"Just Jeepin'" (macintux)
12/02/2018 at 12:05 • Filed to: jeep
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"Just Jeepin'" (macintux)
12/02/2018 at 12:05 • Filed to: jeep | 1
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This is a very old promotional video from Kaiser/Willys Motors. The film apparently comes via !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , who makes old films available for licensing. ( You can see many of their !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! in lower quality via YouTube; beware, a massive time sink awaits you there.)
It shows three early Jeep events: the 6th annual !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! over the Sierra Mountains, a Jeep Rodeo (mud race) in Yakima, Washington, and a Jeep Derby ( desert race) near Truth or Consequences in New Mexico.
Here is !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! covering the Derby, and !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! ab out the Rodeo.
Doubtful you’ll ever see as many CJs in one place as you can in these films. Most were CJ-5s, but there were definitely a few flatfenders in there, including the winner of the Derby, a CJ-3B.
Perhaps the most interesting technical tidbit to me from the film was some Jeepers would disconnect their fan belts before a water crossing to avoid spraying more water into the engine. I’ve never heard of that technique.
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wafflesnfalafel
> Just Jeepin'
12/02/2018 at 12:32 |
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Don McC une did a neat 2 part vid in the 60s of the Yakima Ridgerunners going over the historical Naches pass. I don’t believe the whole thing is on the youtubes, (Don passed years ago and his family is actively maintaining copywrites but much of his work is still available for sale on their website - https://www.donmccunelibrary.com/ ) All his Captain Puget stuff is available too if anybody is a fan.
DipodomysDeserti
> Just Jeepin'
12/02/2018 at 12:44 |
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You’re telling me you can offroad in a Jeep without a giant lift, 37” tires and an LED light bar? Mind blown.