“Officiers supérieurs en inspection dans une ville détruite à bord d’un Dodge WC 56 Command Car, place Gambetta à Isigny-sur-Mer. Un civil regarde la scène. A l’avant casquette blanche l’Amiral King (sous réserve), à l’arrière de gauche à droite les généraux : Hodges, Marshall et Eisenhower. la maison est visible sur les p013319, p012961 et [...]

After our Bumpside Dually Crew Cab article the other day, I came across Old Ford Crew Cabs.com What an interesting site! While browsing through the site, I found out that Ford started producing crew cab trucks in 1965 and there was even a few companies converting Ford trucks before that. Hopefully we will soon be [...]

Now this is an awesome find! Regular old Jeeps are neat, but I really love the oddball ones. Willys with farm equipment, dual wheels, tow Jeeps, etc. Remember the Go For Digger CJ-5 Backhoe and the Dual Rear Wheel Willys CJ-2A ? Well here is a few more that I found on the Early CJ-5 [...]

? https://vimeo.com/2638558 Armstead Snow Motors from Seeking Michigan on Vimeo. Reader Henri Raab sent this video in. According to the website link he sent: “In January 1926, Time magazine reported: “Having used the motor car for almost every other conceivable purpose, leading Detroit automobile makers have now organized a company entitled “Snow Motors Inc.,” to [...]

Recently, Kevin Vaughan sent me some photos of the 1972 Jeep CJ-5 that his uncle Jim Vaughan used to race in the desert in the 70’s. I will let Kevin tell the story in his own words. “In 1973, my uncle, Jim Vaughan, bought a 1972 Jeep CJ5 with a 304 V8 and a 3-speed. [...]

After seeing his truck in the lead photo in our 67-72 Ford 4×4 Truck Photos article, he sent in some photos and a great writeup on his truck. In fact, I will let him tell his story… John DeKeersgieter, 42yo, Yorktown VA, computer programmer. I’ve been into cars and truck since I was little. I [...]

Rember the old monster trucks with leaf springs and steel bodies? Monster Mayhem has a section of the site dedicated to old school monster trucks. One interesting thread is on the Excalibur monster truck.

The Pirate 4×4 forum is usually made up of hardcore rock crawlers. However, they started a desert and short course racing section about a year ago and it is picking up in popularity. This thread on desert racing Jeeps has some great photos of Jeep CJ-5 and CJ-7’s. Guys like Don Adams and Ray Russell [...]

Reader Alan Auty sent us pictures of his 1975 Woodsman 4×4 RV. I had never seen one before! The unique rig is 20 feet long and is powered by a 2 barrel 360. The transmission is a 727 with a full time transfer case. The front is a Dana 44 with no hubs. Inside, there [...]