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3 months ago

1943 WWII Jeep Ride-Along

Ride along in a 1943 World War Two Jeep at Fort Worden in Port Townsend, WA. Video by Patrick J. Sullivan of The Leader.

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@sonbuhitsunei Well for horses under the hood the ole "Go Devil" engine (troops would say "it goes like the devil!") makes about 60 or so, but it has 105 pound of torque. I've driven a 43 Willys before and it kept up in traffic no problem. Some folks retrofit signals and the like but other keep...
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3 months ago

Grant Band @ Veteran's Day Parade 2011

This shows the Grant High School Band from Portland, Oregon getting ready for and marching in the Veteran's Day Parade that takes place every year ...

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Pomp and Circumstance! Excellent arrangements and well executed! Great job kids!
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3 months ago

DUKW Ride Across the Columbia River To A Veterans Day Parade

5 Nov. 2011 Vancouver, WA. always has thier Veterans Day Parade the Sat. prior to Veterans Day. I took my DUKW across the Columbia River from Portl...

Steve1958OR • 188 views

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SPLASH! Nice video. I would love to take a DUKW across the river every day to work. With a small fleet (flotilla? Navy?) of these Oregon and Washington could save a few billion dollars by not building the new bridge! Duhoh!!
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3 months ago

2011 Portland OR Veterans Parade - Military Vehicles

Highlights of the Military Vehicles participating in the 2011 Portland, Ore Veterans Day Parade including one M3A1 Stuart Tank, several WWII Jeeps ...

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3 months ago

2011 Portland OR Veterans Parade Choppers!

Cute youngster holding his ears closed while all the motorcycles go by during the 2011 Portland, Ore Veterans Parade.

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4 months ago

DUKW Ride Across the Columbia River To A Veterans Day Parade

5 Nov. 2011 Vancouver, WA. always has thier Veterans Day Parade the Sat. prior to Veterans Day. I took my DUKW across the Columbia River from Portl...

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5 months ago

James May Toy Stories Episode 1 Part 6

No copyright infringement intended, for entertainment purposes ONLY.

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5 months ago

Ryans Bantam trailer restoration

1942 Bantam jeep trailer WWII ARMY

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I just picked up two WWII Trailers. A 45 Bantam and 42 Willys. Did you get your trailer restored? What kind of Jeep do you have? I thought I saw an M151 in the background (or at least the wheel rim of one..)
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5 months ago

Damons edit

Damon skates. My first edit ever made.

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6 months ago

1944 GPW Almost Restored About 95%

A Quick Tour of my 1944 GPW that is almost ready. Just have to drop the newly reconditions fuel tank in, install the bows, give a quick charge to t...

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6 months ago

1944 GPW Fuel Tank Well Measurements

Some basic dimensions of my 1944 GPW's armored fuel tank well.

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7 months ago

Illegitimate FAST 3_49 Clean.WMV

First, this run of the FAST test is ILLEGITIMATE. It was well after my three legitimate runs on July 3rd, 2011. So it DOES NOT COUNT. But the fa...

OrigamiAK • 213 views

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Pfft! Wish I could group like that period. Betcha I could do it in ..well, maybe in 20 seconds...with no reloads.. ;-) Nice job, under four. Great video!
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7 months ago

3 Legitimate FAST Runs 7_03_2011.WMV

Three legitimate FAST runs I shot on July 3rd, 2011. New personal best for a legit run at 4.05 clean. Fumbled the reload on that run. Two runs s...

OrigamiAK • 204 views

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OrigamiAK-man, nice shooting. Keep up the hard work. I like your reloads, seems faster by a hair (or looks cleaner anyway) than that Dave Sevigny guy...
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8 months ago

M3A1 Stuart Tank M18 Hellcat & The Blue Brothers

Heading back to Oregon City from an antique airplane fly in at the Western Antique Aeroplane & Automobile Museum in Hood River Oregon. Something y...

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Just make sure no one puts any spray glue under your accelerator pedal... ;-)
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8 months ago

M41 Walker Bulldog @ Brooks Steam Up

M41 Walker Bulldog @ Brooks Steam Up 1 Aug.2010 shot from my M3A1 Stuart tank as it passed during the parade.

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  Yep, that's the driver's visor/hatch of an M3. Driving one handed are we? Hehehe, wonder just how easy the M3 is to drive? I too have the Tamiya kit as well as the Academy kit. AFV makes a pretty nice M3A3. Wish I had a real life M3A3! Time to play the lottery...
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8 months ago

M3A1 Stuart Tank & M41 Walker Bulldog Running

M3A1 Stuart Tank & M41 Walker Bulldog running during the old car cruise in. Mt. Angel, Or.

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  Don't these old Steel Soldiers sound mean? Just love the roar of those old engines!
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8 months ago

M3A1 Stuart Lincoln City, Or

I hauled my M3A1 Stuart tank along with a friend's Ford GPW to Lincoln City, OR. for an event to honor Veterans of all wars. This video was shot dr...

Steve1958OR • 269 views

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Nice! Not afraid to take her out in the rain. Was that top speed on the run past the camera?
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8 months ago

M3A1 Stuart Tank @ Veterans Day Parade In Portland, OR. #1

My M3A1 Stuart tank in the Veterans Day Parade in the Hollywood District in Portland. 2010

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1 year ago

The history of the WW2 Willys Jeep

From the Normandy beaches on D-day a salt of the earth British Tommy gives us a concise history of the Jeep with original archive footage

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1 year ago

Alice driving 1942 Ford Jeep

This is my wife Alice driving our friend Peter's 1942 Jeep at Ft. Stevens near Astoria, OR. She is wearing her WWII Army Nurse Field Uniform also ...

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Good job Alice! WWII Jeeps are just swell, huh!
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1 year ago

Star Trek Ladies Two

My wife hand made these one of a kind Star Trek dolls. Music is from Star Trek TOS, SNG, DS9 and Voyager. The dolls are all originally made by the ...

maxsmodels • 1,151 views

TacoSpock commented:

Wow! I found your Jeep video because I've been shopping around for one, low and behold you have some Star Trek stuff up as well. My compliments to your wife's very meticulous and well detailed work. I like to build scale models of WWII subjects so I can well imagine how much hard work she put int...
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1 year ago

World War II: as seen from from a Jeep

Maury Wagy served in Patton's Third Army, as a Jeep driver. His job was to escort officers wherever they needed to go--often up to the front lines,...

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Great interview! Thanks to Maury and all the Vets from all our conflicts! Oooorah!
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1 year ago

Willys MB Army Jeep

My Fully restored 1943 Willys MB army Jeep. Frame off restoration was completed in 2009

PMHSLight • 2,269 views

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Nice video! I love the special thanks. But you should have a special thanks to all the veterans who made it possible for New York to build the roads, Autozone to provide the lead, your guest driver to drive, etc.. Saw your ebay ad and found your video. Sure wish I was close by, I would come by a...
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1 year ago

Five Willys / Ford WW2 Jeeps

A tour of my dad's garage with five WW2 Jeeps and two WW2 bicycles.

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  So completely AWESOME! I've been wanting my very own WWII Jeep for parades and general fun. My wife's boss loaned me his last month since he knows what WWII buff I am. I am very envious of your collection. Well done! Ahem..if any of those babies come up for sale..umm..please email me! Wink wink....
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1 year ago

1944 Willy's MB Jeep

Short video of my Nephew and brother in law out for a spin in a 1944 Willy's MB WWII Jeep.

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Dec 29, 2011

Date Joined

Jun 26, 2006

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WWII Military Vehicles, building scale models, science fiction, and Beagles!

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