Jiffy Jeep

[Ed Storey]

This was in the June 2017 edition of The Maple Leaf.

[rob love]

We have one here in Shilo right now(unless it has headed home in the past week or so), borrowed from Edmonton. Base Maint had it for demonstrations at the summer fair and at Canada day. This one was based on a Cdn3.

[Robin Craig]

Has anyone done a photi essay on what the vehicle is?

I think I may have pictures somewhere but not sure.

We should understand how it was modified.

Was there an official process or were they done locally?

[Ed Storey]

I am surprised there was never a Jiffy Iltis.

[rob love]

There was nothing "jiffy" about an Iltis. Even if you were just using the front axles, it would take you 20 minutes just to remove and install those allen head bolts from the drive axles.

Has anyone done a photi essay on what the vehicle is?

The first pair were done up for Canada's centennial celebrations in 1967. If you go to item 23 on the following PDF you can read more about the recent acquisition and creation of some more of them. http://www.rcemecorpsgemrc.ca/CMFile...s_Aug_2012.PDF

[Ron King]

https://www.britishpathe.com/video/jeeps-while-you-wait

[David Dunlop]

I saw the original come through Winnipeg in the 1967 Military Tattoo. It had a big write up in the paper describing all the mods done to make it work. The only one I can remember was the oil filter canister was converted to the operating fuel tank.

David

[rob love]

The CDN3 here also had that same modification. Everything was a combination of quick release pins, from the engine mounts to the spring mounts.

Myself and two others did the same thing with a Jeep, taking it apart at 2 in the morning and bringing it downstairs into the FGH armoury Jr ranks. We re-assembled it the next night. It was quite a surprise to the duty officer on the Sunday.

[Wayne Hingley]

Originally Posted by rob love

Myself and two others did the same thing with a Jeep, taking it apart at 2 in the morning and bringing it downstairs into the FGH armoury Jr ranks. We re-assembled it the next night. It was quite a surprise to the duty officer on the Sunday.

haha...Rob. That's almost too much of a shocker to even get in trouble over. Although since you guys had so much time on your hands (at 2am), Im sure they found other ways to put your very resourceful skills to use.

[rob love]

There was no trouble....the DCO, when the duty officer dragged him down (until he saw it the DCO was in disbelief) said it showed leadership. Unfortunately, I was no longer with the FGHJ at the time.

I was very tired the next morning, but I will have to tell you in person what happened that morning....it was not the kind of storey one tells on the internet. Needless to say, I ended up winning the golden hammer award for it.