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Belleview Winch Ad

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In 1959 Belleview Manufacturing introduced an electric winch. The company sold them (6000lb and 8000lb versions) through Warn Industries, since they manufactured other products for Warn also. However, based on the ad below, they may have marketed them to other resellers, since the ad doesn’t mention Warn at all.

The ad below was in the March 9, 1967, issue of the Sundance Times, a Wyoming newspaper. By the time the ad appeared, Warn had already purchased all the Belleview Manufacturing Stock, as the small caption below Thurston Warn’s photo indicates (which is on eBay). The next year, Thurston Warn became President of Warn.

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1942 Photos of Floating MB Slat Grille on eBay

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That first pic is particularly neat.

“1942- Pair of press photos showing U.S. troops moving a jeep across river by wrapping the lower part in waterproof canvas and “poling” it through the water. Photos measure approx. 7″ x 9″ ”

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1963 Photo of CJ-5 in El Dorado National Forest

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Based on the chrome front bumper, this CJ-5 might have an early Tuxedo package. It also seems to have an extended bed on the rear. There was a note on the back of the photo that suggested this might be part of the Jeep Jamboree.

“1963 Press Photo Jeep El Dorado national Forest – This is an original press photo. Jeep El Dorado national Forest Photo measures 10 x 8inches. Photo is dated 08-04-1963.”

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1957 Photo of Wagon in Algeria

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Frazier shared this photo from the archives George Rodger. There’s some really neat photos of all kinds.

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ALGERIA. In-Saleh. 1957. Main gate leading to the oasis.

George Rodger ALGERIA. In-Saleh. 1957. Main gate leading to the oasis.

 

 
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More Pics from Charles

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Here are a mix of photos thanks to Charles.

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Dutch dealer Sieberg. Note the lack of a fuel inlet and the fact that there is a JEEP stamped on the hood, but the VEC 2A early windshield.

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Nebraska Test

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1961 Photo of Blue Surrey and Colin??

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Colin swears this isn’t him, but that surrey looks suspiciously similar to his. In his defense, I will say I’ve never seen him wear that red outfit to any FC Roundups, though it would match his Jeepster’s color. (see his Jeepster and Surrey here)

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1944 Photo of Eisenhower Landing at Leyte on eBay

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Great photo.

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Photo of Ford Convertible Top on MB/GPW on eBay

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Bruce spotted this photo of a Ford convertible top on an MB/GPW. It seems to fit pretty well.

“Original Vintage Snapshot Photo Willys Jeep CJ Convertible Automobile Size is 3.5×3.5″ inches.”

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1943 Fox Movietone Features Fire Jeep

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The October 26, 1943, Fox Movietone featured a one minute clip about a Toledo, Ohio, Fire Jeep. It appears to be built on a Willys MB Slat Grille. The clip appears at the 6:53 mark of the video. I managed to get a few still images:

http://digital.tcl.sc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/mvtnwarfilm/id/783

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1945 Press Demonstration Photo on eBay

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This is a classic.

“You are bidding on an original press photo of Toledo Farmers Using Vintage Willys Overland Jeep . If the listing shows thin red and/or green lines, they are the result of a bad scan & they are NOT on the actual photo. Photo measures 7 x 9 inches and is dated 7/10/1945.”

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The Naming of Jeep Chee

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This 1955 July Willys News article highlights the naming of a Navajo baby named Jeep Chee. My attempts to learn more about Jeep Chee weren’t very successful. I did find this odd movie script. There is a more extensive article about Gwen and Marvin Walter in the July 1958 issue of Desert Magazine.

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1949 Photo of Jeep Tour Through Portland Sewer on eBay

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I’ve never heard of a jeep tour through a sewer.

“1949 Press Photo Portland city commissioners went on a jeep tour Thursday
This is an original press photo. Portland city commissioners went on a jeep tour Thursday through new 1 1/2 mile sewer running undreground from Columbia slough to Oregon slough. In front, from left, are Commissioners Ormond Bean, William Bowes and Driver Chuck Odell, Commissioner Fred Peterson is at upper right.Photo measures 7.25 x 9.5inches. Photo is dated 12-30-1949.”

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1959 Photo of Elk Head on Front of Jeep on eBay

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That’s a happy hunter.

“Original 1959 Press Photo 2×2 Negative Muddy Jeep Hunting 12 Pt Elk Head”

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1994 Article on Island Cruisers

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I found this interesting article from the St. Petersburg Times in 1994. Island Cruisers was a Clearwater, Florida, company that refurbished old right-hand drive postal jeeps for export to island countries where people drive on the right hand side.

Jan and Robin Stach started the company. By the time this article was written, the company had sold 35 jeeps to the Bahamas, Grenada, Aruba, the Cayman Islands and Cancun. They were generally used for rentals. The company had another 30 jeeps in process. The Stachs feel that demand was huge and they hoped to mature into a company capable of producing 500 jeeps a month.

Unfortunately, I didn’t find any additional information on how successful (or not) or for how long the company operated.

Note: Another company started about the same time on the west coast called Safari-Kars

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1947 Photo of Johnny Price doing Handstand on CJ-2A on ebay

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Johnny had some skills back in the day!

“1947 Press Photo Johnny Price of Indians Catches Flies Upside Down in a Jeep
This is an original press photo. Johnny Price, Cleveland Indians comedian, demonstrates, with the aid of a jeep, how the outfielder of 1950 will chase flies–even while upside down. Price showed how before exhibition game between Indians and New York Giants at Tucson, Arizona.Photo measures 9 x 7.25inches. Photo is dated 03-15-1947.”

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1944 Photo on Marine Drive Highway on eBay

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Great photo.

“1944- U.S. Marine and U.S. Navy Seabee shaking hands in front of sign erected by the 3rd Marine, 2nd Raider Regiment on Bougainville which reads:
So when we reach the Isle of Japan
With our caps at a jaunty tilt
We’ll enter the city of Tokyo
On the roads the seabees built.

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1943 Photo of GIs & Prisoner in Italy on eBay

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The prisoner doesn’t seem all that upset about being captured.

“1943- Wounded German soldier is brought down from the hills around Salerno in a jeep ambulance for treatment at a dressing station behind Allied lines.”

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Old Jeeping Photos of the Rubicon?

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These old photos I bought off of eBay show aren’t the best. They capture a weekend of jeeping somewhere in California, possibly the Rubicon.

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Buddy Cowger: CJ-3B Uranium Hunter

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According to this story, Buddy Cowger lost the use of his legs due to cyanide poisoning. That didn’t stop him from driving the backroads of Utah in search of Uranium. He was a friend of Charlie Steen, a famous Uranium hunter out of Moab.

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1955 Testimonial to the Jeep From a Tobacco Farmer

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This testimonial was published in the July 1955 issue of Willys News.

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1943 Photo of British Solider Using Umbrella as Shade on eBay

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I spent far too much time in the sun today. I could have used an umbrella like this!

“1943- British Signaller W. Bale working on his jeep using an umbrella for shade on Sicilian beach.”

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1942 Photo of Cecil McAdams Towing Glider with Jeep on eBay

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This was part of the training exercise at the Air Force’s Advanced Glider Detachment in Mobile, Alabama.

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Model Jeep on Display at the Met in 1946

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Pfc. Harold B. Whiting of Plainfield, New Jersey, built an award-winning model jeep that in 1946 that landed temporarily on display at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. This article was featured in the February 2, 1946, issue of the Afro-American. I wonder where that model is now??

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Jeeps Uncouth? Say It Isn’t So Texas!!

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An October 26, 1951, article from the Times-News of Henderson, North Carolina, reported that the State Supreme Court of Texas ruled jeeps were “uncouth . . . without beauty of line or body”! Obviously, this didn’t sit well with Willys Overland.

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1943 Photo of Aircraft Carrier Jeep Pulling Plane on eBay

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Great press photo!

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