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By Lissa Guyton,
I haven’t felt well today, so just a few updates. Rich shared these two articles related to JeepFest in Toledo this weekend. He tells that the local ABC affiliate is a sponsor, so he expects to see a few more stories.
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:
Bob 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
Justin Paul’s wife Angela crafted this birthday cake for him. You can view other jeep-inspired cakes here: http://www.ewillys.com/tag/cakes/
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.
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:
Photos from after the build:
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]
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.
In many places the ‘Jeep’ was the center of attraction.
A typical camp scene—time for oiling the rifle and catching up on correspondence.
This is another brochure that doesn’t pop up for sale too often.
“Here is an Original 1962 Jeep 4×4 Brochure. Size is 8.5″ x 5.5″ folded and opens to 17″ x 10.5″ to show the views in the listing. Condition is Very Good as shown.”
View all the information on eBay
Mark spotted this auction of D-Day Nerrant & Fils items at the Artcurial website. The items are located in France. There are some jeeps and trailers and other models.
http://www.artcurial.com/en/asp/searchresults.asp?pg=1&ps=18&st=D&sale_no=3114
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..”
