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1941 Photo of Willys MAs in San Francisco

• CATEGORIES: Bantam-FordGP-WillysMA-EarlyJPs, Features, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

Here’s a fantastic photo from Crissy Field near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. It sure looks way different now! I found the photo at this military mashup site, which has a good collection of jeep prototype photos.

http://militarymashup.com/military-jeep-prototype.htm

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2 Ford GPs in Burma during WWII

• CATEGORIES: Artists/Drawings, Bantam-FordGP-WillysMA-EarlyJPs, Features, Women & Jeeps • TAGS: This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

Here’s a set of Ford GPs in Burma during WWII. The photo is from the June 08, 1942, issue of Life Magazine. The article, “Flight from Burma” on page 30, is a fascinating tale of the desertion of the Rangoon, as told by George Rodger, the photographer pictured in the photo with the two Ford GPs below.

http://books.google.com/books?id=P1AEAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=1942+June+8+Life+Magazine&hl=en&sa=X&ei=EWcPU_rvHZCAogTrk4LADw&ved=0CCsQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=jeep&f=false

Search for Life Magazine June 8, 1942, on eBay

1942-06-08-life-magazine-ford-gps

Later in the issue (page 56) is this ad with a jeep:

1942-06-08-life-magazine-youre-in-the-army-now-ad

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The Three Stooges and a CJ-2A

• CATEGORIES: Features, videos This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

UPDATE: Thanks to John for finding the full version of this movie short from 1949 called “Fuelin Around“, the 116th movie short they made. The CJ-2A appears in both part 1 and part 2.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sl8qeEx30E0

Here’s the Spanish version that Steve found:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5P3Zl9kFPAg

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