What Else is New: Recent Updates to Pages on This Website

Here's a list to help you find recent small changes and additions to the website. If you're looking for something particular, don't forget to try the Search page, or try following the links on the Site Map. For brand new pages added recently, see What's New, on the cover page.

• I was sorry to hear that Terry Ackert, owner of the Jeep Farm, passed away on 20 March 2013.
• Interesting new information on the Costa Rican Civil Guard, and their M606 Jeeps Escorting JFK in 1963.
• I have combined the first 7 pages of 1953 CJ-3B Owners Photos into one page, to make browsing and searching easier. I plan to continue consolidating the Owners Photos onto fewer pages. Have you found any problems with 72 Jeeps on one page?
• Link to Bob Westerman's article on how Willys manuals were printed, added to Original CJ-3B Factory Artwork.
• Photos of a CJ-3B with a very comfy back seat, Found Along the Roadside in Montana.
• Additions to Wooden Toy Jeeps include a West-Craft kit and a Japanese wooden puzzle.
• Watch a 1954 TV commercial promoting the Roy Rogers contest to Win a Willys Jeep from Post Cereals.
• Bettie Page and the rest of Jeeps at "Africa U.S.A." has been lost for a couple of years, but we found it again. Really, this time.
• A letter from Midwest Willys Spring Reunion founder Dennis Caraway regarding the 2013 Reunion in Hudson, Ohio.
• Warren Newbury's OD paint job and electronic distributor, added to 1953 CJ-3B Owners.
• Nice 1947 photo of a CJ-2A delivery truck is a new example in Delivery Jeep Bodies.
• A new CJ-3B Upholstery photo shows original light green vinyl in a 1966 M606.
• 1960 CJ-3B rebuilt with love in Indonesia, now in 1960 CJ-3B Owners.
• The serial number of the first CJ-3B with the instrument cluster replacing the five gauges on the dashboard, has been moved back 30 units due to Tom McAfee's report. See Dating a CJ-3B by Interior Details.
• The story of a 3B purchase in El Paso added to 1954 CJ-3B Owners.
• Jeff Hilty's '61 in Colorado is new in 1961 CJ-3B Owners.
• New photos from France in 1956 CJ-3B Owners, and Missouri and Kentucky in 1953 CJ-3B Owners.
• 1994 YJ in Ohio, added to Fire Service Jeep Wranglers.
• Having trouble identifying a pedal car that turned up on the Carousel Jeeps page.
• Nice little diagram from Paul Niedermeyer, explaining the origin of the term "F-head engine", added to "Hurricane" Engine Specs.
• Oscar nominated film Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (2011) added to Cops in CJ-3B's in the Movies.
• Road, Movie (2009) is also new in CJ-3B's in the Movies.
• Some 2012 additions to 3B's at Car Shows.
• A yellow steel Structo Jeep added to Toddler Riding Toys.
• Updates from Serhat Güvenç on The Last Turkish Army CJ-3B's.
• Details on Phelps Manufacturing, who built the "Hoveyor" Jeeps, now in Building Conveyor Belt CJ-3B's.
• Some information turned up on an Unidentified Pedal-Drive Jeep in Scotland.
• Early "Redycut" balsa kit added to Wooden Toy Jeeps.
• Deluge Unit 671 is new in Chicago's Jeep FC Fire Engines.
• More photos of DJ-5 Dispatchers.
• Archival photos of Turkish Army CJ-3B's during the 1974 Cyprus invasion, in History in the Making: High-Hood Jeeps at War.
• "Overland Park" industrial development plan announced for the former Jeep factory site in Toledo.
• A 1961 Kaiser Industries/Willys Jeep TV commercial (10MB QuickTime video.)
• Updates on the Steering Wheel Removal page.
• New photos and stories added to Kaiser Jeep in Windsor, Canada 1959-69.
• Photos of a Hamilton Nellybelle pedal Jeep and a pink Surrey, added to Hamilton Pedal-Drive Jeeps.
• Full size 1945 plans for a foot-long wooden jeep pull toy, added to Wooden Jeep Toys.
• 1953 CJ-3B build-up in Hawaii used what was available; see it in Unusual CJ-3B Bodywork.
• Joe Poulson's photo of a Corvette side-draft carb is new in Hurricane Engine in a Low-Hood Jeep.
• Michael Coates' restoration of a 1957 Willys CJ-3B in Australia, is one of a bunch of new Web Links.
• Roberto's newest illustrations and T-shirt designs added to Jeep Art From Flores.
• More DJ-3A photos added to The Dispatcher Jeeps.
• Blue Surrey in 1/43 scale is new in Surrey Jeep Toys.
• Federico Cavedo found large copies of the plans for buiding Popular Science's 1945 jeep riding toy "A Jeep For Your Young GI".
• I rediscovered a page whose link got lost for a while. A Man and His Jeep features manly dudes including our own "Oldtime" posing with their 3B's.
• We now have the English Popular Mechanics version of the 1948 riding toy plans called La Jeepette.
• Jukka Meriläinen's 3B with wood trim is new in 1954 Owners' Photos.
• New photo of Ben Hildred's 1957 CJ-3B, now restored.
• Updated the Fuel and Temperature Gauge Fixes page with photos of Greg Wilkens' instrument cluster modifications.
• The famous TV Jeep "Nellybelle" makes an appearance at the Great Willys Picnic.
• New information and photos of U.S. Post Office CJ-3B hardtop prototypes on the Worman Jee-Cabs page.
• Lost and found: I have restored some links to the the page showing the blue Willys-Overland Parts Boxes with line drawings of Jeep vehicles.
• Updates to the Willys Factory Demolition page include some February 2007 photos and a March 2002 article.
• Some good new photos of Turkish military CJ-3B's In Action, 1960.
• Photos from Pakistan, 1965 and Cyprus, 1964 on High-Hood Jeeps at War.
• South Vietnamese marines in a navy CJ-3B, added to LIFE Photographs CJ-3B's in Vietnam.
• Jeff Heidman in Georgia has painted his '53 in OD -- see Owners' Photos.
• Vietnam, 1968 now includes a photo of M606's in a parade in Hué, just prior to the Tet offensive.
• A "1946" military high hood and a heavily accessorized Mitsubishi are the latest head scratchers in Things Are Not Always What They Seem.
• Tinplate Military Police Jeep from Germany is new in Tin Police Jeeps.
• "Follow Me" jeep kit added to Airport Jeep Toys.
• The annual Matchbox reviews, 1998-2005, have been collected under Matchbox Jeeps of the 21st Century.
• Russ Nauceder's orange '54 with a V8 in Ohio, is new in Owners and Photos.
• More photos and details of the The Q Van, the 1961 Jeep FC-170 Rescue Truck in Australia.
• 2010 photos added to the Car Shows page.
• Pedal-Drive Fire Jeep Toys has a new photo from the Philippines, 1970.
• Photo of a U.S. Navy CJ-3B on guard duty in 1961, new on the CJ-3B or M606? page.
• Beautiful 1963 4-door Jeep 101 with hardtop is new in "Jipes" in Brasil.
• Mahindra Owners and Photos has three new Jeeps from the 1960's to the 1980's.
• A new addition to Unusual CJ-3B Bodywork is a different idea for stretching a body.
• Expanded instructions by Greg Boren for safely using the Koenig PTO Winch.
• A custom made steering wheel puller from Sweden.
• Some new photos from Sebastian Lobo-Guerrero on the Jeeps in Colombia and Java Jeeps pages.
• New contact information for 4WD Fiberglass who make 3B bodies in New Zealand.
• I've updated and revised the Hot Wheels Jeeps articles in the Toy Jeeps Pages, including a new scenic Photoshop portrait of the Hot Wheels Scrambler.
• Roy Carter's beautiful Buick-powered '64 in Colorado and David Taplin's '56 in Nova Scotia are new in Owners' Photos.
• Photos of a Gladiator 6x4 fire rescue truck in Great Britain.
• Another surplus M170 brushfire truck spotted in Aberdeen, Maryland.
• Nice photo of the Mowry family's Surrey at the 2010 Spring Midwest Willys Reunion, new on the Surrey Gala page.
• New information on the Early Civilian Jeep Taillights page includes clarification of the date of the last NACO tailights, and speculation on the origin of the name "NACO."
• A keychain showing the non-existent white/pink Surrey color scheme is new in 1959 Jeep Gala Promotion.
• Simon Bruton has produced some high-resolution reproductions of the air cleaner and valve cover decals, which are available for download on the Engine Paint and Decals page.
• An overhaul for The CJ-3B in the Movies includes some new photos and posters.
• Two new photos of a CJ3B-J4 ambulance conversion, in High Hoods in Vietnam.
• Willys-Viasa CJ-3B number 19 is a new addition to that unique collection of flatfenders in Spain -- The Jeeps of Camprodon.
• A 1962 photo of what appears to be another Royal Australian Air Force Jeep -- can anybody add more information?
• Summer 2010 trail photos of John Goering's Wolf in Jeep's Clothing.
• A nice illustration of a high hood in front of a sunset is Hidemi Hishikawa's 2008 New Year's greeting card on the Mitsubishi Jeep Art page.
• More CJ-3B Fire Jeep Conversions, in Netherlands and the US.
• Original Jeep factory in Toledo could be the site of a new off-road playground for Jeeps.
• Everybody Loves a Parade now includes Copperswilly in Baltimore, 2009.
• Photos by Ben Hildred show the offset air deflector on the back of the Radiator Guard.
• Paul McCurley provided an archival photo of the unique 1953 Willys Ambulance belonging to Bourke District in Australia.
• Posted Michael Coates' easy-to-read diagram of the 12-volt Wiring Harness.
• Added links to www.dataplates4u.com on the Serial Numbers page and the Parts Links page.
• Ken Bushdiecker lists what you need and what to consider before changing transmissions.
• Also some new information about Parts Made in Australia.
• Updated information and better quality still frames added to Jeep CJ-3B's on Film: The Rubicon Trail, 1955.
• The interesting story of Ken Jordan's contributions over many years as a Jeep engineer, is new on the Willys Engineering page.
• An old ad and a new photo added to Jeeps in Colombia.
• Photo of another Mercedes-powered Mahindra on the Hybrid CJ-3B's Unusual Photos page.
• Hidemi Hishikawa's latest piece of Jeep Art is also for railfans.
• New information from Jim Zering on the Lycoming JB-1 Aircraft Generator.
• "My Turf, My Jeeps" from Antique Power magazine, is new in CJ-3B Magazine Articles.
• The 1970 film The McKenzie Break joins Patton in CJ-3B Plays MB in the Movies.
• A new addition to Cops in CJ-3B's in the Movies is actually a French fire department Jeep.
• King Model 100 Winch Parts List added to Koenig PTO Winch Tips.
• More Owners' Photos: Randy Pickthall in Colorado, and Jeff Tornyos in Vermont have been working on their 1953 Jeeps; Craig Breakspear in Georgia has a 1956 now in bright yellow; and Greg Wilkens has one of the Australian RHD 1958 models. Also, Doug Hoffman sent an update and some nice photos of his 1963 in Idaho.
• Hugo Vidal sent a photo showing the Operation Pineapple Jeep crossing the Equator on its trip from Brazil to Canada in 1955.
• An unidentified number stamped into the frame of a 1954 CJ-3B may be a military marking.
• Some new photos of VIN plates from Jeeps with OB54 Serial Numbers, including a unique one with a missing "OB".
• Photos from Gene Kelso of a distinctive blue Willys fire truck; anybody recognize it?
• New suggested models, including the Operation Pineapple Jeep, for our Matchbox "CJ3B Page Collection".
• Kelly Manufacturing heir Mike Kelly provides the inside story on the relationship between Kelly All-Steel Jeep Cabs and Beck Jeep Cabs.
• Beautiful but sad photos of one of Iceland's unique CJ-3B's fading away on a historic farm, added to the bottom of the page of Jeeps in Iceland.
• Willys-Overland Dripless Penetrating Oil came in a can with the same CJ-3B drawings seen on the blue Parts Boxes.
• Downloadable PDF file for the early version of the 4-Wheel Drive Tailgate Stencil.
• The Jeep you've never seen: a photo of the 1969 XJ-002 "Bolide" sports car concept, on the Jeep Designers at Work page.
• Tips on insulating wiring to avoid corrosion, in Replacing the Wiring Harness.
• More information is needed about unusual serial numbers on CJ-3B's on Jeeps in Australia. Also how they got the 1961 T-handle parking brake in 1958.
• The VibrationDampener page now includes Willys-Overland drawings of the wood blocks and their mounting location.

Thanks to everyone who has contributed to this website. -- Derek Redmond

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