UPDATE: This was originally posted May 17, 2014.
1946 Testimonial from Maine
November 30, 2023 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Documents, Features • TAGS: 1946-testimonials.
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Testimonials: Williams Brothers Engineers
UPDATE: This was first posted February 13, 2014.
The testimonial is good, but the picture less so.
Testimonial: Willys of Providence
UPDATE: This was originally published November 03, 2013.
Here’s another testimonial, this time from Willys of Providence, Inc.
Barrington Radio Service Testimony
November 11, 2023 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Documents, Features • TAGS: 1946-testimonials.
UPDATE :This was published October 03, 2013:
This photo is neat, but I wish the paper had been a little thicker so the words didn’t show through.
Willys Sales Corporation MN Zone Letterhead on eBay
Here’s an interesting item: 9 pages of letterhead from Willy’s Minneapolis Zone, priced at $9.93.
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“1958 Willys Jeep 4 Wheel Drive Vehicles Letterhead from Willys Minneapolis Zone – Nine (9) Sheets one price. Measures 8.5″ x 11.0″, showing some yellowing and shelf wear.”
1982 San Juan Scenic Jeep Tour Brochure
This quad-fold 1982 San Juan Scenic Jeep Tour brochure shows two newer jeeps with rear seating like the FC-tour jeeps, along with one vintage chopped wagon.
Testimonials: Davis Farm Contracting
Originally Published Feb 12, 2014: Davis Farm Contracting tried everything, but a jeep proved the most satisfactory vehicle for their company.
1967 Jeep-O-Rama Colorado Booklet on eBay
Other than a few ads, it isn’t clear what’s inside this booklet or how many pages it is.
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“Vintage 7th Annual National Jeep O Rama 1967 Denver Colorado.”
Testimonial: A Jeep on Cemetery Duty
UPDATE: This was first published just over 10 years ago on October 17, 2013.
This testimonial comes from a cemetery in Springfield, Massachusetts, that espouses the lawn-friendliness of the jeep.
Dating PTO Gearboxes
Marcelo Boni assembled a series of images that separate rear PTO gearboxes into eight types. 1) I didn’t know there were that many and 2) I never thought to do this. Unfortunately, this is currently on Facebook, so not everyone will likely see it.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/18657808157/permalink/10160989656268158/
He wrote, “After a post on the CJ2A forum a long time ago
“Dating a rear PTO gearbox”
I started gathering pictures of Rear PTO gearboxes. I was expecting to identify the box period correct for my 1952 CJ3A.
I found 8 different variations.
Early ones are 24/20 tooth configuration.
When does the tooth config have changed to 22/22?”
If anyone knows the answer to that questions, I’ll make sure he gets the info.
1952 Texaco Lubrication Charts for Jeep and Truck
These are scans I made of a reader’s Texaco lubrication charts years ago. The first one is for the CJ-2A and CJ-3A. The second one is for the 4WD Truck.
1957 Ad and Merchandise Bulletin for Jeep Pens and Pencils
UPDATE: I just purchased a set of these off of eBay. The box has a little tear, but the pen and pencil are in good shape.
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Originally posted January 26, 2021:
Mike shared this September 6, 1957, announcement sent to all dealers about the new Eversharp ‘Jeep’ pens, pencils and sets, now available with the Forward Control ‘Jeep’ FC-170 illustration.
CJ-5 Dealer Letter
Toby purchased a 1966 CJ-5 from an original owner and found this letter inside the owners manual. Note the last paragraph (no coverage for squeak and rattles, lol).
Sept 1960 Ad and Merch Bulletin
I believe this is the first Advertising and Merchandise Bulletin that I have owned (or even seen). I bought several of these together on eBay. The particular one details the “600 series” of tri-fold brochures available during 1960 (which is one of those nagging issues I’ve always wondered about .. how many brochures were made). So, this answers that question. There were only 13 in that series.
When I get a chance, I’ll add links of images to this post.
1956 Warn Hub Manual
I have been going through a whole two stuffed Willys Motors Equipment Books and documents as part of trying to organize the stuff I’ve purchased recently. I was surprised I hadn’t noticed this Warn manual when I first when through the books. I suspect (hope) I find some other cool items. This brochure has a form number of SR-456-4, which possibly means it was produced in April of 1956, but this is a version 4 of the manual.
Vintage Jeep Posters Middletown, CT $20-$800
Bill shared this link to the seller of a variety of posters. I’ve bought some of his rare items off of eBay. I’d spring for the 5 Great Willys Values poster if it wasn’t ripped. I’ve only run across one other.
https://hartford.craigslist.org/atq/d/middletown-vintage-original-ww2-and/7617596731.html
“WORLD WAR 2 ORIGINAL POSTERS, AND MANY WILLYS JEEP RELATED POSTERS.
PRICES VARIED ACCORDING TO AGE, SIZE, AND CONTENT.
ALL POSTERS AND RELATED JEEP ITEMS ARE ORIGINALS AND IN GOOD SHAPE.
SOME ARE FRAMED AND SOME ARE NOT.
SOME OF THE SIZES OF THE ITEMS ARE LISTING IN THE PHOTOS ON A PIECE OF PAPER ON THE ITEM.
PRICES RANGE FROM $800.00 TO $20.00
WHEN RESPONDING PLEASE INCLUDE A PHONE NUMBER TO DISCUSS POSTERS OR RESPONSE WILL BE DELETED.”
Testimonial: Davis Farm Contracting
UPDATE: This was previously published August 25, 2013.
This and other testimonials are from 1946 and were combined into a sales binder used by Willys Overland salesman.
This particular testimonial is by Davis Farm Contracting, Company, of Albany, Georgia.
1959 Surrey/Gala Press Release on eBay
This press release package is currently at $29.50 with three days to go. It’s unclear if this is a complete press kit or a partial one (seems partial to me given there is only one photo). The date on the photo suggests this kit may have been release September 16, 1959.
What’s interesting to me is that the 2-page document on the left is one of the few documents create by Willys Motors that explains that the new Surrey is the name of the model released domestically and that the Gala is the export name, though no explanation is given for the difference.
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Here is the document I mentioned. See the last sentence on the second page for the link between the Surreys and Galas>
This is caption for the photo. Note the date at the lower left hand corner 9 16 59.
1964 Jeep Dealers Point Award Catalog $39.99
This unusual jeep dealers point-award’s catalog on eBay has a buy-it-now price of $39.99. It’s an unusual item for sure. My understanding is that dealers (or sales folks?) earned points in various ways that they could redeem for items in the catalog. There’s a pretty extensive choice of items!
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“HERE IS A REALLY COOL AND QUITE RARE FIND!!
THIS IS A 1964 WILLYS JEEP DEALERS FAVORITE SPORTS CATALOG OF AWARDS…AN INCENTIVE PROMO FROM THE KAISER JEEP CORPORATION TO THE TOP DEALERSHIPS!! THIS LARGE ISSUE COMES IN THE ORIGINAL ENVELOPE ADDRESSED TO: MR. SIMON REDNOR FROM REDNOR & RAINEAR AUTO SALES OF TRENTON, NEW JERSEY…
THE ENVELOPE SHOWS AGE/USE WEAR, ALONG WITH SOME HAND WRITTEN PENCIL NUMBER TOTALS ON THE BACKSIDE..THE CATALOG
FEATURES SOME REALLY COOL MID CENTURY MODERN GIFTWARE, COOKWARE, SMALL & LARGE APPLIANCES, FURNITURE, WATCHES, JEWELRY, TOYS, GARDENING, CLOTHES AND MORE!!
PLUS THE VACTION SPOTS!!…THE CATALOG IS IN VERY GOOD CONDITION WITH SOME NORMAL AGE WEAR & THAT OLD PAPER SMELL..A WONDERFUL ADDITION TO YOUR WILLYS JEEP COLLECTION OR MID CENTURY MODERN COLLECTION!!”
Roscoe Turner Testimonial for Jeeps
March 11, 2023 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Documents, Features • TAGS: 1946-testimonials.
UPDATE: This was originally published Aug 30, 2013.
Famous barnstormer and racing pilot Roscoe Turner endorsed the jeep in this 1946 letter.
Police Department Testimonials from Toledo & NY
December 12, 2022 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Documents, Features, Fire/Police/Industry Vehicles • TAGS: 1946-testimonials.
UPDATE: It’s been almost nine years since I posted a series of Testimonials to the early jeeps that were part of a very rare early sales book. Most, but not all, included images. A friend of mine shared them with me. You can see them all here: http://www.ewillys.com/tag/1946-testimonials/
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Originally Posted September 16, 2013:
Here are several examples from Police Departments from the sales book:
And from New York City:
Pulaski Motors Jeep Dealer Plate Topper and Docs on eBay
Cool bit of info, but the price is steep! I especially like the flier.
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“For sale is a vintage Pulaski Highway Motors, Willy’s Jeep Dealer, license plate topper, sales brochures and sales invoices. The topper has great color and graphics. The topper is 9 1/2″ x 3″. The papers are a nice piece of history.”
Bendix Willys Radio Service Manuals on eBay
I ran across one of these manuals, then a search led to other years of this brochure. Below is information from eBay on the 1961, 1963, 1965 and 1966 manuals:
1) 1961 This is a COPY of the Bendix Radio Service Manual for Willys Motors (but at least it shows the pages) (or there is this original version for much more):
1946 Press Release Packet for the ‘Jeep’ Station Wagon
I thought I would score this incredibly rare July 24, 1946, Willys-Overland Press Release packet for the ‘Jeep” Station Wagon so I could share its contents with everyone, but $302 wasn’t high enough (it sold for $308). So, congrats to the winner. I did win a few other cool items though.
It’s construction and elements is similar to the previous year’s CJ-2A Press Release packet, documented here: http://www.ewillys.com/tag/1945-07-21-press-release-kit/?orderby=date&order=ASC&more=1
1970s Sears Installation Docs
This documentation came from a friend. It accompanied a Sears Deluxe hardtop, though for some reason it shows the simpler hardtop instructions. Maybe the owner of this document lost the rest of the instructions? Either way, this might be useful to someone.
