"Just Jeepin'" (macintux)
02/13/2020 at 20:25 • Filed to: jeep
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"Just Jeepin'" (macintux)
02/13/2020 at 20:25 • Filed to: jeep | 3
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Snipped from a Willys ad (below) from Life Magazine, February 1943
For !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! I thought I might try to rush together a post, or perhaps three posts if I could find enough material, about my “holy trinity” of Jeep: Karl Probst, Barney Roos, and !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! .
As it turns out, Probst, while important, probably wasn’t the primary creator of the Bantam prototype, and now I’m questioning my purpose in life.
Source:
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And doing justice to Roos would involve more clue about engines than I possess at the moment.
So, !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! to enjoy, although it doesn’t dive into the Go-Devil, so !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
Tangent : i t’s interesting how much overlap there was between Studebaker and Willys in key talent. At least, Roos and Stevens worked for both automakers, and I’d wager they weren’t alone.
Tangent, the second : check out this !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! in a 1943 Life magazine. Thanks, Google.
In fact, that whole issue is worth browsing. Quite the rabbit hole.
And a rather sobering ad for State Farm involving a careless driver or perhaps just old-tech brakes .
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I also considered !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! , but the Cambrian explosion of FSJ grilles means that next post will be a doozy, so that won’t happen overnight.
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So, I’ll probably miss this edition of Embiggen Days, but if you’d like to read more about Jeeps, I have no shortage of posts that I’ll humbly submit as worthy of having been embiggened at the time.
And because this piece still ranks as the worst views per minute spent writing it (110 views so far) , !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!!
Maxima Speed
> Just Jeepin'
02/13/2020 at 21:02 |
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Embigenning days has inspired me to finally get my regular column/article thing up and going and ive waded into trying to get it ready but it may not be ready in time. Its nice though even if i dont get something together in time that embiggening can serve as a catalyst to refocus us on quality oppo content.
ttyymmnn
> Just Jeepin'
02/13/2020 at 21:08 |
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I would embiggen this just for those ads. They’re amazing.
wafflesnfalafel
> Just Jeepin'
02/13/2020 at 21:14 |
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new Rubicon could probably handle two 50 cals - a couple quick burst of blanks would be far more impressive than any burnout at the next cars and coffee...
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Just Jeepin'
> ttyymmnn
02/13/2020 at 21:18 |
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(I agree, in fact I was considering creating a post just of more of those.)
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Just Jeepin'
> ttyymmnn
02/13/2020 at 21:20 |
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This one didn’t quite make the cut but made me think of you.
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Just Jeepin'
> wafflesnfalafel
02/13/2020 at 21:20 |
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In fact it might be useful to discourage idiots doing burnouts...
SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
> wafflesnfalafel
02/13/2020 at 21:40 |
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I would happily shoot a Rubicon with a couple of .50 cals...just to see what happens!
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wafflesnfalafel
> SilentButNotReallyDeadly...killed by G/O Media
02/13/2020 at 21:43 |
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no, no, no... :) O ne mounted up top and one on the back to mow down the misbehaving Mustangs....
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ttyymmnn
> Just Jeepin'
02/13/2020 at 21:57 |
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That’s cool.
“From coast to coast, 25 Bendix plants...”
Reminds us of how fortunate we were that our factories weren’t getting bombed.
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ttyymmnn
> Just Jeepin'
02/13/2020 at 22:27 |
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Do it! I’d love to see them.