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Twenty Year Old Girl Jeeps Through South America

March 1, 2023 • CATEGORIES: Features • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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UPDATE: This story was originally published August 29, 2016:

A story from the September 20, 1962, issue of the Toledo Blade (and a similar story on the 10th as well) shares the tale of Lou-Bette Herrick’s three month trip through South America. The Richmond Virginia native entered into the adventure after responding to an advertisement placed by Hilary Dunstervile for a companion to drive back to her native country of Venezuela. I did a little research on both women, but didn’t find any updated information on them. It doesn’t say what kind of jeep they used, but there is a reference in the article to camping out in the jeep, so it might have been a wagon.

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1946 Jeep Trip to South America

March 1, 2023 • CATEGORIES: Features • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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UPDATE: This article was originally published September 12, 2016:

This article appeared in the October 8, 1946, issue of the Southeastern Missourian. Mr. and Mrs. Irwin Kenyans, Mrs. Katherine McGregor Wallis and her daughter Miss Trinket, planned to travel all the way to Tierra Del Fuego in a CJ-2A. I could only find one article and one photo, partly shown below. You can see the full version of the image at Getty.

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Caption: Katherine MacGregor with Friends Before South American Trip To South America In A Jeep. Chicago, Illinois: Putting the finishing touches on their jeep before they leave for a year’s trip in South America are (left to right): Mrs. Katherine MacGregor Wallis, Mrs. Anne Knehans, Irwin Knehans, and Miss Iranket Wallis of Quito, Ecuador. Trip To South America In A Jeep. Chicago, Illinois: Putting the finishing touches on their jeep before they leave for a year’s trip in South America are (left to right): Mrs. Katherine MacGregor Wallis, Mrs. Anne Knehans, Irwin Knehans, and Miss Iranket Wallis of Quito, Ecuador.

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1975 CJ-6 Bee Cave, TX *SOLD**

March 1, 2023 • CATEGORIES: CJ-6 This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was Was $15,500

“For Sale: 1975 Jeep CJ-6. This is the last year the rare CJ-6 was built for the American market. Rebuild approximately 15 years ago and since then stored inside and never has been in the rain. It has been used to drive around on nice weekend days in the Texas hill country for the last 15 years.

-258 AMC engine
– 3 speed
– Mickey Thompson alloy wheels
– No power steering, no power brakes
– No heat no air conditioning
– Miles unknown as the odometer got stuck.
– Full soft top with doors/Bimini top included as well.
– Has a tow bar that comes with the Jeep.
– Radiator replaced in last 5 years, complete tune up with rebuild of carburetor, replacement of oil inlet unit, and replacement of valve stem seal less than 2 years ago and electrical tune up less than one year ago.
– Fluids replacement all up to date.
– Have bought a new starter, alternator and a thermostat which are boxed up and come with the Jeep as well.

This is not a Jeep for an inexperienced driver, it is not perfect but a great rare Jeep that drives and rides more comfortably than a CJ-5. I am asking $15,500 for this Jeep. Please don’t low ball me and I do not require your assistance in selling.
I am located just west of Austin.”

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Toledo Blade Unveils the CJ-2A

February 28, 2023 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images, Old News Articles This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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UPDATE: This article was originally published April 9, 2015:

On July 19, 1945, the Toledo Blade published an extensive story about the unveiling of the CJ-2A to reporters. The paper is also full of interesting stories, such as the sinking of the Ticonderoga, the identification of a returning GI with amnesia that turned out to be a Nazi Agent, and the jailing of a Walnut Grove, California, woman who threatened a returned Japanese American soldier who was a POW in Germany.

A small part of the CJ-2A story was published on page 1

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The majority of the story was on the front page of section 2.
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1965 Diamant Family Trip through the US

February 27, 2023 • CATEGORIES: Camping, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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UPDATE: This article was originally published April 11, 2015:

In 1965 Brits R.M.E. Diamant, his wife, and three children completed a five month drive around the United States in a Jeep Wagoneer Camper. Mr. Diamant intended to publish stories of their adventure in travel magazines in the UK and the US, but his article in the 1966 Jeep News was the only one I found.

I’ve created this rough map of their journey based on the places mentioned in the article.

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Sunday Departure

February 26, 2023 • CATEGORIES: News This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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We’ve moved up our departure date to Sunday. Though we have a pretty good, but narrow band, of good weather on the way down, we are going to reduce our daily drive distances. While there will likely be an occasional post, I don’t plan on doing any type of daily diary like we have in the past, mostly to reduce my work load and because we don’t plan on doing anything all that interesting on our way. We expect it to be a rainy cold drive until we hit Arizona. Instead, I’ll repost some posts from earlier years.

 

 

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