Freiburger's Pic of the Week: Snafuperman

[cjforumadmin]

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[PatricksDad]

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IIRC, the P-38 was the first from the Skunkworks team.

Read "Beyond the Horizons" if you haven't already. Kelly Johnson was one amazing dude.

[oldrustycars]

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Dick Bong was from Wisconsin. There was a highway rest area near Racine, Wi. named after him. I understand the highway department finally stopped replacing missing "Bong Recreation Area" signs, stolen by local potheads.

[Silver68RT]

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There's a Richard Bong Heritage Center in Superior, Wisconsin. I saw the sign while I was driving from Detroit to Winnipeg a couple of years ago, and I had to stop.

http://www.bongheritagecenter.org/

Here's some pics of the P-38 they have, painted up in his markings.







I haven't read that book, but Kelly Johnson was a genius. The P-38, the F-80, the U-2, the SR-71 - that's one hell of a resume.

[chryco63]

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Friz Freleng... I recognize that name from the end credits of Looney Toons cartoons.

[mustang13]

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DF, I remember hearing somewhere that the name Jeep came from a character on an old cartoon at the time of WWII, maybe Popeye? I think it was on the History Channel on a show about 4x4's. That would be the perfect "noseart" for the Jeep. I've used noseart as a search on Google Images, there are some bitchin' ideas out there.

[Freiburger]

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This is Eugene the Jeep

[mlcraven]

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SNAFUPERMAN...I love it. My daughter is about to marry a character like that. And there are several of them in the office where I work.

That really is a good example of the golden age of animation -- before it went all high-tech with the advent of computers.

[ch1ll]

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Bong Recreation Area is the old nike missle sight in southeastern Wisconsin. It's also not far from Great Lakes Dragaway and drag racing legend Broadway Bob Metzler.

[Freiburger]

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Anyone recognize Pvt. Snafu's voice?

[Brian Lohnes]

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Mel Blanc

[Huneycutt]

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So are there colored cells for these cartoons locked up in a vault somewhere?

[King Matt]

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Bong Recreation Area is the old nike missle sight in southeastern Wisconsin. It's also not far from Great Lakes Dragaway and drag racing legend Broadway Bob Metzler.

Bong Recreation Area. I snicker every time I drive past that sign. It never gets old.

[mustang13]

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This is Eugene the Jeep

So is Eugene in the running for the side of the Jeep. I think he just needs to be toughen up a bit.

[tiresmoke!]

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Bong Recreation Area is the old nike missle sight in southeastern Wisconsin. It's also not far from Great Lakes Dragaway and drag racing legend Broadway Bob Metzler.

Bong Recreation Area. I snicker every time I drive past that sign. It never gets old.

Same here....gonna see it tomorrow, got a load headed to Milwaukee.

That sign, along with the Mars Cheese Castle, 2 of my highlights when going up that way....well, that, and Uke's H-D...that unique "display" is WILD.


I've seen the "Snafuperman" nose art before, just didn't know the back story to it.

Way cool.