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2015 MVCC Swap Meet April 23-25 Lodi, CA

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Don’t forget the MVCC swap meet this weekend in Lodi!

http://www.mvccnews.net/event_pages/tower_park/tower_park_spring.htm

Lots of parts & and lots of vehicles. Parts for WWII Willys MB’s, Ford GWP”S, M151, Dodge WC trucks, tanks, half track’s etc.

Held at:
The Stockton Delta KOA Campground (Tower Park)
14900 W. Hwy 12 ( 5 miles west of Hwy 5 )
Lodi, Ca 95242″

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Massiv Build Chalange @ Parjo 2015

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Straight from our Jakarta bureau comes this video about a ‘Jiffy jeep’ team that could use a little more practice. However, what they lack in speed, they make up for in enthusiasm. The event was part of the Parjo 2015. If you are up on your Indonesian language skills, then you can read the story in full.

If you’ve never seen a Jiffy Jeep quickly disassembled and reassembled, then you’ll enjoy this link: http://www.ewillys.com/tag/quick-disassemble/

 
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Lima’s “Jeep Day”

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This article appeared in The Lima News, out of Lima, Ohio.  Buy a bond and get a ride in a Jeep.  That sounds like it was worth the price!  I don’t see a year listed on the article.

 
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Barnum-Perry Buys 4 Jeeps

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This 1943 photo from the Denver Public Library’s digital collection shows that these elementary school children were busy. They helped purchase 4 jeeps! There are several other photos from the same event.

http://digital.denverlibrary.org/cdm/singleitem/collection/p15330coll23/id/9467/rec/6

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Day 10 – Tue. Apr. 21st: Another One Bites the Dust

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<– Day 9 – Mon. Apr. 20th: Recovering from the Plague | TRIP OVERVIEW | Day 11 & 12 – Wed. & Thurs Apr. 22nd & 23rd:  Road to Recovery –>

To whom should credit be given for that all-too-accurate phrase, ‘no good deed goes unpunished’? One need look no further than our bedroom to comprehend its accuracy. To wit, my wonderful wife who cared for me during my darkest hours with the plague has now succumbed to its wretched claws. Now she suffers the coughs, the chills, and all manner of inhumane indignities brought on by the horrid influenza. Tissues (with aloe) shall become her solace as she extricates the worst of dregs, nasally, from her being.

On a sunnier note, as of this evening I have shaken the devil from me. No chills, no fever, no sweating, and no more tissues!! It is no less a miracle than Jesus with Lazarus. I am reborn!

So, yes dear readers, we remain in quarantine for a couple more days. We are now a month behind my initial schedule. Fortunately, schedules matter naught to us!

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Sunset in Tularosa

<– Day 9 – Mon. Apr. 20th: Recovering from the Plague | TRIP OVERVIEW | Day 11 & 12 – Wed. & Thurs Apr. 22nd & 23rd:  Road to Recovery –>

 
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1963 Photo of Alice McKinney at Moab National Park

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This photo was published on Facebook by the Museum of Moab and shows Alice and Mac McKinney’s CJ-3A at Arches National Monument in 1963 (it didn’t become a National Park until 1971).  I haven’t been to the Museum of Moab (didn’t know it existed — we’ll have to give it a try next time we are through there).

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Originally published on Facebook by the Museum of Moab

 
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Trailblazers Jeep Club Plate

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Seth spotted this on eBay, but not until after it sold. It’s the first one I’ve seen.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Trailblazer-Jeep-Club-License-Plate-Sign-Bakersfield-California-/321724473600

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Garton Pedal Jeep Mesa, AZ **SOLD**?

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UPDATE: **SOLD**? Was $450.

It’s not in bad condition, but hardly ‘mint’.

“1930’s jeep usa pedal car. Mint shape”

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Day 9 – Mon. Apr. 20th: Recovering from the Plague

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<– Day 8 – Sun. Apr. 19th: Resting and Recovery | TRIP OVERVIEW | Day 10 – Tue. Apr. 21st:  Another One Bites the Dust –>

I felt better today, but still sneezing and coughing quite a bit, so I laid low. However, Ann spent some time wandering around Alamogordo taking photos (good for her!). She even managed to wiggle her way onto private grounds to photograph a building used in several movies (Fred and Cindy tells us that usually NO ONE is allowed to go inside the gates). I hope to publish some of her photos on Wednesday.  We will most likely leave Tularosa on Wednesday.

I got a bit of good news. Ann and I will be the inaugural guests at Red River’s Bed and Breakfast in Fredericksburg, Texas (once the plague leaves me and we can make it there). Tomorrow I will nail down a date with James.

James runs the Red River Jeep Tours in Red River, NM, along with the Uncorked Wine Tour and now a bed and breakfast in Fredericksburg.

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How about those bed lights!

<– Day 8 – Sun. Apr. 19th: Resting and Recovery | TRIP OVERVIEW | Day 10 – Tue. Apr. 21st:  Another One Bites the Dust –>

 
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More Illustrations from Roberto Flores

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Her are a couple additional illustrations. Based on a quick look of Mr. Arifman’s projects, it appears they are well done.

Roberto writes, both have been commissioned by Mr. Firman A. Arifman, from Indonesia. He´s a Willys jeep restorer and his company is called “Reborn Workshop”, located at Yakarta. This is its Facebook website:

https://www.facebook.com/RebornWorkshop?fref=ts

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