Show your original WW2 photos of 'Jeeps'

[easterneagle87]

Couple of jeep photos I got from a friend.

 

First, STUD HOSS

 

Second, I believe this is a post ww2 surplus jeep as it has a California license plate on the front. 

[MWalsh]

Found this pic and wanted to add it. Nothing fancy, but what is unique about it is the unit this Jeep is assigned to - the 741st Railway Operating Battalion.   

 

This pic is captioned on the back as having been taken at the Tomb of Abraham Lincoln in Springfield, IL on July 15th, 1944. So that gives it a nice time reference. The 741st did end up in the European Theater in France and other places. 

 

 

[Salvage Sailor]

23rd Coast Artillery

[RustyCanteen]

On 5/23/2022 at 2:24 AM, easterneagle87 said:

Couple of jeep photos I got from a friend.

 

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Second, I believe this is a post ww2 surplus jeep as it has a California license plate on the front. 

That is a very neat photo. It actually shows an early civilian Willys CJ-2a, which is uncommon. The windshield frame has two square reinforcements (special washers to reinforce studs that were used to stow part of the top bow frame). This is a pretty early one, not the earliest, but probably late 1945-April 1946. The adjustment arms for the inner frame are still the MB type, and not the later CJ 'lollipop' ones. It still has the full floating rear axle - same used on the wartime MB's except for a different gear ratio on the ring and pinion. Probably a column shift Jeep too. I like the brush guard on the grill. This is so early, it may well have a few left over WWII MB or GPW parts on it!

RC

[otter42]

Not much of the jeep, but has General Yamashita in the back seat, just after surrendering.  

[Salvage Sailor]

Smile!

 

[General Apathy]

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Todays Then & Now . . . . . . . . .

 

This shot today was extremely difficult to try and set up, we had to keep moving the Jeeps to let normal road traffic pass by,  which prevented us from trying to position the Jeeps more closely to the original photograph, in the end it was take it or miss it.

 

Beuzeville-la-Bastille

 

 

 

regards lewis.

 

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[earlymb]

Is that a bird's nest in front of the radiator? 😊

[General Apathy]

42 minutes ago, earlymb said:

Is that a bird's nest in front of the radiator? 😊

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Hi earlymb.

 

It's the remains of what I carry in my wallet these days . . . . . . . . . . . . . 

 

Hahaaaa, it's the detritus picked up off-roading across a corn field . . . . . . . . . 

 

regards lewis.

 

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[General Apathy]

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1941 Willys MA during early war manoeuvres in the USA . . . . . . . .  ( hopefully not shown previously )

 

 

regards lewis. 

 

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[mikie]

On 3/11/2024 at 3:40 AM, earlymb said:

Is that a bird's nest in front of the radiator? 😊

🤣

[tractor]

USMC ambulance jeep

[tractor]

USMC radio Jeep in the background 

 

USMC ambulance jeep stuck in the mud

[earlymb]

Nice pics, the USMC ambulance jeeps were converted by Holden of Australia.

[tractor]

On 4/23/2024 at 1:52 AM, earlymb said:

Nice pics, the USMC ambulance jeeps were converted by Holden of Australia.

Only some where.  The last picture was of an USMC  done one as it has a higher top

[easterneagle87]

I’m sure there are some original WW2 jeeps in this photo, but what a stack!! Saw this pic on FB and thought I’d share it. Soldiers are wearing Ridgeway caps so got to be into the 50’s, at the latest early 60’s. 

[General Apathy]

On 9/5/2024 at 10:09 PM, easterneagle87 said:

I’m sure there are some original WW2 jeeps in this photo, but what a stack!! Saw this pic on FB and thought I’d share it. Soldiers are wearing Ridgeway caps so got to be into the 50’s, at the latest early 60’s. 

 

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Hi easterneagle.

 

as a Jeep owner of fifty years it is sad looking at all this wasted material, it would certainly be getting picked over today if it were still there, people are resurrecting the most incredible wrecks now to return them to use.

 

A couple of days ago I re-found this two images of abandoned jeeps in Normandy in 1973, I have never added these first two photo before, photo's three & four I added some time previously to this thread.  Back in 1973 when there was less interest due to there being sufficient Jeeps and spares available for the limited amount of collectors then nothing was scavenged from these Normandy wrecks, again if we could find similar today.

 

 

 

 

 

 

regards lewis.

 

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[Salvage Sailor]

Feldgendarmerie POW's

Note the two eggs in the drivers gloved hand