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3 Dogs, 3 Rims and a Bonus

September 12, 2023 • CATEGORIES: Features • TAGS: Leftovers-racer. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

I have been wanting a set of 5 lug aluminum rims that match the six lug aluminum rims for the racer. Yesterday, while fuming about the oil leak, I went on FB Marketplace and did some searching for local motorhomes (pondering the idea of getting a gently used, older motorhome to take to races). After looking through ads, on a lark, I entered a search for Desert Dogs. Lo and Behold, these three popped up for sale for only $400! Check out all that barely used tread!

Even better, the dogs were mounted on the style of rims I had been seeking! I made arrangements to get them, which meant driving to Boise today.

It turns out they had been an extra part of a Suzuki Samarai purchase.As a bonus, they threw in another desert dog, though it doesn’t have much life left.

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This rim has a little cosmetic discoloring and the tread is slightly different, but no bid deal. On the left you can see the other rims. The COOP tires on the green rims will be transferred to the other matching six lug aluminum rims that I have.

This is the worn tire. It has enough tread for racing.

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Demo or Counter Display Hubs For Dealers

September 11, 2023 • CATEGORIES: Features • TAGS: Hubs. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

UPDATE: This post originally highlighted Paul’s Warn hub counter display model. Now, this post will highlight several different demo or display hubs with sections removed for dealers. Anyone seen images of other examples?

1. Cutlas Selective Hub: You can see a brochure for this early Cutlas hub here. This was on eBay (last priced around $450), but sold away from eBay. See more pics of this here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/175866727203

2. Dualmatic 2-lever Watson-style Display Hub: This hub has a Dualmatic sticker, but is the type sold under the Watson brand (Watson-branded hubs & Dualmatic hub lever variations). This display hub was also on eBay, though I don’t remember the price. It probably sold off ebay as a package with the Cutlas hub above. See more pics here: https://www.ebay.com/itm/175866718846

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Dana Spicer Hub/Lok Hubs

September 11, 2023 • CATEGORIES: Features • TAGS: Hubs. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

UPDATE: Unlike the other Hub Lok hubs made for jeeps, this Hub Lok hub model was designed for early Ford Broncos. It is listed for $149 on the Bronco Graveyard website. I can’t confirm if these are rare or not.

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Originally posted on June 8, 2023: The seller of these Hub Lok hubs for jeeps sold the hubs with the original installation and operation instructions! The manual accompanying the hubs confirms that the Hub Lok hubs were sold by Dana and/or Spicer, which is what we thought, but lacked physical evidence as proof.

An original dash sticker? Probably not another one of these around!

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Wood Top on Rescued Jeep

September 11, 2023 • CATEGORIES: Features, Wood bodies • TAGS: Hardtop. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

Jordi bought this CJ-2A with an interesting hardtop (the plates indicate this is a jeep outside the US) and posted pics to Facebook. To me, this top looks most like a Station Wagons, Inc, body. The suicide doors and certain elements are extremely close (especially in the Pop Mech ad), but not exact.

Popular Mechanics Ad from the January 1948 issue of Popular Mechanics, pg 266. This ad appeared in the February 1948 issue as well.

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Fiberglass Jeep-looking Body for VW Chassis

September 11, 2023 • CATEGORIES: Features, VEEP (VW Jeep), Scamp, Others • TAGS: Fiberglass. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

Jason posted these pics of a jeep-looking fiberglass body with some unique aspects to Facebook. The hood is lower than usual vis-a-vis the fenders, the rear fender wells have a flare modeling into it, the rear mid-section looks slightly longer, it has a step with a runner along the entire side, and the rear has a unique flare on the back. Also, it is interesting that the top edge around the back is about as thick as a Bobcat or Parkette body.

According the discussion on Facebook, “I was told by the owner there was a local guy he in nh that was big into fiberglass I guess he also built cobra body’s and he made a few of these.” I suspect there aren’t many of these around.

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Al-Toy 1-seat Jeep Seattle, WA SOLD

September 11, 2023 • CATEGORIES: Features, toys This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $50.

Some idiot put the wrong link in this post … fire him!

This is missing the windshield.

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1947 CJ-2A Woodinville, WA $10,000

September 11, 2023 • CATEGORIES: CJ-2A This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

UPDATE: Price dropped to $10,000.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/2050470681961241

“47 Willys cj2a 289ci 4spd, has no rust, to many parts 2 list! I have all receipts.”

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1949 CJ-3A Fall City, Wa $7000

September 11, 2023 • CATEGORIES: CJ-2A, CJ-3A • TAGS: Fiberglass, Rollcage. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

I suspect this engine is built. This has a fiberglass one-piece front end.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/329300779538689

“1949 Jeep willy cj 4×4 The original engine was replaced with a 350 v8 engine. with turbo 400 automatic transmission with Dana differentials. Everything works very well in engine and transmission. you only need to bleed the brakes”

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1953 CJ-3B Hermiston, OR $4900

September 11, 2023 • CATEGORIES: CJ-3B This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

It’s supposed to run.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/841442904004534

“53 Willy’s B California jeep no rust to speak of have roll bar and tire carrier…motor has been rebuilt runs well”

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1942 GPW Port Angeles, WA $4500

September 11, 2023 • CATEGORIES: GPW (Ford MB) This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

UPDATE: **SOLD** Was $3500. This was previously listed in 2016 (pics at very bottom).

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1247637132618246

“1942 Ford gpw military jeep runs good clean title It has a newer motor and transmission brakes have been replaced”

Previous pics:

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1951 CJ-3A La Conner, WA $6000

September 11, 2023 • CATEGORIES: CJ-3A • TAGS: Rollcage. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

UPDATE: Price dropped to $6000.

(10/21/2021) Has updates.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1328691381353593

“1951 CJ3A
Chevy 327
3 speed, manual transmission dual stick transfer case and stock axles.
Runs
Title
Collector plates
Bought a soft top but have not installed it, will include this in the sale”

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Status Update: Good Progress

September 9, 2023 • CATEGORIES: News This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

I received another good report from the eye doc. Things are progressing as expected, plus in the last two days it appears the bubble is smaller.

A couple days ago I spent a little time in the garage and feel like I’ve found a solution to my clutch issue. Some adjustments plus a new spring bracket appear to have overcome the lack of clutch response.

I hope to resume some updates on Monday morning, as I can now see over the bubble in my eye while typing.

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Jeep CJ-5 Camper 1/43 Scale Model 109€ (Euros)

September 9, 2023 • CATEGORIES: CJ5, Features, Models This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

Blaine spotted this really neat model of a Jeep CJ-5 Camper setup. It’s pretty neat model and unique model that I believe is about 3″ long. It is shipped from Mannheim, Germany. In the post below this one, there’s some history about the camper inventor.

https://www.nasshan.com/en/autocult/ac09017-jeep-cj5-universal-camper-1969-usa

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Chuck Prater’s Camper and Dump Bed Prototypes

September 9, 2023 • CATEGORIES: Camping, Features • TAGS: Dump. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

UPDATE: Originally posted February 20, 2021:

Charles “Chuck” Prater’s (1928-1913) jeep camper has been discussed in the past, but pics of his prototypes are less well known. Chuck must have been a curious kind of guy, because when he was an employee at the circulation department of the Palm Beach Post in Florida he invented an automatic paper bagging machine.

How he got involved with jeeps isn’t well documented, but in the 1960s he developed a unique camper setup that allowed a camper to be ‘hitched’ to the back of a CJ-5. He showed off his prototype to the Palm Beach Post in July of 1968:

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July 07, 1968, Palm Beach Post, Palm Beach, Florida.

From the CJ5camper.com website we have this additional photo of the prototype, year unknown. You’ll note that the camper in the pic above seems to lack the blue color added to the pic below, so this may have been taken after the Palm Beach Post photo?:

The Palm Beach reported a few months later on September 25, 1968, that Kaiser-Jeep agreed to manufactured Chuck’s camper idea:

For reasons unknown at this point, Chuck waited almost two years later (August 24, 1970) to file his patent (approved August 15, 1972). The patent included several illustrations. Below is one of them.
At some point after he filed his patent, Waldron Motors presented Chuck with camper #1. Curiously, the caption indicates he patented the idea, then sold it. However, the information above suggests he sold the idea, then patented it?:

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This newspaper clipping was posted to thegentlemanracer.com’s site.

Being the inventor he was, Chuck didn’t stop inventing after the development of the camper. He expanded on his basic camper invention with a similar dump trailer idea. This article comes from the cj5camper.com site and is undated:

I searched but could not find a patent or another other information about the dump trailer.

According to his brother-in-law Sam Williams (see his comment in this post), Chuck built another camper that fit the CJ-7, one which Sam owns.

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1954? Truck and Camper Durango, CO $5000

September 9, 2023 • CATEGORIES: Camping, Features, Unusual, Willys Trucks • TAGS: Odd Body. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

Mike shared this unusual camper. The shape of it reminds me of the late 1940s Book mobiles (or see below post). The box on this truck appears a little taller than the book mobile boxes, so this truck and the book mobiles may be unrelated.

The truck is listed as a 1954, but the grille suggests it is earlier. It’s unclear whether the camper on back is original to the truck (special order for example) or whether someone added the camper later. That said, the interior faux wood and carpet screams 60s or 70s to me. The “Jeep” radio would have also been added at a later date. Note the Warn hubs are IH branded hubs.

The jeep sports a “Rednor & Raine” Jeep sticker from Trenton, NJ, which as of 1965, was a jeep only dealer. This also has a Princeton Theological Seminary parking permit, which is still an active institution.

https://westslope.craigslist.org/cto/d/durango-1954-jeep-willys-purpose-built/7659761315.html

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Dare County, North Carolina, Jeep Bookmobile

September 9, 2023 • CATEGORIES: Features, Fire/Police/Industry Vehicles This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

UPDATE: This was originally posted June 18, 2020:

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April 1954, Dane County, North Carolina: https://digital.ncdcr.gov/digital/collection/p249901coll36/id/336. The jeep was painted green.

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March 1950, Dane County, North Carolina: https://digital.ncdcr.gov/digital/collection/p249901coll36/id/331

An April 15, 1948, newspaper article in the Winona Republican (Winona, Minnesota) claimed that there were roughly 377 bookmobiles traveling the United States, out of which only one was a jeep.

Two years later, by 1950, the jeep was proving more popular for use as a bookmobile, because it could access rural areas more easily than other vehicles. I doubt there are any records on how many jeeps were used as bookmobiles, but at least one appeared in multiple photos and articles: The Dare County Jeep Bookmobile.

Dare County purchased it’s first jeep in 1950, hence all the photos and news articles on this post. According to the library’s history page: “After the war, the library continued to grow. In 1950, the first bookmobile was purchased – a green Willys Jeep converted for this purpose began making regularly scheduled runs. As there were then no bridges from the mainland or to the Outer Banks, all trips involved ferries. Georgia Harwood retired in 1956, succeeded by Jean Turner Ward, who served as librarian for the next fifteen years.”

This full page article with photos was published in North Carolina’s News and Observer on April 23, 1950. It appears the new jeep bookmobile had just been put into service.

This next article, which predates the above article by 13 days, was published in North Carolina’s News and Observer on April 23, 1950.

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North Carolina’s News and Observer on April 10, 1950.

Dare County’s digital archives provided additional photos:

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https://digital.ncdcr.gov/digital/collection/p249901coll36/id/311

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Eye Update

September 4, 2023 • CATEGORIES: News This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

The good news is that the doc confirmed that my retina has fully reattached (yeah!). The bad news is that I still have some bubbles in my eyes, or more accurately, one bubble divided into several parts. It can make looking down very disorienting. I am still sleeping on the couch and can’t lay on my back. The bubbles are supposed to go away in the next couple of days ….

So, updates should return soon …

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What a Difference a Dave Makes

August 30, 2023 • CATEGORIES: Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

Two new hats showed up in the mail today. I asked family members, but they didn’t send them, so it must have been one of you guys?

My thanks to whomever sent them. Ann was sure a fan of them! I will get some use out of them (if I can get them away from Ann).

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Mystery 4WD at Low Tide

August 30, 2023 • CATEGORIES: Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

Blaine shared this pic of a ‘mystery’ 4WD at low tide (I’m assuming in the PNW?). I don’t recognize it (and the bad, but improving eye, doesn’t help), but Blaine does. Can you guess it?

I’m guessing someone had a bad day before time and water turned this to rust.

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Updates

August 25, 2023 • CATEGORIES: News This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

Post appt Update: Well, that was fun…. Doc informed me I had 2 tears and 2 pinholes in my left retina. It was good that I addressed it so quickly. Doc felt he could fix the issues with three outpatient procedures.

Laser: he repaired the two tears with a laser and blocked off the fluid from spreading. more weird than painful.
Freeze: to fix the pinholes he used a special freezing tool to adhere the retina to the back wall, which should solve that issue. A little more pain. I think he had to go behind the eye.
Gas: lastly, he injected gas into my eye to pressurize the eye, which will help push the residue fluid out. Can’t recommend this procedure. Apart from the pain, the worst and most unexpected part is that I have to keep my head angled at about a 10:30 angled for the next SEVEN days. This will keep the gas bubble in the right location. Moreover, no 1000ft elevation gain, which means we will head home via the gorge (aka the long way home).

So, it will be a long week. Also, Probably no updates until after labor day weekend. Have a great week all!

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Quick updates ….Good news: race Jeep is ready to test, but ….

Bad news: need to replace the NEW clutch master cylinder. Ugh.

More bad news: found out yesterday evening that I need to go to Tacoma for emergency work on my eye at 8 am Friday. I have fluid behind a small portion of the retina which is causing a shadow. So, no updates for a couple days at least.

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1960 CJ-3B Wisconsin $15,000

August 25, 2023 • CATEGORIES: CJ-3B • TAGS: Dually. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

UPDATE: Price dropped to $15,000

(08/11/2023) Chris sent me this former Navy CJ-3B dually for sale. You can contact Chris directly via email: romyg504 @ yahoo.com (remove the spaces around the @)

“1960 Willy’s CJ3B Dually. This Jeep came out of Georgia, was told by the previous owner that it was on a Naval base, and had been in the South up until 3 years ago. Stripped down and repainted last year. All new tires, rims, and seats. New speedo cluster, new radiator, mats, and door straps. Roll bar and seatbelts. Jack and camo netting (small bag in back) included. Lights all work including fog light. Directionals work as well. Runs and drives as it should. It’s a fun vehicle to drive, turns heads, especially with the dually package, and gets a lot of attention at car shows. Also comes with extra set of tires and rims.”

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1946 CJ-2A Montrose, CO $13,900

August 25, 2023 • CATEGORIES: CJ-2A This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

UPDATE: Still Available.

(05/19/2023) Richard is selling his rebuilt CJ-2A.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/763410845461368

“A complete body of restoration with over $10,000 in parts and services. Drive train was either replaced or rebuilt. Build was done for show purposes but it is absolutely off road capable. Suspension,exhaust,brake system,front and rear diffs,steering systems,etc were either replaced or rebuilt as needed. Paint has pinstripes on body,fenders and wheels. Engine was professionally rebuilt by local builder and has 78 miles on it. Custom oak panels overy both wheel wells and bed. Oak center console was added. The upholstery and carpeting professionally done. Custom steps added. A very nicely restored jeep with custom touches. Clean title”

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Jan 1967 Issue of Jeep News

August 23, 2023 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features, Old News Articles • TAGS: Jeep-Willys-News. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

Though the issue doesn’t explicitly say it is the January issue, given it discusses things happening in the future in January of 1967, I believe it is the first issue of 1967.

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V6 Emblem Question

August 23, 2023 • CATEGORIES: Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

Maury found this Jeep V6 Emblem with a green-white-gold/yellow color-scheme on eBay. Anyone know on what models it appeared?

You can comment here http://www.earlycj5.com/xf_cj5/index.php?threads/117161/page-3#post-1797410 or comment below.

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Race Jeep Instructions

August 23, 2023 • CATEGORIES: Builds, Features • TAGS: Leftovers-racer. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

Ann fired up her Cricket yesterday and printed out some labels that also act as instructions for starting and managing the jeep. She also add “ON” and “OFF” labels to make clear what switches need to be pressed. Starting the jeep is a five step process:

Power
Fan
Fuel pump
Ignition
Start (button)

In the first pic, the “2-” for the fan label is hiding behind the switch.

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