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JeepFever
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Posted: 18 Jan. 2018 at 4:26am |
Many of you have named yours. I was one of many who did not decide on a name until recently.
Every time since then, when I think about it, I keep gravitating towards "Wilson" , the last name of my uncle, who I acquired my '2A from, almost 30 years ago. Wilson it is . . from this point forward -> I will refer to "my '2A" as "Wilson" edit: added photo Edited by JeepFever - 19 Jan. 2018 at 4:25am |
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Mark W.
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Chug A Lug
1948 2A Body Customized 1949 3A W/S 1957 CJ5 Frame Modified Late 50's 134L 9.25"clutch T90A D18 (1.25") D44/30 flanged E-Locker D25 5.38 Since 1962 |
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Unkamonkey
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I'M not good at naming things. My 3B is the B and the Commando is the C. The Buick is the blue ick. My motorhome is known by many names from Grasshopper to Runamuca. There are a few more names for it I don't want to tell you.
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mbullism
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I kinda feel like they'll name themselves given enough time and thought. After rejecting most everything my wife called my 2a, lol, and tiring of "the blue jeep", I came to "Plowshare"... MB's and GPW's being the sword, something developed for military use repurposed for civilian life after the war.
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Those who do not learn from history are doomed to repeat it... Welcome to 1930's Germany
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srlbotanical
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The Good Dog
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Steve
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Freedom21
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I haven't actually named mine yet either. I just refer to it as the '48 or the Willys. Someone did scribe "PHIL" into the steering wheel. So maybe that's a sign...
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Otie
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CJ2A 18450
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63owner
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My Willys don't have names, but I'm betting the most popular here might be "Rusty."
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I've never been into naming vehicles. But when I got my 2A, somehow "Bluebell" struck me, perhaps a take off of Nellybell. Not sure if it will stick, but it seems appropriate.
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1948 CJ2A - It goes nowhere fast, but anywhere slow.
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Runs with Beer
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I live in the foothills of the mountains near Yuma and we wheel in the desert and mountains. We often see desert ram and my 48cj2a seems to get around like and old Billy goat. So we named Willy Goat.
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athawk11
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My 2A is named "Smokey". It is an appropriate name for an old tattered black Willys, but the true inspiration for the name came to me out on the trails in the Black Hills of South Dakota.
Smokey is a top notched Mosquito Killer. |
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1- 1946 CJ2A
2- 1949 CJ3A |
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jpet
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If you don't know what to name your jeep, don't rush it. The jeep will tell you his/her name eventually. I like the names that are actual names more than a title or description.
Ron, Have you thought about calling the jeep "Uncle Wilson"? |
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CJ2A #29110 "General Willys"
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JeepFever
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Cool . . you guys are putting "faces" with the names, haha good idea
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jhg
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This cj means a lot to me. It is an exact doppleganger for the '46 that I grew up with. That 2A was the companion and enabler on many a northern Maine fishing adventure with my Dad. It excelled on the narrow tree crowded twitch trails that typlify the Northwoods. The little jeep humbled Broncos and pickups, whose body panels took a beating on the trees. I remember us crossing beaver floods in it, the water up to the top of the step over. Then we used it logging on our land. For many years that little GoDevil grunted in front of a tight twitch chain, pulling veneer and sawlogs. Pine, spruce, fir, maple, birch and the heavy oaks and hemlocks. I was thrilled by chance to stumble on a replacement for that beloved jeep last summer. I give you "Wallace, a '48
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1948 cj2a. Rebuilt L-head, steering, T90, WO 636, steering, brake lines. So far.
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claybuster84
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My '46 is named "Papa Muntz"
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SE Kansas 46 CJ-2A
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Her name is Ol' Red. I get to call her that because she's one year older than I am...
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46 CJ-2A #64462 "Ol' Red" (bought April 1969)(second owner)(12 V, 11" brakes, M-38 frame, MD Juan tub)
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Meet "Smokey" the CJ3A
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49 CJ3A - Smokey
53 Willys Wagon - Wylie |
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