By the time you read this editorial the National Jeep Jamboree will be just days away and I look forward to catching up with Jeepers who are attending. Well done to the Cherokee Jeep Club for hosting the event with just nine months of planning. We will start our coverage of the Jamboree in the next issue.

  Jeep Action magazine is now available as an online digital subscription. With postage prices so high for overseas subscriptions, Jeepers from around the world will now have an affordable way of viewing what is happening in the Jeep scene in Australia. If you visit Jeep web sites please tell them about the new online subscription and guide to our website www.jeepaction.com.au where they can view a free sample and subscribe.

  Earlier this month I attended the Marathon Spares parts auction in Tamworth NSW. Marathon Spares are Army Jeep specialists and held their last auction back in 2006. The big Jeep news from the day was the price paid for a Jeep restored by marathon. We believe the $36,500 paid for this well restored Army Jeep is an Australian record. The auction attracted buyers from all over Australia and New Zealand and we will cover the auction in next month's "Army Archives".

  This issue we have part two of Jeeps in the desert and Peter Toohey wraps up his article on importing M151A2s into Australia. Profiles include a TJ Wrangler, JK Wrangler and XJ Cherokee. We join the team at Jeep Hospital for surgery on two Wranglers, a Grand Cherokee, CJ7 and XJ Cherokee. There's model Jeeps, Tech Bits and more.

Enjoy
Michael Bowen