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May 1952 Miller Tools Willys Overland Catalog

May 7, 2022 • CATEGORIES: Documents, Features • TAGS: miller-tools. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

I received my second booster shop on Thursday, the result of which kept me hunkered down yesterday with a few chills and aches, so I took the time to scan the following document.

This unusual catalog from Miller Tools highlights tools specifically for Willys vehicles, both jeeps and automobiles. It is catalog F-618 printed in May of 1952. There are 92 pages in the book, including three order forms. I’ve broken it up into multiple sections for easy of downloading and zipped the PDFs together in one file (63mb), should you want to check it out. Unfortunately, my PDF management/editing apps don’t work under the newest Mac OS, which is another reason I didn’t combine them (have to locate a new PDF capable app). If you have a problem dealing with the zip file, then I can send you independent links for the various sections.

http://www.deilers.com/miller/1952-05-miller-tools-willys-overland-catalog.zip

Here are a few pages:

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1962 Price/Parts Catalog for Various Models on eBay

May 1, 2022 • CATEGORIES: Documents, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

This pics show that the M-38A1, M-170, Trucks and Wagons are covered by the catalog. I can’t tell if it covered all models, including CJ-5s, CJ-6s, DJs, FJs, or other models.

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“Vintage 1962 AMC Willys Jeep Military & Utility Vehicle Parts Catalog & Price List. I know very little about this, I am selling it for a friend whose family member was a mechanic.

The large book is marked on the front Parts List / Price Catalog – American Motor Company.It appears to contain two separate books from 1962.

The first is for the Jeep Military M38AI Truck Utility (MD) & M170 Truck Ambulance (MDA) – approx. 116 pages Continue reading →

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Early 1960s Dualmatic Hub Information

March 8, 2022 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Documents, Features • TAGS: Hubs. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

Dave found and shared these photos of a Dualmatic hub box with an information sheet inside it.

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1944 Schramm W-O Powered Generator Booklet on eBay

March 1, 2022 • CATEGORIES: Documents, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

I haven’t run across many Schramm generators for sale. I’m not sure how many are left. But, I imagine this booklet could be useful for someone.

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“WW II Portable Engine Driven Generator manual. WIllys jeep engine. This one book contains the Operations manual, maintenance manual and parts list. 64 pages total. size is 9″ x 6″. My favorite part is the price list, oil pump were listed for $5.50 for replacement cost while the entire engine block was $49.00! LOL You need this book for your MB/GPW or WWII manual collection.”

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Specialized Equip Binder w/Bulletins on eBay

February 27, 2022 • CATEGORIES: Books, Documents, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

This is priced at $55. It is a mid-1950s Special Equipment binder into which someone put Willys Motors and Willys Export bulletins from 1957-1962.

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“Willys motors Inc. and Willys – Overland export corporation Toledo Ohio kaiser jeep corporation parts and accessories bulletins 1957 to 1962

Shop worn and notebook inside is dirty but pages good overall. – inside notebook cover shows wear, especially where the metal clasps and notebook edges hold the paper – paper pages in good condition- Readable no tears a lot of spotting on the edges yellowing of pages overall all intact and in good condition”

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Instructions For A Jeep-A-Trench

August 28, 2021 • CATEGORIES: Documents, Features • TAGS: Trencher. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

Thanks to Scott for scanning and sharing this rare set of instructions from a Jeep-A-Trench manual. I know there are a few of you who are interested in this.

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1946 Willys-Overland Semi-Annual Report

May 30, 2021 • CATEGORIES: Documents, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

It’s been a crazy couple months. Somewhere along the line I obtained copies of the March 1946 Semi-Annual Willys-Overland Report. I think this came from Barry’s Farmjeep site, but I couldn’t find it yesterday.

This report demonstrates that Willys-Overland was trying to lay the groundwork for two basic product lines: A Utility Line of vehicles and a Passenger Line of vehicles. The company also claimed that the passenger line vehicles would be introduced in 1947.

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1947 Willys-Overland Motors “A New Concept” Document

April 10, 2021 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Documents, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

I missed out on this fascinating document yesterday on eBay. My high bid of $52.50 wasn’t quite enough, but at least we have pics of the entire document.

It’s not clear to me who the audience was for this document. The fact that it mentions the upcoming trucks suggests to me it was published in early 1947, prior to the introduction of the trucks in the summer of 1947. Maybe the document was for shareholders? Maybe it was for dealers (or prospective dealers)?

Titled “A NEW CONCEPT OF AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION“, the document makes the argument that prior to WWII the automobile was a luxury item for most folks. As such, bigger, longer, and faster, along with yearly innovations, were necessary to attract consumers with disposable income.

However, after the war, argued Willys-Overland in the document, the automobile would become a critical part of everyone’s everyday life. As such, offering consumers an affordable vehicle, one that didn’t change dramatically every year and one that cost less to maintain, was a the vision that Willys-Overland planned to follow. This meant simple vehicles that responded to customer needs, along with lesser tweaks to each model to insure the company could keep costs down (don’t have to redesign dies, fewer factory shutdowns for model changes, etc).

So, the company’s production ideas meant simple designs catered to consumer needs rather than the latest streamlined designs. That makes sense as a strategy; but, in regards to the DISTRIBUTION portion of the document’s title, I could find nothing stating how the company’s strategy would change the distribution side of things. This document probably would have been more accurately titled, “A NEW CONCEPT OF AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTION”.

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1946 Testimonial from Service Station

April 9, 2021 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Documents, Features • TAGS: 1946-testimonials. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

UPDATE: The other day I realized that the jeep in this photo from a collection of early jeep information published in 2014 looks very similar to an illustrated jeep that appeared in a 1947 newspaper ad. Here’s the image and it’s associated testimonial:

Here’s the advertisement from the June 3, 1947, ad published in the Sullivan Daily Times, out of Sullivan, Indiana, that highlights the ability of the jeep to be an efficient, low-cost option as a road-service vehicle.

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1962? Mobile Motion Picture Unit Instruction Book

March 20, 2021 • CATEGORIES: Documents, Features, Willys Wagons This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

This booklet started out last year on ebay with a price of $279. A lack of interest caused the price to plummet until it fell into my hands. This rare mobile motion picture unit sports a Tornado engine, which places the copyright date of the instruction booklet at 1962 or 1963.

Unfortunately, attempts to research this unit further using Google result in a bunch of results related to the “First Motion Picture Unit” during World War II or the associated government archives, which while interesting, isn’t helpful to our present query.

The booklet runs about 25 pages and is mostly focused on the operation of the generator. There aren’t enough photos for me to determine whether this is a modified 4WD sedan delivery wagon or a Traveller. Most of the pics have number references; the numbers are referenced to specific parts in the back of the book.

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1958 Ad and Merchandise Bulletin For the ‘Jeep’ CJ-5 Hardtop

January 27, 2021 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Documents, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

Mike shared this bulletin from March 11, 1958, that notified dealers a brochure was available for the Koenig-made ‘Jeep’ hardtop. For some reason, the company did not produce a brochure for the top; it took dealers requesting a brochure for them to make one.

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1955? Warn Hub Catalog and Price List

January 21, 2021 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Documents, Features • TAGS: Hubs. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

The catalog number for this Warn Hub document is 2-55, which might mean February of 1955. It shows the WL-2 Locking model on one side and the WA-1 Automatic model on the other.

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Warn Hub Service Manuals WA-1, WL-2 and WO-1

January 21, 2021 • CATEGORIES: Documents, Features • TAGS: Hubs. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

UPDATE: I found this 18-page Warn Selective Drive Hub Service and Repair Manual on eBay last week. This appears to be an earlier version (February of 1955?) than the PDF version linked to at the very bottom of this post (which covers WL-2 and WO-1 hubs). It covers the WA-1 Automatic Hub and the WL-2 hub. This is document No. WD-255.

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Warn Auxiliary Transmission

January 12, 2021 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Documents, Features, OD Saturn/Warn This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

Originally Published November 03, 2019:

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Originally posted in September of 2018:

Blaine spotted a discussion at the Ford-Trucks.com forum on Auxiliary transmissions that included the rare Warn Auxiliary Overdrive. A user named “38 Coupe” shared a bunch of smaller Auxiliary transmission documents that included a Parts and Instruction manual for the Warn AO. So, here it is, along with some photos of a Warn unit that was for sale in April of 2015.

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1966 Master List of Meyer Hardtop Parts

January 11, 2021 • CATEGORIES: Documents, Features • TAGS: Hardtop. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

According to this first document, there was a need for more detailed information about Meyer Hardtop parts. So, the company created Form No. 1-387.

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Circa 1966 Meyer Half Cab Instructions

January 11, 2021 • CATEGORIES: Documents, Features • TAGS: Hardtop. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

Below are the instructions for installing a Meyer Half Cab on a CJ-5. It is Form No. 1-383.

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Circa 1966 Supplemental Instructions for Meyer Full Cabs

January 11, 2021 • CATEGORIES: Documents, Features • TAGS: Hardtop. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

These are supplemental instructions for CJ-5s & CJ-6s Meyer Full Cabs. This first is Form No. 1-182-S.

This is Form No. 1-396-S for the CJ-6 and CJ-6A Meyer Full Cab.

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1958 Service Bulletin For Wagon Side-Panel Heater

December 28, 2020 • CATEGORIES: Documents, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

Mike shared an interesting document. This January 5, 1958, Service Bulletin discusses a wagon side-panel heater installation.

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March 1958 Parkway Conversion Documents

December 28, 2020 • CATEGORIES: Documents, Features • TAGS: Parkway. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

Mike shared these Parkway Conversion documents from March of 1958. This first sheet contains text and an image that is separated and shown below:

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Sheet 1

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Sheet 1 Text

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Sheet 1 image

Sheet 2:

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1950 CJ-3A Tune Up/Wiring Diagram on eBay

December 28, 2020 • CATEGORIES: Documents, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

This is supposed to be an original document.

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“1950 Original Willys Four Universal CJ-3A Tune Up chart by AEA, (Not a Reproduction). Both sides are shown in the photographs. The photos are of the exact item you will receive Measures 8.5 x 11 inches, two-sided single sheet.”

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1962 Service Bulletin: The 1000-Mile Inspection

December 20, 2020 • CATEGORIES: Documents, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

Mike shared this June 18, 1962, Willys Motors Service Bulletin that has an updated 1000-mile inspection checklist. It’s both a handy checklist for the inspection of your current vintage jeep or for use when checking out a new jeep.

PDF Version of Checklist
(or an Alternative Checklist create by a reader years ago)

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More 1960s Meyer Snow Plow Installation/Instructions

December 11, 2020 • CATEGORIES: Documents, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

Below are there additional Meyer-related Installation, service and instruction documents. First is four-page Form No. I-318R for installation of Meyer Power Angling:

Next is Form No. 1-119R9 for installation of snow plow lifts powered in several different ways:

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1953 Metamet Parts Catalog

December 7, 2020 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Documents, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

This rare Metamet catalog came from the UK via eBay. I had hoped there would be information and pics in side about the twelve different style of jeeps sold by Metamet, but this truly only covers the parts. The best part of this might be the back page, which lists the different jeeps. The catalog also has some well-done diagrams.

This is the cover:

This is the back cover, which is slightly longer than the rest of the catalog. On the left is a list of the Metamet jeeps:

Here’s the inside of the front cover, followed by the pages in order:

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1952-1963 Wagon & Pickup Parts, Accessories, & Bulletin Manual on eBay

December 7, 2020 • CATEGORIES: Books, Documents, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

This collection of literature also includes some J-Series documents as well. It’s hard to tell if this is mostly just a manual or a large number of Bulletins.

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“Willys Jeep Dealer Manual 1952-1963 Parts & Accessories & Bulletins.”

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Meyer Snow Plows ElectroLift Service and Instruction Documents

December 5, 2020 • CATEGORIES: Documents, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

These there documents should help someone service their ElectroLIft units for the Meyer Snowplows. Neither has a date, but I would guess these are close to 1960.

There are two ElectroLift control types, one mechanical and one electrical, so make sure you know what type you have. This first form provides installation instructions for the mechanical type. It is Form Number 1-101. Page 2 shows only. a partial electrical diagram. I’m not sure why only the partial diagram shows.

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