Jeep dame of the Day

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Re: Jeep dame of the Day

Post by Ed Roberts » Tue May 11, 2021 2:32 pm

Hey, I gotta just say, you guys. I like the photos that are historical, not calendar pinups from Bubba's Garage and Bait Shop. Just my observation.
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Re: Jeep dame of the Day

Post by zepher11 » Tue May 11, 2021 4:54 pm

Here you go to get back on track:
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Re: Jeep dame of the Day

Post by Hobo » Thu May 13, 2021 7:14 am

3 Dutch princesses (Beatrix, Christina and Irene) in Prince Bernhard's Jeep, Soestdijk, 1952

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Re: Jeep dame of the Day

Post by Hobo » Fri May 14, 2021 3:38 am

...those were the days. Somewhere in France, 18th September 1944 (a day the British Airborne had a difficult time at Arnhem!):

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Re: Jeep dame of the Day

Post by YLG80 » Fri May 14, 2021 3:40 am

I love these photos… Yes we are back on track :wink:
Mixing jeep oil and grease with doing the laundry nearby... :shock:
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Re: Jeep dame of the Day

Post by JAB » Fri May 14, 2021 3:54 am

Nice jeeps. I see headlight guards, axe and shovel, early black Sheller steering wheels and no torque reaction spring, white overpainted registration numbers, windshield covers, and a soldier washing a rear wheel in addition to the ladies doing laundry the old way.
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Re: Jeep dame of the Day

Post by Hobo » Fri May 14, 2021 4:14 am

Strange hood number on the Jeep entering the yard...X - 2 ? 0 2 3 5 :shock:
The Jeep getting a clean features a wire cutter!

...not sure about headlight guards Jeff, looks more like BOD lamps installed instead of headlight on driver side.
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Re: Jeep dame of the Day

Post by JAB » Fri May 14, 2021 6:42 am

I'm fairly sure I can make out a Canadian (or was it British?) head light guard (or whatever it was called) on the one with the apparent X and even the one being washed. It's grainy, but the driver's light on both vehicles seems to have it and the passenger headlight seems to be removed on the X jeep.
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Re: Jeep dame of the Day

Post by Hobo » Fri May 14, 2021 7:04 am

no Jeff, it is not this Canadian guard. I also thought the X Jeep could have a Brit padigree...hmm?

I remember some info on x-prefixed hood numbers...but cannot find it right now.

Is that a cable reel bracket at the back of the Jeep getting the clean?
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Post by YLG80 » Fri May 14, 2021 7:58 am

Jeep_Hood_X21023S.jpg

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Re: Jeep dame of the Day

Post by Hobo » Fri May 14, 2021 8:07 am

Thanks for enhancing Yves.

...M48 dash mount for 30 cal. Are there tubes for mortar ammo on the rear fender?

...were not X hood numbers for vehicles "taken prisoner" from the enemy? So that could be a British Jeep (without U.S.A. number) captured by the Germans and then re-captured by the US Forces! :shock:

But then the dash mount would have been added after it was back in US hands.

X 21023 S ?
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Re: Jeep dame of the Day

Post by YLG80 » Fri May 14, 2021 8:40 am

This GI does not look very focuses, hidden behind the hood :lol: !

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That photo is for sale on Walmart.com... but not to Europeans :shock: !
Except if you use a VPN connection to fool the website :wink:
The caption is :
French Village Women Doing Their Share Their Laundry Facility With Gi's Washing Their Jeep. Sept. 20 (1944)

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Re: Jeep dame of the Day

Post by Hobo » Fri May 14, 2021 8:47 am

For sale?
I downloaded it from a public domain archive years ago.
Was dated 9-18-44.

...that GI does look focused, however, not on anything in the engine bay! :D
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Re: Jeep dame of the Day

Post by YLG80 » Fri May 14, 2021 8:49 am

About 35 USD on walmart.com
Also available on Alamy.
That’s a nice photo.
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Re: Jeep dame of the Day

Post by Hobo » Fri May 14, 2021 9:06 am

Anyone to confirm my X-number theory?
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