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To: Lost1 who wrote (4955)	12/6/2001 9:12:55 AM
From: Patrick Slevin	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23786

You have obviously never been to Lodi.

To: Lost1 who wrote (4955)	12/9/2001 2:03:15 AM
From: Lodi	Respond to of 23786

<<Ps--you ain't really stuck>> Jump like a Willys in 4WD! arts.ucsc.edu Made by the Overland Automotive Company, this jeep-type vehicle is no longer in production. This note from a reader: Dear Mr. Dodd: Just happened upon your amazing site while off surfing a fabulous trip of strings on the web. Thought I might be able to contribute a nugget of info. Re: Sugar Magnolia, "jump like a Willys in four wheel drive". . . Always one of my favorite lyrics for its obscura. When the Willy's jeep first came out, there was some type of maneuver, or trick, that an experienced driver could do to make the vehicle actually "leap", jump, or catch air, somehow. details are sketchy, but there was an article in Smithsonian magazine which refers to the idea, and has a great picture of an airborne jeep to boot. I haven't done much research on this one, but I've seen the "jumping" trick with the Willy's jeep referenced a few other times. (in WWII histories) I can't however, determine how it was done, or what the origin of the story was. Perhaps it was a clever marketing ploy. Truly a wonderful piece of ephemera. Your website may be the coolest free thing I've ever seen. I'm certainly going to buy the book. lead on. regards Mike Mnichowicz Milwaukee, WI I checked into the article Mike mentions, and it appeared in the November 1992 Smithsonian, for anyone interested in pursuing the details.