[Thursday] Fw: Fwd: The Versatile Willys Jeep

[Michael Thompson]

I did some restoration work on a WW-II Jeep made by Ford.

On Sun, Oct 21, 2018 at 10:50 AM David Crowell via Thursday <
thursday at newsm.org> wrote:

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> The versatile Willys Jeep   – some of you may be old enough to remember
> lots of this?
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> [image: Do you want a model kit of this? No problem! Go to
> www.outoftheboxmodels.com and submit a Commission form! You will get 25%
> off your commission for picking a subject from our Pinterest boards.
> #modeltrainstuff]
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> [image: 1529761_713432555446890_2139081397470406846_o.jpg (JPEG Image,
> 907 × 640 pixels) - Scaled (95%)]
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> [image: Image]
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> [image: SPECIALLY-EQUIPPED rail Jeep strings signal wire along the
> railroad from Pinwe to Naba Junction in Burma. Operators are men of the
> 96th Signal Bn., Co. A. U.S. Army photo taken Dec. 15, 1944.]
>
> [image: he Willys MB rail fitting above (called a “Short Cutâ€) was
> created because although many 3rd world countries had established rail
> systems, working roads were in short supply. This innovation was a success.]
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> [image: willys jeep transmission - חיפוש ב-Google]The Transmission
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> [image: #willys #jeep]
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> [image: #willys #jeep]
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> [image: Schema moteur jeep willys]
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> [image: フリフリ(@furifuri66)ã•ã‚“ | Twitter]
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> [image: Two high-ranking German Wehrmacht officers being transported under
> the watchful eye of soldiers from the 4th Armored Division in a Ford GPW
> jeep, pass by a camouflaged M5 Stuart light-tank belonging to the 37th
> Armored Regiment during the surrender in Hersfeld, Germany, 31st of March,
> 1945.]
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> [image: 4th-Armoured-jeep-lathe.jpg (850×1140)]
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> [image: No gym, no problem.]
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> [image: BRC-60 prototype jeep, during US Army testing, circa early 1941.]
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> [image: Early Willys MB with mud flotation adaptors]  Early
> Willys MB with mud flotation adaptors
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> [image: Old time off road tracks on a Jeep]Old
> time off road tracks on a Jeep
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> [image: m38 jeep recoiless rifle - Google Search]
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> Just   for fun
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> [image: Great piece of equipment to tow behind your Willys MB.]
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> Great   piece of equipment to tow behind your Willys MB
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> [image: Jeep.. awesome]
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> [image: Sweet CJ-3A]
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> [image: Don't agree with it but funny]
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> [image: oldschoolgarage: “ Jeep warehouse,location unknown â€]
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> Jeep   warehouse, location unknown
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> [image: Cajita feliz]
> Did you order a jeep?
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> [image: WW2 Jeep in shipping container]
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> Now that’s a kit I would like to have.
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> [image: wwii jeep |]
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> [image: First aid Jeep Pommiès Franc in the Thur valley, on the Alsace
> front.]
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> [image: Armored Jeep]
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> [image: Armored reconnaissance jeep of US 82nd Airborne Division, Ardennes
> Forest, Belgium, Dec 1944]I
> think the Roy Rogers show bought this version as Nelly Bell.
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> [image: Jeep]
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> [image: Bullet holes in the windshield of this Jeep are a testament to the
> faithful service of the Medics of the 84th Division as they evacuate
> wounded soldiers in their makeshift Jeep ambulance. The Medics are carrying
> two soldiers wrapped up in blankets to keep them warm in the frigid cold.
> The litters are strapped to a makeshift frame attached to the flat-hooded
> Jeep 4x4. This Jeep caravan was part of the 1st Battalion, 334th Infantry
> Regiment. Image was taken on January 9th, 1945. Thanks to...]
>
> Bullet   holes in the windshield of this Jeep are a testament to the
> faithful service of the Medics
> of the 84th Division as they evacuate wounded soldiers in their makeshift
> Jeep ambulance.
>
> [image: Last GPW jeep produced by Ford at one of its plants during World
> War II, 1945…]
>
> [image: Fourth of July in Normandy, 1944 The pictures in this album came
> from two 4th of July albums, one credited to LIFE Photographer Joe
> Scherschel, the other to “Scherschelâ€, but I believe the pictures were
> really taken by brother Frank Scherschel Also these pictures were
> inexplicably dated August 1944 From the LIFE Magazine Archives - Frank or
> Joe Scherschel Photographer]
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> [image: Donna Reed]
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> Donna   Reed
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> Even   then they needed armed guards to protect their Jeeps.
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> [image: Jeep in glider]
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> Jeep   in   a   Glider
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> [image: ★。☆。JpM ENTERTAINMENT ☆。★。]
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> [image: Experimental rocket firing jeep, US Navy Naval Air Facility,
> Inyokern, CA, 26 January 1945.]
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> Experimental   rocket firing jeep, US Navy Naval Air Facility, Inyokern,
> CA, 26 January 1945.
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> [image: Jeep Towing on an aircraft carrier - WWII]
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> Jeep   t owing on an aircraft carrier – WWII
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> [image: WWII Jeeps]
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> That’s   a lot of Jeeps
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> [image: A Special Air Service jeep patrol is greeted by its commander,
> Colonel David Stirling, on its return from the desert. 18 January 1943.]
>
> A   Special Air Service jeep patrol is greeted by its commander, Colonel
> David Stirling,
> on its return from the desert. 18 January 1943.   Remember “The Desert
> Rats?”
>
> [image: LRDG - the Long Range Desert Group which carried out raids &
> recons deep behind enemy lines in North Africa between 1940 - 1943.]
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> Long   Range Desert Group which carried out raids & recons deep behind
> enemy
> lines in North Africa between 1940 - 1943.
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> [image: Military Vehicle Photos]
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Michael Thompson
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