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Heinz Spotted this Jeep near Suzhayn, Germany

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I have a habit of infecting family members with the Willys sickness. This causes them to be always on the lookout for jeeps. A few months ago a distant German relative contacted me. Since that time we’ve been sharing bits of family into. I don’t remember mentioning eWillys to him at all, but somehow he knew, because he recently sent this photo while visiting Sulzhayn, Germany. 🙂

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1964 Photo of CJ-3A w/ Full Floating Hubs on eBay

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I thought this 1964 photo of what appears to be a stock CJ-3A somewhere in southeast Asia with full-floating rear hubs was surprising to see. Is this something that Willys Export offered?

“Vintage photo of A jeep driver looking back towards the group of people,1964.
Size of photo 9,6″x7,1″ inches”

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DJ-3A Galas & Frank M. Brandstetter

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I recently ordered a biography called Brandy: Our Man in Acapulco as part of some research into DJs at the Las Brisas Resort in Acapulco. I was surprised to see the cover included a color photo, one I’ve never seen, of nine DJ-5 surrey/galas in Las Brisas. There’s an entire chapter on Las Brisas, so I’m hoping for some good research information.

I’ve only gone through the book briefly, but the book credits Brandsetter with taking over Las Brisas in 1959 and turning it into the world’s top resort by 1972. They also claim Frank instituted the resort’s no tipping policy, but that policy was actually implemented by founder Juan March and existed for more than a year before Brandsetter entered the picture as evidenced in a Feb. 28, 1958 Milwaukee Sentinel article. There is an entire chapter devoted to Brandy and Las Brisas, so hopefully there will be some interesting tidbits and research vectors.

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Article from 1958:

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More Pics From Charles

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The first four photos are from WWII:

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‘you are now entering germany ‘ a us soldier made a sign on the hood of a jeep (border germany)

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germany 1945 – 2nd arm div

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battle of the bulge – hotel is still existing

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original pic -battle of the bulge – 101th airborne div

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Photo of Jeep Pulling Freight Cars in India on eBay

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Undated newspaper archive photo. Note the blimp overhead.

“Vintage photo of Jeep hauls freight in India.
Size of photo 6.4″ x 4.7″ inches
Jeep hauls freight in India. A rugged U.S.
Army jeep, versatile scout car used for many purposes, pulls wagons on a railroad siding in
India where U.S. Army service forces are handling supplies just received from U.S. The bantam
car weighs less than a ton while the wagons have a capacity of 20 tons each. people, men, jeep,”

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