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Jeep Tool Kit and Knife

• CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features, Unusual This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

UPDATE: Shelly’s got one of these tool kits for sale on Etsy.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/455921888/jeep-knife-and-tool-kit-with-vinyl-case?ref=shop_home_feat_4

“Jeep Knife and Tool Kit with Vinyl Case, Mid Century Jeep Memorabilia, Props not included.
What a find, an intact kit with knife, bottle opener, screwdriver and more, in a vinyl intact case.
This one for Jeep, is a wonderful piece of history for Jeep.

Used to promote the brand and appeal to the outdoor ruggedness Jeep owners lived for.
The adventures in a Jeep, bring together a camp of people, loving the life in a Jeep.
Here is a piece of that world.

Not perfect but in very good vintage condition.
A few wear marks. There is a piece of leather look tape on one of the tools.
I will leave that to you to remove if wanted.

Snap works, in good shape, no rust on snap or tools.
Knife folds in and out in good working order. The handle appears to be mother of pearl.

Imperial made many knives for kits like this for camping, advertisement, promotions, scouting.”

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Korean War Era Photo on eBay

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The seller lists this as being a Korean War era photo. Though the jeep appears to be an M-38, I doubt this is from the Korean War. The jeep shown has a license plate on the back.

“Nice old photo. Measures about 4 1/2″ by 3 1/4″. Good to very good condition with some wear – album paper/paste remnants on back.”

View all the information on eBay

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1945 Photo of the “Winter-Proof” Top on eBay

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I’ve seen this photo before, but never an original press photo.

” 1945- Jeep is used by the 644th Ordnance Depot shown with a “winter-proof” enclosure. The plastic top, made entirely of salvaged materials, has windshield wipers, a spotlight and a windshield defroster. Photo measures approx. 8″ x 10″

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Late 1960s Ramsey Product Brochure

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I purchased this off of eBay. It is a very helpful Ramsey product brochure that shows the incredible variety of winches, PTOs, reducers, and transmission produced by Ramsey in the late 1960s. I had no idea they manufactured so many. Note on the third page that the rare PTO rear gearbox 1B is shown.

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1970 Military CJ-5 M-606A2 & M-606A3 Brochure **SOLD**

• CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, CJ5, Features • TAGS: This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay. This brochure suggests it had a ventilated windshield option.

“Here I have an excellent condition
SERVICE MANUAL
SM-1041-R2
Supplement To SM-1046
For
M606A2 and M606A3
With auxililary 24-Volt
Radio Power Supply
Jeep UNIVERSAL (CJ-5 Modified)
Manual dated August 1970
This is in excellent Condition. There are 26 interior pages plus the covers.”

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Happy 5th Anniversary!

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Ann and I marked our fifth anniversary yesterday. To celebrate, we drove to the small town of Dayton, Washington, for dinner. Today we plan to explore the Wallowa-Whitman National Forest. I did not bring my computer with me, so I won’t be responding to emails for a couple days! Here’s our propose route.

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Warn VS. Husky Auxiliary Overdrive

• CATEGORIES: Features, OD Other, OD Saturn/Warn This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

I thought this auxiliary transmission comparison was interesting. A 1969 article promoted Warn’s Auxiliary Transmission, an overdrive that sat between the transmission and transferase. By early 1970 Husky was promoting a similar sized heavy-duty overdrive that sat between the engine and transmission.

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More pics of the Warn Auxiliary Transmission. This one was sold in Nevada in 2013, priced at only $450 (also included tranny & tc).
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This one was priced at $700 and sold out of Maryland:

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Portable Warn Winch?

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Over the past couple of weeks falling eBay prices has allowed me to get some really neat content. So, the month of August should be a good one for new features.

Here’s the first one. I did not know that Warn produced a portable Warn winch. Anyone ever run across one of these? It appeared as part of a 1970 Warn Advertisement.

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