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No Updates Saturday Night or Sunday

October 26, 2013 • CATEGORIES: Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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No updates for Sunday. We toured the backroads of the Washington’s Palouse area on Saturday. On Sunday we’ll be heading up to Spokane. From there we haven’t decided where we are heading. So, no updates tonight or Sunday, but I’ll make sure there will be something for Monday.

On the jeep hunting front, we found and took pics of a great old fiberglass racer in parked in ‘downtown’ Benge, Washington.

Here’s a photo from Steptoe Butte State Park, a place that has a 360 degree view of Washington’s Palouse area. We just happened by the entrance; I’d never heard of the place. Here’s Ann, I and Zollie (short for Zoloft) looking north over the surrounding farmlands.

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Jeep-Borne Beer Keg

October 25, 2013 • CATEGORIES: Features • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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The Princeton graduating class of 1932 used a jeep to celebrate their 15th reunion (in 1947) by hauling a keg in it. This photo was published in the June 16, 1947, issue of Life Magazine (page 60).

The related article takes an in-depth look at the class of ’32 by interviewing and publishing their incomes, job changes, marital status and more. It’s actually a pretty interesting article. I was surprised to see that by 1947 31% of marriages ended in divorce. One of the graduates of ’32 was Jimmy Stewart. Do you suppose he’s somewhere in the back of that jeep?

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Mason Dixon Willys Jeep Gathering Sunday Oct 27, 2013

October 25, 2013 • CATEGORIES: Event, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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If you are in the Union Mills, MD, you might check out the Mason Dixon Willys Jeep gathering on Sunday, Oct 27th. You can  learn more at Jeepchasm.com

The Show will be held at the Historic Union Mills Homestead, north of Westminster, MD 21158 on Littlestown Pike (MD-97 north) from 10am to 3pm.
5 trophies will be awarded as follows:

  • Best Military
  • Best CJ
  • Best Willys (Non-Jeep)
  • Best Work in Progress
  • Chairman’s Choice

A food vendor will be on site, in addition to other Jeep / parts vendors.
Gettysburg Tour:
We will once again do a Gettysburg Battlefield tour to a different section than the past years.
We will meet at 12 noon on Saturday Oct. 26th (near the theater) at the Gettysburg Outlet Shoppes located at the intersection of US-15 and PA-97 just south of Gettysburg. We may “wash the trail dust down” afterward with a  stop by Appalachian Brewing Company!
Saturday Evening Activity:
At 6pm on Saturday the 26th, all are welcome to join us at Gary & Dell’s Crab House on Littlestown Pike near  Union Mills. They have steamed crabs, American & Thai cuisine. Come join us while we eat crabs, drink beer, and tell stories about our Jeeps!”

 

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Omix-Ada’s Jeep Collection at 2013 SEMA Show

October 24, 2013 • CATEGORIES: Event, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Omix-Ada’s President, Al Azadi, has a jeep collection that totals at least 20 jeeps, including some prototypes (see six of his jeeps below). At the November 5-7 2013 Sema Show in Las Vegas, he’ll be showing off a portion of their collection.

You can see more about the collection @ http://www.jeepcollection.com or learn more about the event at http://www.off-road.com/blog/2013/10/22/omix-ada-debuts-historic-jeep-collection-at-2013-sema-show/

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Hugh’s Jeeps: Larry, Moe and Curley

October 24, 2013 • CATEGORIES: Builds, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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I don’t know how many divorces eWillys has caused, but Hugh is pretty sure he’d be in trouble if he was married.

Hugh writes, “If it wasn’t for ewillys i wouldn’t have found these jeeps.  Got them one year apart and have learned a tremendous amount between ewillys and the cj2a page.  I have a highly modified jeep and a purist  jeep.  Your website is great Dave but costing me alot of money!  Good thing im not married.”

Here’s Larry (left) and Moe (right). Larry is a fiberglass jeep that Hugh’s been slowly transforming into a  MBish jeep. Moe is a pretty stock CJ-2A that hugh plans on continuing to restore as money allows. hugh-jeeps

Here are some before and after photos of Larry. Hugh’s keeping his budget tight and enjoying giving his jeep some military character. It just shows how little changes can make a big difference.

Before:

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From Belgium: A Jeep Then and Now

October 24, 2013 • CATEGORIES: Features, International This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Charles forwarded these photos. The first shows a jeep from 1944. Fast forward to 2013 and we have another jeep (not the same one) being rebuilt in this same location. It’s a nice bit of history.

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