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Just in time for the big game comes this new Jeep Commercial. Thanks to several folks for sharing this.
This summer of 2018 video shows Josh, the Stoney Ridge Farmer out of North Carolina, pulling a family jeep out of a barn. The jeep hadn’t been driven in thirty years. There are more videos related to the jeep here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQVGf64a6nqKhgR9eKCUY4A/search?query=jeep
Brian’s got some items for sale in the video below. You willy likely recognize him as Metal Shaper on Youtube. He’s been doing regular videos over the past two years and, as usual, his work is great. You can view his entire video list here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTHDVml1xugLuj0oi384tEQ/videos
UPDATE: The bottom clip seems to have been a small part of this nearly eight-minute clip of the Ford GPs being rolled off the line for the QMC. Some of this video we’ve seen and some we haven’t. This was the first batch of 400 Ford GPs, delivered March 19, 1941 (which was part of the first contract of 1500 Ford GPs).
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Originally posted September 7, 2018:
The video only lasts 23 seconds, but it’s the only one I’ve seen of Ford GPs leaving the factory:
This vintage GI Joe commercial includes a real jeep and jeep driver who attests to GI Joe’s accuracy.
The local Denver CBS Affiliate covered the Our Gang Ice Racers.
Panama City, Florida’s, News Herald featured this video and story about Alan Hassell’s M-38A1.
https://www.newsherald.com/news/20190107/retired-colonels-restored-jeep-is-armed-and-ready-photos
This news report from Toledo shared the news that Willys Overland’s former plant property is now being used by the Dana Corp and others.
https://www.13abc.com/content/news/Willys-Overland-creating-jobs-again-502929891.html
I stumbled onto the below video of the Bolide XJ-002 after doing some searches based on the post related to the XJ-001. The video is part of a larger All-Par article (see more photos here).
Now I’m wondering if the Parmely body was based originally on this XJ-002 body design. The Parmley looks like it’s a little more practical, convertible version of the XJ-002.
Unlike the XJ-002, which was designed on a Jeepster Commando chassis, the XJ-001 was atop a CJ-5 chassis. The Parmely was also designed to fit a CJ-5 chassis, so its lines couldn’t be as long nor sleek as the XJ-002.
The video isn’t the most compelling piece of work, but it manages to record some unusual history. As of 2010, this vehicle was reportedly undergoing restoration.
I went over to Seattle on Wednesday and back to Pasco on Thursday morning. Just one post today.
This seems like a good idea … David Tracy compares a CJ-2A to a Roxor. Which won? Check it out: