~ Story sent by Ray Wilderman, check out his blog at http://www.cj2a.ca/home.html
My son Andrew found the Willys CJ-2A online for sale. We went to look at it, the Willys was sitting in an old barn and hadn’t been run for many many years. A man named Captain Peter Mason was selling it. Captain Mason spend the next several hours sharing stories of the things he’s done as well as the book he had written. He told us how he first fell in love with the Willys Jeep as a young soldier at the end of World War 2. He shared several stories with us about his life as her Majesty’s license to kill official assassin. He also showed us a picture of him and Clint Eastwood, Peter had a traveling rodeo. The director recruited some members of the rodeo to be the in Clint’s First spaghetti western and Captain Mason was recruited to ride clients horse for all the long-shots in the movie. If anyone is interested in researching Captain Mason further, try his autobiography “Official Assassin”.
I asked Captain Mason why he was living in Alberta Canada…. he explained that after all the work he did for her Majesty, he needed to check out for his own safety and pick the most remote place he could find in the Commonwealth…. the Rocky Mountains in Alberta. He had a Rolls-Royce, 2 E type Jaguars, three Land Rovers, and an armored personnel carrier and a 1947 Willys. The Willys was in rough shape and the engine was not running… Transmission was shot… nothing worked… It took me three years to rebuild it and a lot of parts! But we kept it original and enjoy driving it today. After spending the afternoon with Captain Mason it give me the feeling that I have a very boring life.
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A beautiful “Work in Progress” ! Half the fun is the chase to find an old jeep! Been doing this for the best part of 35 years and it never gets boring! Good luck and God bless you and this restoration!
A beautiful “Work in Progress” ! Half the fun is the chase to find an old jeep! Been doing this for the best part of 35 years and it never gets boring! Good luck and God bless you and this restoration!
GREAT work ; Jeep with a looong history ,return at the life in loving hands
GREAT work ; Jeep with a looong history ,return at the life in loving hands
She’s a nice and rugged looking old jeep! Keep up the good work!
And thanks for the great story!
She’s a nice and rugged looking old jeep! Keep up the good work!
And thanks for the great story!
Good work on the jeep. How can you say boring life, your doing something that captain mason hasn’t, that is restore a Jeep.
Good work on the jeep. How can you say boring life, your doing something that captain mason hasn’t, that is restore a Jeep.