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A Utility Wagon Utilized

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

I was out shopping in Kennewick on Thursday when I ran across this hard working wagon. The owner must have been busy in the nearby Target Store. The carrier on top of the wagon held two ladders, rope, lights, and a tube.

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CJ-2A at Desert Queen Ranch

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Roy shared a link on Facebook’s Jeep Thing. It was part of a Desert Queen Ranch at Joshua Tree National Park. If you want to see the jeep in person make sure to get reservations, because you have to be part of a guided tour.

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From Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Desert_Queen_Ranch_-_Willy%27s_Jeep.jpg)

Here’s a neat link that shows a panorama which includes the jeep. Below is a partial photo from that panorama. It’s a perspective you don’t normally see.

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The O.E. Szekely and Associates Mobile APU Brochure

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I’ve been polishing an article related to the O.E.Szekely and Associates Mobile Auxiliary Power Unit. One of the interesting things that this brochure from a late 1940s Willys Overland Equipment Book notes is that there are two types of Units. The “B” unit is designed for aircraft service and produces only DC power (28 1/2 volts), while the “C” unit produced DC and AC.

More on the APU Jeeps

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1962 Wagon Parkway Westville, OK **SOLD**

• CATEGORIES: Features, Jeep Rods, Willys Wagons • TAGS: , , This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $16,000

(11/15/2013) This looks fine. Check out the back of this wagon. Is it possibly a traveller?

“1962 willys hot rod on a chevy blazer chassis with a chevy 350 engine and trans lots of chrome and aluminum on the engine has a/c and heating custom interior VERY NICE…$16,000.00 OR TRADE FOR NICE TOW TRUCK”

 

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National Park Service Archive Aleutian Photos

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Here’s a neat photo from the NPS archives which appears to show a GPW (based on the bumper) parked in front of a B-25H. This was possibly taken in the Aleutians somewhere.

http://www.nps.gov/media/photo/gallery.htm?tagid=653&reinit=false&maxrows=20&startrow=101

nps-jeep-b25h-alaskaHere’s a photo of Howard Erwin Rummel in front of a jeep from the same archives:

http://www.nps.gov/aleu/photosmultimedia/interview-rummel.htm

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Still from the 1955 Movie “Jump Into Hell” on eBay

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Never heard of the movie “Jump into Hell“.

“Jump Into Hell ’55 JACQUES SERNAS ARMY JEEP WAR GUNS RARE

This vintage original still shows a VERY RARE photo of JACQUES SERNAS (second soldier from the left) and other soldiers firing their guns from the cover of an ARMY JEEP.

Moviephoto from the movie: Jump Into Hell: The Gallant Stand At Dienbienphu
Year of the photo: 1955
Size of the photo: Approximately 8 x 10”

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1946 Jantzen ad with Willy MB Slat Grille on eBay

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Not too many ads with a Slat Grille MB in them.

“This is an original 1946 print ad for Jantzen clothes! It measures approximately 13.25″ x 10.25″ overall, has no tears, with a light stain in the top edge; comes from a dry, high-altitude, smoke-free environment, and is strictly graded ”

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