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About Jessie The Jeep

  • Birthday January 1

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    "Century Bombers" HQ
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    Aviation, MV's, Photography, Model Railroading, Astronomy - oh, and I don't do 'friends lists'!
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    Model Maker
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    http://www.sacarr.co.uk

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  1. My Set. 1958 Hotchkiss M201, bought in April 2005. 1944 Dodge WC51, bought in August 2010. It was repainted in September 2021. Lastly, my 1943 Ford GPW, bought in 2012 as a wreck and returned to the road in 2014. All together.
  2. You could strap it under the passenger seat, using the stowage straps under there. Here's my straps.
  3. 19 years ago today, the 18th of February 2005, we went up to Scotland for a long weekend break. While there, we also planned to check out a Hotchkiss Jeep for sale at WHB Jeeps. At the time, it wasn't registered and was still in French army three tone camouflage. We placed a deposit before the weekend was out. Before we collected it ( in April ), I'd asked for new roof and seat canvasses to replace the French vinyl and a respray into olive drab. It would then be immediately presentable for the various events planned for the 60th anniversary of VE Day. That was the beginning of Jessie the Jeep.
  4. First Run Out of the Year - February 3rd, 2024 The Dodge hasn't run or moved since the Historic Quay event at the end of September. While it felt mild today, it wasn't warm. As with the Jeep in the morning, I began with a fan heater under the sump to pre-heat the oil. After that, I turned the engine over several times, to get some oil moving around the engine. Once I felt I'd moved enough oil, the carb was primed and I went for the start. Oil pressure was up straight away. I pulled out of the garage and let the Dodge warm up on the drive before going for a drive. There wasn't much fuel in the Dodge, so this drive was only a couple of miles around a lane that loops around the village. I stopped a couple of times for some photos, then returned home and tucked it back up in the garage again. Springtime servicing can wait until the weather warms up.
  5. I took the Jeep for a 5 mile local drive and shot a few photos around the route. I just followed my usual route out of the bottom of the village and to sun set lane. When I got back, it didn't go back in the garage straight away, as I had some work to do on Lynne's Juke. That was parked in the garage out of the wind, for a sensor and electrical plug change. An RAC man managed to mangle the plug during a call out after the sensor failed. Fixing that took until noon, then the Jeep was put away and I had lunch. The Dodge was out in the afternoon, but I'll post that in the Dodge thread.
  6. First Run Out of the Year - February 3rd, 2024 The Dodge hasn't run or moved since the Historic Quay event at the end of September and the Jeep was last out for Remembrance Day. I wanted to get two of the three vehicles on the road to stretch all their joints and splash some oil around the engines. The GPW needs a head gasket change when the weather warms up. While it felt mild today, it wasn't warm, I began with a fan heater under the Jeep sump to pre-heat the oil. After that, I turned the engine over several times with the starting handle, to get some oil moving around the engine. Once I felt I'd moved enough oil, the carb was primed and I went for the start. Oil pressure was up straight away. I pulled out of the garage, locked up and went for a short drive.
  7. This year, for a different look to normal, I tried it with the canvas on, but the back folded up. At almost every show I go to, everyone else has the canvas off and screen down ( because they think it looks cooler, despite the fact that driving a Jeep in any configuration is cool ). I usually have the screen up and canvas on, just to make my Jeep stand out as different. Nothing worse than looking around a show and seeing 20 identical Jeeps, screen down, baseball bat and mit, camo net etc! That was one of the reasons I have the Flying Control look too.
  8. 2023 Season Review As we head into mid December, it's time for my annual season review. With salt on the roads and a hacking cough ( a plague brought home from school by my daughter ), I'm probably not going to be out in my green vehicles during the remaining couple of weeks of the year. Normally I post a composition of one or two pictures from each event, but this year I've put them all into a short video. We've done ten public events, nine local runs and the Dodge has done nine sessions of moving materials around the garden for my landscaping and garden railway feature. We also did a couple of weeks around the Normandy beaches and museums in the Summer, but sadly without the vehicles.
  9. An 'A' Frame tow bar. UK towing rules are complicated with regards to 'A' frames and braking, particularly in case of a breakaway.
  10. I took a few more pictures of the Jeep amongst the trees before making my way back home.
  11. From there, I made my way to St Laurence's Church yard, near Hallgarth Manor for the last memorial on my trip.
  12. A bit further down the hill, I entered Sherburn village, a separate village to Sherburn Hill, with its own memorial.
  13. I originally planned to head home after Ludworth, but made a slight change of plan and headed for Sherburn Hill instead. I've been here before too. There's no parking right next to the memorial, so I had to chock the Jeep further up the bank.
  14. North again to Ludworth, a memorial I've visited before. I was here for the two minutes silence last year.
  15. Heading North, the next stop was Thornley village. This was quite a large memorial wall, but in front of it, was a separate memorial to 2nd Lt John Scott Youll V.C. He served in the 11th Service Battalion, Northumberland Fusiliers. He was killed in Italy on the 27th of October 1918, age 21. He's the second local soldier I've discovered who was awarded the Victoria Cross.
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