Chet Couvillon in Texas has been taking his 1965 CJ-3B around to some shows since completing his restoration in 2010. Here he's holding a first place plaque (100K JPEG) at Lester's Automotive 4th Annual Car Show in Boerne TX on 2 April 2011.
In May, Chet wrote, "Went topless today over to the neighborhood cruise-in, a gathering of the South Texas Car Club, and posed the 'B' next to a very nice '57 Chevy. The fuel prices in the background tell you it's not 1960!
"The highlight of the morning was getting to meet Kenneth and Tammy from Jourdanton who also have a family-owned 3B. We made plans to get the Jeeps together for a photo soon!"
Chet has made a real nice 3-sided display panel for the shows, using old family photos and information from The CJ3B Page. It's seen here at the Blanco Classic Car Show on 21 May.
He's also getting the word out about his CJ-3B on the web; check out his Facebook page called High Hood Hijinks.
"Who you callin' Horse Face??" Here's a Texas admirer who took a liking to Chet's Jeep in May 2011. Another shot of the encounter was our August 2011 cover photo (200K JPEG).
"Horse face Jeep" is a Brazilian term we first heard about years ago, from Fernando Varela who has built-up a couple of late-model high hoods in Brazil. Chet has adopted the nickname for his YouTube channel called Horse Face Films, displaying the videos he's shot with his GoPro HD Motorsports camera.
Bob Christy decided to hold his own Northern Ohio get-together, and invited flatfender owners to his place in September 2010. Bob's 1953 CJ-3B is at the left, showing off his custom hat-channel hood reinforcement.
Thirteen Jeeps showed up for what Bob hopes will be an annual event, including this nice '53 CJ-3B owned by Jim Tedrick.
The 2011 Northern Ohio Flatfender Cruise-In is planned for 25 September 2011.
Jamie Powers took his Jeep, his trailer and his son, up from Texas to the Midwest Willys Fall Reunion in Jefferson City, Missouri in September 2010.
Jamie's vinyl-wrapped '63 attracted lots of attention at the Reunion, and it looks like he was showing them The CJ3B Page on his iPad. Thanks to Jason Brock for the photos.
There were over 300 entries in the 2000 Point Mallard Memorial Day Antique Automobile Show in Decatur, Alabama. They ranged from 1922 Fords to late-sixties GTO's and Corvettes -- lots of very beautiful cars. Twenty-five trophies were awarded, to the entries judged to be the top twenty-five vehicles in the show overall.
Surprise! (Or not, for readers of The CJ3B Page.) Lawrence Wade's original and unrestored 1955 Universal Jeep CJ-3B was awarded one of the twenty-five trophies.
Back to the fifties! Family portrait of the Wades, who enjoy the socializing at car shows.
For more photos of the Jeep and the Wade family, see Family Tradition.
The employees of the Jeep factory in Toledo, Ohio held their annual Father's Day Car Show on 18 June, 2000. As usual, there were quite a few Jeeps in attendance -- everything from MB's to Grand Cherokees, from elegant late-forties Jeepsters to monster rock-crawling Wranglers.
Quite a few double-takes were caused this year by Barry Hannaker's high-hood Jeep. It's the star of Willys-Overland Motors' recent full-page magazine ad for their "Repli-Tub" replacement bodies.
In fact, it's not an original CJ-3B at all, but a 1948 CJ-2A still complete with an L-head engine (50K JPEG). It had been given a 1958 3B body by a previous owner, and Barry added repro fenders from W-O in Toledo. He's now on the lookout for an F-head to put under the high hood.
See also a photo of the interior (50K JPEG).
Thanks to Lawrence, Barry, Bob, Jamie and Chet. -- Derek Redmond
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