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Love Tractor and Hydraulic Lift System

July 25, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Magazine • TAGS: , . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Speaking of Hydraulic Lifts, the Love Tractor Company (or perhaps more accurately Love Industries — I’m not clear on the difference) made a lift and also sold a willys-engine powered tractor.

According to the Standard Catalog of Farm Tractors 1890-1980, by C.H. Wendel, Love Tractor offered model J51 that was built around a Willys CJ-2A engine. This may have been a repurposed Empire Tractor, because at least one source suggests Love purchased eighteen Empire Tractors when Empire dissolved. Anyone know more about the ‘Willys’ Love Tractor?

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Standard Catalog of Farm Tractors 1890-1980, by C.H. Wendel

Love Tractor also created a hydraulic three-point lift system. At CJ3a.info is a page devoted to the lift. At the Farm Jeep site is a scan of the brochure.

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The February 1947 issue of Popular Science has an article on the Love Hydraulic Lift System distributed by Newgren.

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There is also an article about the Love system and Newgren in a 1949 issue of Farm implement news – Volume 70 – Page 56.

 
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Photo Featuring Holden Jeeps

July 25, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay

Marc found this great photo of two Holden modified jeeps.

“This No Reserve auction is for an original vintage WW2 Official U.S. Marine Corps Photo that measures approx. 8″ x 10”. This is an original photo, not a re-print or copy. Photo is 70 years old and may show expected age. Some photos may have small creasing, pin holes and/or show slight yellowing. The caption on the reverse reads in part …

NOW IT’S A HOSPITAL — Jeeps, fitted with stretcher racks, pull up to this wrecked Jap building on Saipan which the Marines are using for a hospital. The zig-zag camouflage didn’t help much as evidenced by the hits scored by Naval and artillery fire in the early part of the campaign …
OFFICIAL U.S. MARINE CORPS PHOTO”

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1944 Last Issue of ‘The Jeep’ **SOLD**

July 25, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old News Articles This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay.

The Jeep was a newspaper published at the Monterey Presidio in California. The Defense Language Institute in Monterey has a collection of issues from 1943-1944. The one below was published November 4, 1944, and is supposed to be the last one.

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1964 Photo of Helicopter carrying M-38A1C on eBay

July 25, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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It may be a simulated exercise, but it’s a handy way to move a jeep!

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1942 Wix Filter Ad with Bantam BRC-60 on eBay

July 25, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Bantam-FordGP-WillysMA-EarlyJPs, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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This ad was pulled from the July 9, 1942, issue of Farm Implement News. I looked, but there are no current issues for sale on eBay.

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12 Issues of Willys World and more on ebay

July 25, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Here’s a chance to get Willys World newsletter information on eBay.

“VINTAGE LOT OF 12 STAPLED LOOSE PAGES NEWSLETTERS AND ADVERTISING, 3 MEMBERSHIP ROSTERS 1993 1994 1995, 10 BOOK NEWSLETTERS. NICE CONDITION, NO RIPS , GREAT FIND FOR THE COLLECTOR!! AN ESTATE SALE FIND!”

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U.S. Border Patrol Jeeps & the US Border Patrol Museum

July 24, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Fire/Police/Industry Vehicles, Museums, Old Images • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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UPDATE: Steve let me know that the US Border Patrol Museum has an updated website with more photos. Below are a few historical photos. You can view more historical photos (with cars, jeeps, horses and more) here.

ORIGINAL POST 07/27/2012:

1. A cold day for guarding the boarder.us-border-patrol-museum

2.  Border Patrol Inspector observing sign of possible illegal border crossers encountered while on Jeep patrol duty near Del Rio, Texas – March 9, 1956:

3. High lookout point overlooking the Rio Grande River, June 29, 1961. [Location is still used to overlook Rio Grande River.]

This is the CJ-2A displayed in the Museum. It looks a little green in this picture, but it’s actually more gray in person.

 
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Keeneland Concours d’Elegance

July 24, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Event, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Tim was at the Keeneland Concours d’Elegance in Lexington, Kentucky, this past weekend. He reports that despite a rainy day, they had a good turnout, including 10 jeeps in the jeep area. Here are some photos he took.

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1947 Photo of Refugees in Karachi on eBay

July 24, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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That’s a lot of kids in the jeep!

“This is a Type I Original News Press Wire Service Photograph. Size is 9″ x 7″.”

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1949 Photo of Joe Jackson in his Jeep Wagon on eBay

July 24, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images, Willys Wagons • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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The photo of Joe Jackson, Jr., below was published in several different newspapers based on this google search.  He must have had a very loving wife to live in a jeep while touring Europe!

According to the article, “Joe is wearing a 64-year-old clown costume that belonged to his late father as he tries out the jeep station wagon he will use for touring Europe. Joe, who carries on a comedy act originated by his father, will use the station wagon for a dressing room and living quarters with his wife.”

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1950 Photo of Jeep Junkyard in Okinawa on eBay

July 24, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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I was debating whether this was a cropped version of Carl Mydan’s Life Magazine photo (seen here at Alex’s Tahiti Pacifique site) or a different photo. I am leaning towards it being a different photo as the angle seems a little higher on this one.

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Lawrence in the Vancouver Sun

July 21, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Lawrence, his whippets, his whippet and his FC made the Vancouver Sun on Friday. Alyn Edwards produced a great article about Lawrence. You can read the entire article online and see more facts here:

http://driving.ca/auto-news/news/whippets-namesake-car-share-love-of-speed

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Exploring the World in a Ford GPA SEEPs

July 20, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Ann and I and my boys are camping near Lake Stevens for a day and then will be up at Deception Pass for a couple days. I expect updates will be spotty, but I’ve got a few things to read for Sunday.

I authored an article for Mark Smith’s War Jeeps site on five major trips undertaken with a Ford GPA Seep. It was a fun article to write. During my research I learned that Helen Schreider is still alive and living in Santa Fe, New Mexico. There’s a producer working on a film about her. The producer volunteered to ask her some questions I composed, but I’ve yet to hear back form them.

http://warjeeps.com/articles/Seep/ford-gpa-adventures-article/ford-gpa-adventures.html

Frank and Helen Schreider in India, 1960.

 
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Tim & Kyle at the MVPA Convention

July 20, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Tim Evans and his son Kyle attended the MBPA convention recently. This year it was held in Louisville, Kentucky. They had a great time. Tim forwarded a few photos. If you want to view more photos, check out this link http://bensimage.smugmug.com/Events/MVPA-2014/

Here’s an article about the 2014 convention from militarytrader.com.

1. Kneeling before their M-38A1 is Kyle on the left and Tim on the right. My jeep can bring me to my knees at times, too 🙂

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2. Kyle poses in front of a M-715 ambulance that was for sale.10380894

3. Tim and Kyle pose with General Patton impersonator Denny Hair.10532763

 
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1941 Bantam BRC-60 Photo on eBay

July 20, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Bantam-FordGP-WillysMA-EarlyJPs, Features, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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This image provides a great look at the grille area of the Bantam BRC-60.

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1946 Photo of MP Jeep in Malaysia on eBay

July 20, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Great photo! Mark spotted this one.

“WWII BRITISH & INDIAN MILITARY POLICE MP JEEP VEHICLE PAHANG MALAYSIA 1946”

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1943 Photo of Russian Caravan on ebay

July 20, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Nice photo of slat grille MBs toting Russian troops.

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Photos from Charles

July 19, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Charles forwarded these photos.

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O’Laughlin Tracked Vehicle(s)

July 18, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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I happened across this rare set of tracked jeeps made by O’Laughlin (a person or a company?), or it could just be one jeep with successive modifications. I only uncovered a few photos photos and very little information.How experiments on this related to the M-28/M-29 amphibious Weasel are not clear to me, but they appear to have been parallel projects given the Weasel research was begun in 1942.

I found this photo of the tracked jeep at a Cargo & Personnel Carrier site:
http://mailer.fsu.edu/~akirk/tanks/UnitedStates/cargo-personnel/cargo-personnel.html

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I found a thread on an argentine model site where someone constructed a look-a-like model.
http://kalkin.foros.ws/t12174/olaughlin-modified-jeep/olaughlin-tracked-jeep1-model

 

This could potentially be the same jeep as above, only it’s rear area has been altered. I can’t quite read the numbers on the hood in the top pic to know for sure. olaughlin-tracked-cargo-carrier2

Finally, there’s a page about a tracked jeep at 42FordGPW, but the page never refers to either vehicle as a Modified vehicle. Perhaps someone can add to this info?

 

 
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Slat Grilles Transporter Photo

July 18, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Paul spotted this photo at the “Just a Car Guy” website. Given at least some of these are Slat Grilles, I’d guess this was taken late 1941 or early 1942?

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2014 Northwest FC Get-Together August 1-3

July 17, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Event, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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This year’s Northwest FC Get-Together is right around the corner.

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Charles is Seeking a Hook

July 17, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, wanted This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Charles from Belgium is looking for one of these rare hooks. I don’t know a lot about them. He’s got the hook on the right, but looking for the hook on the left. Anyone know where to find them?

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Auto-Lite Ad featuring Bantam BRC-60

July 17, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay

Not a great photo, but rare ad featuring a Bantam BRC-60.

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Fun Ride Through San Francisco

July 16, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, videos This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Thanks to John for sharing this. Nope, not a jeep, but still a fun ride through San Francisco.  Looks like a great car to drive. You can see there were multiple runs at most locations. So, the driver got to play a bunch.

 
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Biscuit Updates

July 16, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Biscuit, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Over the last couple of days I’ve been trying to get as much done as I can before my son arrives. As you can see, I’ve got the engine, transmission and transfer case installed. I’ve also updated all the rear brake lines and installed the new rear springs.

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Unfortunately, I dropped the engine down enough within the chassis (when I changed the engine mounts) that the transfer case output yoke is too level, resulting in sharp driveline drop. So, I’m having to drop the tranny and TC. I might have to twist the rear axle as well, but will waiting until I set the body on the frame to see how the rear pinion angle changes.

2014-07-15-biscuit-drivelineSo, more work ahead . . . This afternoon Colter and I will be heading to Gig Harbor to pick up Track Avenger 470cfm rebuilt carb I found on Craigslist. It will replace the old Carter 500 cfm that needed fixing.