Dan spotted this modified DJ-5.
https://offerup.com/item/detail/727082754/?_branch_match_id=636002163807956657
“79 mail jeep rat rod runs drives all lights work no blinkers or gauges hooked up or trade for motorcycle. 318 v8 mopar”
Dan spotted this modified DJ-5.
https://offerup.com/item/detail/727082754/?_branch_match_id=636002163807956657
“79 mail jeep rat rod runs drives all lights work no blinkers or gauges hooked up or trade for motorcycle. 318 v8 mopar”
<– Day 8 Aug 9th: Collecting Penneys | Day 10 Aug 11: North Atlantic Cowboy –>
On Saturday, the Newfoundland crew left their comfortable environs at Pippy Park for lands unknown (to them) for some primitive camping. Below, the sun shone a little more than the day before as they left the campground:
Both on Friday and on Saturday the crew met members of the Overland Newfoundland group, a “group for outdoor loving people who seek adventure by overlanding” the province of Newfoundland Labrador.

One of the numerous members of the Overland Newfoundland group that the crew met along their travels on Saturday.
Along their way to their remote campground, the crew stopped at the North Atlantic Aviation Museum in Gander, NL. They took some pics for us there:
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $9500.
“For sale is a very nice example of an unmolested early Willys Jeep CJ5. Its a 1957 with just over 14,000 original miles.. Starts, runs, drives, and stops as it should. This would be an incredible piece to do a full restoration on or just enjoy the originality and patina of it and hop in and go just like it is. That was my original intention on this one, just to address a few of the minor rust spots and enjoy it just like it is and was meant to be.”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $24,000 CDN
Apparently, this was author John Irving’s jeep at one point. Note that it appears to have later model fenders.
UPDATE: Status Unknown. Was $5000.
Henry’s got this nice looking trailer for sale.
“1943 BANTAM MILITARY TRAILER COMPLETE RESTORATION TO ORIGIONAL
MUSEUM QUALITY FIRM PRICE $5,000.”
<– Day 7 Aug 8th: Visiting St. John’s For The Halibut | Day 9 Aug 10: Primitive Camping –>

Bill, Kevin, Eric Penney, Cowboy, and Jim. We met Eric’s son Todd Penney in Fort Nelson in 2017.
Our intrepid Newfoundland crew spent the day meeting more folks and taking in the sights.
They started the morning at the break of dawn, hoping to see the first rays of sun to hit the North American continent. So, they drove to Cape Spear (A National Historic Site), the most eastern edge of Canada. However, Mother Nature fooled them, hiding the sun behind some clouds ….



Gayland won these images at an auction. Like yesterday’s brochure, these show what at least some of the Army’s DJ-5s looked like. He’s got some naval photo images he plans to share later.
Bernd was busy with his CJ-5 again, this time straightening up his brother’s walnut tree. He wrote, “Yesterday the Jeep helped us setting upright my brother’s walnut tree, which was bent by the wind. I applied the force carefully und manually with a wire rope hoist. The Jeep served as an anchor.”
<– Day 6 Aug 7th: New Found Land Ho! | Day 8 Aug 9th: Collecting Penneys –>
After a 16-hour ferry ride (I finally received information on the correct length of the journey) Wednesday night/Thursday morning, the crew reached their destination: Newfoundland. It was a little wetter than expected.
When the Newfoundland crew awoke and strolled out onto the ferry deck on Thursday morning, it was a bit cloudy, but the views were still gorgeous. Here are some photos:
Here’s a great shot of Kathy Jo, Joe, Jim and Kevin, on the ferry:
The crew landed and disembarked; the first indication that they’d landed in the right place was this huge welcome sign:
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Johnny is selling this late model Parkway Conversion wagon project.
https://vancouver.craigslist.org/rds/cto/d/surrey-willys-wagon/6952132445.html
“1961 Willys Wagon Utyility Delivery 4X4. Has rear swing doors and a parkway conversion. This is a project. All parts are there, most in boxes. However a body restoration process has already begun. The new rear quarter panels need to be attached and floors need some new metal. Comes with new quarter panels. Original driver/passenger doors have very little or no rust. Spare… hood, grill, and left/right front fenders, each are very good and straight. Spare driver/passenger doors, in average condition. I have had it stored in my heated garage since 1986. Open to offers.”