There will be limited posts on Friday, Saturday and Sunday for sure and maybe Monday. We are camping as part of a wedding in the hills of Eastern Oregon near this location and my mobile broadband wireless hotspot isn’t working well at all. Even my phone calls aren’t working well. At least it is beautiful up here … except for the rain.

Chris will be leaving Minnesota on Friday June 16th bound for Utah, before heading north to visit his brother Todd in Idaho. If anyone needs any parts or jeeps transported, let him know via nscustoms@hotmail.com or through his vintage jeep parts Facebook group. I’ll be meeting up with Chris Monday at noon in Sandpoint to pick up some parts.

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.

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