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Buffalo crossing?
us jeeps probably belgium -no place-date
Somalia
I have not information on the rest of these:
There’s an article on the gulf news website about the Rajputana Jeep Club. The group has 29 members with a variety of older jeeps. Nice to see them fixing and running them.
http://gulfnews.com/culture/people/a-club-of-jeep-enthusiasts-in-india-1.1956225
Tom Sterndale has been building a database of existing APUs, a challenging task given how little they’ve been documented. As part of his effort, he hoped to identify these jeeps which were once listed on eBay.
Tom writes, “Help me prove that ebay is not a black hole out there some were sucking up all the Szekely APU’S.
I am trying to keep a data base of all units that I can find any body with a Szekely of any type I would like to be put in contact with them.”
1. Four Wheeled APUs:
2. Three-Wheeled APUs:
I received a report from Tim on his search for Willys during a trip with his wife in Puerto Rico. Coincidently, on the same day, I received an email from Angel in Puerto Rico who was searching for some fenders for a truck restoration (I was able to locate fiberglass and metal ones for him).
Tim writes, “We got away from the cold and spent a few days in Puerto Rico. As mentioned before we try to rent a Jeep when we travel. But the Jeep fun factor was way too much this trip. We settled for a little red car for $9 /day verses the $90/day for Jeep Wrangler. We kept our eyes open but did not see any Willys this trip.
We did find several new 2016 Jeeps at Fort Buchanan post exchange as part of the Military Overseas Car Program. Service members can order new cars through this program and have them shipped to their home state side. Program offers military discounts and special orders. Here is Cathy with a 2017 Jeep Wrangler 75th Anniversary editon. Later that day we saw an interesting display at a local Jeep dealer, the sign Gran Venta means Big Sale. They had 3 new Jeeps suspended from a crane.”
UPDATE: Matt spotted a here-to-for unseen set of hubs. They are listed as #7.
Most know that Arthur Warn’s jeep-related business began with his introduction of the summer hubs, designed to allow the front axles to spin freely. They came packaged in red, green, or blue boxes. As you can see in this ad, Warn advertised them as “hub caps”, but their use during summers led people to call them “summer hubs”. He also credited them with all kinds of benefits.
Ad was posted to the CJ-2A page. I don’t have a date for it.
But, few know that there were two different types of Warn summer hubs. In addition, there were also at least three different other summer hubs produced.
7. This set appeared on eBay in October of 2018. No indication of model or maker:
If anyone knows or has photos of other summer hubs, please let me know!
A good shot of a Ford GP.
“1941- Ford GP jeep leads motorcycle troops of the 66th Regiment of the 2nd Armored Division over a road constructed beside a bridge that was “destroyed” by Red forces during maneuvers north of Leesville.”
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Tyler Powers needs some high resolution (300 dpi) interior and chassis photos of an FC for a 3D model. Contact him at powersty123@yahoo.com if you can help.
He writes, “I have recently bought a professionally made 3d model of a FC-150. I am going to take it and put it into a video game I play called spintires. The trouble is being that the model designed to be used for renders and has no interior and no frame or drivetrain. I am going to have to model these myself. This is difficult with the limited quality and number of pictures of FC’s on the internet.
What I could use help with is if you could make a post asking for any high resolution pictures people have from their FC’s specifically of the interior and frame. Restoration pictures of rolling chassis would be really useful.”
Here are some examples of the photo angles he’s hoping to get:
UPDATE: Another version of this sand dune photo is available on eBay. Another was sold in 2014 (see end of post).
“1942 Press Photo West Point Military Academy Jeep Jockeys in Army Maneuvers. This is an original press photo. Photo measures 9 x 7.25inches. Photo is dated 07-31-1942.”
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Here’s a similar press photo that was sold in 2014.
Even though Willys had won the contract, you can see they were still running the Ford GPs through their paces.
“1941 US MILITARY MANEUVERS
37mm ANTI TANK GUN & JEEP
appx size :7 1/2″ x 9 1/2”
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This brochure was published in July 1958.
