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Saturday, January 16, 2016

WW2 photos of Margaret Bourke-White, John Florea, J R Eyerman, and George Silk for Life magazine

Thanks to T Wilson 66 for telling me about this video of the tank battle of Cologne, it's incredible, and that Panzer in the photo is the one in the video

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/01/18/45959/

https://www.facebook.com/Radio.WW2/

sales and marketing of the Agri-Jeep... because after WW2, Willys wanted to find a new market for the Jeep, and there was a shortage of tractors due to wartime production

The new 'Jeep" Tractor was designed for use on the farm like any other conventional tractor. It came factory equipped, like the Farm Jeep, with hydraulic lift, governor, heavy duty springs, and propeller shaft guard. Since the 'Jeep' tractor was designed for farm use, it lacked front shocks, a spare tire, windshield, tailgate, headlights, fuel-pump booster, speedometer, and horn.

https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/01/16/45796/2/

Friday, January 15, 2016

9 slot vs 7 slot Jeep grills

one anecdote is that there is one slot for every continent Jeep has traveled on,
and another is that it's because there are 7 letters in America.
Another said it was for the 7 wonders of the ancient world
Or, Willys decided to make the grill 7 slots after WW2 because Ford had the trademark on the 9 slot

the real military GPW model MB had 9 slots

Chrysler now holds trademark status on the name "Jeep" and the distinctive 7-slot front grille design.

The original 9-slot grille associated with all World War II jeeps was designed by Ford for their GPW, and because it weighed less than the original "Slat Grille" of Willys (an arrangement of flat bars), was incorporated into the "standardized jeep" design.

It's because Willys couldn't trademark Ford's 9-slot design in their post-war models, so they chose a similar design that they could trademark. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willys_MB#Grille

and if you see a jeep with horizontal slots, it's a M151 by Ford. http://justacarguy.blogspot.com/2013/02/whats-explanation-of-horizontal-grill.html

Thursday, January 14, 2016

The Colonel Potter method of innovative Jeep seat comfort customizing

looks like the most atv I've seen in a while

Found on https://www.facebook.com/whatguysreallylike/

Monday, January 11, 2016

A wise man once stated that Jeep is an acronym that describes the aftermarket in four words: Just Everyone Else’s Parts.

pretty smart of Chrysler to produce something they don't have to build very well, knowing that most buyers will replace all the necessary parts with extra heavy duty aftermarket stuff from specific small product focused companies that make the very best of just one thing.. not a mediocre off road vehicle made of the mass manufactured - lowest cost - highest profit margin parts.

Axles, gears, suspension, lighting, bumpers, winch and tires. Does anyone actually hit the rocks or trails with the factory stuff?

Quote from http://blog.dupontregistry.com/aftermarket/poison-spyder-wrangler-by-richmond-chrysler/

Thursday, January 7, 2016

For Christmas, they got their dad his old Willys Jeep!

Found on http://speedsociety.com/family-gives-dad-his-original-jeep-for-christmas/

the WW2 War Department film on how to waterproof a Jeep

this goop is Asbestos Waterproofing Compound, AWC

I wouldn't have thought about the battery vents... good idea!

Found on https://www.facebook.com/groups/1631935880418477/?fref=nf

Friday, January 1, 2016

the only Jeep I've seen painted gold, from season 1 of Mash, when Honeycutt and Pierce convinced Burns to stay with his greed for gold

Petrolicious scores another fantastic story, a family that took a CJ3 and a teardrop trailer, and spent 3 decades camping all over the south west

in 1949 a husband and wife without kids yet, went out exploring. 3 years later, after finding that a Buick doesn't work so well after getting it out of a flash flood, they bought this CJ3