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M-38 on Hawaii Five-0

January 17, 2013 • CATEGORIES: Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Guy spotted this M-38 on the January 14th, 2013, episode of Hawaii Five-O. He managed to grab the below picture.  He also found extra links or us too (thanks!).  It looks like someone has smeared dirt in places to give it that ‘rough’ look.

He reports on the right is Steve McGarrett, played by Alex O’Louglin. On the left is Chin Ho Kelly, played by Daniel Dae Kim.Link to info about this new version of Hawaii Five-0:  http://www.cbs.com/shows/hawaii_five_0/about/

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Here is some additional Hawaii related links and info he found, too.

 Also, found a vintage Jeep pic at the Hawaii War Records Depository site: http://libweb.hawaii.edu/digicoll/hwrd/HWRD_html/HWRD42b.html
See War Record #494 – Scroll halfway down the tall page.
Upon further looking around the War Records site, I found you can do a search within related sites for Jeep images and Jeeps being mentioned in communications, etc.  I did not have time yet to look through it.

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1966 Austin Mini Moke Stratford, CT eBay

January 16, 2013 • CATEGORIES: Features, Mini Moke • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Here’s a rare Austin Mini Moke for sale.

“Austin Mini Moke, 1966
One of only 14,500 built in England, 1964-1968
ONLY 5,500 original miles!!!
A rare, incredibly well preserved Moke, was at Woodstock (Janis Joplin reputedly stood on the hood and sung to the crowd), EXCELLENT original condition… Absolutely rust free, very presentable original green paint, like new original seat cushions.
Runs and drives like new…wheels recently powder coated, new radials, all new brakes, new exhaust, fuel tank cleaned, carb rebuilt, full service and tune up, and new shocks. Excellent wiring, starts instantly, oil pressure light immediately goes out, no smoke, and perfect driving.”

View all the information on eBay

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Desert of Maine Jeep Train

January 16, 2013 • CATEGORIES: Event, Features • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Thanks to Warren for forwarding this lead.  Perhaps it is more accurate to call these mini-jeep trains, but just outside Freeport, Maine, there is a CJ-5 and CJ-7 that still pull tourists in a tourist-trailer around the sand (which I think they call ‘narrated coach tours’).  You can learn more about them here.  I managed to find a few photos of them on Flickr.  It looks like there are two different coaches.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/the_west_wing/8152632437/

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http://www.flickr.com/photos/7588183@N04/4858047781/?q=desert%20of%20maine%20jeep

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Ooops … updates didn’t appear

January 14, 2013 • CATEGORIES: Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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I had updates scheduled to go out early on Monday morning, but they didn’t appear (related to changes I made to reduce resource use on my current server … grrrr).  So, I’ve just pushed them out manually tonight.

Meanwhile, tonight my internet is down.  So, I spent time researching and then playing around with the cover to my new book.  Everything on the cover could change — title, subtitle, arrangement, my pseudonym, colors  — I’m just working it through. Mom’s read the first draft and really enjoyed it. But, hey, it’s my mom. For fun here’s the book front cover draft, and I emphasize draft. Still lots of work left before its ready.

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