WE FOUND A 1 of 1 JEEP! MUST SEE (The World's Greatest Jeep Collection!)
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 29 ก.ย. 2024
- After getting some repairs done on our hemi-swapped Jeep Wrangler JL, we get invited to check out what's arguably the world's greatest Jeep collection! Located at the U.S. Veterans Memorial Museum in Huntsville, AL we get an up close look and history lesson on the oldest surviving Jeep in the world...which was actually made by Ford!
Hope you all enjoy the video!
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Point to consider:
WW-II Vets: 2,000+ Vets report for their final daily Retreat & Call to Colors (die) each day.
Viet Nam Era Vets - Currently serving American Troops, all branches:
Currently, 22+ current and Vets
are DYING TO SUICIDE each DAY!
That was so cool that you got to drive that old Jeep!
I would not want to encounter any muscle hamsters let alone 11 or 12. 😂 that was a great history lesson on the Jeep name. Thanks for this episode. Great job 👏
If they had blue uniforms they would be Smurfs
Maybe so… but I still wouldn’t trust them lol
You guys are cracking me up talking about how unsafe it feels. My first car was a 1947 CJ2A. No roll bar no seat belts, wheeled it every weekend and drove it as fast as it would possibly go. Too funny, great video though. More people should see this stuff. My father was a 3 war veteran WWii, Korea and Vietnam. I love the military history. If you get a chance, check out the Patton museum in Fort Knox Kentucky.
Made by both companies. Pretty cool
“Close your door Brittany”🤣🤣🤣🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻
I ran around with a guy in the early 80's that used a Ford Jeep as a daily driver. The only way we could tell was all the original bolt head
I have a 1948 Willys CJ2-A restored since 1996 , I am 6'4" and have no problems at all driving the jeep , but the guys with the big guts , have trouble fitting behind the wheel !! I am the 3rd owner , bought it in 1995 from the 2nd owner.
the second owner George Bartosh bought it in 1956 from the original owner. as teenagers we would go down to George's Mobil station in Berwyn Pennsylvania and haggle with him to try and buy the jeep & a 1948 Dodge power wagon tow truck .
George would always run us out of there stating those vehicles are garage kept & cared for !! I sell them to you kid's you'll take them out in the woods & beat the crap out of them !!!! The answer is " NO " now git on out of here , I got work to do !!!!
20 years passes by, a cold snowy Sunday, taking the wife & kids to the King of Prussia mall , had to pass the old Mobil station,
it was now closed & rented out to a Enterprise car rental. But , George & family lived back behind it up the lane. I knocked on the door , & talked to George , both vehicles were still there, & as good a shape as I remember as a teenager !!
I made a deal with him on the spot , and promised to give them both a good home !!
9 months later, I had the JEEP completely restored to like new condition , I contacted " George " in hopes of taking it down to show him , his wife answered the phone & I explained my reason for the phone call , " sadly " she informed me that George
passed away 3 months ago. She did say however that she knew that George would of been very happy to hear that.
Today I have relocated to the Daytona Beach area, from Pennsylvania and I take the red 48 Willys to New Smyrna Beach on
occasion , as we are aloud to " drive " on the beach down here ! after all these years , these old JEEPS still get a lot of attention by young & old !!!
THIS STORY IS DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF " GEORGE BARTOSH " WHO FAITHFULLY & LOVINGLY TOOK CARE OF " 2 " AMERICAN ICONS & PRESERVED A PIECE OF HISTORY FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS .
THANKS GEORGE COULDN'T OF DONE IT WITHOUT YA !!! Paul
Great Museum!! Great video, again. Kevin where'd you get that shirt!! I love it, No HOMO! LOL🤘
Great place
Like i said Rock stars
lol!😂 “Muscle Hamsters” too funny Kevin! Wow a great time and best deal I love museums like that, I live in Washington State and in Everett Wa. Is the Flying Heritage museum that was owned by Paul Allen and it has old air military planes that actually fly as well as tanks that run its really neat stuff, thank you for bringing us such a neat stop.
What a cool museum. Thank you for sharing that with us.
That old Jeep you both drove was cool to see also.
Jelly was so adorable at the end with all of those fish staring back at her like that. Priceless!
Safe travels to you all.
I cringed every time he said willis.
Major plus points for Brittany jumping into a three speed stick 80 year old Jeep and driving it like a veteran!
😁🤙
Super Happy i finally got to meet you guys. Jeep beach was awesome and i cant wait to see the video. I'm an awkward guy, sorry for that but i'm a superfan and always look forward to your videos. I cant wait to hit the trails with you once i retire. you guys are awesome.
That was totally awesome. Those old jeeps are why I installed push button start in my TJ. ONe of these days, I'll get my own MB. What a great video. Thank you for that...
I rather gave a GP(w) “Jeep” aka FORD :)
The Veterans Memorial Museum looked like so much fun . I would love to go there sometime . Back in the day I built the lasers for the M60 tanks . It was a lot of fun but very intricate work . Love the ending with Jelly and the fish ... Priceless ! Looking forward to your next video guys . Take care .
That was cool! Nice little history show!! The tires on the 1st Ford Jeep was sick little tires!! It would be awesome to take it off-road and just trail ride!! Thanks guys for the tour! You guys live a awesome life!!! So much fun stuff!!! And so much better that you get to share everything together as a couple!!! And with Jelly too!!! Of Course!! I want a puppy of hers!! Her looking at the fish was So Funny!!!
So I joined the Army national guard when I was 17. We all had HMVVs at this time but we travelled to an Army base for my first weekend drill and had to use borrowed equipment there. We got in at night and my platoon sergeant pointed at a vehicle and told me to drive him. It was a Jeep exactly like the one you drove in this video. I couldn’t believe the thing was still in service, and I had never driven a stick shift before in my life. After about a mile and much cursing from the SFC platoon sergeant, I figured it out pretty quick! Memories….
You guys driving that Jeep reminded me of a 1940s Willis Jeep that was converted to a fire vehicle. It was a civil defense Jeep used in WWII. It was fun to drive; however, with the water weight you did NOT want to go much over 40 MPH! It could go many places off road and did really well fighting brush fires.
Awesome video... nice maintenance on Stepchild child.. now she runs better....the museum Simply amazing.... thanks for takeing and showing a little bit for everyone.... 🐶Jelly won the fish looked away first, jelly just wanted to play and make new friends...Egarly awaiting your next video....Safe travels
That was cool. Those little military Jeeps are cool, they're so simply made that you only need a few basic tools to work on them. They had a little soft rollup tool kit like you get when you buy an ATV. lol.
He actually pulled out his roll up tool kit to show us, cause he still had the original!! (I just didn’t film it 😅) Super cool, for sure!!
@@LiteBrite which means there will be a follow up on this video. I'm certain there will be enough to sow us for another video.
TO BE CONTINUED...👌🤠🇿🇦
What I've learned working in a military museum is that when the three companies submitted their prototypes to the War Dept. they like certain things of each one, but didn't like other bits and pieces of each one as well, so they decided to put out their "wish list" and for reasons that I don't know Willys got the contract (more than likely, they were the lowest bidder). Willys was a very small company and could not meet the demand of the hundreds of thousands vehicles requested, so they came up with a plan: They also contracted Ford and Bantam to make the parts that the War Dept. wanted from each company, plus Ford and Willys would split the manufacturing of all the tubs, engines, and suspension parts, so that way Willys would only have to make about half of the demand, Ford would make the other half; Ford jeeps' were called GPW and Willys's were called MB. That way Ford and Bantam would also get a piece of the pie. Win-Win for everyone at home, so we can Win-Win (Europe-Japan) overseas as well!!!
It's been argued by some that the word "Jeep" came from what the Soldiers informally called the Ford GPW... "Hey, get the GeeP ready to go!" But Willys would never accept that theory...
Great episode, you guys. Full of history and pride.
Little more history for you. Looks like they frankensteined all three to make the final version. If you look at the side profile it more closely resembles Ford with the flat sides vs Bantam and Willies. Ford went so far as to stamp F into their bolts to differentiate their higher level of quality over bantam and willies cheap low quality stuff. Maybe even the first easter eggs belonged to Ford since they were forbidden to mark Ford on their parts but they did it anyway.
@@bennmustang1 Absolutely agree.
My Great Grandfather had something like that old Jeep, he loved it on the farm. It's also what I learned to drive stick in. I would love to visit that place . OMG Jelly just melts my heart, she's such a good girl ❤❤💯🤙
Great publicity for the Veterans Museum. You'd be surprised by how many people in Hunstville don't know it exists.
you two are brilliant but on this occasion the museum crushed it 😜
My dad after returning from the Pacific Theater in 1946 bought a surplus 1941 GPW for $200.00. It needed a front axle so he bought a complete surplus front axle for $15.00. My uncle an European vet bought a surplus jeep and trailer for $250. Years later dad bought the trailer for $50.
Great Video and Thank you for the HISTORY Lesson, Definitely, going to check out that museum next time I head east! And the ending with Jelly was Priceless! 🤣🤣👍👍
Cool episode. I've driven a 42 GPW many times. I took my later best man, Vic to buy his in 1975. Originally Navy, It currently has Army Air Corps markings to match his dad's outfit. His dad was a tail gunner in a B24. Engine swapped to a GM V6, same as Jeep did in the late 60s through the 70s. 33 x 12.50s seem huge on it. It's been doing Moab trips since the early 80s. Lots of its parts have Ford logos on them, so we know it's a GPW, not an MB.
Now that museum is awesome...a must stop... And I am not even American. Another great video, thanks
Lol, Kevin's nickname is now, "Muscle Hamster"! 🤣
It’s a Jeep made by Ford. I own a Mahindra Roxor. They bought the rights from Willys Overland. So technically I own a Willys!
wait you own jeeps and have never driven a flat fender? i have wheeled in almost every version of the wrangler made and my favorite is actually a flat fender there is somthing you get in a old tiny jeep that these newer jeeps cant recreate even like a cj5 feels nothing like it. i would encourage everyone that likes these giant 4 door monstrosities to go wheeling in a 2 door jeep at least once... not a new 2 door i mean a real 2 door jeep, just try it out and see what jeeping actually is.(not trying to knock on newer jeeps but it isnt the same its like saying that new bronco's are like the old ones, they just aren't)
That was so cool of a trip. Thank the gentleman for their knowledge and preserving history. And to ALL OUR VETERANS & CURRENTLY SERVING. 🇺🇸 thank you 🙏🇺🇸 and JeLe tell that fish staring at you that you’re a muscle hamster
Thank you Muscle Hamster for sharing this.... I go to Huntsville Once every other year... definitely going to check the Museum out
Amazing...This is one of the best videos I have seen this year. Keep up the great work.
Thanks so much guys, that was awesome. I'll be sure to schedule a trip there when heading in that general direction. PS do I see a WWII era Jeep in Lite Brite future 🤔
Nice video…now for my soapbox. To all those people out there that insist on pronouncing Willys like “Willees “. That man at the museum obviously is quite an authority on the subject of Jeep history and he does not pronounce it that way!!! I know it may seem petty but please say it right! Now, moving on. I grew up driving my dad’s ‘51 M38 and ya, they are a blast to drive.
That museum is awesome! Thanks for showing us! 😍
I loved the museum!!! Ive got to see it someday!! My dream is to own an old 40s Jeep, thanks for this!!! love the channel, been on here for years now, keep it up!!
That was freaking awesome, and driving that Jeep was icing on the cake. Next time your in Huntsville you’ve got to stop at U.S. Space & Rocket Center. 🚀 The place is amazing.
These are REAL Jeep's, this stuff today doesn't even come close. My father dove a Jeep for a General in WWII. It was an open top Jeep. This stuff today is too cushy, yuppie stuff.
Now that was one messed up fan! Love visiting veterans museums to see all the history not to mention that I'm also a retired veteran! Happy Trails to both of you!
Ok we need LiteBrite official muscle hamster shirts!!
I can say I always stay to the end of videos. You can miss out on Easter eggs as you all called them a couple of videos back. 😊💪🍻
I learned to drive on an old 3-speed stick, but it was in a Metropolitan! Doubt if I'll ever forget! Kevin! Jump It! Is that Fan a subscriber yet?! Great men taking care of History - Thank You! So many fun toys in that museum, so little time... and soo many great looking modern Jeeps too! JellyFish for the Win! LiteBriteNationTanksForTheMemories!
I know what you two were feeling like, when you were in that old army Jeep. I've owned a 1947 CJ2A and a 1949 CJ3A. My 49 even had the same foot start when I first got it. Even better is driving with no soft top and also with the windshield down. Thank you for showing us that wonderful piece of history.
I'm working in Huntsville for the next few months, definitely gonna swing by and check out the museum
What a great treasure! I saw a different group of the original Willy's at both EJS and Winter Jamboree. Those guys look like they were having more fun than anyone else! At winter jamboree, they were trying climb the line to the left of the Middle Monkey! They were so fun to watch. Even with 3 men pushing, they could not climb it... they sure gave it their all... and then they were off to the next adventure. So so so fun to watch. If you have a chance to ride with a group rolling in those stock jeeps, I would jump on it!
Great video! I was excited y'all got to drive the old jeep, And laughed the entire time! 👍👍👍
Awesome video. I'm definitely going to make a stop at that museum if I'm in Huntsville Alabama.
Love the military museum....definitely makes me want to visit from Canada...👍
Great video! We had an awesome time hanging out with y'all. And i still can't believed I've lived here my whole life and I had never heard of this museum! Definitely going to check it out soon!
This was awsome thanks for sharing the stories of the jeeps. Im a ford guy nice to know that the first jeeps was made by them lol....
11th! Best and always wanted an old WWII Jeep! Just watch oldTV series "Rat Patrol" to see what these can do!
Jeep has had parts from so many different step siblings it's almost hard to count.
This was an unexpected surprise, Awesome and Thank You.
What a great place. Definitely going to have to check it out someday.
Absolutely loved this vid. Made me miss my 62 Willis CJ5.
I was in the Army from 1969 to 1970 and stationed for a while in Green River Utah. I drove many Jeeps, five-quarters and deuce and half's. The first vehicle I bought when I got out was a Jeep. I built it up started taking trips every year back to Utah for three decades. The army got me into wheeling which totally changed my life.
Green River as in just north of Moab Green River? That's awesome. I grew up in Utah, I now live on the east coast and miss Uath. I visit on a regular basis though.
@@martinzepeda8298 Green River is an hour north of Moab. I've explored about every trail from Green River to Moab returning to favorites many times. I also lived in Kanab for two years and did some trails between Kanab and St. George and have owned a business in Moab too. I'm down to just one stock jeep now and sorry that I sold off my off-road buggy 15 years ago. I miss Utah wheeling a lot!
Fun, my very 1st vehicle I bought at 16yo was a 1946 CJ2a civilian model of the MB(24volt)... now mind you, I was 6'4" at the time, so I know what it means to be shoe horned into an ol' flat fender... I eventually put a Buick Rocket 88 aluminum block 215cu. in. V8 in it. I'm 6'6" now and 67yo.. But, the ol' flat fender has a special spot in my heart.
Welcome to the Flatfender World!
I am almost finished with my 100% frame off restomod of my 1949 Willys CJ3A and M38 body.
#Snugglesthejeep was the 2nd vehicle I owned and drove as a USNPS Park Ranger on the Blue Ridge Parkway in NC. Snuggles is being restored as a Search and Rescue Jeep and was used in several Rescues on the Blue Ridge Parkway in 1974-1977.
I was in the army in 1982, I drove the Ford MUTT Jeep which is unbelievable off road. My dad had a late 40s Jeep, my first memory is riding on the dunes at the beach when I was about 5. I'm 57 and my love for Jeep has gotten only stronger. My 6.4L Hemi is my favorite of the 10 Jeeps I've owned.
The original Bantam was called the "Blitz Buggy", Ford was "Pilot" and Willys was the "Quad". The one that was driven had a later T90 floor shift transmission and not the original column shift T84 which is what all WWII Jeeps had.
wow nice.... some friends and I were just at Yellowhammer brewery & Pizza just on the other side of the grass where you were tossing the football, great oven fired pizza over there. Huntsville is a hip little town, the home of Redstone Arsenal (Army Aviation R&D) where all those college edjumacated folks work lol. lots and lots of DOD contractors are based there, I fly down there from Nashville every once in a while to drop off or pick up one of our BlackHawk helicopters. if ya ever want to see one I can escort you on base and let you crawl around in them.
What an amazing episode!!!! I watched it twice! Driving that 1941 would be a dream come true for me! Hey where are y'all going to be on the east side? Anywhere near Maryland soon?
I watched the entire video!!! That was great and loved seeing you both get pumped driving old school!!
Such an honorable experience, Thank you for sharing that with us I really enjoyed it.
I owned a 1942 Ford Jeep in Colorado back in 1973, and it made me a Jeep lover for life. The fact I was young and stupid resulted in my selling it.
Perhaps, as a bonus for all the great work he has done for you over the years, giving Chris an old Willys Jeep might be a cool idea. There are youtube channels that feature people in those old little jeeps wheeling all over Moab and going through and over obstacles that only the most built-up modified modern Wranglers or Tacos would consider traversing, so maybe a Lite Brite old school jeep would add some cool content to your channel.
Oh yeah! Kevin definitely needs the Demon Step Child!!!! That would be Awesome to see out on the trails!!! Go For It!!!
The ultimate cool. I has a 69 Willys Jeepster Commando. Also had a 77 CJ5. I live those old Jeeps. Great video.
The MB was so cool. I've got a 1/6 scale RC '41 MB & that's abut as close to one as I've ever been. Great episode, thanks!
Hey Kevin, always remember on a 3 speed manual 1st is reverse if you think your in 1st your going backwards ask me how I know lol
Y’all should make the Muscle Hamster a mascot
Okay, from now on, you shall be know as Muscle Hamster.
In a world of bad news you guys always do such fun positive videos. You are lucky to be doing what you love to do.
❤️
Lite Bright at the bar...."This is Awesome". Jelly at the fish tank..."This is Awesome"
On a sidenote, the shovel and Axe on the side of the old WWII Jeeps, are actually pretty good.
I've used one of those axes for many years, and it still have plenty of life left in it. 😁
Dad had a 43 jeep on the farm, we ran that thing forever and then sold it to a guy that restored it to ww2 look complete with 50cal mounted on pedestal for the vfw post he was a member at to run in parades and vfw post activities, last I heard they still using it
No offense but I’ll take the ‘41 over the step child every time… awesome museum
Great episode, and an awesome museum.
That was an awesome tour! You guys look great romping around in that 41, be a cool build theme for sure.
As a Veteran I’m definitely going to make a trip down ty
Guys you looked as if you had way to much fun there, what a great place!!
Awesome video! Love the museum
Kevin! Question... your front frame chop bumper. I see it's not painted or powdercoated. What do you do to keep it looking good with the raw steel finish all the time? Clear spray paint?
Yes, it’s just sprayed with clear!
Awesome video. What a fun experience for you guys! My great uncle flew a Waco in WWII and was also an instructor.
Got the chance to meet you guys at the Rocks & Locks event, signed my Jeep (black 2 door, fishing stuff in the seat, sorry bout that) which I appreciate. Thanks for taking the time... Gig em
😁👍 It was great meeting you!!
So cool to see all those old jeeps. You all are so blessed to see all you do. As always God bless and take care.
Well, no. The first 'Jeep' was made by Jeep. Now, the first 1/4 ton general purpose vehicle was made by... Bantam?
Haha....that's true.
Great video guys. Lots of cool stuff.
Got a Farmers commercial during the rear end scene... 🤣
Where were you guys.. it took me so long to find this channel. So happy to find this channel yesterday and I am binge watching every videos you guys posted.
Glad to have you!
What ever happened to the sand rings you installed a while back to help with balancing? (Centramatic, I think)
Brittany - thank you for the history lesson!
Muscle hamsters! That was great! Lol
“Was the first jeep made by ford?” No, it was made by Willys, but they were not able to manufacture them as fast as the military needed them, so FMC was contracted to manufacture them alongside Willys.
However, Henry being Henry, every single panel in a Jeep built by fmc was stamped with the Ford Logo.
And the bolts!
nope. first jeep was by bantom.
sorry it is spelled bantam. i used to think it was willys too
The flat sheet metal stamped Grill and flat side profile certainly was Fords design.
Ah yes Ford had the first Jeep easter eggs lol
I see a flat fender coming to the LB Nation soon. Lol.
I’m in AL and didn’t know about this place. Taking my daughter and son-n-law next time the come in from Bragg.
Got to be a passenger in my friend John Rambo's 1944 Certified WW2 Willys MB bone stock unrestored ( It needed to be ) back in 2007 , he brought it to Rausch Creek PA , and I couldn't believe how capable it was , it went everywhere, did everything we pointed it at an obstacles and she did what Jeeps do , great memories and I gotta find it but I have a picture somewhere, John would wear exact WW2 uniform ,including Helmet! And I'm in Camo and my friend who I grew up with in Queens NY is wearing a bright red Jersey, looked so odd 😆 and even though I have a Toyota with a jeep front axle, I'll always be a jeep guy, they really are insane offroad machines! On road, not as much, fun fact, after WW2 the Mitsubishi company copied the willys jeep and other willys vehicles, my friend just found a 60s Mitsubishi willys wagon clone here in long Island, it really nice but he's such a jeep guy ( Has a 46 flatly @tested46cj ) he won't buy it , $6500 great deal