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Here are some Jeep items from said exhibit (Want a reasonable bed space with a short, go-almost-anywhere, maneuverable wheelbase? Check out the 1958 Jeep Forward Control!--Just don't have a head-on collision.):
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I swear i saw a Jeep just like that in the new superman movie.. 
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You mean this one? (Maybe Suzq will use this for her xD-but wouldn't x-actly be shorthand anymore...):
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Yep, that one.
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Yes, we were offroad at Hollister (site of the Top Truck Challenge)Jeepophile said:
It's a Willock Swivel Frame. They were designed to overcome the limitations in articulation of leaf springs, as you can see, it has plenty of articulation!
It can go just about anywhere it's 60 year old motor can pull it.
Including Dodge's (unhitchable chain) analog of your disconnecting anti-sway bar? Your knowledge/experience/words greatly supplement the museum's:
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More eye candy from the Petersen exhibit (THIS TRUCK IS REALLY STACKED!)---
The high perrformance Dodge Li'l Red Express was introduced in 1978, when most trucks were exempted from increasingly-stringent emissions/fuel economy standards. Tested by Car and Driver magazine, the Li'l Red Express was the quickest VEHICLE (new production) in the zero-to-100 sprint in 1978.
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The high perrformance Dodge Li'l Red Express was introduced in 1978, when most trucks were exempted from increasingly-stringent emissions/fuel economy standards. Tested by Car and Driver magazine, the Li'l Red Express was the quickest VEHICLE (new production) in the zero-to-100 sprint in 1978.
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Seeing and reading about vehicles on allpar.com is one great thing, but seeing these "artifacts" in person is another. Witness this 1955 Powell pickup, using 1941(?) Plymouth frames/drivetrains from wrecking yards, and amply covered previously in allpar, but appearing in the flesh---er metal, etc.---now at the Petersen:
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Anybody for stowing big blueprints in that handy right rear fender compartment? Interesting predecessor of the RamBox, no?
Note also the Compton , California "build site" reference at the bottom of the Powell badge. How about his vehicle as a re-use/recycle/re-purpose, budget-priced pickup? (station wagon was available, too.)
Anybody for stowing big blueprints in that handy right rear fender compartment? Interesting predecessor of the RamBox, no?
Note also the Compton , California "build site" reference at the bottom of the Powell badge. How about his vehicle as a re-use/recycle/re-purpose, budget-priced pickup? (station wagon was available, too.)
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[SIZE=10pt]Elephant skin rifle holder barely-visible at left above spare tire cover....don't shoot the messenger.[/SIZE]
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