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I’m pushing to finish another draft of my book tonight .. so it might be sunday before any updates are posted.
Dave contacted me today about work he is doing with the Rosie the Riveter National Park. They would like to have a GPW as part of the exhibit.
He wrote, “We’re designing the Rosie the Riveter National Park in Richmond, CA, right next to the Ford plant that outfitted Jeeps for WWII. I’d like to include a 1940-1943 jeep in the exhibit; we could do some restore, but the really only need to have the shell/chassis…might even set it up to be in process of being outfitted (no wheels/tires, seats out, etc. Any leads on an appropriate example or someone you’d suggest contacting? Anyway to know if a vehicle came thru Richmond? Any help or suggestions helpful. Quite frankly, for our needs, it could be a repro shell as well…. not sure if they were painted in Richmond or whether there was a standard primer, etc.”
Based on his request and this link to olive drab, http://www.olive-drab.com/od_mvg_jeeps_overseas_shipping.php, I suggested he buy a non working GPW and dress it as a crated jeep, because, according to Olive Drab, 70% of Richmond’s Jeeps went out in crates.
If anyone knows more info about GPWs at the Richmond plant or knows of a non working GPW near the Bay area who might want to donate/sell to the project, leave a comment or email me and i will hook you up with Dave.
Updates Monday …
Last night, Louis, who lives on Long Island, and I met up for a bite to eat. He suggested the meeting after hearing I would be on Long Island this week. Patient with my ever changing schedule, we agreed to meet around 8pm last night and had a fine time talking jeeps and life. I learned during our meeting that he has a very low mileage FC-150 and a 1965 CJ-5. He promised to share some pics with us.
So, thanks to Louis for taking the time to drive to meet me and for buying me some food!!
I’m exhausted and my broadband is running out of juice, so updates in the morning.
I”m running short on time, so here they are …
1962 Wagon 1 owner: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=160653528631+&viewitem=
1947 CJ-2A: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=140608839333+&viewitem=
MB & GPW and more from the Netherlands: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=290611762979+&viewitem=
1946 VEC CJ-2A that I think I’ve seen for sale previously: http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=300601688039+&viewitem=
No updates tonight. Updates tomorrow.
A reader asked me the following question and i didn’t know the answer.
“Can the the fold down split windshields and solid windshield be interchanged without mods?”
UPDATE: Laundry, lunch, done .. now for updates.
(from Thursday ) I went jeeping in a ford mustang for a couple days and got stuck on a faraway island with only canadian wireless. It turns out those crazy canadians dont want to share their wireless cheaply. We are talking dollars a minute in international charges. So, while i love you all, i dont love you that much 🙂
Even in this remote, faraway place, my intrepid jeep instincts didnt fail me. I spotted gpw #4484 (or thereabouts) housed in a glass paned garage no less at a house for sale. No one was home so we let ourselves in to take some pics. It even has an interesting winshield mod.
I will return to the real world late tonight with some updates and pics of the gpw i found.
A reader plans to buy a CJ-3A body kit for his 1949 CJ-3A. He was leaning towards either Morris 4×4 Center or Willys Overland. Does anyone have any thoughts or experience with a full body kit purchase?