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Anyone near Muncie? Buick Offenhauser Intake in Muncie, Indiana

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Anyone near Muncie that could pick this up and mail it to me??

It’s a brand new offenhauser V6 intake for only $50!  I’ll send you $50 +shipping +some for your time via check or paypal, which ever works best. Here’s the link. http://indianapolis.craigslist.org/pts/4527882568.html

Thanks, Dave (d@ewillys.com or 831-325-9616)

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Willys Wagon Giveaway (Contest Over)

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UPDATE: Glenn discovered the winner of this Sailor Jerry wagon giveaway. He’s from Long Island and loves jeeps, so watch for this wagon there.

Here’s the official press release: http://www.nabca.org/assets/docs/NHjeepContest.pdf by the New Hampshire liquor board.

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(10/30/2013) Steve sold his wagon, but then discovered it’s part of a giveaway as part of a Sailor Jerry Spiced Rum marketing campaign. Here was the original for the giveaway:

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FJ Fleetvan Photos

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A reader shared these photos. He’s going to learn more about them. Amazingly, three additional FJs popped up for sale yesterday. You can find them below.

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Bantam BRC-40 & BRC-60 Postcard on eBay

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UPDATE: this is back on eBay

Both the Bantam BRC-60 and the BRC-40 are featured on this postcard.

There is use wear , with slight edge and corner bumping and slight discoloration as I have shown in the photos.. ……..As far as I can see there are no tears.. Please look at all photos closely. Measures 3 1/2″ x 5 1/2″.”

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1948 Willys Overland “Stordor” Bodied Van

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Here’s a rare look at a Willys Overland Chassis with a StorDor body (see late 1940s brochure at bottom). What’s unusual with this van is that at some point it was turned into a motor home. While this former laundry van’s current fate is unknown, Larry, the former owner, has shared some information about it. He writes:

I had an old van registered as a Willys Housecar from 1948. Body was on a 2T frame and was modified with a Chevy inline six. Boy do I miss her…I had to leave her in shambles ten years ago

I was told that an old man in Moorpark, Ca. had custom built the interior and as seen on the exterior, the most probable “Bakery” in blue and with imagination, “To your door” showed up on the driver’s side through the house paint that is flaking off, suggesting that she was once a bakery delivery van. The previous owner had received it as a joke some time before I got it in 1980. I don’t know if it even exists anymore. She was dependable but scary with the feeling of tipping ever present like the willies you’d get in a CB or MB of, say, 1940’s circa. 

On another note, I had a friend who had a 1947 Ford van similar to this Willys I owned and it had a grill in the bell shape as mine was.

You can view all the photos of Larry’s old Van here: https://www.flickr.com/photos/lrgvanman/sets/72157604163626267/

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You can just make out the “Willys Overland” signature on the speedometer.

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Cook Forest Seep Rides Postcard on eBay

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Anyone ever of this former Pennsylvania ride?

The caption on the back of this postcard reads:
SCENIC JEEP RIDES & ARCHERY at Cook Forest State Park on State Highway 36 along the Clarian River in north-western Pennsylvania. Wild life is plentiful in the park and may be seen by the alert visitor

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