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This has been a wonderful thread to read!

A couple more,not model A per se:

A couple months ago the organizers of an all- Jeep show asked us to bring our 1942 wartime Jeep to their show. We arrived with our Jeep, MBT trailer, 2 WWII bicycles, and both of us in period dress. I was amazed at the number of folks at an all-Jeep show that had never seen a wartime Jeep. I overheard one little guy ask his dad if this was their Jeep's Grandpa? He answered, "more like Great-grandpa in more ways than one." Best, however were a brother/sister pair who were both active duty Army, in fatigues, who were both motor pool mechanics - they must have spent half an hour comparing our Jeep to the Hummers and Buffalos they worked on.

Several years ago I used to volunteer at the WWII Air Museum in Geneseo, NY, and frequently marshaled planes for their annual Wings of Eagles airshow. One year I had just parked a TBM Avenger and spotted a lady smoking directly under a No Smoking sign. I wheeled around and told her "put that out now, can't you read?" She got all huffy and just at that moment the TBM folded his wings back (which is a sight to see on any Grumman). I turned to her and said, "See what you did?" Her jaw dropped open and her male companion hustled her off the field.