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Auctions Kings sells a Militarized CJ-2A for $16,000

January 31, 2011 • CATEGORIES: CJ-2A, videos • TAGS: , . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Pete spotted this upcoming suction on the Discovery Channel’s Auction Kings Show.  Turns out, the episode is on the web. It was also for sale here for $20k.

My question is, does the auctioneer have any fiduciary responsibility to be honest?  Because, to say “this is restored perfectly” is simply dishonest.  On the other hand, the seller didn’t know what they were buying, so they shoulder some blame for spending $16,000 (plus any other fees) on this one.  It does look great, just not as historical as implied.

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A video with some early CJ-2 (not CJ-2A) video

December 29, 2010 • CATEGORIES: videos This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Or forwarded this Israeli video that includes some great shots of early experimental CJ-2 flatties. Check out from :59 seconds until 2:18.  Watch a Willys wrangle cows and more ….

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Israel’s First Parade Included Jeeps

December 20, 2010 • CATEGORIES: videos This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Or spotted this video of Israel’s first military parade.  Part way through you’ll see some Willys rolling through.  There are a few fascinating related videos along the right hand side as well.  Having visited Auschwitz & Berkinau in Poland, I found those particularly interesting.

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A Brief Glimpse of the Kaizer-Ilin Factory in Israel

December 1, 2010 • CATEGORIES: videos, Willys Wagons • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Or, a reader from Israel, has been trying to locate more information (especially the model number) about the Compact Willys Truck I have temporarily labeled a Tender.  While doing that research, he spotted a brief clip of some Willys Wagons, Trucks and the Kaizer-Ilin plant in Israel (but no Compact Willys Trucks visible).

Look at minute mark 4.22 through 4.43.

Or also spotted another example of the Compact Truck in Israel:

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Pete’s got his Wagon on the Road (Well, at least the trail)

October 20, 2010 • CATEGORIES: Builds, videos, Willys Wagons This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Pete, who operates the OldWillysForum, contacted me the other day to let me know he lives just down the road from me near Hailey, Idaho. When not working on cars, Pete designs beautiful homes.  Check them out at andersonarc.com!

Pete and his kids have been doing some work on a wagon that they recently made road worthy.  He shared a video with me that you can view below.  It’s always great to see a wagon on the trail, but the best part of the video are the short, funny comments made by his son.

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Civil Defense Video with some Willys

August 30, 2010 • CATEGORIES: Fire/Police/Industry Vehicles, videos, Willys Wagons • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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After reading the “Surviving a Nuclear Blast“, Rich forwarded this Civil Defense Video hosted at archive.org.  At the 2:45 mark, you’ll see the red wagon below.  I think it would be interesting to do a restoration like this.  There’s a few other jeeps in the video as well, though no close up shots like this one.

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Fording a Stream

August 30, 2010 • CATEGORIES: videos This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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HOG spotted this video.  I really thought the river would win …

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DIRT: The Movie

August 21, 2010 • CATEGORIES: Features, videos This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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In an email today, Jeff mentioned a movie I had not heard of called DIRT (IMDB Link).  Released in 1979, the movie follows a narrator around as he explores the wide-world of offroad racing.  It’s got some especially great/scary clips of early auto racing. The rest of the movie shows all kinds of different offroad racing in the US during the late 70s (sand, water, hill climbs, baja, snow climbs, and more). One item I had hoped to see, but didn’t, was PNW racing, though I didn’t have time to watch every clip.

Currently, you can watch the movie for free via YouTube.  However, you can also order a DVD from Turner Classic Movies (about $11) or from Amazon.com (About $6).

Here’s the first YouTube installment.  At the end of each installment, there is a link to the following installment (10 total).

http://www.youtube.com/watch#!v=MfByldRKTo4

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