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1950 Jeepster Brochure (16 Pages) **SOLD**

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UPDATE: Was on eBay.

Anybody scanned this 16 page Jeepster brochure? This is the first I’ve seen it.

“1950 Jeepster Outstanding Sports Car color, dealer sales brochure (Willys – Overland), ORIGINAL. Form no. VJ73MI-3CM-350 measures 5.5 x 8.25 with 16 pages/panels. New engines Hurricane 4 and Lightning 6. Specifications on back page.”

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Beautiful Scenery Postcard

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Craig thought of me when he saw this early 40s postcard. Frankly, I never thought I looked that good in a bathing suit . . .

“Standard Size 3.5×5.5.”

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Chain Driven Pedal Jeep Yakima, WA $1000

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Ken shared this link. The pedal jeep’s similarity (windshield, 3B look) to the “Phillipines?” pedal jeep on the CJ-3B page (you have to scroll down 3B page) suggests it may have been made in the Philippines. The body and seat are slightly different.

“Rare Chain Driven Jeep Pedal Car”

http://yakima.craigslist.org/clt/5293444955.html

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1960s Spray Equipment Brochure **SOLD**

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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay.

How about the sprayer on the FC!

“Here I have a single sheet advertisement issued by Willys for JeepSpray Equipment on the FC-150 and FC-170. This is from the time period of 1957 through 1965 as these are the only years that BOTH the FC-150 & FC-170 were in production. There is no date printed on this piece.”

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Jeep-Shaped Squirrel Feeder

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J.C. spotted this squirrel in a jeep-shaped squirrel feeder that’s in his backyard. These were being sold on eBay a few years ago.

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1957 Reverse Print of FC-170 **SOLD**

• CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Artists/Drawings, FC150-FC170-M677, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay

Anyone ever seen one of these? Was this the beginning of the M-677 design?

“Here I have a vintage reverse print from October 15, 1957 featuring:

“WILLYS FC-170
PERSONNEL and FIRST AID VEHICLE…SCHEME ‘B’…Rear Access
WILLYS MOTORS, INC. 15, OCTOBER, 1957”
This Rare piece measures about 8 x 10 inches and is in
Near Mint Condition!
Will ship in a magazine sleeve with cardboard backing and be very well protected between sheets of heavy cardboard.

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1943 Photo of Marines in Guadalcanal

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That’s quite a photo.

“WWII U.S. Marines on Guadalcanal Riding in Jeep with Skull on Hood Press Photo”

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American Bantam Car Tent Flap

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William was asking me if I’d ever seen a tent flap like this. I hadn’t. He’s got six flaps, but only this one has American Bantam Car Co. stamped on it.

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Colombian Video Showing Some Jeep Repairs

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Sebastian shared this video from Colombia that shows some jeeps undergoing repair. I’m a little surprised to see the guy spray painting the jeep without a mask.

 
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Rare Jeep Sign Bloomington, IN **SOILD*

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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $4500.

Will need restoration.

“Has been in the attic of the Willy’s Jeep Dealership building (northern Kentucky) since it was taken off the front of the building for a new sign in the 1960’s. One end is attached to the building and this bullnose sign protrudes out. Sign is in very, very good condition for having been up in that corner 50+ years. Needs restored. Body is galvanized metal with about 95% of the original neon glass still present; no dents or holes in the metal can at all; bottom of can is just as good as the rest. See all photos to appreciate the rarity and good condition… This sign even still has the hanging cables still present. Transformers are inside. Measures about 6ft x 15″ deep x about 30″ high….probably weighs about 150 pounds. Local Pick up only; unboxed. We are about an hour south of Indianapolis and about 2.5hrs north of Louisville…we are close to Bloomington Indiana, a mile from Indiana Hwy 37. Seller will not ship. Call or text, …no emails answered.”

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Buy a Bond, Ride in a Jeep

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The St. Petersburg Times published this article in 1942 about the war bond drive. Purchases of bonds got the chance to ride in a jeep.

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Merlin’s Report on the 2015 Mason Dixon Show

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Merlin published a report on the 9th Annual Mason Dixon Willys Jeep Show and Gettysburg Tour this past weekend.

https://hansonmechanical.wordpress.com/2015/10/26/9th-mason-dixon-willys-jeep-show-and-gettysburg-tour/

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1948 Jeep Safety Poster on eBay

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The bottom illustration goes graphic to make a point.

“13 x 18 inch original poster from the US Army Safety Program, printed in 1948. Folded in half as issued. VG condition. Shows a graphic jeep wreck.”

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The Motor Pool near Fort Lee, VA

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Photo Credit: T. Anthony Bell & the Hopewell News

I ran across this article that shares Lee Holland’s efforts to replicate a working WWII motor pool. The building’s interior was organized based on actual motor pool plans. You can learn all about it at the Hopewell News: http://www.hopewellnews.com/article_7861.shtml

 
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BRC75 Just Ended in League City, Texas

• CATEGORIES: Bantam-FordGP-WillysMA-EarlyJPs, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

For those not on Facebook’s Austin Bantam Society’s page, you missed some great photos from BRC75, the seventieth anniversary of the original Bantam BRC. Bill Spear discusses the Bantam’s origins on this post. Both photos below were taken at one of the group’s event at the U.S. Veterans Memorial Museum.

 

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Photo of 1942 Bantam BRC-60 Camouflaged in White on eBay

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Here’s an unusual photo of a Bantam BRC-60 dressed in white.

“1942- U.S. Army peep and other vehicles with all-white camouflage during experiments conducted at Fort Brady for combat in winter conditions.”

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The Boston Top, an Aluminum Hardtop

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UPDATE: Mystery solved. I found a couple brochures about this top. They were published in a 1947ish Willys Overland Equipment Book (thanks to Jon for letting me scan that particular folder). The suicide doors were original to this top. Examples of The Boston Top below:

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he first two photos show Spencer Landers’ top on two different jeeps.

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Close up of the corners.

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These photos show more examples of the top:

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H.C.L. Sieberg Netherlands “Peace Jeep” Importer

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The Netherlands firm of H.C.L. Sieberg began selling jeeps in 1946 after acquiring 1400 jeeps from an army depot. The firm bought an additional 1000 jeeps. In May of 1946 Director L.F.J. Mählmeijer visited Toledo to secure an agreement for supply Sieberg with parts. Sieberg got permission to import four CJ-2As, called the “peace jeep” in the Netherlands, for demonstration purposes. It was an uphill battle, but overtime, the government allowed the company to import more jeeps for agricultural purposes.

Below are some examples of Sieberg brochures printed in Dutch. Thanks to Charles for sharing these photos. The photos and the history was published at conam.info in Dutch. You can read an english translated version of the page here.

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FC-150 Newspaper Articles

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The photo below appeared in a 1958 article from the Spokesman-Review. The article below comes from a November 29, 1956 article in the Toledo Blade that announced the FC’s introduction.

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1957 Fire-Fighting Jeep Article

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This photo and article was published in the August 29, 1957, issue of the Reading Eagle from Reading, Pennsylvania. It looks to be a CJ-2. It sounds like it has been refurbished into a brush fire-fighting jeep. The article indicates this would be called Jeep No. 11, yet it is labeled Jeep No. 1.

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Colin’s Surrey’s Head Games

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Colin bought a Hickey aluminum cylinder head to modify his 1960 Surrey, but ran into some problems with it. Below he describes the changes he made, the problems he encountered, and his current solution. Thanks for sharing Colin!

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I started a hop-up project on our Surrey that involved the installation of a 1950s Nick Hickey aluminum cylinder head for the L-134. That morphed into the fabrication of a dual carb setup using  two intake manifolds with a balance tube an F Head exhaust manifold that a very good friend, Steve Mason, and I fabricated out of an old manifold supplied by Jim Sullivan.

The first issue was the two new Weber carbs. They were supposed to be synchronized and jetted the sam, but weren’t. That led to the rear carb dumping extra fuel into #s 3&4, resulting in a blown head gasket which dumped coolant into those cylinders.

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Hickey head top and bottom.

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Took it all apart, rejetted the carbs and had the head resurfaced. I finished buttoning everything up and fired it up. adjusted the carbs slightly, running smooth, then noticed coolant in the #2 spark plug recess. Shut it off, pulled all plugs, could see coolant in #2, and steam coming from what must be a crack in the threads.

When I had the engine running previously I did not have water pooling in the plug basins. Upon looking at the plugs, the electrodes indicated the possibility of them coming in contact with the valves. Took a very hi intensity flashlight and looked into the cylinders and at least two of the valves I saw the imprint of the electrode on the valves.

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So my theory is this:
I had the head resurfaced and in that process, the machine shop used an epoxy to smooth the surface indentations( corrosion?), and then did the resurface. The plugs I had used were nearly new from the original head. Those electrodes did not extend into the combustion chamber. The machine shop( guys who do a lot of work on Ford V8s with aluminum heads told me to get plugs with a slightly longer shank for better combustion. So I did. Only a small imperceptible difference in length.

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More Pics From Charles

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1944 Photo of Golfing off Jeep in New Guinea on eBay

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Can’t say I ever tried this.

“You are bidding on an original press photo of Marvin Bud Ward Golfing Off Jeep Hood Dutch New Guinea WWII. Photo has waving due to too much glue being used to attach the information sheet onto the back of the photo. If the listing shows thin red and/or green lines, they are the result of a bad scan & the lines are NOT on the actual photo. Photo measures 7 x 9 inches and is dated 10/7/1944.”

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How to Sell Your 1950 Jeep Wagon

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Unsure what points to stress when you sell your 1950 Jeep Wagon? The March 1950 Sales Builder noted 49 different items you could advertise. Thanks to Pascal for sharing this document!

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1966 Boy Scout Trip

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The Smoky Mountain Jeep Club’s annual Boy Scout trip was reported on by Jeep News in 1966 through these three photos.

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