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UPDATE: Still Available.
(01/23/2020) This appears to have a replacement body along with a 1946/47 grille.
https://siskiyou.craigslist.org/pts/d/mount-shasta-49-willys-jeep/7059941215.html
“49 Willy’s jeep with a soft top and tow bar. Runs good, great hunting or around town rig. $7000”
UPDATE: Still Available.
(02/18/2020) This has an MB/GPW chassis/body with some mods and some civilian parts.
https://reno.craigslist.org/cto/d/reno-46-willys-jeep/7073058894.html
“1946 Willys Jeep. New paint, new wiring, new gauges, Warn winch, runs good. Must see!”
Runs and drives (f-head).
https://modesto.craigslist.org/cto/d/modesto-1948-jeep-willys/7084782035.html
“1948 Jeep Willy’s. Wife’s project – she lost interest. Has later model motor (not sure what year). Runs and drives great (for a 70 year old vehicle). Has overdrive. New tires, new aluminum radiator, electric fan.”
It’s a project.
https://portland.craigslist.org/clc/for/d/boring-1947-jeep-willys-cj2a-parts/7085338150.html
“all parts to put together 1947 jeep. New front Floor, toolbox, seat frames, corners of jeep, everything welded up and ready to be put together.”
UPDATE: Still Available.
(02/18/2020) Has some mods.
https://eastoregon.craigslist.org/cto/d/portland-1946-willys-jeep-cj2a/7074329825.html
“Home built way back in the 1980’s by me. Engine is the F-head F134 “Hurricane” engine. Power steering. Dana 44 rear axle and Dana 25 front axle with a 3 speed transmission and transfer case. Nice set of tires on 15″ Powder-Coated rims. Cruses down the street real nice.”
UPDATE: Still Available.
(02/11/2020) Has a variety of mods.
https://chico.craigslist.org/pts/d/glenn-ford-gpw-1942/7072390583.html
“Ford gpw 1942 complete project needs some work has Chevy 153 4 cylinder and t90 three speed transmission comes with extra parts”
Just a couple updates for Thursday.
I’ve been completing the set up of my 6 year old new-to-me MacBook Pro 15″ laptop computer, so that distracted me from updates yesterday. My 8 year old 17″ MacBook Pro laptop encountered screen problems after three years of use (I bought it NOS in 2016 as a backup … the failing screen is a known issue, but I’m past the warranty), so I had to return to my 10 year old 17″ MacBook Pro laptop, which is still doing pretty well (except for a stiff touch pad and just a tad slow), until I could get my new-to-me laptop up and running. Now, I can turn to fixing my 8 year old laptop for a backup computer.
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This issue of Willys News highlighted a new advertising campaign, the “Gets there . . . works there . . . anywhere!” magazine ads (will highlight those on Thursday). Page 3 has some advertising reprints (lower left pic), showing the diversity of ‘Jeep’ ads (I hope to find examples of all of these for a future post). Also on page three appears to be “NEW LIFE” ads that include concentric circles. Maybe that was a local parts dealer campaign. I’ll have to see if I can find newspaper examples of that campaign from DC newspapers of the time. On Page 2, there’s an image of the Light Rescue Truck, featured in yesterday’s post about the Light Rescue Truck brochure.
Ted Bumiller’s trip around the world was highlighted in this issue as well. More information this trip, including reference to a film about it, can be found in this 2016 film and lecture post.
Blaine spotted this watercolor illustration, titled The Investigators, that shows some sailors in a jeep ogling two women standing next to the Greenpernt Grocery. The watercolor sold for $287 at auction in April of 2019. It’s larger than I initially thought at almost 3 feet wide (35.75 inches) and 28.75 inches tall. I could find nothing about an artist named “Sweet”.
The name “Greenpernt” might be a reference Greenpoint in Brooklyn, New York. Apparently, Greenpernt was how Brooklyners referred to the area at one time. As one person wrote on a remembrances page, “My Brooklyn was High School days riding the GG train to Brooklyn Automotive in Greenpoint (Greenpernt to my dad)”.
There’s also a corner of Noble St and West St (note the signs in the illustration) in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, that suggest this corner might have inspired the artist.
