Ed Wilson's Jeeps

You may remember Ed Wilson's father's Egypt photos from yesterday. Well, Ed's got a couple jeeps himself (a 1962 CJ-5 and a 1947 CJ-2A). Both have an unusual story.

Ed reports from Canada, "This is my first jeep that I got almost 20 years ago and have still not completed a restoration. Long story... but when I was buying it I was in the owners home looking at original photos in an album. I was very focused on the purchase and pictures, but then realized that I was in a room surrounded by gold records on the wall! It turns out, I was sitting on Bryan Adams bed in his bedroom of his family's house. I ended up having a long talk with his mom and step dad."

1965-cj5-wilson2 — Here is the picture of my jeep with Bryan Adams step dad and his wife...not Bryan Adams mom the day of purchase. Note the winch.

1965-cj5-wilson3 — This is after some use.

1965-cj5-wilson1 — Now it's ready for some work.

Ed's second jeep is a 1947 CJ-2A. He writes, "My 47 cj2a has an interesting story as well. I purchased it from a guy that worked all his life in his dad's jeep dealership. He has had a jeepster all his driving life and you can find a picture of it and his story in the link below. It is also a Kelowna jeep. His dad was named "Mr. Jeep" by Willys. You can learn more about "Mr. Jeep" by reading this story about "Mr. Jeep's" first Jeepster (that he still owns):

http://web.uvic.ca/~lwoolard/a3/kamloops-vccc-site03/featured-articles-national-1950WillysJeepster.html