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Colorado Dash Plates on Glovebox eBay

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I thought this collection of dash plates was interesting. Jeep Rodeos, Ice Races, Jamboree, and more. Colorado was a happening jeep place circa 1970!

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“Vintage Colorado event plaques from the 1960’s attached to a vintage CJ glove box door.”

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Working Jeep Photographic Slides on eBay

• CATEGORIES: Features, Fire/Police/Industry Vehicles, Old Images • TAGS: This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

Here are three photos of working jeeps available on eBay.

1) CAMBRIDGE, MA Fire Apparatus SLIDE: LIGHTING UNIT-2:
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2) 1961 Slide NIPSCO Northern Indiana Public Service wagon:
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3) CJ-5 Unloading Circus Wagon Train 1980s:
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4) 1961 Colorado Tour Jeep CJ-5: I’m unclear if this is a San Juan Scenic Tour Jeep or someone else running a tour. Davis tours was over by 1961.

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Video of MD Juan Parts Production

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Bill shared this video from FRAME of MD Juan’s parts production line.

 
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2025 Holy Toledo Calendars Now Available

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The 2025 Holy Toledo Calendar is now available for purchase. You can buy the online here: https://www.dispatchermagazine.com/calendars/2025-holy-toledo-wall-calendar.

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Swamp Buggy Racing Video

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Steve shared this swamp buggy racing video. At the 3:17 mark are some flat fenders, but they are quite a bit slower than those specially built buggies.

 
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Stainless Flat Fender Düsseldorf, Germany $25,000

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Daniel’s neighbor in Germany has decided to sell his stainless flat fender jeep. Shipping is available. For more information, you can contact Daniel at kontakt @ langkau-automotive.de (remove spaces from around the @) and he can field initial questions.

“It has a galvanized CJ5 Frame, 3.8l AMC Engine, dana30 disc front, D44 30 Spline rear, power steering, power brakes.
Price $25K
Location Düsseldorf / Germany”

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1951 3-Door Wagon Little Rock, AR $3000

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UPDATE: Price dropped to $3000

(07/01/2023) While it has three doors, according to the seller it does not appear to be a hyrail or Fairmont build. So, the history of it isn’t clear.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2011764609239464

“Very rare 1951 Willys wagon with the third door passenger side. It’s not a railroad. Or Fairmont built There are no holes in the floor for the towers.  so if you know anybody or any company who needs a Sema build that was my plans”

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Busy Week

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The cooler temps (highs in 70s, lows in 40s) this week means winter is approaching all too fast. Our pasture irrigation will shut down Monday, so we moved cows, slaughtered our 2 steers (with 8 of our neighbor’s steers), so I am flush with beef cheeks, hangar steaks, skirts, tails, and some organ meat (neighbor wanted none of those cuts). I walked away with about 100lbs of extra meat! Our three heifers get slaughtered next month.

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We joined lots of other folks who enjoyed the northern lights this week. These are early shots (circa 8pm) as Ann is still navigating life on a knew-trike after having light foot surgery earlier this week, so we didn’t stay out too late.

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The other day Ann and I talked about how we wanted to remodel part of the shop so we can add a pool table and some other stuff, including a Wurlitzer jukebox. That led to me doing some searches to see what a jukebox would run. It turned out, a local guy was selling off his uncle’s collection of jukeboxes, speakers, and music. This guy’s uncle has so many records, they line the walls of his roughly 60′ shop in multiple rows– immense!

The guy also had 36 jukeboxes. Apparently, he was quite the collector before he passed. Anyway, since I was local and since I mentioned that Rudolph Wurlitzer was my great great grandfather, the guy cut me a heck of a deal on these two jukeboxes. I haven’t had a chance to plug them in yet (figured I’d do ewillys updates first). I know they at least light up, and given what I paid, just that would be enough.

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The one on the left is a 2600 from 1962 and the one on the right is a 1500 from 1952.

So, no surprise, not much done on jeeps this past week!

 
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Short Cut: The Concept Compact Jeep

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This video covers Short Cut, a concept compact throwback jeep that lacks a top and doors shared by Bill. The video also describes this jeep as “cheap”, but I suspect the price-point on one of these would still be substantial. If this ever went to production, I expect buyers would be looking for top options at some point. More info: https://www.caranddriver.com/news/a15349161/prime-cut-jeep-shortcut-concept-is-a-wrangler-trimmed-to-cj-5-size/

 
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Stainless Jeeps For Sale in the Philippines

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Thanks to bill, here’s a short video showing a lineup of stainless steel jeeps for sale in the Philippines.