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Friday-Sun Sept. 23-25: The Secret “Stong” Caravan

September 19, 2016 • CATEGORIES: Features • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Yours truly taking a selfie at the Snake River completely oblivious to the fact that minutes earlier (just as we were crossing the Snake River Bridge), Eddie Braun was completing Evil Knievel’s jump across the river. We couldn’t have been more oblivious to it.

Beginning on Friday September 23rd, a small caravan of Ann’s cousins traveled to New Mexico to surprise Ann’s uncle, who recently retired. I couldn’t report on our trip, because this was all a top secret surprise and sometimes Ann’s aunt sometimes reads eWillys to follow our trips. Besides, we mostly just drove during the day and RVed at Walmarts at night. That’s why emails have been delayed and posts limited. On Tuesday regular updates will resume.

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Left on Friday morning. Spent Friday night in Brigham City, then Saturday night in Farmington. Arrived in Tularosa on Sunday.

The only hiccup was a blown tire on one of the trucks. Then, we couldn’t find the socket to unlock the spare. We persevered and eventually loosed the spare, canalized some lug nuts from another truck, and got back on the road.flat-tire-repair2 flat-tire-repair

The Brigham City, Utah, Walmart is a nice place to stay (and free) with a great view of the mountains.

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Roger & Jim Martin near Son Netherlands

September 19, 2016 • CATEGORIES: Features, International This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Roger sent us a second report: “This near Son, Netherlands  where my dad jumped in the Market Garden invasion September 17th 1944. My dad Jim Martin and I rode in a convoy of military vehicle.  This GPW Jeep belongs to Han Pulles. My friend  Kevin and I rode in Han’s Jeep with his son Barry. Dad road in one of the trucks. We had a great time. Thanks to Han and his son Barry for taking us along for the ride!”

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Roger Martin and his Father Jim “Pee Wee” Martin in the Netherlands

September 18, 2016 • CATEGORIES: Features, International, Museums This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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UPDATE: Roger called me to provide a little additional info. First, the “young lady” with whom Jim is shaking hands is actually the Prime Minister of Defense for the Netherlands. Apparently, there were numerous other dignitaries and security was tight. 

I’m taking a break for the night, but don’t worry. Roger Martin and his father Jim “Pee Wee” Martin have been busy in the Netherlands. Roger’s father was invited over to participate in some WWII events and visit numerous museums. I can’t say exactly which photos go with which musuem, but they are still interesting to look at. Thanks for all the photos Roger!

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Roper Marting (left) and his father Jim Martin (right).

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Rusty’s Windshield

September 18, 2016 • CATEGORIES: Features • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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I had a chance this past week to begin taking apart the windshield. The windshield frame has only surface rust, so that’s a relief, but it does have two cracks. One crack should be easily fixed, but the other is on the arm. It is complete severed except for the cables(?) on the inside. This will be a little more of a challenge. Here are some photos:

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Fractured support arm:

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More Pics from Charles

September 17, 2016 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Here are some more photos courtesy of Charles.

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canadian 3rd inf – boekhoute (belgium) 1944

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spa (belgium) caserne(barracks) lt-gen joostens

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Neat illustration from 2012. I can’ make out the artist’s name.

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nice photo of jeeps on road to the kehlstein tea house (hitler’s eagle’s nest) 1945

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More Videos From Brian Hainer

September 16, 2016 • CATEGORIES: Features, videos This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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UPDATE: I had the wrong link to Brian’s FC Corners videos.

The previous videos showed Brian making some FC corners. Now he’s working on a CJ-3B body. Here are a couple videos he’s done on the body. There are some others, too.. This video shows the making of the rear floor:

And this shows shaping the sides of the body:

 

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