UPDATE: For some reason the comments were turned off on the original post, so I made this new one.

Today begins the 10th year of eWillys. What began as a handful of posts and a couple of readers has mushroomed into over 40,000 pages that reach people around the world. Along the way I picked up a new wife, journeyed all over the US, and made lots of great friends. It’s been an wonderful experience and the longest “job” I’ve ever had. The reality is, it’s far more than a job. It’s become a part of me.

The other day I asked Ann if I should call it quits at the end of year 10. I explained that I’m seeing more and more activity on Facebook groups and on Twitter streams and I’m sure there’s much more happening on Youtube channels, Instagram, and other newer media that I don’t (yet capture). I told her that a website seems so old school at this point (perhaps olde skool is more accurate). But then, the newer types of media are more like streams of consciousness than reservoirs of knowledge like websites can be. So, I asked Ann what should the role of eWillys within the changing media landscape be and what will that landscape look like in another five years?

She just stared at me as I explained all this and asked, “What would you do if you didn’t do eWillys every evening?” She’s right. I have no idea.

So, eWillys will be marching onward for the foreseeable future. I do have some ideas for some changes to improve the timelines of the site. We’ll see how it all goes…

Have a Happy New Year!

Steve shared this photo of a jeep bar. It’s been making the rounds of Facebook recently.

A buddy of Scott’s wanted to reuse this unrepairable tailgate for something, so Scott created this cool bench.

Thanks to Sarah Staples for giving eWillys jeep experts a nod in her newest article. We helped her identify this wagon as a 1961 Traveller. She told me that the rarity of the vehicle helped her sell the travel piece to her editor. She wrote it for “Postmedia Driving, the driving section of newspapers across Canada.”

Blaine was channel surfing over the holidays and happened upon a little known Tom Selleck movie with Jeepneys in it. He says the film shows “streets filled with Jeepneys in the Philippines”. The 1972 movie is called the Daughter’sof Satan. Boy has Tom Select come a long way!!

Here’s one example that was posted to the imcdb.org site:

Here’s some poster art from the movie

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