UPDATE: Mark found this photo which seems like it could have been taken at the same time the video was shot: https://www.morrisonhotelgallery.com/photographs/T9XmZX/Neil-Young-Broken-Arrow-Ranch-1971
Mike spotted this video of Neil Young driving his 1951 Jeepster. Unfortunately, I cannot embed the video, so a screenshot will have to make do. You can see the video snippet of the Jeepster at the start of a video with Neil Young playing “Old Man”. It appears the old man rancher that inspired the song can also be seen.
I believe this is the same Jeepster that Vernon (and his aliases) have mentioned over the years. Neil’s Jeepster has the Lightning (inline 6) engine. It also has the JEEP brass tag and a 673 has the emblem, plug Vernon’s overdrive solenoid.
Per Vernon, “noted rock star NEIL YOUNG opted for the 51 — in 69 he drove it from LA to his new ranch in LA HONDA , guitars in the back , gold records , the TURTLES drummer JOHNNY BARBATA rode shotgun — he had to get out of LA and hide in the wilderness , people were picking him apart”
… and …
“NEIL YOUNG wont drive his fossil fueled classic cars anymore — he’s went utterly , completely GREEN ( listen to his GREENDALE album ) — his 1951 WILLYS OVERLAND JEEPSTER PHAETON is now a ” museum piece ” gathering dust”.
Neil Young in his 1951 Jeepster. Standing next to it looks like David Crosby to me.
Oh yeah, that’s Cosby for sure! Great picture and merry Xmas everyone. Hope alls well out West Dave and you guys are enjoying a nice relaxing Xmas day. We just watched a foot of beautiful snow get washed away over night literally here and what a bummer for Xmas eve and day that was!
HOLA , FELIZ NAVIDAD — THATS ELLIOT ROBERTS STANDING BY THE JEEPSTER — NEIL YOUNGS LONGTIME MANAGER — HE DIED LAST YEAR , 6-21-19 , SUMMER SOLSTICE — ADIOS AMIGOS
P.S. — IN BOTH PHOTOS YOU CAN SEE NEILS BARN ( WHERE HE RECORDED HIS HIT ALBUM ” HARVEST ” ) — HIS HOUSE ( MANSION ) IS TO THE RIGHT OF THE BARN , IN THE TREES ( REDWOODS ) NEXT TO A LAKE — THIS PROPERTY WAS UP TO 1000 ACRES AT ONE POINT — THEN NEIL SOLD SOME OF IT OFF — ITS 200 ACRES + – NOW — HE GAVE HIS DEAR WIFE PEGI THE PROPERTY IN A DIVORCE SETTLEMENT , 30 MILLION BUCKS WORTH , HALF OF NEILS NET WORTH ( CALIFORNIA LAW ) — THEN DEAR PEGI DIED OF CANCER JANUARY 1 , 2019 — SO SAD — THEIR CHILDREN NOW OWN THE PROPERTY , BEN AND AMBER — BEN RAISES CHICKENS THERE AND HAS A THRIVING EGG BUSINESS ( VERY EXPENSIVE PSYCHEDELIC EGGS , $10 A DOZEN ) — HES CONFINED TO A WHEELCHAIR WITH CERBRAL PALSY — WE HAD A RANCH SOUTH OF HERE IN PESCADERO , ITS NOW OWNED BY TOM STEYER , THE PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE BILLIONAIRE — NEIL YOUNG HAD QUITE A FEW JEEPS ON THE PROPERTY , A WW2 ARMY JEEP THAT WAS THERE WHEN HE BOUGHT THE PLACE , A WILLYS TRUCK WITH A CHEVY V-8 , THE 1951 JEEPSTER AND SEVERAL MORE JEEPSTER PARTS CARS IN HIS OUTSIDE-ART WRECKING YARD — THEN OF COURSE HE HAD THE REAL VALUABLE CARS — 53 BUICK SKYLARK , HEARSES , MERCEDES UNIMOGS , OLD CADILLACS ON AND ON — NEIL LOVES HIS CARS — HIS LATEST FAVORITE IS HIS 1959 LINCOLN CONTINENTAL MK IV , ITS CONVERTED TO A HYBRID VEHICE , ITS CALLED ” LINCVOLT ” IT HAS ITS OWN WEBSITE — I THINK NEIL IS LIVING NEAR TELLURIDE , COLORADO NOW , NEW WIFE DARYL HANNAH HAS PROPERTY THERE , AND THEN DOWN IN MALIBU — I AM PATERNING MY NEW RANCH AFTER NEILS BROKEN ARROW RANCH , THOUGH I HAVE A LOT LESS $$$ AND NO MOVIE STAR WIFE OR GOLD RECORDS , BWAHAHAHA !! — CIAO