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1945 MB Homestead, FL **SOLD**

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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay.

Elicier is selling this MB. Looks like a good solid jeep.

“FOR SALE IS A 1945 WILLYS MB. IT HAS MANY NEW AND ORIGINAL PARTS. THE ENGINE IS AT 0.010 STOCK NO SLEEVES. IT RUNS PERFECTLY. IT HAS THE ORIGINAL T-84 TRANSMISSION. THE ENGINE IS WW2 AS WELL AS THE WHOLE DRIVE TRAIN. THE ENGINE, TRANSMISSION, TRANSFER CASE, AND AXLES WERE REBUILT. THE JEEP HAS NEW PERIOD CORRECT WW2 WIRING. IT IS A FACTORY STOCK 6 VOLT.

IT HAS ALL NEW WW2 BEACH WOOD CANVAS UPHOLSTERY ON ALL SEATS. THE JEEP FINISHED RESTORATION IN DECEMBER 2013 AND TILL TODAY HAS ABOUT 1,000- 1,500 MILES IN IT. IT HAS PREFORMED FLAWLESS. IT HAS A CLEAR FLORIDA TITLE AND A VINTAGE STREET LEGAL 1945 PLATE. THE REASON WHY I’M SELLING IS BECAUSE I HAVE ANOTHER JEEP PROJECT AND OTHER VEHICLES I NEED TO LET GO. I HAVE ENJOYED IT FOR ONE YEAR AND I HAVE DECIDED ITS TIME TO MOVE ON AND HAND IT OVER TO A GOOD HOME. THIS JEEP HAS ABSOLUTELY NO RUST AT ALL.

IT HAS A WW2 SIREN ON. THERE ARE PHOTOS OVER THE USE OF THE JEEP SO SOME MIGHT NOT SHOW THE SIREN BUT IT IS INSTALLED AT THE MOMENT. I HAVE LINK OF THE VIDEO OF THE JEEP RUNNING. THE FUEL GUAGE IS NOT MARKING PROPERLY BUT ITS BECAUSE THE SENDER IS BAD I HAVE NOT TIME TO FIX IT. THE BUYER IS RESPONSIBLE TO ARRANGE SHIPPING AND COST. I WILL HELP LOAD.”

 

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Distracted Drivers

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You would think that without phones, radios, and fast food in our vehicles that we’d have fewer distracted drivers. However, it seems people have had trouble paying attention since the dawn of the automobile as the below illustration highlights. It was published in January of 1921 in the Deseret News under the heading “Careless Driver Increases Danger of Motoring and Jeopardizes Public”

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=LcIwAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_VUDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6034%2C2092155

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Actress Thelma Ritter in a CJ-5

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We’ve seen a poorer quality version of this photo. Here’s a better scan of the June 1955 photo from Willys News with the caption in tact. Though the caption doesn’t mention the movie name, it probably refers to the movie released in 1956 called the Proud and Profane.

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Deborah Kerr (I think) on the left and Thelma Ritter on the right. Note the lack of a rear floating hub, which suggests the jeep in the background wasn’t a MB or GPW. Brett noted it’s probably a M-38.

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Photo of Bantam BRC-40 w/ Eddie Cantor on eBay

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Great photo!

“1941- Because he was the first person to buy a defense savings bond at Treasury House in Rockefeller Plaza, actor Eddie Cantor was taken for a ride in an Army jeep. Shown here on the steps of the Bowery Savings Bank on 42nd Street.”

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