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Santa Driving a Follow-Me Jeep out of a Glider

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This photo was published in the December 1978 issue of the Silent Wings Newsletter. Santa was exiting a Waco CG13. Read more here and look for December 2013.

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Merry Christmas Everyone

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Well, I thought I’d have time Christmas Eve night to post some jeeps, but we got very busy. I’ll post this for now (Thanks Charles) and take Christmas day off.

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Merry Christmas FC

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Patrick wanted to share this animated GIF he created. Great stuff!

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You Can Tell it’s Christmas Time in Canada When . . .

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It’s Christmas time in Canada when Lawrence dresses up himself, his dogs and his automobiles to deliver Christmas presents. This year there’s a new addition to the group: a beautiful FC-150. The native red of the FC just seems perfect this time of year.

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Interwoven Socks, Santa, and a Ford GP on eBay

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UPDATE: Back on eBay.

This 1945 Ad appears to show Santa driving a Ford GP.

View all the information on eBay

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Happy Thanksgiving!

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Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Thanks to Roberto Flores for the illustration.

 
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Happy Halloween from Roberto Flores

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Check out this great Halloween illustration by Roberto. See more here:
http://www.cafepress.com/robertoflorescartoonist
http://www.zazzle.com/flores67

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V-Mail Letter USMCR Christmas Jeep on eBay

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Marc spotted this cool V-Mail Christmas holiday letter with the USMC playing Santa Claus.

View all the information on ebay

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Santa Driving a Jeep in Ad

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JJ spotted Santa driving a jeep in this ad by Walk Kelly from 1942. You can find more Walt Kelly illustrations where JJ found this one at The Golden Age.

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Happy Valentines Day

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Have you gotten your Valentine a gift? No? Well, what says Happy Valentines better than a set of boxers with Pink Jeeps all over it?  Order your set from Pink Jeep Tours today. (Hope my wife doesn’t see this . . .)

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Santa Claus and Jeep Greeting Card on Etsy $4

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How about this great old card showing Santa and a Jeep.  The card is 4″x 5″

View the card on Etsy

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Bill’s Holiday DJ

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Bill, did my meager decorating of Biscuit inspire you?  I think the gold trim works better on your DJ.

 
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Happy Holidays!

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Poor Biscuit has been run so little this year that we had to get him a new battery for xmas.  That perked him right up!  We took him for a spin between rain showers and snapped some pics.  There might be some updates on Christmas day . . . or there might not be.

 

 
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Intermittent Updates for the next week

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The kids are in town for Christmas, so updates will be intermittent.

My sister forwarded this picture of her chickens celebrating the holidays.

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Seasons Greetings from Canada

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The holiday spirit seems to have overtaken Lawrence and his 1929 Willys Overland Whippet. Lawrence hails from West Vancouver, BC, Canada.  I guess they take the holidays pretty seriously up there. This picture shows them getting ready to deliver Christmas eve presents in style.  And here, I thought he got the Whippet all dressed up just to land at the top of eWillys!  Lawrence is also the soon-to-be owner of FC-150.

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Christmas and Holiday Cards from Roberto Flores

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Below is one of Robert’s holiday cards.  You can see all his holiday cards here and check out other items by him at zazzle.com.

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Hallmark Jeep Ornament

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Rob forwarded me a pic of his Hallmark jeep ornament.  I found one just like it on eBay.

If you have an interesting jeep ornament, take a picture of it and send it to me (d@ewillys.com)

 
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Bill Visits the Fantastic Caverns

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UPDATE: Learn more about the green jeep in the comments section.

Upon learning about the jeep at the Fantastic Cavern’s Visitor Center in Springfield, Missouri, Bill had to see it for himself.  Fortunately for us, he took along his camera.  Since Friday is the official start of the Christmas season, even though ‘Black Friday’ has now leaked into the evening of ‘Turkey, Christmas presents in the back of jeep just seemed a perfect way to launch the season (for us Willys nuts anyway).

Here’s photos of the original jeep.  Bill was told it was a CJ-2A, but it seemed more 3A to him.

Here are some pics of the new propane fueled jeeps:

 
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Carved Pumpkin Jeeps

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For those who haven’t carved your pumpkins yet, I found a few ideas below.  We (and by we I mean Ann did all the work) grew our own pumpkins this year, so if we make time for carving them we will try something with a jeep flair.

Kaiser Willys is having a Jeep Pumpkin Carving contest with a $25 gift certificate as the prize.  Go to their facebook page to learn more.  The pic below is from the Kaiser Willys Facebook page.

Here’s another carved pumpkin for those that can’t identify what the shapes represent:

 

Here is a different take on a jeep pumpkin that I found here.

Here is a stencil you can use to carve your own pumpkin.  Well, it’s a small size version of the stencil. The original stencil seems to be gone.  If you click here, you can use a version of this pic that I have blown up (maybe it will work?).

 

And then there is this painting of a jeep amongst pumpkins by Daphne Wynne Nixon.

Here are a few other links to carvings:

– http://www.naxja.org/forum/showthread.php?t=1013337

Google images “Jeep Pumpkin Carvings”

 
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December 1947 Unity Magazine Cover

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Colin forwarded this wonderful cover from the December 1947 issue of Unity Magazine, a Willys Overland Magazine.

Coling writes, “The cover shows a small girl, actually the daughter of the magazine editor, holding an Al-Toy Jeep truck and just below it, the box it came in.  The Jeep truck was to the best of our knowledge, the Christmas toy for the Willys VIPs and high volume dealers for 1947.”

 

 
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Johnny Cash’s 1975 Christmas Album

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Sebastian spotted the cover of this 1975 Johnny Cash Album.  That red jeep looks very similar to the one in the pictures from last month.

 
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Merry Christmas

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Bill forwarded this great picture of his wagon in front of someone’s light show (his possibly?).  Thanks Bill.

I hope every enjoys their Christmas and has a Happy New Year!

 
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More Holiday Cheer

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Holidays and Jeeps … does it get better?  More from Roberto.

 
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Another Christmas Illustration From Roberto

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Here is another Christmas Illustration courtesy of Roberto Flores.

 
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Spreading Xmas Cheer

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Roberto spread some christmas cheer our direction by sending some examples of his holiday jeeps.  They will appear over the next few days.  Thanks Roberto!