Here’s a Jeep Family Brochure I hadn’t yet seen. It sold on eBay.
August 1960 Jeep Family Brochure **SOLD**
January 1, 2018 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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1956 Kelly Mfg. 200 Series Brochure on eBay
December 31, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
What I find interesting about this brochure is that the front cover includes a small information bit noting that the Kelly All-Steel Jeep CAB was “KNOWN ALSO AS THE KEMCO CAB”. If the date is accurate, this suggests the shift in branding from KEMCO to Kelly around 1956.
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1959 CJ-5 Hardtop Brochure **SOLD**
December 31, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features • TAGS: Hardtop. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
UPDATE: SOLD, Was on eBay. As I understand it, this top was quietly manufactured for Willys Motors by Koenig, but never branded a Koenig. I am also of the belief that it fits both the CJ-5 and the DJ-3A, though the latter needs the windshield with ‘wings’ to fit.
This brochure makes it clear that the CJ-5 hardtop with sliding doors also provided an option for hinging the door instead. I think Mike might have told that was an option, but I’d never seen documentation of it until now.
Datasheets From 1958(?) on eBay
December 31, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
This is a series of datasheets from circa 1958 on eBay. The start prices are $12 each.
1962 Station Wagon Brochure
December 28, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
Here’s a look at the May 1962 Station Wagon Brochure purchased off of eBay.
1962 Utility Wagon Brochure
December 28, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
Here’s a July 1962 brochure highlighting the latest features of the Jeep Utility Wagon.
1951 Jeep Family Brochure
December 23, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
This brochure highlighted the Hurricane Engine. It folds out to a colorful overview of all the models.
1954-1955 Dealer Price Sheets
December 23, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Documents, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
I bought these on eBay as part of another purchase. Perhaps the most interesting about them are the ambulance prices and standard equipment included (last set of docs), as there seems to be very little info about those left.
Issued November 1954:
Issued May 1955:
Issued November 1955:
1960ish Las Brisas Jeep Rental Card W/Map
December 19, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Artists/Drawings, Features • TAGS: Surrey. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
I found this neat little card from the Las Brisas resort on eBay. Folded up, it’s about the size of a post card. The illustrated side advertises pink jeep rentals in English and Spanish. The other side shows a map of the area (here’s a google map link). It’s meant to sit on a table or desk.
1945 CJ-2A Memorial Press Brochure
December 16, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
I thought I had a good chance to win this one on eBay, but it slipped away at the last second buy a second bidder. Anyway, it’s a souvenir program of the first national press event for the CJ-2A. Here are some photos.
1963 Tonka Ad with Surrey on eBay
November 20, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features, Old Images • TAGS: Surrey. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
The January 1963 issue of Playthings Magazine included this neat Tonka ad. I tried to find a full issue of Playthings Magazine on eBay, but there weren’t any 1960s that I could find. I suspect this is probably a rare ad.
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CJ-5 Tie Clip Longview, WA **SOLD**
November 18, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features • TAGS: promotional-items. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay.
If I wore ties, I’d snag this.
“1960s Jeep original dealership showroom salesmans promotional gold colored tie bar, size 2 inches, condition is good, any questions please send an e-mail, USA shipping will be $4.00”
Poster/Brochure Purchased on eBay
November 15, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
When I purchased this brochure on eBay, I didn’t expect it would unfold to such a large size! Even better, I got it using “make offer” on eBay for only $16. Here is how it unfolds:
And then the inside … this one is worth making some posters.
6 Early Wagon Ads **SOLD**
November 10, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
UPDATE: **SOLD** Were on eBay.’
These six ads are $9.95. Not a bad price.
“SIX original 10×13″ magazine ads in very good condition.”
1946 Jeep Testimonial w/ Hay Baler
November 7, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features, Old Images • TAGS: 1946-testimonials. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
Another satisfied customer.
Forty Acre Jeep Snow Plow Test
November 4, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features, Old Images, Old News Articles • TAGS: Jeep-Willys-News. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
This article appeared in the February 1955 issue of Kaiser Willys News.
January 1955 Jeep Sales Optimism
October 29, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features, Old Images • TAGS: Jeep-Willys-News. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
This article highlights how optimistic Willys was going into 1955.
1955? Hardtop Brochure on eBay
October 26, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features • TAGS: Hardtop. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
UPDATE: Here’s another one of these rare brochures for sale. Thanks to Bill Norris and Derek Redmond for the extra pics. This brochure has been for sale on the same eBay pager for four years. Its on sale at the moment.
This unusual fiberglass hardtop was created by the Reinforced Plastics Corp. I have yet to see one in the wild. Two journal articles (Chemical Week 1957, Volume 81 and National Defense Transportation Journal 1957, Volumes 13-14) both have announcements for the new top, pegging its inception around mid-1957. Unfortunately, Google will only provide snipped views of these University of Michigan scanned journals. The date of these journals suggests the lister of this brochure is probably wrong about the 1955 date for the brochure.
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Jeep Utility Wagon Brochure
October 23, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features, Willys Wagons This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
I snagged this early 1950s Jeep Utility Wagon brochure off eBay. It took some time to find an inexpensive one. It came with a small bundle of other brochures.
October 1954 Optimism at Willys Motors
October 19, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features, Old Images, Old News Articles • TAGS: Jeep-Willys-News. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
This October 1954 photo and caption from Kaiser Willys News underscores how confident Willys Motors was about the coming year and their new CJ-5 model. About this time there was an explosion of new brochures and mailers, so Willys Motors did what it could to generate excitement about the commercial and utility market.
1960’s Jeep Sign (Paper) on eBay
October 19, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
This is a neat piece.
“1960s Jeep original dealership showroom two sided paper sign, size 15 by 17 inches, condition is good, any questions please send an e-mail, USA shipping will be $8.00, overseas at extra cost.”
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Maverick Dealer’s Contest Award on eBay
October 15, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
This is some kind of award related to dealers and the Jeep-Maverick partnership. Anyone know more? Seller describes it as a “Maverick Sponsorship ERA”
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Porcelain Jeep Engine Sign **SOLD**
October 15, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
UPDATE: **SOLD** on eBay.
Cool sign. Bidding is up to $307 already. No description or size estimate provided.
Heinz History Center Blog: Jeep as a Lady
October 10, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features, Magazine This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
Check out this article from the Heinz History Center. It’s even pretty accurate (I have my quibbles, but you can’t explain everything in a short blog article). Thanks to Mike for pointing me toward the article.
http://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/blog/western-pennsylvania-history/see-the-jeep-as-a-lady
Here’s a neat magazine cover that I hadn’t seen previously:
This one you may have seen. It was going around Facebook:
These two pages from a 1946 magazine ad are likely for sale, since it appears the image came from here: http://www.thejumpingfrog.com/?page=shop/flypage&product_id=1088408&keyword=tomboy&searchby=title&offset=0&fs=1
1950s Jeep-A-Drill Brochure
October 9, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
UPDATE: Heres a photo showing a CJ-3A with a Mobile Drill, before it was branded a “Jeep-A-Drill”:
A page from Dave Antram’s collection.
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Originally posted October 2017: Mobile Drilling, Inc., produced this brochure about their Jeep-A-Drill product. there were there models (100-A, 100-b, 200), two powered by hydraulics and the cheapest one, the 100-A, powered by a hand crank.
