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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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Happy Father’s Day

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I hope every has a happy father’s day. I’ll be enjoying it by taking the day off. Here’s a few old pics of Dad from the Wandering Willys Jeep Club Scrapbook. I don’t know the history behind any of them.

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Looks like he has antifreeze in one hand and kerosene or gas in the other. Since he was wearing a hard hat, maybe the club was cutting trees for some reason? Circa mid 1970s?

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I think this was a pancake feed at the Region 1 play day circa 1981. I don’t remember that hat.

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Maybe 1970? Looks to me like he’s woken up after drinking. He has that hangover look, which is something I never remember him having. Maybe taken at the Beverly Sand Dunes. That’s my sister on his lap.

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Dad’s not in this pic, but I thought I’d post it anyway. It’s a photo from about 1980. I think we are above Cle Elum here, but I couldn’t swear to it.

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Color WWII Photos

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Marc found these royalty free color photos at historylink101.com.

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Vehicles of the 81st Recon. Squadron of the 1st Armored Div., ford a stream on the outskirts of Vergato, Italy enroute to Bologna, during the Spring offensive of the 5th Army in Northern Italy.

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A GI in the back seat of a jeep sends a telephone message during Signal Corps training in the field.

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ritish and American Officers work on teams on security problems. Soldiers in a jeep are told to proceed with caution.

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Hank’s Dual Wheel Adapters

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UPDATE: I have not heard from Hank in a while. Unless I hear otherwise, I don’t believe he’s got these for sale. This is informational only at this point.

Hank created these at his shop. He writes, “Thought I would show everyone my dual wheel adapters that I made at our shop. I got the dimensions from a friend that had a pair and sold them. They fit the front and rear and they have right and left thread lug nuts.May not be original but they are twice as strong, will do the job and don’t look half bad.”

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