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This has some damage. I don’t know how rare (or not) these are.
“Here’s a Very Interesting and Vintage “Colorado San Juan, Colo. Mtns. JEEP CAPITOL OF THE WORLD” License Plate. It’s made of tin, measures 4 1/2 ” x 12,” and does show some age/use/wear. That’s why we took FIVE Pictures.”
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Here’s another Wheaties ad on eBay. Has a little bit of a Ford GP look to it.
“This old comic book ad (which ran in publications as a promotion, and measures approximately 6×9 inches) has a little wear, but is still in pretty good shape! Not a photocopy or more recent reproduction.”
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At $15.95, this is a good price on the early mailer.
“Here is an Original 1945 1946 Jeep CJ-2A Mailer Type Brochure. Size is 10.75″ x 14″ folded and opens to a nice large 21.5″ x 14″ to show the views in the listing. Condition is N.O.S. (new old stock). This may have been the first sales literature for the new postwar Jeep. Printed on Newsprint they show some aging as the pictures show.”
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UPDATE: I’ve added some more pics of what might have been General Walker’s jeep. It shows some of the modifications made to it.
http://www.bevinalexander.com/korea/korean-war-photos.htm Brigadier General F.W. Farrell, Korean Military Advisory Group chief, confers on August 18, 1950, with Lieutenant General Walton H. Walker (seated in jeep), Eighth Army commander, during the height of the Pusan Perimeter battle. (U.S. Army photo.)
This video shows McArthur decorating Walker. Note Walker’s padded jeep seat.
This photo shows what I think is McArthur’s jeep (?). It isn’t quite the same as Walker’s jeep, but does have the same handle positioned over the cowl.
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General Walton Walker, aka “Johnny Walker”, was killed as a part of this jeep wreck. What’s curious to me is the mod to the area under the rear of the jeep (gas tank??) and the modified steps (don’t normally see that). You can learn a great deal about General Walker here:
http://www.oocities.org/generalwaltonwalker/11walkerbio.html
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It might have only one tire, but I suspect that soldier wouldn’t trade it for the jeep … well, maybe he would. The jeep’s a slat grille MB.
“1943- While his buddies ride in jeep, U.S. soldier uses bicycle, which only has one tire, and it’s flat, to get around on newly captured Makin Island.”
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This is NOT an original photo. Instead, it’s a copyright free photo printed and then sold.
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Given the Darien Gap video above, it seemed appropriate that I (finally) share parts of a March 1961 (pg 366-389) article about a group of seven adventurers who pulled, pushed, towed and cajoled a Willys Truck and a Land-Rover through the rough Panamanian country-side, officially becoming the first vehicles to ever make the Darien Gap trip. The article and photographs were both by Kip Ross.
Wikipedia notes, “The first vehicular crossing of the Gap was by the Land Rover La Cucaracha Cariñosa (The Affectionate Cockroach) and a Jeep of the Trans-Darién Expedition of 1959–60, crewed by Amado Araúz (Panama), his wife Reina Torres de Araúz, former Special Air Service man Richard E. Bevir (UK), and engineer Terence John Whitfield (Australia). They left Chepo, Panama, on 2 February 1960 and reached Quibdó, Colombia, on 17 June 1960, averaging 201 m (220 yd) per hour over 136 days. They traveled a great deal of the distance up the vast Atrato River.” For some reason, Wikipedia doesn’t include the three other members, Otis Imboden, Ilse Abshagen, and, of course, Kip Ross.
You can learn more about the different groups that crossed the Darien Gap at Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darién_Gap
In addition, “The first all-land auto crossing was in 1985–87 by Loren Upton and Patty Mercier in a CJ-5 Jeep, taking 741 days to travel 125 miles (201 km). This crossing is documented in the 1992 Guinness Book of Records.”
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UPDATE: Was on eBay. **SOLD**
That front jeep appears to have a variety of mods.
“This 8″ by 10″ photo of, UN Jeeps At Peace Talks House in Kaesong , has an attached caption, dated Jul 13 1951. This is a working press photo, in the course of use by a newspaper the photo might have small tears and creases relating to multiple handlings.”
The note at the bottom dates this March 8, 1943, but initial tests of the GPA were in spring of 1942. Perhaps this is just a driver learning how to drive one.
“You are bidding on an original press photo from a published newspaper. The photo is 11.5 x 8.”
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UPDATE: **SOLD**
This former PNW jeep was still in good shape last March. Unfortunately, someone crashed this into a tree. Looks like there’s value in tires, rims and the Parkette body.
“Parting or Repair 1954 Willys jeep that had a 450hp small block Chev till it hit a tree. I bought it this way to make into a 2wd street rod but have 2 many projects now and want to sell it whole or part it out. what you see is what you get. have small block headers that go with it if it sells whole.”
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What it looked like prior to being wrecked.
This great photo shows Father Emil Kapuan during the Korean War. You can learn all about the man Korean POWs called ‘a hero and a saint’ in an article at Kansas.com by Roy Wenzl.
http://www.kansas.com/news/special-reports/father-kapaun/article1020050.html
Father Emil Kapaun celebrating Mass with this jeep hood as an altar on Oct 7, 1953(?)
The Signal Corps photo from September 14, 1944, shows the first American jeep to cross the German frontier after blasting through the Siegfried line.
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Experiences like the one shown in this June 30, 1944, photo must have been so surreal.
“1944 Press Photo American Jeeps at the flooded street ruined by German in France”
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**SOLD** Seller accepted my eBay offer. I’ll scan and share these.
This lot of four rare Willys News newspapers is an unusual find.
“Vintage 1950’s Jeep Willy’s News 1955 &
1956 Dealers Newspaper Original 4 Total
Thanks for viewing my items.
Nice Collection Of
1950’s Jeep Dealer Selling Promo’s”
The GI in the photo is examining jeeps captured and used by communists.
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Market Garden
Bangkok
UPDATE: There were four dealer-sized posters for sale on eBay
1. THE POSTER IS APPROX. 391/2 X 30 INCHES.
2. THE POSTER IS APPROX 44X33 INCHES IN SIZE.
3. THE PRINT IS VERY LARGE AT 44-1/2 X 29-1/2 INCHES IN SIZE.
4. THE PRINT IS VERY LARGE AT 44-1/2 X 29-1/2 INCHES IN SIZE.
This looks promising.
” NICE BINDER OF WILLYS JEEP PICK UP AND STATION WAGON MANUAL IN GOOD USED CONDITION. I BELIEVE THESE ARE FACTORY MANUALS FROM THE 60’S.”
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UPDATE: Seth shared the “Toledo Jeeps Fire Wagon Gang” graphic.
I play basketball whenever I can, which isn’t as often as I like these days, because my knees have been outvoting my desire. While I’ve never studied the history of different national basketball leagues , I thought I would have run across the fact that the National Basketball League (NBL) had a team in Toledo named the Toledo Jeeps for a couple years (1946-1948). I was surprised to find there’s even a page of stats for the 1947-1948 year.
Here’s a pair of photos from a program that’s currently on eBay.
Steve spotted this one. The photo sold for $129.50 yesterday. It was listed as a photo of the first Ford GPW, but this is actually (I assume) the first Ford GP produced.
“A Vintage 1941 Original Photo announcing the introduction of the U.S. Army’s newest midget car called a “Jeep” ! This small four-wheel drive utility vehicles would become an icon of World War II Jeep. Here is the very 1st one to roll of the production line. Original press stamp and caption with a 2-28-41 date on the verso of this early photo of the famed vehicle”
Here’s another army jeep lighter for sale out of Great Britain. This one includes a stand.
“table lighter built into a chrome U.S. army jeep or ‘ willys jeep ‘ – the jeep is fixed to a cut brass plate and stands next to an inert ordnance round sign which has been stamped with the name of the town BASTOGNE, which played a large part in the battle of the bulge, 1944.
The jeep is all cast metal – quite detailed – the lighter is built into the seating area and simply pulls out – the brass plate it stands upon looks like it was a section of a large grandfather clock watch face – the section measures 8 inches across – fixed to the rear of the jeep the round with the brass Bastogne sign.”
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This one sold for $46.60 on 09/27/2014. It didn’t include the stand.
“Up for auction is a vintage art deco Jeep cigarette lighter in a Pewter color in excellent condition. The lighter is being sold in working order, but , it was part of a collection, it may have not been used in a while. I have checked everything before listing. It will be shipped empty, per USPS requirements. Please be aware that it should only simply require a topping of fuel to get it going. Strike lever has strong action and flame adjuster turns easily, There is flint in the chamber.Jeep measures 4″ long and is 2″ wide and weighs 1lb. Low starting bid at $9.99 & no reserve, You will like this lighter.”
Haines Garage is selling this shirt on eBay. It’s a size Medium.
“Up for auction is a Willys Jeep collared shirt.
Shirt has never been worn.
It is 100% cotton and manufactured by the Clearwater outfitters.
This print should be popular with all Willys Jeep enthusiast.
This is a rare find , and a qualify made shirt.
Size is men’s medium armpit to armpit measures 21 inches collar to tail measures 30 inches.”
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Marc from South Africa forwarded some updated photos of his 1/2-sized CJ-2A. Looks great Marc!
Richard owns several types of jeep trailers, but this rare Sterling Trailer just might be the most unique. He just got done sanding and repainting it. There’s very little information on the web about them and what I found I put together in this Sterling-related post. Thanks to Richard for sharing pics of this unusual trailer!
