Tis the season for a snow removal commercial. This one must be about 60 years old.
1958ish Snow Removal Commercial
November 11, 2019 • CATEGORIES: Features, videos This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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VIDEO: Ford Reconnissance Cars Join The Army
October 11, 2019 • CATEGORIES: Bantam-FordGP-WillysMA-EarlyJPs, Features, videos This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
I’ve posted something similar to this video, but not this specific one (at least that I can find). This early 1941 film reel is narrated and shares the news that Ford’s Reconnissance Cars would be joining the Army. The video is located at the National Archives.
1952 Navy Foam Fire Fighting Jeep Prototype
October 10, 2019 • CATEGORIES: Features, Fire/Police/Industry Vehicles, videos • TAGS: Popular-Science. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
UPDATE: Thanks to Ted, below I’ve added an article and more images from a March 1953 Popular Science article about the little fire fighting jeep, also known as the “Little Squirt”.
This video from the National Archives Catalog shows a special-purpose fire fighting jeep the Navy was testing. The video is divided into two parts. The first part shows the jeep fighting a fire. The second part shows the jeep from various angles. I’ve also included some images from the video below. (If the video is slow or doesn’t work, go here to download the video).
More on The New Mexico Jeep Derbys
The February 1963 issue of Popular Mechanics included an article about the New Mexico Jeep Derby held annually in Truth or Consquences, New Mexico. It’s a great article about the early days of jeep racing. I’ve also included a video of one Derby race, but the quality is poor. Still, in some clips, you can see just how much the co-pilot shifts his body around the jeep.
View Popular Mechanics February 1963 at Google Books
1960s Commercial for American Oil
Robin shared this great vintage ad that includes a jeep.
Mighty Mite Demonstration Video
This video shows an early Might Mite being tested.
How to Waterproof Your Willys Jeep
UPDATE: This video is now included on this website: https://www.motorious.com/articles/news/365606/how-military-waterproofed-willys-jeeps
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Terminal Apex video of Modified MB
I can’t remember who shared this video (my apologies), but it’s nicely produced one. I’m might get a little geeky and quibble with some of the history as presented, but overall it’s a video about a guy who loves his jeep.
Yipao Video Article
Russel shared this video article subtitled in English about the Colombian Yipaos.
Brazilian Rural Wagon Video
This Brazilian tutorial about the Willys Rural Wagon and Truck was spotted by Carl. Portuguese speakers might find it interesting.
I hadn’t noticed it before, but some of the Rural wagons and Jeepsters have a “Parkette”-looking fiberglass stripe along the sides. Maybe that’s where Paul Parker got the idea?
