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Tour-de-France Jeeps

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UPDATE:  This was supposed to be yesterday’s top post.  Well, it still works today.  Besides the below pics, here are some additional pics on Facebook.

Bruce and I exchanged a few emails about Elvis and jeeps.  I’m still not certain how, but after a few searches for Elvis, I found myself  learning more about the Tour-de-France and Jeeps. This was quite a fun search.  Elvis will have to wait until later . . .

This is a restored Tour-de-France jeep that may be an MB.  I found the photo below on Flickr:  http://www.flickr.com/photos/dprezat/3625273265/

 I found the photo below on Flickr: http://www.flickr.com/photos/clairemarine/5324818051/

There are many more smaller photos here, including what I believe is an article about the jeep.

Here are some pictures from Life Magazine, that can also be seen at G503.com

Here are some related toys — From Aplimodel.com comes this model:

This website had an older model of bike jeep:

 

You can buy the below diorama from Amazon.com UK:

 And here is a different variation of a diorama that was on eBay UK: 

The CJ-3B Page also has an image with four Tour-de-France Jeeps:
http://cj3b.info/Toys/FranceToys.html

 

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