Ann and I will be making a very quick trip down to California to visit my daughter in Walnut Creek for the weekend. I may be out of service for much of today as we drive down central Oregon, so don’t expect any quick email (d @ deilers.com) replies today.

Updates will resume Wednesday.

Someone emailed me 40mb’s in files, causing my email to crash again.

So, if you emailed me over the last two days and haven’t heard from me, please email me again.

Thanks,

Dave

I had some kind of intestinal issue yesterday, so I spent most of the time in bed. Looking for something interesting to watch on TV, I ran across a documentary called The Ghost Army, which talks about the top-secret unit charged with creating distractions, illusions, and more. I’d heard of the story, but never saw the video.

I watched the film via Amazon Prime; I can’t find it anywhere online, but I did find this short introduction to the Ghost Army video:

Here are some images showing how the group tried to make a jeep into a tank, but that turned out to be a failure. Instead, they turned to blow-up rubber tanks.

Here’s a jeep parked next to a rubber tank:

UPDATE: Still Available.

(08/17/2019) Not sure how much value is here.

https://pittsburgh.craigslist.org/pts/d/valencia-1946-willys-jeep/6956354382.html

“Body shot, still salvageable parts. Make offer, you haul. J”

“THIS ” WILLYS ” FORUM IS FOR RANK AMATEURS — WHERE WERE YOU CRETINS WHEN I WAS DRIVING , BUILDING , COLLECTING WILLYS VEHICLES IN THE 1960’S ? ? — SING WITH ME — ” MICKEY MOUSE “” …. from the eWillys Troll.

You might have noticed that eWillys was down for about 24 hours. I apologize for that.

instead of doing updates yesterday, I spent time focusing on another issue: A troll. You might be asking, what is a troll? A troll is a “person who starts quarrels or upsets people on the Internet to distract and sow discord by posting inflammatory and digressive, extraneous, or off-topic messages in an online community”.

Our troll is an old man who harasses readers, who calls me names, who makes inappropriate comments, who uses inappropriate language on what is supposed to be a family friendly site.

He’s been around for a couple years, but he’s grown worse, forcing me to monitor all his comments. For example, here is one of over a hundred comments from the troll that I didn’t allow to appear:

“EXCUSE ME , NO REAL WILLYS FANS WANT TO POST ON HERE — ITS CENSORED — THE FORUM MODERATOR IS LIKE A LITTLE HITLER , STALIN , TRUMP ?? — LETS BURN SOME BOOKS ?? — I KNOW FAR MORE ABOUT WILLYS – JEEPS THAN ALL OF YOU PUT TOGETHER — SO SAD — THIS IS A FRAUD — MONEY BACK PLEASE ?? — PS , REMEMBER , I FOUGHT IN THE STREETS OF BERKELEY FOR FREE SPEECH , STOPPED THE VIET NAM WAR , SAVED THE REDWOODS AND YOU —- DIDNT !!!!” (06/01/2019)

Naturally being a troll, he lacks backbone, too afraid to use his real name, too afraid to use his real email. He claims a relationship with Neil Young that likely never existed, as I doubt Neil would ever befriend a troll.

He also can’t keep to his word. Several times he has complained that I edited (which is true) his argumentative comments, then promised he would never come back to the site. Here is an example of that in another post I did not allow:

“THIS IS MY LAST POST ON HERE , MY MOM SAYS I CANT USE THE COMPUTER NO MORE , OH WELL , MY POSTS ARE TOO CAUSTIC ANYWAYS ..” (07/31/2019) 

He fancies himself all-powerful behind his keyboard. He claims he has the right to say whatever he wants (which just shows he doesn’t understand the 1st amendment). He has little useful to say, so instead he babbles, insults, and pontificates. He claims he has jeeps, but instead of spending his time pulling jeeps from his rust pile and repairing them, he lets them rot while he shamefully trolls, perhaps because he isn’t as capable of a jeep mechanic as his bravado might indicate.

Most of his comments are automatically flagged for approval, but some still get through. Some I’ve allowed, as they were either useful or relevant. Most of the others I delete as quickly as I can, but I have also allowed a few that I felt were relevant to the discussion.

However, I’m done being patient (and I have been very patient).

That brings us to what happened yesterday. In my attempt to install a plug-in to help block this troll on a more permanent basis, the plug-in caused a problem with the site, taking it down temporarily. Hence, the troll is the singular reason the site was down. No doubt his parents and family are proud of his accomplishment.

So, feel free to alert me if you see one of his comments. Or, feel free to respond to him; however, because he is too afraid to use his real email address, he may not see your comment.

Again, I’ve run into email problem with my ewillys account. Please send any inquiries going forward to d@deilers.com.

1. Russel: You wanted to list a CJ for sale? Please send to  d@deilers.com.
2. James C.: Send me the ebay link to  d@deilers.com.

Updates will return Tuesday.

UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $3300.

This could even be a ’45.

“New battery
New fuel tank
3300.00”

I took all of Monday off; I didn’t even look at email (a rarity). So, of course on Sunday evening a large email arrived after I finished working that gummed up my email system, causing me to lose all of Late Sunday night’s, all of Monday’s, and some early morning Tuesday’s emails.

So, if you sent me an email, please resend (and if you are sending large files, please send to d@deilers.com). Thanks.