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Here’s a neat story from the Reading Eagle out of Reading, Pennsylvania.
This was taken at Fort Sheridan, Illinois, and published in the Milwaukee Journal on March 12, 1942
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This photo and caption was published in the Toledo Blade, August 13, 1943.
I think the author is overstating just how many muscles kids will get by operating this jeep. It was published by Montreal Gazette in 1973.
This March 1956 from Willys News details the story of how a huge payload led to the sail of a jeep.
The December 1955 issue of Willys News shared their dealer success stories (you’ll have to click on the ‘continue’ button below to read them).
This wagon was driven by American Red Cross worker Helen Corken. It was featured in the December 1955 issue of Willys News.
This December 1955 Willys News article shows a jeep exiting a fireplace in a Florida Jeep dealership. It looks too big for Santa to bring down the chimney, but a flat fender would have fit 🙂
UPDATE: Originally published 12/13/2011
Bruce provided this research on Surreys and found a picture of this very rare Surrey. Of the DJ-5 Surrey he writes, Only 30 were built on what looks like the dj platform. It looks to be 2wd using the full ‘JEEP’ wheel cover, rear spare, steps, 60/40 seats up front & rear seat, daffodil yellow & white interior & candy striped yellow & white top w/fringe.
According to the Saskkatoon Star Phoenix June 17 1968: “For many years a familiar sight south of the border particularly at southern hotels & resorts, the ‘Jeep’ Surrey has been introduced to Canada, Kaiser Jeep of Canada Limited, Windsor, Ont has produced 30 for a special program. Painted daffodil yellow & white interior, its chief characteristic is a yellow & white candy striped fringe top. It can also be outfitted w/fully-enclosing convertible top for winter motoring.”
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was eBay.
This has some great information.
“Original 1958 Willys Newspaper “Booster News” With Expiermental Millitary Mule”
This photo was featured in the May 22, 1946 issue of The Bulletin out of Bend, Oregon.
This article from the December 1955 Jeep News shares the growth of Bosemer Plumbing and its use of two different Jeep-A-Trenches. Note the serial number of the very early trencher: 11C-915. I never would have guess that was one of the first ones ever built!
Carl Baklaar was a veteran signalman for Pere Marquette Railroad. He used a CJ-2A as his maintenance vehicle. Looks like a Kemco cab?
This August 4, 1945, article in the Toronto Daily Star shares the story of an overseas soldier mailing home a jeep in pieces. Perhaps more impressive, a second soldier was mailing home an entire dental office.
This December 1955 Willys News article described the purchase of forty CJ-5s by the Circus Ice Cream Company of Houston, Texas. Do those hub caps look unusual?
This December 1955 article in Willys News shared the news of this specially equipped hunting jeep for “famous sportsman” F. Trubee Davison.
No photos with this article, but it’s an odd bit of jeep news about former President Eisenhower. It was published i the December 1955 issue of Willys News.
This 1985 article in the Daytona Morning Journal shared the story of Ted Tieder, a man who began selling ice cream in 1937 and was still selling it in 1985.
I found this story published in the Spokesman-Review December 1, 1945.
The St. Petersburg Times published this article in 1942 about the war bond drive. Purchases of bonds got the chance to ride in a jeep.
The photo below appeared in a 1958 article from the Spokesman-Review. The article below comes from a November 29, 1956 article in the Toledo Blade that announced the FC’s introduction.
The Smoky Mountain Jeep Club’s annual Boy Scout trip was reported on by Jeep News in 1966 through these three photos.
In 1966 the Jeep News Magazine reported on a 14,000 mile trip by Mr. And Mrs. J. Th. van Reijsen of the Netherlands.
This was one of several articles published about atomic tests and Willys vehicles. This article was published in the April 1955 issue of Willys News.
