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Cadillacs in a Dumpster

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Along the Miami River, among the island freighters, machine shops and boat yards is this bizarre sight at the Byrd Commercial Divers’ yard. Is it art, trash or a statement?  While a jeep is not visible, we can only assume there is a stout CJ-2A holding up the turquoise Cadillac. Maybe an someone knows what this display is about? And the model & year of each car?   Google map link: https://goo.gl/maps/REbwn

Cadillac Dumpster Miami River 2 Cadillac Dumpster Miami River 5

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1960s? Postcard of Wagon in Austrailia on eBay

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Here’s a wagon ‘guarding’ the US Embassy in Canberra, Australia, circa 1960s.

“On offer is a vintage chrome postcard of the United States Embassy in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia. Shows the embassy, cars and a Jeep.

Postcard Title: Canberra, A.C.T. The United States Embassy.

Era: 1960/70s. Size: Standard. Maker: None given. Series: C 174”

View all the information on eBay

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Just a Couple Updates Friday

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Just a couple updates today. I’m doing backups as part of upgrade my laptop with more ram and a backup hard drive. It turns out copying 200 Gigs of jeep photos, videos, and more takes a LONG time.

btw, thanks to Dave Antram for my new T-shirt!  Here’s a pic,

david-tshirt-dave-antramHere’s the photo the t-shirt is based on: (see photo on eBay)

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M-677 **Scam**

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Watch for a new M-677 Scam. Someone is trying to sell a M-677 that is owned by Dan Horenberger that isn’t for sale.  I don’t have a link to the ad yet. Here’s a list of a few other car scheme scams that I found on the net.

The scammer’s is going by the name ‘Kelvin Hardy’ and uses the email kelvinhardy9880@gmail.com. The scammer is asking only $4000 and claims the vehicle is in Kansas.

Please let me know if you spot a current ad for it. Here’s one of the photos:

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Young Teen Tackles a M-38A1

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Here’s a good story about a young Teen named Ben Zenger reported in the Winston-Salem Journal on Wednesday. At 9 years old he decided he wanted a jeep. He saved up his own money and, with his parents approval, bought one: A 1954 M-38A1 that needs some work. Check out all the information at the website:

http://www.journalnow.com/journal_west/news/article_cf32fbc0-bba9-50ce-ba50-21335c96816d.html

I did have a video below, but it auto-started with commercials, so here’s a still of Ben instead. Go to the website to see the video.

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February 1957 Motor Trend Article on the FC

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Motor Trend has a short throwback post about the February 1957 article on the FC-150. The author of the 1957 article made at least one error, accidentally indicating the engine was a Jeep six cylinder. I haven’t read the article, so I don’t know how through it is. You can view the short post here. Below is one of the story’s pics.

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There are several issues of the Feb 1957 issue on eBay. Here’s a link to one of the cheaper ones along with a picture of the cover:

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