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1944 Photo with Two Lt. Generals on ebay

July 15, 2018 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Neat photo.

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“1944 Press Photo Lt. Gen. Walter Kredger Gets In Jeep With Lt. Gen. Eichelberger. This is an original press photo. Lt. Gen. Walter Kredger, commander of the 8th Army, gets in his jeep while Lt. Gen. Robert L. Eichelberger, who commanded the American forces furing the Papuan campaign, scrambles for a back seat. The two officers were making a tour of an advanced base in the Southwest Pacific after Lt. Gen. Kredger made the presentation of the “Streamer” award to the headquarters I Corps of the 6th Army, which was cited for its outstanding performance in repulsing the enemy on Papua, July 23rd, 1942, to January 23rd, 1943. Photo measures 7.25 x 9 inches. Photo is dated 5-3-1944.”

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Newgren Plow Brochures

July 14, 2018 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Barry asked about Newgren pull plows, so there are some examples that I have (I hope this is what you were seeking).

Newgren 16″ Single Bottom Plow

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Funky Jeep Photo

July 13, 2018 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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This photo appeared in what I think was a 1979 issue of Jeep News (I couldn’t find an exact date). It’s a funky setup!

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1969 Kelly Tire Carrier Brochure on **SOLD**

July 13, 2018 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on ebay

(02/09/2018) This brochure includes a dealer confidential price list. Note the flip down style of tire carrier.

“original Non Color Sheet , 8.5 x 11 , 2 Sheets , 3 File Holes At Left Edge , Kelly Rear Tire Carriers”

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My ‘New” Oglesby Jeep

July 12, 2018 • CATEGORIES: Features, toys This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Thanks to Joe-in-Mesa for spotting, then buying/mailing me this great find out of an antique shop. He snagged it for $35. I’m happy with that price. It needs one of the windshield support arms fixed and some repainting, but otherwise it is in good shape.

After doing some research on eBay, I’ve discovered this one is a little different than the ones listed there or on the CJ-3B page. Those all seem to have a central hole in the back that’s used for pulling a trailer (see examples at the bottom of the post). Instead of a hole, this one has two slots (I found one other with two slots).

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Husky Hubs 19 Spline Longview, WA **SOLD**

July 12, 2018 • CATEGORIES: Features • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay.

(04/07/2018) “NOS Locking Hubs Husky Warn 9072 Chevy Dodge Ford Jeep International 19 Spline”

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1946 Testimontial from John S. Yaryan

July 11, 2018 • CATEGORIES: Documents, Features, Old Images • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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The writer of this testimonial must have had a very low numbered VEC.

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1951 Photo of New Year Wishes From Scots on eBay

July 10, 2018 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Nice New Years message from some Scots to the Yanks.

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“1951 Press Photo Scottish soldiers in Korea chalked New Year greetings on a jeep. This is an original press photo. New Year greetings were extended to GI’s by these Scottish soldiers in Korea. They chalked the greetings on the upraised hood of a jeep while waiting for canned food to warm on the engine of the vehicle. The tam wearers are Pvt. Thomas Dunn and Pvt. George Cameron. KW – Troops – UN Photo measures 8 x 7.25 inches. Photo is dated 01-04-1951.”

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No Updates Sunday

July 8, 2018 • CATEGORIES: Features, videos This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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No Updates planned for Sunday. Here are two neat Ford GPA videos shared by Mario on Facebook.

 
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2018 Willys America Open House and BBQ

July 7, 2018 • CATEGORIES: Event, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Willys America’s open house is this coming weekend (Saturday July 14th 10am to 4pm). Dan Bowermaster will be leading the caravan from San Francisco to the event in Cazadero. I *thought* I’d be attending it this year with Ann and my daughter Kasia (who is completing an internship in Walnut Creek this summer), but complications forced me to put it off again this year.

The Event: http://willysamerica.com/events/index.html

Caravan Information: http://www.oldwillysforum.com/forum/showthread.php?13902-2018-caravan-to-Willys-America-Open-House-Saturday-July-14-2018

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CJ-6 Replacement Side Panels

July 7, 2018 • CATEGORIES: Features, wanted This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Blake is looking for some replacement side panels for a CJ-6 project he has, but can’t located any replacement panels for the 20″ spacer installed into the body. Anyone know of either a template or someone that makes them?

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FC Cuff Links White House, OH **SOLD**

July 6, 2018 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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UPDATE: These sold on eBay for $35.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/KAISER-WILLYS-TRUCK-CUFFLINKS-1950s-1960s/192589233444

“Promotional cuff links and tie bar
Late 50’s – early 60’s”

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Photo of Army Pictorial Services with Willys Slat MB on eBay

July 5, 2018 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Neat photo that includes a Willys MB slat grille.

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“WWII Army Pictorial Service Soldiers Jeep Photographer Theater Press Real Photo
MEASURES: 3.5 inches by 5 in.
CONDITION: shows some wear (some staining)”

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H & Z All-Purpose Willys-approved Mixer Brochure

July 3, 2018 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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This mixer was featured in the 1949 Willys Overland Equipment Book. It was manufactured by Hertzler and Zook, a company established in 1899 out of Belleville, Pennsylvania, that manufactured an array of machinery and farm implements. There are still a few catalogs left out there, such as this 1926-27 catalog for sale at Abe Books.

Read more about the company here: http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex/detail.aspx?id=439&tab=0

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1951 Truck Article in The Norman Transcript

July 2, 2018 • CATEGORIES: Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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This story is out of Oklahoma and features Neal Morris’ restored truck.

Read all about it here: http://www.normantranscript.com/opinion/columns/willys-workhorse-truck-becomes-show-horse/article_b44da909-1905-513b-8928-2c25e06419ad.html

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U.S. Army Transportation Museum at JB Langley-Eustis

July 1, 2018 • CATEGORIES: Features, Museums This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Gayland recently visited the U.S. Army’s Transportation Museum at Joint Base Langley-Eustis and shared these photos. Ann and I drove right past there, but didn’t have time to stop. I will have to visit there the next time I’m visiting my cousin in Virginia.

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Kids Crawler Stephens City, VA **SOLD**

July 1, 2018 • CATEGORIES: Features • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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UPDATE **SOLD** Was $6500.

John shared this interesting Kid’s crawler.

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“1/2 scale Omix-ADA mini MB Jeep body kit.
1988 Honda TRX350D engine, gear box, wire harness, oil cooler, fan, fuel pump, and computer.
Holley fuel pressure regulator.
2.5 gallon jerrycan fuel tank.
Suzuki Samurai front and rear axles. Rear axle is spool locked.
Samurai transfer case. (2H, 4H, 4LO)
Front and rear disc brakes.
Wilwood master cylinder.
Monroe air shocks.
Double triangulated four links in front and rear. (Tractor top links for heim joints).
Full hydraulic steering. (Seastar helm pump and balanced hydraulic cylinder).
30″ UTV tires on 15” Jeep wheels.
LED lighting
Rustoleum Professonal “safety red” paint.”

 
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2018 Southwest Ohio FC Gathering July 27-29

June 29, 2018 • CATEGORIES: Event, FC150-FC170-M677, Features • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Just ONE month until the “Ohio Gathering” at Roger Martin’s Place near Waynesville, Ohio. It is scheduled for July 27, 28, 29 with the main day on Saturday.

Call him anytime at 937-477-5270 or email: rogerjm55@gmail.com
His address is: Roger Martin
1905 Roxanna New Burlington Road
Waynesville, Oh 4506

There is plenty of room for trucks, trailers, and RV’s (no RV hook-ups). There is an RV Campground and one-room cabins about a mile away.

These are the nearest places to stay:
-Frontier Campground. Waynesville, OH 45068 937-488-1127
-Creekwood Motel of Waynesville 513-897-1000
-Ramada Inn Xenia 937-372-9921

Bring your FC’s and FJ Step Vans, whether they’re cleaned or still have on their “work clothes” right out of the field. Let’s see what you have…running or not. Bring your extra parts for sale or trade. It would be nice to see photos of your project, in progress or completed.

Also,: This year you’ll be able to see Roger’s “new” 1960 FC-170 with an Ottawa Backhoe.
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Orchard Sprayers By Field Force Manufacturing

June 28, 2018 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Documents, Features, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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These documents were in a late 1940s Willys Overland binder.

There seems to be a very slight difference between the two sprayer packages offered by Field Force Manufacturing. One package used a pump with stainless steel non-magnetic plungers that gave the pump higher capacity and more pressure capability. It weighed slightly more, too.

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Warn Hub Thread

June 26, 2018 • CATEGORIES: Features • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Maury has assembled a useful Warn Hub thread. I’ve been meaning to write a Warn article, but have yet to get to it. The warn hubs can be confusing, as the Warn Locking Hub, Lock-O-matic Hub, and Automatic hub all look similar.

http://www.earlycj5.com/xf_cj5/index.php?threads/a-brief-history-of-early-warn-hubs-for-jeeps.131117/#post-1418993

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1944 Photo of Jeep Crossing Siegfried Line on eBay

June 25, 2018 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Neat, symbolic photo.

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“1944 Press Photo World War II – American Jeep Crosses Siegfried Line. This is an original press photo. World War II – Through a gap in the “dragon’s teeth” barricade of the Siegfried line goes a Yank jeep. It carries a machine gun. The picture was taken in Germany near Aachen as American forces advanced into enemy territory. United States, Germany, wars. Photo measures 11 x 6.75 inches. Photo is dated 09-20-1944.”

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1951 Photo of Jeeps on Ship to Korea on eBay

June 25, 2018 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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I don’t run across to many photos of jeeps on ships going to Korea.

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“1951 Press Photo American Jeeps on deck in preparation for landing in Korea. This is an original press photo. American troops are ashore at a South Korean beachhead after the fastest amphibious operation in history. Here jeeps are shown lashed to the deck in preparation for the landing. Note other ships on the convoy in the right background. Photo measures 6.75 x 8.5 inches. Photo is dated 5-25-1951.”

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Ben’s Yellowstone Trip in His Wagon

June 24, 2018 • CATEGORIES: Features • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Thanks to Joe for sharing this story about Ben and his family’s 3,270 mile trip in a 1957 wagon from Kansas to Yellowstone and back over the past few weeks.

You can view the trip here: http://www.oldwillysforum.com/forum/showthread.php?13689-YNP-by-Wagon-from-Kansas (there are 11 pages, but no page links at the bottom of the page, so advance to the next page using the links at the top.)

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You can also view Ben’s 1957 wagon build here: http://www.oldwillysforum.com/forum/showthread.php?10450-My-1957-L6-226-Wagon-Build

 
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1951 Photo of Hobby Horse on Jeep on eBay

June 24, 2018 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Unusual mascot.

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“1951 Press Photo 1st Cavalry MPs Near Jeep with Hobby Horse Head Attached, Korea. This is an original press photo. Korean War, United States Troops Recreation: The only “horsey” touch remaining to the 1st cavalry division is said to be this hobby horse head attached to one of the division’s jeeps in central Korea. The Military Police (MPs) are Corporal Ernie Ernie Aguillar (left), Youngstown, Ohio, and Lieutenant John Haskell, Duluth, Minnesota. Photo measures 8 x 8.25 inches. Photo is dated 04-14-1951.”

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1945 Photo of Jeep in Tokyo on eBay

June 24, 2018 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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It appears someone spent time highlighting the image during or post processing.

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“1945 PRESS PHOTO WWII Bomb Damage In Tokyo Jeep Near Rubble  10599  Measures 6.5 X 8 inches”

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