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Juan’s Grandson’s New (old) Pedal Jeep

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Juan showing his grandson a CJ-3B. Juan is passing on the joy of jeeps.

Juan shared this neat story about restoring a pedal jeep for his grandson Francisco. The email was written in Spanish, so I translated it as best as I could.

Juan writes, I am pleased to talk to you about something incredible that happened to me.  A few days ago a jeep friend, Alejandro Galvan, messaged me, telling me that there was a pedal jeep for sale in acoatepec  bazaar. They were selling a pedal jeep like the one my parents gave me when I was almost two years old.

The next day my brother and I went to see it. We bought it, cleaned it and compared it with a photo of my toy jeep from 60 years ago. We were surprised to discover that it is identical, except for a few modifications such as different tires tires and a windshield. I plan to ask the person who sold me if they know the source. Maybe there’ s a chance it was originally my very own toy. How amazing that would be!

Since my grandson just turned on year old and it was his Catholic baptism, we gave it to him. To my great astonishment, when my grandson saw it I could see in his eyes the joy. After the celebration, my brother and myself began restoring it to look like my pedal jeep. I’m very pleased with the way it turned out. Warmest regards from Coatepec, Veracruz, Mexico.

BEFORE RESTORATION: You can see the photos of Juan’s original pedal jeep in the photos in the first picture.

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AFTER RESTORATION: (I wish I’d had one of those as a kid!)

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1967 Snow Photo from Holbrook, Arizona

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Given the winter weather, Colin thought this would be an appropriate photograph to post. He writes:

I have attached a photo taken in December, 1967, in Holbrook, AZ.  Arizona received record snowfall over the entire state, with Flagstaff receiving about 8 feet of snow over a 40 hour period.  The snow just about paralyzed the state.  The photo shows Arizona Highway Patrol Officer Paul Palmer sitting on the hood of Highway Patrol Officer Carlton Hill’s 1959 Jeep Station wagon.  Both Paul and Carlton (as well as myself) are retired and Carlton still has that Jeep wagon.  In that storm, Holbrook had about 3 ½ feet of snow.  In southern Arizona, where I was, we had about the same, 3 ½ feet.

1967 Holbrook Snow photos

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Hugh Tackles a Hill

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Last weekend Hugh and his father enjoyed the last bits of good weather in their jeep. As you can see, they found a fun hill to climb and photograph. Hugh reports the cold has engulfed the midwest and, as of Friday, there was a foot of snow at his dad’s place.

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1969 Photo of GPA and CJ-2A in South Africa

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Old Trucks Babanagno posted the photo below on their Facebook Page. They have even more vintage photos at their Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Old-Trucks-Babanango/422556771112707

 

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Nick from Kibler Park near Johannesburg, with his ex SADF CJ2A, and Stalhud, from Ladysmith, Natal with his Ford GPA amphibious jeep at Richards Bay on the Zululand Coast 1969. Stalhud used his GPA for fishing

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