Thanks to Maury, I was able to get this 1991 press packet off ebay and shipped for under $10. That’s a good day. It wasn’t clear to me all that was inside, but it turned out to be a heck of a deal. The three-page tri-fold stores photos, old press releases, histories, and a few miscellaneous items.
Here’s the front of the packet:
![jeep-pr-packet-04](http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2020/07/jeep-pr-packet-04-495x650.jpg)
These are the materials that are stored inside. There are four press releases, fourteen reproduction 8×10 photos, a 40-page AMC/Chrysler history, a jeep history that’s attached to the binder (see upper right corner), one March 1963 Jeep News front-page reproduction and a late 1940s wagon ad reproduction. Just the reproduction of the Willys Quad photo was worth the cost of this package (I’d never gotten around to getting one).![jeep-pr-packet-05](http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2020/07/jeep-pr-packet-05-650x366.jpg)
I haven’t read this history just yet, but wasn’t in a hurry as I’ve already read this book on AMC’s history:
![jeep-pr-packet-06](http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2020/07/jeep-pr-packet-06-442x650.jpg)
Here’s how the binder looks when opened. The jeep history starts at the page in the middle.
![jeep-pr-packet-15](http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2020/07/jeep-pr-packet-15-650x409.jpg)
Under the last page of the jeep history is a holder for all the photos and other documents:
![jeep-pr-packet-16](http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2020/07/jeep-pr-packet-16-650x389.jpg)
Here are two 1990s press releases (I only took photos of the front pages):
![jeep-pr-packet-17](http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2020/07/jeep-pr-packet-17-650x418.jpg)
These are two 1980s press releases:
![jeep-pr-packet-18](http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2020/07/jeep-pr-packet-18-650x413.jpg)
The press release on the left is from early 1942 and covers the changing situation with America’s entry into WWII, while the one on the right is from 1965:
![jeep-pr-packet-19](http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2020/07/jeep-pr-packet-19-650x411.jpg)
The Jeep News reproduction page from March 1963 is shown on the left. It includes a report on the name change from Willys Motors to Kaiser Jeep and the Willys-Overland Export Corp. to Kaiser Jeep International Corp. The reproduction wagon ad on the right is from 1948 and includes details on which magazine and dates it appeared (I wish I had that database of information!).
![jeep-pr-packet-20-lores](http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2020/07/jeep-pr-packet-20-lores-650x425.jpg)