This Willys Jeep Has Always Been Out In The Open
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- Опубликовано: 2 окт 2024
- “The adventure began when we left the driveway,” says Larry Shank. “And that’s what was neat about the Jeep and the teardrop; you became part of the country from day one.”
Shank is the proud custodian of this 1953 Willys Jeep CJ-3B and 1947 Ken-Skill Kustom Kamper Model 10, both bought by his father in period and used during their entire lives by his family for exploring the U.S. while on vacation.
Traveling off the beaten path may seem extreme, but he has a different perspective: “You arrive not exhausted but exhilarated; because you’re already there, you’re already on vacation…”
His father taught him how to drive the Jeep and fix the Jeep, and set up camp; their relationship was close and unique, he says. For his father, vacations were a way to reconnect with nature after months at a demanding job at Lockheed.
“You could not go the places he wanted to go unless you had this. There were dirt roads, sandy roads, where a normal car would not make it,” Shank says. “The Jeep could get him every place he wanted to go.”
Even today, Shank’s Jeep explores wherever his son wants to go.
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That old-school projector playing the Jeep footage was a nice touch
Wow, the inclusion of his home movies towards the end really caps off a magnificent overall piece. Great work Petrolicious.
Pretty sad to see he has no family to pass this on to. I enjoyed this video very much, more so than any of the latest uploads on this channel, as it really tells the story of a man's life. I admire you sir, your respect for your parents and childhood is a true inspiration :)
Very touching... These moments when a toddler is trying to get into the jeep, you listening to the mature man and realize it is the same person. I think this episod is the deepest one on this channel. I almost cried when he said he is alone.
when he fired up the projector that's when I got a lump in my throat..
me too!
Did you swallow something?
+Coleman Calgary baby batter
Wow this video is a work of art
+Emre Akcan Agreed. A beautiful piece of film.
This video is why i love this channel.
I'm a Land Rover nut, but this is one of the coolest holiday/camping set ups I've ever seen. Bravo sir.
I remember those days when our Dads; WW2 era vets had hobbies like Jeepin', ham Radio, sport flying, rock hounding, family camping, building cabins, building boats, etc .
Most of our camping gear was WW2 surplus; everything had a creosote smell.
For my dad it was vw beetles
I don't like it when older people view every young person as someone who only wants to be inside watching tv and playing video games. I'm 15, and of course I enjoy those things, but I wish I grew up like this guy did. I love being outside, enjoying nature, and I appreciate older things and the way life used to be. Maybe I was just born in the wrong time, but I'd so much rather be growing up back in the 50s and 60s where you didn't have to lock your doors, you could ride your bike everywhere, when nature wasn't being destroyed, and people actually cared about other people. I think it's neat how safety wasn't such a concern, young people weren't so sheltered, and kids could just learn through experience. Of course, any time has its problems, but life just seems like it was better back then. I feel the same way about many things that this man was talking about, but I think if I met him he would just put me off as stupid teenager who only cares about electronics and instant gratification. It's too bad people are stereotyped, and it's too bad my generation is the way it is.
+Ariel Lezen I'm not trying to find favor with older people, that's just honestly how I feel. I don't need anyone to like me lol
+Ariel Lezen also, I don't "wear my preferences like a fashion accessory." if I did, I would constantly be telling people that. I don't do that, I was only commenting on a RUclips video.
+Hans Russell but the elder generation was made this world like it is today! our generation isn´t guilty at all
+Michael Byron I guess what I have to say is, it is important to appreciate aspects of older generations. You make a good point, that generation also did a lot to screw up the world.
our luck is, we can pick the best out the past and combine it with the today
Beautiful classic rig and trailer. What a great story and a great story teller!
The way these videos are presented is really something special. Emotion, purpose, meaning, and fantastic cinematography really transports you into the lives of these people and their passion.
this is it. they cracked the code.. this is the key to happyness, freedom in simplicity...
One of the best videos I've ever seen on RUclips.
I am not a fan of off-roaders , rather high performance motor vehicles, however after watching this and seeing this gents passion and sheer enthusiasm he gets out of this vehicle, is so contagious. Great video.
Sad he doesnt have a family to give it to.
+TheDustyaman
I'm up for adoption if he's interested :-)
+NuclearGrizzly Bears cannot be adopted.
*****
I can dream can't I?
+TheDustyaman
modern family would sell it for money, best give it to a museum
+Jonathan Charette shit i wouldn't. my father owns a 69 roadrunner and a 70 cuda. i cherish them like they are my own. but he has already told me hes selling them in his will. so atleast this guy wants to give it to family.
I come back to this video and it gets me choked up every time! I have a TJ and like he says in the video, it’s part of me and I’ll never get rid of it
Thank you for this video and thanks to Larry Shank, a new kindred spirit. My dad and I did not have as close a relationship, he did not have a Jeep nor a teardrop trailer, but many other things he did have and give.
He took his family every year during the 60's and early 70's on camping vacation (sometimes more than once a year) in his homebuilt camp trailer which as best as I can tell was where the pop top trailers got their inspiration since every where we went people came from all over the campground to marvel at it.
No I didn't help him work on the vehicle, nor the trailer, but he did like to pretend that I knew better as to where we were going. I am a huge map guy, started when I was probably about two feet tall or so, lol
was just trolling thru videos and found this..i got chocked up..alot! i bought a 1967 cj..Dad was pissed needed alot of work..3 years later and we fight to see gets to drive it..lol...thank you for the great story.
I cant stop watching this video. This has inspired me to get a jeep and do the same thing.
What beautiful memories and what a lovely way to honor his father and their family vacations. I do, however, find it a little sad that he has no family of his own to pass it down to, it would have made some great story time for his grandchildren. I love to hear stories like this, and the car, or off roader, is great too.
Well im sat here, worst day of my life, my job of being a firefighter doesnt pay enough to pay my rent and bills. I face the thought of having to leave a job i adore to move onto a mundane warehouse job that i cannot love but is a quick and easy way to earn money.
Unskilled and qualificationless person aged 23; This brought a smile to me, the simple little things in life is what is so special, seeing someone's journey through life is truly touching!
just wow. Goes to show that nostalgia is king.
Hands down the best video I have ever watched thanks to you and your dad awesome...
not watching TV all the time.a lesson which will soon become very prominent.Great video.
Yep, I definitely should have been born at a time when jeeps and campers like this were the norm. Very neat.
I nearly cried when he said he had no family to pass it on too.
I wish I could contact him because I would be glad to use it how it should be to pass it on to my kids once I have them.
It shouldn't sit in a museum. It should be driven and enjoyed like how he grew up with it. This saddens me.
What a wonderful gift his engineer father provided. Yes, the Jeep, but more important the memories. Well done!
Nice rig. Nice story. I too have a Jeep and a teardrop here in Apple Valley, CA. I get it. It’s the adventure. Enjoy!
This is my favorite episode yet. I am a huge Jeep guy, but its also just so well done. Thank you for making these videos.
This channel has taken love for cars on the next level. This passion, love, family and pride all put together in a timeless short movie. Thank you for creating a phenomenon that will benefit the entire automotive community.
Just incredible. That's inspiring. That's family.
My heart sank a bit when he said he doesn't have a family to pass it on to 😔
Superb story , camera action , editing , sound , car and that projector at the end ! Masterpiece !
When the home movies fired up, I knew there would soon be waterworks. Well done, team.
Finally someone who's not a pretentious hipster
That's because hipsters only drive inports...
It is good car
...import scooters...
Don't become so jaded you think nearly every young person is a pretentious hipster. Give it ten seconds before you pass judgement.
@@gregorytimmons4777
True. Thats what I tell people. Maybe just maybe, they actually like it. You know, like the young people did back then. People are always quick to judge these days. And besides, why is it really bothering them? Live your life.
Number one so far! Love his story
Awesome Jeep that will last many lifetimes! Great Video!
Makes you wish you had a flat fender Willys, CJ-7, CJ-8 Scrambler or even a TJ huh Brad? Young people today think that off roading didn't begin until 2007 with the first 4 dr Wrangler. Which to me is tragic. I hope all the 4 dr folks see this video to know what a Jeep truly is.
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🇺🇲 Only in a 2 Dr 🇺🇸
'41 - '06
This video is simply put - a natural treasure - I purposely said natural not national- from the Jeep to the story to the projector style: the whole presentation is heart warming and brings back memories . Coming from India ( now here in the good ole USA) where Mahendra still keeps these alive.
Always impressed with the American spirit of adventure and innovation and keeping such legends alive.
Old is Gold is so apt here.
Jeep that won the war
This story that won the heart
Wishes
This is by far the most beautiful,amazing,artful car channel I have ever had the incredible pleasure of knowing. Every single one of your videos are just spot on,A1,poetic works of art. I want to say thank you Petrolicious team for every single video and story you guys shine to light with your videos. Thank you so much.
Not all of them. They made a really lousy one about this dullard and his busted SAAB 900 once. Apart from that they are all brilliant.
Damn good story Cj and trailer! I too miss the simpler times, although I'm not quite old enough to recall the times he's referring to. Which were MUCH better times than the present.
Beautiful cinema-photography, vehicle and story. Really appreciate the 4k upload even on a 1080p screen, its like 1080p RAW.
What a powerful episode.
I was not interested in this video when it came out because I was like ... nah ... offroading and not a fast sports car legend or any kind of racing spirit included so .... you get the idea. After couple of days I decided to watch it and. Holy Molly ! This may be one of the best Petrolicious videos and seriously one of the best YT stories/videos ever. I just realized that even something what seems so boring to me, can make me so happy if it is done great. And this is just The Masterpiece !
+nonickname100 Yes very beautiful story too, the eye candy was the cherry on top.
I have the same problem. But I never regret watching them
+nonickname100 Every time I see a video for a car where I am not immediately interested, I force myself to check it out anyways. And there hasn't been a time on Petrolicious that I ever regretted it... they manage to make put any car in a fascinating and beautiful light.
nonickname100 perspective time gives us it does. "made up Yoda quote"
The pain job on that jeep is truly amazing
Thanks for sharing this video. I enjoyed your video, brings back memories.
Every time you see one of these it's like seeing a long lost friend from primary school. It's an incredible feeling.
I wanna be his family. Love stories like this.
One of the best stories in a while.
+CJSchecter96
@CJSchecter96...I couldn't agree more. Although not the first chronicle of an off road vehicle, by far one of the coolest stories shared on this channel.
very sweet cj3b! Good to see the ole jeeps keep going OIIIIIIO
Best video yet, this guy has the ideal life. No family to pass it onto? Pass it on to me!! id keep that jeep going for another 50+years!
The Petersen museum might be interested, Sir.
Amazing to watch in 4K - THANK YOU !!
WOW! What and incredible video. Love the set up and the history behind it.
Very well done. The narration coming together with the superb camera work makes this great story an even better video. Thanks.
As soon as I saw the gauges, I knew the oldman had been involved with aviation somehow. Electrical engineer at Lochheed. Beautiful story.
We all need a little more of that
Beautiful
As usual, a very well told, interesting story.
think i watch this a few times a year so cool..
Absolutely fantastic. Probably my favorite video yet being a Jeep enthusiast. Please keep doing the vintage 4x4's!
Absolutely and a IH Scout story would be nice !
Wow what a great jeep and setup. Wish I had it
easily one of the best videos you guys have done so far. amazing!!
Definitely among my favorite Jeep videos. Family memories with an amazing '53 CJ-3B Willys = top shelf segment! Incidentally, his dad looked like Glenn Ford and it's pronounced "Willis" after John North Willys.
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'41 - '06
This is a beautiful video. Sincerely thanks for sharing!
The National RV Museum in Indiana is and interesting place to display many old traveling and camping vehicles.
I love to see original Real USA as it was new.... and a Man with great respect as people were.... and yes even to see the "Original-Best" the Jeep.
A rolling reminder of how we need to make America great again. Look at all the American manufactured brilliance. The trailer, the Jeep, the coffee pot, the folding table....
I get it, I realize this rig means a lot to him. It's a family heirloom. But, that jeep would be so unhappy just setting in a museum somewhere. It deserves a better ending than that. He should befriend someone who he knows could take care of it, knows how to treat it and maintain it and above all, let it do what it was built by his dad and then again by himself to do, hit the back country and make someone happy.
This video almost made me cry
+Charles Hu hate to admit that but I actually had tears in my eyes
+Charles Hu Me too, had me in tears.
I'm not crying it's just brake cleaner in my eyes
If the owner sees this, I want him to know that he is wrong. It's not only his generation that yearns for the days when things were simpler. Many of us who grew up in the '90s and even '00s can appreciate and look for the same experiences.
I wish I could live those days. The problem for us is the cost of acquiring these things. Otherwise I would chose a Porsche 356 any day or Jaguar Type E. Too bad you don't have someone to hand it over too. You need to sort it out somehow. That Jeep needs to live on. I admire your car, but I admire you more, sir. Your dad would very proud.
+mowglilp literal gentrification-tier hipster
+KASKADIEN Excuse me?
+mowglilp The exchange between you both is killing me right now lol.
+zaco21 Did I imply the opposite?
***** I think you missed my point sir. I do go for that. I wasn't born in US, not even close. Regardless, I enjoy the 60', 70's and pretty much all old school, well built things. I drive a classic 80's car, I listen to vinyl records etc. My point was addressed to the owner of the Jeep, that we too (youngsters) appreciate and miss the things from "way back then", even though we didn't experience them ourselves, we can still admire the quality and simplicity. The soul with which things were built, you get the point.
This is just perfect! Congrats on another beautiful job!
Thank you for sharing this!
Made me cry
WOW very good loved it !!!
This location has to be below pine plat dam in Piedra. That is the kings river. Love the video.
I truly enjoy your video, very interesting, I remember times like this at my home .
Thanks for such a beutyfull and interesting video.
Fabulous video! So well done and evocative.
Has to be one of my favorites so far.
Also, why do you not have a million subscribers already? lol
Great video love how the Jeep is setup I myself have had a Jeep most of my life also which has been a YJ but I just bought a 54 Willy’s been sitting out side for fifteen or twenty years I’m just doing some research to put her back together
Touching.
I hope the people take good care of it and leave it as it is when he passes it on.
Another great video, thank you!
Larry, you're a lucky man!
I want one. Coolest jeep ever!
When this episode popped up in my subscription list, I didn't think it would be interesting; it's just a Willy's afterall. I was wrong, this guy shared his family story with the Jeep very well, and I genuinely found it interesting. Brilliant video.
how do you guys do this? you (sadly) don't get enough views to make serious money off of these videos, but the production value is absolutely insane. do you have a TV show you make the real money off of and this is just a pet project or something? i really adore your videos and i can't wait for the next one.
been thinking about it before, only thing i can come up with is love :)
***** however they do it, i'm glad they do.
I was wondering the same. Favorite RUclips channel by far.
Torrez 417 mine too. the production value is through the roof and every video feels like they put a lot of work and care into it.
fantastic car, great story and beautiful video :)
This has to b one of the best videos you've done to date. Truly an incredible story. I hope his Jeep goes to someone who will respect it and take care of it like he has.
I agree! My favorite along with the FJ.
you guys have the best car channel on youtube!
Best. Car. Channel. Ever.
Shit, this made me cry.
Siempre disfruto mucho sus videos, son visualmente perfectos, acompañados por buena música. Me encanta que los relatos los hagan los propios dueños de las maravillas que muestran. En este caso, el impaco llega al corazón más que en ninguno, al darle el toque con el proyector sobre la pared del trailer. Realmente los admiro, algún día espero hacer videos a la altura de los suyos. Gracoas
son of a bitch, who's chopping onions :'). This is beautiful sir.
Idk they should stop... God damn it i got sand in my eyes :,)
Liked, Favoured and shared!
This rig doesn't deserve to be tossed on a shelf for people to look at. This rig needs a good home after he passes to continue the legacy. Forget the museum!
+josephmars20 No, not this one. it's story is too deep. Sell it to a "good home" and 2 years and a divorce later, it's on ebay to be bought by some goober who wants to put a 52" light bar and some fucking dick cepek DC2's on it
I agree. Don't let this jeep's story/memory be ruined by another owner. Unfortunately all great stories must come to an end.
Pleasant Lake Pirate you ain't lying--the light bar would kill me to look at.
Doesnt that make you crazy!!! I bought a VW van,guy told me flat out he was going to approve me,he wasnt selling to a jackass that would foul it up.I passed his scrutiny and its original to this day.
Man these videos look amazing
A true American Icon
Awesome!
awesome