Monthly Archives: December 2012

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Craig’s Pic of the Week: “Need Traction. Ask Red.”

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Craig found this photo from the August 1956 issue of Willys News

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The Last Chancer: A Jeep Train in Helena, MT

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The Last Chancer, a wooden train built on a jeep platform, is documented at the Helena History Museum.  You can view additional pictures at the Museum page.  A Last Chance Train still exists, but has been upgraded.

In this early picture taken in 1954 you can see what appears to be a CJ-3B peering out from it’s enclosure.

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Here is the Train as of 1957.

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The Last Chancer made an appearance in the 1956 issue of Popular Science on page 104:

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Telluride, Colorado, postcard with jeeps

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Check out the unusual set up on the back of the green CJ-3B.  Does that jeep have a rack over the top, too?  This postcard shows at least 6 jeeps.

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1957 Fold-Over Postcard on eBay

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Here’s an unusual postcard.

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