This photo shows the CJ-2A sporting the dual front and rear tops.
July 1945 Early Photo of CJ-2A on eBay
November 7, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images • TAGS: VEC. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Wooden Jeep w/ Artillery on eBay
Commercially produced or home made? The gun ‘pops’ when the gun’s crank is turned.
“FANTASTIC PATINA! THIS JEEP & ARTILLERY GUN are 90% wooden except for metal steering wheel & metal gun “popper” (which WORKS)strip & masonite bottom.
25 1/2 in. long overall. Jeep is 10 1/2 in. x 3 1/2 in x 3 1/2 in.
ORIGINAL PAINT IS 70-80%. Gun “pops” when square crank is tnrned by the nail handle.
HAND-PAINTED NUMBERS, STAR, “USA” & GUN WHEELS. Steering wheel is a replacement as is part of the front seat back.”
1944 Photo of Saipan Jeeps and Soldiers on eBay
November 7, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
What’s mounted to the hood of the front jeep?
“1944- U.S. Marines and jeeps move along a road lined with ammunition cases as they advance to front lines on Saipan.”
1944 Photo of Soldier’s Jeep w/ Swastika on eBay
November 7, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
This Boise, Idaho, soldier used a swastika image to commemorate a capture.
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World’s Smallest Jeep 6″ long x 2″ high
November 7, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Models, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
The model builder was supposed to be working on a motor for this tiny jeep at the time this photo and caption were published.
“1943 Press Photo The world’s smallest Jeep, 6 inches long and 2 inches high”
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Matt Yosts Jeep Illustrations
November 6, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Artists/Drawings, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
Matt Yost’s added a couple jeep related illustrations since the last time I mention him. Here are all the ones I’ve found.
1) Surf Wierdos #21: http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/matt-yost/surf-weirdos-21/233160
2) Marine Weirdos #4: http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/matt-yost/marine-weirdos-4/75467
3) Interlopers 2: http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/matt-yost/interlopers-2/135195
4) Fresh Meat 3: http://www.yostarts.com/freshmeat3print.htm
5) The Primitive 5: http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/650ba56f-dd7f-46cb-8a21-d2a0d1d3387d?fromGallery=false
6) Walking The Dog: http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/matt-yost/walking-the-dog-3/123945
1944 Photo of a MLW-2 on eBay
November 6, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Other 4x4s This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
Here’s a very rare photo of the 1/2 ton MLW-2, built by Willys-Overland to carry six men in the rear and two in the front. Only two prototypes were built and there whereabouts are unknown (to the Mark Askew’s knowledge).
Learn more about them here: http://www.milweb.net/features/willys_jeep.php
1944 Photo of Ford GP in Illinois on eBay
November 6, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Bantam-FordGP-WillysMA-EarlyJPs, Features, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
A Ford GP named “TIRED” is adapting to civilian life by stopping at the Lake Geneva, Illinois, post office for mail.
“1944 Press Photo Civilians adapting the Jeep to normal ways of living.”
Woman in Jeep on Liberty Magazine Cover
November 6, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Artists/Drawings, Features, Magazine, Women & Jeeps This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
UPDATE: Was on eBay.
The March 25, 1944, issue of Liberty Magazine has a woman driving a jeep.
Vintage Colorado ‘Safari’ Article
November 5, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images, Old News Articles • TAGS: Jeep-Willys-News. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
The May 1955 issue of Willys News featured this article about a Colorado Jeep trip.
