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About Gladstone Vintage and Classic car Club. Club Aims 1 - To assist members in locating, restoring and maintaining their vehicles as a medium of exchange of parts, ideas and information 2 - To build up a library of information, relating to vehicles 3 - To encourage and sponsor social activities for members and their families 4 - To promote friendship and goodwill with the people of Gladstone. Please address all correspondence to The Secretary Gladstone Vintage & Classic Carriage Club inc. PO Box 685, Gladstone Qld. 4680 The G.V.& C.C.C. Inc. holds it's meetings on the First Sunday of each month at 3.00 PM. At the Clyde Hotel, Calliope Historical Village, |
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Message from Tubby WILLYS PARTS FOR SALE & FOR SALE |
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This site 1931 Knight 95 engine questions |
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PASSWORD is ' wcar' Leave a message in the forum - questions - just say hi. - Post a photo - DO NOT PLACE ADVERTS as search engines to not go below this point |
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A recent visit to Eddie Phillips place at Bororen gave the Gladstone Vintage and Classic car club members a chance to check out some of Eddies stationary Engines etc. In the back yard we came across these two 1929 Willys. |
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Eddie said the rest was in the shed , so we went and had a look.. Sure enough we came across a pile of bumpers mudguards, bits. What laid underneath this collection? We never looked. |
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Some Willy History The first Willys vehicles first appeared in 1909. John North Willys had rescued the Overland company a couple of years earlier . The early vehicles did not sell well, it would seem . J.N. Willys had a philosophy of prestige but the market place was looking for a more economical vehicle. Willys best know vehicle was the Willys jeep , the design was evolved through the Bantam car Company, but a lack of production facilities found willys with a contract to build the military version. Willys produced around 360,00 vehicles by 1945. A good number of these jeeps are still to be found on our roads, and although an not overly comfortable little vehicle, they do have a history and are extremely collectable. Not to be ignored is that they are a great deal of fun go 'most places' vehicle. |
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1929 Willys - old iron This site serves Free classified adverts |
