CJ’s, and even a 54 Chevy pickup. The intimate nature of the Willys Picnic is a nice contrast to the huge Bantam Festival that also occurred this weekend, which most definitely has a more commercial and newer jeep focus.
UPDATE: More DJ-3A carb info here:
On Thursday evening I spent time moving parts from Patterson’s stock, but tired, DJ-3A engine to Rusty’s rebuilt M-38 engine so I could install it in Patterson. One item that caught my attention was Patterson’s DJ gas pedal linkage versus Rusty’s. Patterson’s appeared stock, while Rusty’s had a modified pivot point, probably the result of using the M-38 block. I decided to keep Patterson’s as it was and recreate the part for Rusty’s engine.
DJ-3A gas pedal Linkage: The linkage goes through the firewall to a pivot point on the driver’s side. When the gas pedal is depressed, a rod pushes an angle piece around a pivot, forcing a second rod upwards to a YF 2392S carb, causing the gas flow to increase.
Patterson’s real pivot piece (and it seems I misspelled carburetor in my pic).
This shows the piece after removing the parts. The pivot bolt is solid on the end with a hole for a cotter pin.
Example of what I removed from Rusty (bottom) and the bolt I will use to make a new one (top with new threads extended up it so I can add a bolt). The biggest problem with the custom piece at bottom is that it had no cotter pin. It was only held on by a bolt, which could have easily have come unscrewed as the gas pedal pivot piece moved back and forth.
This article in a 1943 issue of the Toledo Blade is an interesting profile of Military Chaplain Leland Larson who followed the US Armed Forces from North Africa to Italy. At some point, he got hurt and was awarded a Purple Heart. After the war he moved to Phoenix and became Pastor for the Holy Trinity church in Tucson, Arizona (from 1966 newspaper article). He moved on to at least one other church. He passed away in Green Valley, AZ, in 1990.
A cool (very cool as in freezing cold) photo.
“1945 Press Photo Vintage Jeep Pulls US 9th Army Ski Patrol Soldier Germany WWII. You are bidding on an original press photo of Vintage Jeep Pulls US 9th Army Ski Patrol Soldier Germany WWII. Photo measures 6.5 x 8.5 inches and is dated 2/1/1945.”
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The Great Willys Picnic and The Bantam Festival (both in Pennsylvania) are happening today. I hope everyone has fun!
Thanks once again goes to Charles for sharing these photos.
This German soldier was 7′ 6″!
This photo is from 1944 at the Battle of the Bugle. These are some Belgian SAS members.
Blaine shared these two pics of a Topeka mower he spotted at the Ag Museum in Union Gap, Washington. This one has a little different look on the front. You can bet we’ll be stopping by and checking this one out in person.
I’m still up from last night … in fact I’m sitting in the garage typing this up, so I’ll make this short. I pulled Patterson’s engine to swap with Rusty’s engine. I’ve got most of the parts swapped. Patterson’s tranny, though dirty on the outside, looks great on the inside, so I’ll just use that. I have some details I’ll discuss later, such as the carb linkage.
