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Brian Hainer’s FC Corners

August 9, 2016 • CATEGORIES: Features, videos This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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UPDATE: Go here to see some of Brian’s 3B body videos.

Brian Hainer has begun making some videos showing how he makes body parts out of sheet metal. He’s finished a couple videos already. He’ll soon be completing a series of videos on how to fabricate a complete Willys body.

Currently he has a set of three videos showing how he produced a corner piece for an FC-170.

Here are links to the subsequent videos for the FC corner:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5klkL-1Vl8M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rjax0KGZtpY

You can see all four of his videos and subscribe to his youtube channel at the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTHDVml1xugLuj0oi384tEQ

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Articles Covering the Toledo JeepFest This Weekend

August 9, 2016 • CATEGORIES: Event, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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2016-bob-christy-toledo-blade-articleBob Christy landed on top of a Toledo Blade article providing build up to this weekend’s Toledo Jeepfest in Toledo: http://www.toledoblade.com/Automotive/2016/08/07/The-wind-in-your-hair-and-a-grille-full-of-mud.html

The Toledo Blade published a second article as well: http://www.toledoblade.com/Automotive/2016/08/07/Jeep-was-indispensable-to-Allied-victory.html

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Corporal Fredrick Stokes in Japan

August 8, 2016 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Stephen Stokes was kind enough to share this photo (via David Watson). It shows Stephen’s father, Fredrick Stokes, during his time in Japan with the US Army. The photo was taken between 1946-1948. If the bumper is accurate, it looks to be a GPW.

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Modified FC-150 on PowerNationTV

August 8, 2016 • CATEGORIES: FC150-FC170-M677, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Jonathon McDonagh, part of the McDonagh Brothers team that hosts eWillys, spotted this cool FC build that was featured on PowerNationTV. Check on all the photos here:

http://www.powernationtv.com/post/powernation-ride-of-the-week-jeep-fc150

A photo of the FC before the build:

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Photos from after the build:

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Sailing Sahara’s Sands by J. Mortimer Sheppard

August 7, 2016 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images, Old News Articles • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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When loose deep sand was encountered, the ‘Jeep’ had to pull both the yacht and the sedan. [ed note … this caption was included in the original article]

This article by J. Mortimer Sheppard appeared in a 1956 issue of the Globetrotter magazine. An author of multiple books, Shepard spent three years traveling around the globe on behalf of Willys as a correspondent in the mid 1950s. On one occasion, described herein, he pulled a land yacht behind a jeep to the Sahara desert so he could sail across parts of Africa, accompanied by his wife and children.

Shepard went on to write an article for Wide World Magazine titled First to Sail the Sahara. An 1800 mile journey with his wife and family in a sand yacht over the Desert in 1956 (it’s also been republished as a book, but this may be a modern item). The second, Sahara Adventure, is an actual book and probably a more complete account of the trip. I’ve just bought it, so I’ll report on it once I read it.

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In many places the ‘Jeep’ was the center of attraction.

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A typical camp scene—time for oiling the rifle and catching up on correspondence.

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1961 Wagon Broomfield, CO **SOLD**

August 6, 2016 • CATEGORIES: Features, Fire/Police/Industry Vehicles, Willys Wagons This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $3000.

“Runs, Rebuilt master cylinder. Winch works. Additional parts included. Fair to good tires.”

(From the previous ad) “Caterpillar yellow covers this real life piece of 60’s history. Formerly driven by the Director of Field Training for the National School of Heavy Equipment, Charlotte, North Carolina. The school was founded by Gilbert S. Shaw in 1955 and operated until 1976. Apparently it was the first school of it’s kind in the world! It was painted for the school, then sold, had a 1970’s “restoration” and then sat for another 30 years. The 70’s restoration included a dash modification & a coat of ugly, drab tan. Our “restoration” process included many steps of hand sanding and polishing the entire vehicle to expose the school’s door sign and yellow paint job. Plus of course, clean up, repair, and history research..”

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