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1950 Jeepster Rural Hall, NC $11,500

October 5, 2016 • CATEGORIES: Features • TAGS: , . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Looking pretty snazzy with them white walls.

“Classic most original you will find in this nice Jeepster. In dry storage for the last 15 years. Go devil 4 cylinder engine. Runs and Drives. Relatively new wide white bias tires. It is rust free. The most solid Jeepster you will find. The front seat has been recovered with correct material. Original floor mats. Original heater. I have driven it 40 miles. It still needs some mechanical. New water pump and fuel pump. Top is in good shape. Several new parts with vehicle. Showing 30,000 miles but not guaranteed. Has original owner’s manual. VERY RARE FIND. They are only”

http://winstonsalem.craigslist.org/cto/5754557462.html

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Reproduction of 1945 Photo at Pening on eBay

October 4, 2016 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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A reader shared this photo. It’s a reproduction photo, but still an interesting one to review because of the number of field modifications.

“This is a nice reproduction of an original World War Two photograph showing US Army nurses arriving to provide medical support for the liberation and evacuation of the Penig concentration camp (south of Leipzig) in 1945. The Penig camp primarily held women. Size is about 5″ x 5″.”

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Article on Will Springer and his Wagon

October 2, 2016 • CATEGORIES: Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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An article and some photos appeared at the Blue Ridge Now website. He held the Southeast Willys Jeep Get Together yesterday. Read more below.

http://www.blueridgenow.com/news/20160930/classic-vehicle-shaped-history-local-mans-childhood

(there is this one, too: http://www.citizen-times.com/story/news/local/2016/09/27/historic-jeep-gathering-celebrates-75-years-road/91162964/)

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1940 Bantam BRC Photo eBay

October 2, 2016 • CATEGORIES: Bantam-FordGP-WillysMA-EarlyJPs, Features, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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This is a great press release photo taken a little more than a week after the Bantam arrived at Holabird for testing. Thanks to Steve for finding it.

One thing I noticed about the photo. See how the dirt from behind the front fender was thrown onto the side of the jeep. I’m wondering if the thing we’ve called the step on the sides was actually not a step at all, but specifically designed as a mud flat to stop that from happening. I just never thought about it in those terms before (maybe I’m just behind the curve on that??).

“1940- Bantam prototype #1 during testing at Camp Holabird Quartermaster Depot.”

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Wed. Sept. 28th: We Made It Home Safely

October 1, 2016 • CATEGORIES: Features • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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The Stong Secret Caravan is in the books… What a trip! After driving 4,781 miles we’ve returned home. Half our trip was completed in the last three days … three long days (see maps below). Rosemary, who was feeling better for a while on Friday, relapsed in the afternoon after eating some food. She was once again convinced she was dying. I’m sure she’ll be her old, ornery self soon enough.

Nothing much to report from today’s final leg of the trip. Now that I’m back, I’ll rest a day or two, and then it’s time to begin work on Rusty. I also need to hunt down a scatter shield for Biscuit and begin marketing SLAG in ernest.

The trip down started September 16th and lasted until the afternoon of September 28th:

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The trip back lasted from the afternoon of September 28th to midnight of September 30th. Not bad speed for traveling in a motorhome (not a whole lot of fun either):

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