The arrival of the FJ-3s made the newspapers in a variety of states. This first article appeared in the February 02, 1961, issue of the Bridgeport Post out of Connecticut:
![1961-02-25-The-Bridgeport-Post-CT-postoffice-fjs2-lores](http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2020/07/1961-02-25-The-Bridgeport-Post-CT-postoffice-fjs2-lores-650x494.jpg)
February 02, 1961, The Bridgeport Post, Bridgeport, CT.
![Clipping from The Bridgeport Post - Newspapers.com](http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2020/07/1961-02-25-The-Bridgeport-Post-CT-postoffice-fjs-lores.jpg)
February 02, 1961, The Bridgeport Post, Bridgeport, CT.
This next article appeared in the October 04, 1961, issue of the Owensboro, Kentucky, Messenger and Inquirer.
![1961-10-04-messenger-inquirer-owensboro-ky-fjs-arrive-lores](http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2020/07/1961-10-04-messenger-inquirer-owensboro-ky-fjs-arrive-lores-693x1024.jpg)
October 04, 1961, The Messenger and Inquirer, Owensboro, Kentucky,
The Mitchell, South Dakota, Post Office may have only purchased one FJ, but it still made the paper:
![FJ-3 Fleet Van](http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2020/07/1961-11-09-The-Daily-Republic-MItchell-SD-FJ-arrives-lores-640x650.jpg)
November 11, 1961, The Daily Republic, Mitchell, SD.
Here’s an add for the followup model, the FJ-3A .It appeared in The Lawton Constitution out of Oklahoma on January 07, 1962.
![1952-01-07-The-Lawton-Constitution-OK-FJ3-arrives-lores](http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2020/07/1952-01-07-The-Lawton-Constitution-OK-FJ3-arrives-lores.jpg)
This is the more common version of the FJ-3A ad published across the country:
![FJ-3A](http://www.ewillys.com/wp-content/uploads2/2020/07/1961-12-20-arizona-daily-star-tuscon-FJ3-ad-lores.jpg)
December 20, 1961, Arizona Daily Star, Tucson, AZ.