Book Review of
Building a WW II Jeep
Finding, Restoring & Rebuilding a Wartime Legend
Author: Sean Dunnage
Pen & Sword Co.
ISBN: 9781526755506
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright: 2021
MSRP: $34.95
ISBN: 9781526755506
By Ray Mehlberger
Copyright: 2021
MSRP: $34.95
The Jeep as we know it from WW 2 news reels, big-screen movies and television shows, such as M.A.S.H. or The Rat Patrol, was the result of the US War Department’s requirement for a light command reconnaissance car to meet the US Army’s needs under the threat of a looming European war.
After only a few weeks of development, the Jeep would end up in all the Allied armies of the world courtesy of Bantam, Willys and Ford. Many of the Jeeps built during the war would go on to serve for over 60 years in various parts of the world in both military and civilian use.
This book is a basic guide to building a WW 2 Jeep using restored, rebuilt and modern reproduction parts for those who have never done it before, just as the editor of this book hadn’t either, You’ll find a clear step by step process used to build a truly historical vehicle. Combined with the other books and websites that will be noted in this volume, as well as some basic auto mechanical knowledge on your part, you should be able to have your own piece of Jeep history rolling in no time.
THE BOOK:
Pen & Sword is based in the UK.
This book is hard-bound with a paper jacket that has fold over tabs that hold it to the book.
The cover art on the paper jacket shows a color photo of a restored Jeep.
On the back of the paper jacket are color photos of the cover of an ordinance supply catalog and a maintenance manual, a color photo of a Jeep’s bare chassis and a black and white photo of a Jeep with 2 soldiers aboard it. It has a white stenciled serial no. 20419061-S on the sides of the hood and white no. 6 diamond 501 on the left side of the front-bumper a letter "A" on the right side of the front bumper.
The book contains 236 pages of photos and 9 blank pages.
The photos are all in color, except for 7 black and white ones and they are the walk-around type, showing 303 photos of step by step restoration of a Jeep by the author. Every inch of the Jeeps anatomy is shown. Truly, a person can use this as a manual to restore one of their own Jeeps.
There are 12 illustrations out of maintenance manuals and a color photo of Tamiya Brand’s 1/35th scale model of the British Special Air Service Jeep, which is the author’s favorite kit.
One of the black and white photos is of the author’s mother in Berlin, sitting in a Jeep that was issued to her husband as part of the Berlin Occupation Force.
This is one neat book. It will be of great interest to anyone planning on restoring a Jeep and to modelers that want to super-detail a kit of the Jeep.
I want to sincerely thank Casemate Publishers, the North American distributor of Pen & Sword Books for this review sample. All Pen & Sword titles can be viewed on Casemate’s website at:
After only a few weeks of development, the Jeep would end up in all the Allied armies of the world courtesy of Bantam, Willys and Ford. Many of the Jeeps built during the war would go on to serve for over 60 years in various parts of the world in both military and civilian use.
This book is a basic guide to building a WW 2 Jeep using restored, rebuilt and modern reproduction parts for those who have never done it before, just as the editor of this book hadn’t either, You’ll find a clear step by step process used to build a truly historical vehicle. Combined with the other books and websites that will be noted in this volume, as well as some basic auto mechanical knowledge on your part, you should be able to have your own piece of Jeep history rolling in no time.
THE BOOK:
Pen & Sword is based in the UK.
This book is hard-bound with a paper jacket that has fold over tabs that hold it to the book.
The cover art on the paper jacket shows a color photo of a restored Jeep.
On the back of the paper jacket are color photos of the cover of an ordinance supply catalog and a maintenance manual, a color photo of a Jeep’s bare chassis and a black and white photo of a Jeep with 2 soldiers aboard it. It has a white stenciled serial no. 20419061-S on the sides of the hood and white no. 6 diamond 501 on the left side of the front-bumper a letter "A" on the right side of the front bumper.
The book contains 236 pages of photos and 9 blank pages.
The photos are all in color, except for 7 black and white ones and they are the walk-around type, showing 303 photos of step by step restoration of a Jeep by the author. Every inch of the Jeeps anatomy is shown. Truly, a person can use this as a manual to restore one of their own Jeeps.
There are 12 illustrations out of maintenance manuals and a color photo of Tamiya Brand’s 1/35th scale model of the British Special Air Service Jeep, which is the author’s favorite kit.
One of the black and white photos is of the author’s mother in Berlin, sitting in a Jeep that was issued to her husband as part of the Berlin Occupation Force.
This is one neat book. It will be of great interest to anyone planning on restoring a Jeep and to modelers that want to super-detail a kit of the Jeep.
I want to sincerely thank Casemate Publishers, the North American distributor of Pen & Sword Books for this review sample. All Pen & Sword titles can be viewed on Casemate’s website at:
Highly recommended.