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1944 Photos of the Coast Guard Invader Jeep

February 28, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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1. This one was on eBay. It also appeared in the March 27, 1944, issue of the News-Journal out of Mansfield, Ohio.
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“1944- U.S. Coast Guardsmen demonstrate new “Invader” jeep, which can carry 10 men and travel up to 60 miles an hour. The Invader is made by sawing a standard Jeep in half and adding three feet to the middle. Photo measures approx. 7″ x 9″”
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2. UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay. This photo sold in early 2015. It was taken 3/17/44

Here’s a great shot of the Coast Guard of Invader Jeep. It was stretched three feet to accommodate more people. The text “The Coast Guard Invader” is just visible along the side. Here’s an example of one at a museum in New Jersey.

“944- At a Coastguard Station on the Atlantic Coast, U.S. Coast Guardsmen demonstrate new “Invader” jeep, carrying 10 men and traveling up to 60 miles an hour over sand.”

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Below is more info about the Coast Guard Invader.

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The photo of the stuck jeep shown below is meant to demonstrate why the Coast Guard created the “Invader Jeep”. Designed to carry 10 people, the caption explains why it will navigate sand better.

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Here’s an example of the “Invader Jeep” from the G503 page (see more here). Compare the below pic to the restored “Invader” at the New Jersey Museum.

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1955 Public Service Sales Brochure

February 27, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features, Fire/Police/Industry Vehicles This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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UPDATE: This is form W-991-5.  You can download a pdf version here.

(first published 12/7/2010) Gerald scanned and forwarded these images from the  Jeep Family of 4-Wheel-Drive Vehicles in Public Service.  There are 25 images. Thanks Gerald!

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It’s the Little Things

February 26, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Features • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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No updates tonight other than this one.

We made it to Seattle a couple days ago. I made some more progress blasting some smaller parts yesterday. In order to blast the t-handle parking brake, I had to disassemble it. The last thing to remove was a screw/pin so I could remove the brake lever from its housing. I didn’t know whether to unscrew or press out the screw/pin, but as I examined iI felt pretty sure it should press out. Still, I thought it best to text a friend: Chris McKay.  He said he thought it was pressed out, too. So, I set out to remove the pin.

Here is what the brake looks like assembled.

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Here’s the top of the pin:

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This shows the back side. I had to line up the hole in the housing with the back of the pin:parking-brake-rusty3

I grabbed a small socket to catch the pin and an object that could press through the hole:parking-brake-rusty4

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Delaware Aqueduct CJ-5 From 1957

February 23, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images, Unusual This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Paul spotted this photo of a CJ-5 used to navigate the length of the 85-mile Delaware Aqueduct in 1957, still the longest tunnel in the world (construction photos). This was the last time the tunnel was navigate in its entirety. Because of the knowledge gained during their survey, the last living member of this party, Victor Feigelman, was consulted on the state of the tunnel up until his death in 2016.

If you zoom into the area just above gas inlet you’ll note the warning: USE WHITE GAS –ONLY–. The need to limit effluents inside the tunnel also explains the odd exhaust setup.

From Wikipedia, the Delaware Aqueduct … takes water from the Rondout Reservoir through the Chelsea Pump Station, the West Branch Reservoir, and the Kensico Reservoir, ending at the Hillview Reservoir in Yonkers, New York. The aqueduct was constructed between 1939 and 1945, and carries approximately half of the New York City water supply of 1.3 billion US gallons (4,900,000 m3) per day. At 85 miles (137 km) long and 13.5 feet (4.1 m) wide, the Delaware Aqueduct is the world’s longest tunnel.

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2017 Southwest Military Transport Show in Mesa, AZ

February 21, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Event, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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The weekend of March 25 & 26 is the Southwest Military Show in Mesa, Arizona. If you like plans and jeeps, this is a great place to be. As Joe points out below there will be more than a dozen jeeps and jeep-like vehicles.

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Wagon Buried Forty Years To Be Removed

February 21, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Jerry forwarded this article from Massachusetts on a Jeep Wagoneer that’s been stuck in a collapsing shed by an unstable dune for forty years. Now, the property owners can finally remove it. I’m sure it’s in perfect shape, lol!

http://www.capecodtimes.com/news/20170219/jeep-buried-in-truro-dune-for-40-years-to-be-removed (if that link blocks you from reading the article, try this article.

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PHOTO CREDIT: STEVE HEASLIP. Hard to see the jeep within the shed.

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1961 Chevrolet Suburban Portland, OR $38,000

February 20, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Seth found this one. Not a jeep, but looks fun to me. Maybe it could pull a jeep? And, for you Bonanza fans out there, at one time this reportedly transported actors. You can see some other cars from the collection for sale here: http://www.papastoyscarcollection.com/–available-vehicles-for-sale.html. I looked through a number of photos on the site, but didn’t spot any jeeps.

“Small Block V8/ Powr Steering and Breaks/ Manual Transmission/ 6 cylinder
This car was used on the set of Bonanza to transport the actors. Great condition and a fun ride! Contact me for more information and additional pictures! We are selling it to downsize a private collection in Cornelius, Oregon. This would be incredible for winery tours in the area!

A little about the family collection:
This car is a part of the Papa’s Toys Car Collection located in Cornelius, Oregon. Started by John and Susan Davis in the 1980s, it was once of the largest collections in the Pacific Northwest of 180 street rods, classics, customs, race cars, and special interest vehicles ranging from the years 1922-1982. The collection is open to the public once a year where 100% proceeds go to Doernbecher Children’s Hospital. Our last show in May of 2016 raised $22,000 in a single day and over 700 other hot rods showed up to enjoy the day. Not a single car has ever been sold from the collection until March 2016 when Susan decided it was time to downsize the collection and to a more manageable number and let other people enjoy the cars. We decided to sell 124 cars from the collection and have sold 77 of that already to excited locals in the Portland area and around the United States. We are keeping about 50 cars and though we won’t have our large show once a year, we are discussing having a few smaller shows throughout the summer.”

https://portland.craigslist.org/wsc/cto/5988305680.html

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