Recently I got a great price on 30+ Willys World news letters from 1974-1985. There were a few interesting nuggets in several issues.
One the cover of the March-April 1982 issue appears this Willys-Overland photo, taken February 2, 1950. The pic shows what W-O called a “Herman Panel Delivery Van”. The model-name itself is curious, as Willys had referred to the earlier (and later) versions of this van as a Package, Economy, or Delivery Van.
![1982-03-04-willys-world](http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2023/06/1982-03-04-willys-world-791x1024.jpg)
Herman was a van-body manufacturer, as this brochure shows. Note the dual windows on the door. This is similar to what the company designed for Willys-Overland.
![herman-gmc-van3](http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2023/06/herman-gmc-van3-561x650.jpg)
My guess is the Herman Panel Delivery van was a prototype. For some reason, it appears it was never a production model. However, Willys-Overland did work with the Boyertown and Montpelier companies to create a similar version in the late 1950s.
MONTPELIER DELIVERY TRUCK ARTICLE:
![Montpelier-body-delivery-truck-jeepnews1](http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2013/11/Montpelier-body-delivery-truck-jeepnews1-650x470.jpg)
Continue reading →