Willys M Jeeps

CLEANING OUT MY GARAGE

When you bought your military vehicles you probably remember having to do this chore. Cleaning out the garage, that is. Making room for what’s to come! Some things are easy to throw...

Battery Box Corrosion

BATTERY MAINTENANCE

Like a lot of HMV owners’ I don’t drive my vehicles as much as I would like. In fact, my M38 rarely comes out of the garage except for vehicle rallies. For the last few years, I have been plagued by battery acid corrosion damage to the battery boxes in my M38, especially the cowl box.

M38 Tires

M38 Tires

Photos and identification information provided by Jim Kelley and Keith Buckley, edited by Ryan Miller.

M38 Jeeps in Japan circa 1953

M38’s in Japan 1953

Written by Jim Kelley

Restoring my M38 brought back some memories of an old friend of mine from the Artillery school at Fort Sill, OK. In talking to him I told him I had purchased an M38 Jeep and was restoring it. He said he thought he was driving an M38 while stationed in Japan in 1953.

He mailed me some photos ....

Father and Son

Last year I purchased a 1953 M38A1. My sole purpose for buying the jeep was a way of spending time with
my son, who is now 15. We decided to do a frame-off restoration and restore the jeep as close
to original as we can.

I have learned a lot about jeeps over the past year, we have completely disassembled
the jeep and starting the rebuild. Money is hard to come by and I have to buy a few parts at a time, but more important I have learned a lot about my son.

We work on it together and it amazes me the things he figures out by himself when I get frustrated with something. My dad
was a great father, but he was not interested in mechanical things.

There is no way I can describe the joy I feel having my son by my side, me teaching him,
and him teaching me. If anyone needs a reason to buy a project to work on, take my word for it, this is the best
money I have ever spent. Remember, there is no way to turn back the clock on life!

Wayne Redden
Cairo, Ga.

Douglass Waterproof Connectors

DOUGLASS CONNECTORS

Chuck Watford MVPA #15175

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Do Burned CD's Have a Short Live Span?

Do Burned CDs Have a Short Life Span?

Optical discs may not be your best bet for storing digital media long term, expert says.
John Blau, IDG News Service
Tuesday, January 10, 2006

Opinions vary on how to preserve data on digital storage media, such as optical CDs and DVDs. Kurt Gerecke, a physicist and storage expert at IBM Deutschland, has his own view: If you want to avoid having to burn new CDs every few years, use magnetic tapes to store all your pictures, videos and songs for a lifetime.

"Unlike pressed original CDs, burned CDs have a ...

Bailey Bridges

Bailey Bridges
When U.S. Combat Engineers arrived in England during World War Two, they were introduced to the Bailey Bridge System. The bridge components were invented in 1939 by Sir Donald Bailey, an obscure civil servant in the British War Office. As an engineering hobby, Bailey experimented with model bridges and their assembly. He hit upon the idea of using pre-engineered panels that could be combined in such a way to produce a 40 ton weight limit bridge (40 tons being the heaviest tank in the allied arsenal).
American Engineers, accustom to building with wood, at first ....

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