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Nick’s APU Has a Generator

June 21, 2016 • CATEGORIES: Features, videos • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Nick & his Valentine APU

Nick’s got an update on his APU:

“Last week the stars aligned for the Valentine APU. For months, Tom and Arno have dug through vintage photographs and literature to see what the correct generator was for the NA-4 APU. We finally had it figured out: a Jack and Heintz G32. What would you know, a single G32 was actually for sale on eBay! It was unreal.

The owner purchased the generator from California where it was completely rebuilt. His original plan was to build an electric car with it, but the project was never started. Having original paint was the cherry on top!

This weekend I pulled the PTO system off my Jeep and unseized the shifter. Everything else worked great. The generator slid into the shaft like a glove, and the bolt pattern was perfect. I still can’t believe it.”

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How to Load a Jeep or Trailer in a CG-4A Glider

June 18, 2016 • CATEGORIES: Features, videos This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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I spotted this video on Facebook, but then it disappeared. It took me a couple hours to track it down again, discovering it was called BASIC TRAINING OF GLIDER BORNE TROOPS 78804. It’s a cool 1/2 hour video on loading equipment (first a trailer, then a jeep) aboard a glider.  Some good knot techniques, too.

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Thousand Mile Jeep Trip to Italy

June 4, 2016 • CATEGORIES: Event, Features, videos This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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UPDATE: Christian updated his website with more pics and some background. There’s a summary at the bottom of the page: http://www.willys-am-tegernsee.de/?p=1425

This is the official video of the event. It’s in Italian, but still interesting:

Christian Pawlak and some of his jeep-owning friends just completed a thousand mile trip from Germany to Colonna, Italy, and back. In Colonna, they joined the Liberta/Column of Liberation celebration with 150 vehicles and almost 500 participants. They encountered some mechanical problems and some poor weather, but in Italy they had a great time chatting and eating. He shared a photo of their adventure below and will publish a story about their trip at his website when he has time. Click on the pic to view a much larger version.

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NOS? Willys MB & Ford GPW Auctioned

June 1, 2016 • CATEGORIES: Features, videos This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Steve let me know that these to jeeps were auctioned this past weekend. One was supposed to be a completely NOS, non-restored jeep in mint condition. However, I thought the data plates looked a little too shiny? There is a good shot of them late in the video. The MB sold for $24,000. The restored GPW sold for $25,000.

Here’s the link to the video:

http://www.velocity.com/tv-shows/chasing-classic-cars/videos/1944-jeep-auction/

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Rebuilt CJ-5 Camper

May 20, 2016 • CATEGORIES: Builds, Camping, CJ-6, CJ5, videos This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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UPDATE: There’s another post on the CJ-5 camper and a CJ-5 dump trailer here.

Steve shared this video of Seth’s CJ-5 Camper that’s been updated with some modern, practical touches. You can see more pics of CJ-5 campers at Jeremy’s website: http://www.cj5camper.com/photos.php

This is what it looked like prior to its rebuild:

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And more pics from 2011: Continue reading →

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2016 Jeep Parade in Plzen, Czech Republic

May 15, 2016 • CATEGORIES: Bantam-FordGP-WillysMA-EarlyJPs, Features, videos This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Joe found this video through the Willys am Tegernsee website of a parade in Plzen, Czech Republic. In case you missed it, there is a movement in the country to change the name to Czechia.

You can find others if you Google “youtube Convoy of Liberty Plzen” for 2016 and previous years.

At the 1:45 mark is this Willys MA:

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Five Star Jeep w/ Trimmings

May 10, 2016 • CATEGORIES: Features, videos • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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This video of Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower, Gen. Omar N. Bradley, Gen. George S. Patton, and others, includes a five star jeep with a rear extension and other mods. There’s also some graphic and grim footage as the men explore a former camp. This video was shared on Facebook a few days ago on the G503 page.

At the 18 second mark is a photo of the fronts of several jeeps, underscoring that multiple jeeps had been modified. At the 2:28 mark is a front look at two jeeps. For the next twenty seconds the video shows the jeeps driving away.

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Slat Grill Swing Video

April 25, 2016 • CATEGORIES: Features, videos This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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John shared this a while ago. I’m just getting to posting it now. It’s a fun little video, partly because of the music, but also because of the wide variety of camera angles.

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