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Gil
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Posted: 19 Feb. 2017 at 8:46pm |
Taking a day off relaxing at the camp.
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damar2yxr
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You know of course that a WILLYS Jeep parked out front would be a nice touch.
Edited by damar2yxr - 20 Feb. 2017 at 2:21pm |
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Gil
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Hope the jeep will be done by summer.Yes the jeep would look better than that old Yamaha. But here a picture of my other jeep.1998 Cherokee 2 door .
Edited by Gil - 20 Feb. 2017 at 3:30am |
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Nice! Edited by JeepFever - 20 Feb. 2017 at 5:21am |
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Dave Pete
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Actually that is a Willys snowmobile. Willys won the contract and Yamaha was commissioned to build under their design (like Ford with Willys on the Jeep), and secretly snuck in the Yamaha moniker where ever they could. The snowmobile - or Snow Machine as it was fondly referred to by the G.I.s - used it as part of the Us/Russian lend/lease program on Russia's Northern Eastern front. Tens of Thousands of these were driven up the ALCAN and across the Bering Straight sea ice during winter. It was here where Sarah Palin's grandfather drove from Northpole , Alaska, through Fairbanks and out the Tanana River to the Yukon River and thence across the ice, and where he later recounted to his children and grandchildren that he could see Russia from "the seat of my Snow Machine" (which later was mis-stated and regurgitated by the "fake news", mostly CNN, ABC, CBS, NBC and PBS (Fox News was the only ones who correctly attributed the statement to Tiny Fey) when Sarah was running with John McCain, who thank God, HE didn't win since he doesn't even LIKE Russia or anything). The G.I.s would swing in on their Snow Machine's and raise hell with the German troops in the North Eastern Front, and disappear just as quickly. They say the "Snow Machine" won the war for the Russians and that's why everyone in the world still speaks English instead of Farsi. You can still find original WWII Snow Machines with the Yamaha badging like this one in restorable condition, because they used Japanese aluminum with a slightly different chemistry. The aluminum of the time used by Willys simply didn't hold up well in sub-zero temperatures. A good quality example of a WWII Willys Snow Machine hasn't been discovered since 1979, when the last one was found in a backroom of the ice house in Chena Hot Springs, Alaska. But I was just told that, so I don't know.
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Unkamonkey
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At least it has 2 skis on the front. The first one I rode only had 1 ski.
The second one had something like a 60 HP motor. It would do something like 115 MPH. Worlds apart and the 2nd was a loaner to the park service. They weren't too happy to let me run it but they let me. I never got it to top speed and it came back unscathed. Yep, it was a racing sled that could out run anything on the snow. |
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Gil,
I like both you pics. Looks like a great spot for a get away. Great story Dave. |
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