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This wagon was driven by American Red Cross worker Helen Corken. It was featured in the December 1955 issue of Willys News.
Quite amazing to see a woman driving a 4 wheel drive wagon in this time frame.
Can’t say how common it was for the ladies of that era to drive Willys Wagons, but I am aware all my aunts could drive a standard trans , and several had, in fact mastered 4WD for use in our upstate New York winters. Weather didn’t matter as much back when your vehicle weighed tons and had actual snow tires and/or chains and likely a little sand onboard for spreading under drive wheels. I don’t know if my grandmother was fearless or clueless, but nothing much stopped her 52 Studebaker sedan from its appointed rounds. Some tough folks !
Most women of driving age in the 40s and 50s would have learned how to drive on a stick shift back then. My mom, who was English, never drove a car until the mid 1950s, learning how to drive on a 48 Step Down Hudson with a three on the tree, then she drove a 49 Chevy station wagon with three on the tree. If the vehicle had 4WD, most women would have been able to figure that out. In the 50 + years since, all of us have gotten used to the stab it and steer process and let the car’s computer controlled transmission do all our thinking for us. My wife could drive my 304 powered 74 CJ5 when we got married, but hasn’t driven a stick shift since she talked me into getting a more family oriented sedan not long after.:( But, she doesn’t drive my 4 speed Corvette or my Buick powered Jeepster with a Muncie 4 speed or my stock 4 cylinder three on the tree, 1960 DJ3A Surrey. As long as her Yukon gets here where she wants to go, she is happy. A happy wife makes a happy life! Happy, Happy, Happy !
HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL YOU JEEP NUTS OUT THERE AND A SPECIAL HAPPY NEW YEAR TO DAVE AND ANN!