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Sarge Mark spotted a variety of stretched MBs/GPWs on a 2009 post from Jeep-jitsu. You can see all the photos here:
http://jeep-jitsu.blogspot.com/2009/12/blasts-from-past-pre-cj-6-jeeps.html
You can view other stretched jeeps that I have found for sale or around the web here, some in odd ways.
That’s a pretty nice testing cage.
“You are bidding on an original 7 x 9 Wire Photo of WWII Swedish Army Instructor Training With Jeeps . Photo is dated July 1954 WWII Swedish Army Instructor Training With Jeeps.”
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This is an interesting photo.
“Original B/W Photograph These are all original and stamped US Army Signal Corps”
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Anyone know the history of the bumper? I haven’t seen one with so many numbers.
“2 original WW2 U.S. photos (2.5 by 3.5 inches), slightly curled from age.”
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This Schenecker Demonstration Jeep shows off the hydraulic lift bucket. Really great photo that was just on eBay.
This is an original photograph of the 2WD DJ-6A. It begs the question, whatever happened to it?
” This is an “ORIGINAL PERIOD GLOSSY PHOTO” of WILLYS MOTORS LEFT SIDE VIEW OF DJ-6A JEEP DESIGN TRYOUT VEHICLE NO. 475 WITH TAIL GATE BUT NO TOP, photo date – 1959. The condition is very good and measures 8″ x 10″. (SORRY BUT ANY PINKISH HAZE REFLECTION THAT YOU SEE IN MY PHOTOS ARE FROM THE TRANSPARENCY WITH MY LOGO ON IT AND “NOT IN THE PHOTO”. I will be listing more military photos in the weeks to come of tanks, trucks, jeeps,etc. if you are interested.”
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I ran across this photo of a Ford GP at the LIbrary of Congress.
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/resource/fsa.8b09264/
The price is good on this great old photo.
“1955 FAMILY WITH THEIR JEEP was taken outside of Boise, Idaho. If memory serves, the man’s name was Cam McKenzie. The date is stamped “Week of July 18, 1955″ on the back.
Kodacolor Print paper. Glossy finish with sharp corners. Original Color photograph approximately 3 x 3 Inches in size. There is black paper stuck to the back at the corners where my father took the picture out of a photo album.”
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UPDATE: Howard found this photo at warttimepress.com on the front of the October, 23, 1944 issue of Junior Scholastic.
Leo was cleaning up his files and ran across this unusual “Follow Me” Jeep photo. He couldn’t remember where he found it, so if you happen to know a source, let me know.
As I looked for an originating source, I found a bunch more photos. I also learned that sometimes incoming gliders were moving too fast for the ‘follow me’ jeeps. In one case, instead of hitting the jeep, a glider tipped its wing upward to pass over the jeep, probably to the jeep driver’s surprise or relief. Here they are:
This was posted at the RAF Forum:
Here’s one taken last summer and posted on Flickr from the Duxford Military Vehicles Day
This one appeared at a 2004 Military Jeep Club of Queensland Swap Meet in Australia. This page is full of military jeeps, seeps, and more.
This follow me jeep was posted at 20th century GI. There are more links to different shots of it.
This photo and article was published in the June 1944 issue of Popular Mechanics.
Ant then, there is this priceless one from the Belgian MIlitary Vehicle Trust:
I wish the picture was more of a closeup. This picture comes from Florida Memory.
“Hillsborough County Health Dept. Mosquito Control project fogging for pests. Early mosquito control spraying consisted of making a “thermal fog,” in which hot diesel oil was mixed with a DDT solution and then vaporized.”
http://www.floridamemory.com/items/show/44781
