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This nice looking truck has been upgraded with a Superhurricane engine, along with a Hurricane badge. No description provided.
https://cars.ksl.com/listing/7038373
For 17 grand there should be a thorough write-up. It is on a rather obscure website. I’d be interested in finding out more about that Hurricane badge.
Denny: I was curious about that Hurricane emblem, too. I imagine it came out when the engine was introduced in 1950, but that’s just a guess. My searches online didn’t yield any additional info. Looks like that will be a future post.
Vernon: That’s a good question!
powered by the famous the famous hurricane engine ? — that would the the f-134 or the f-161 ?
maybe i have dyslexia ? dyslexia ? does anyone think that emblem was made by willys overland ? ?
I have a new theory; after some searching, I found the phrase “Powered by the famous Hurricane engine” in a Willys Aero Ad. So, possibly, this wasn’t a jeep thing, but a Willys Aero thing. Given the ad was from circa 1954, it would have been a Willys Motors thing. I’ve also found two other examples of the emblem. I’ll do a post on this in a couple days.
– Dave
I stand corrected. It looks like the phrase was used in a 1953 ad, likely produced between the buyout offer and the conclusion of that process.
i have never seen a willys vehicle with that emblem on it — the fact it says ” the famous hurricane engine ” would mean it was made after the hurricane engine became famous ? 1951 , 1952 , 1953 ? — maybe its magnetic ? put on a willys aero temporarily in a willys showroom ? — i have a willys sales kit with cardboard or paper emblems they would put on jeeps in the showrooms , emblems for the shifters , high , low , front axle gear shift , etc — i still have 2 willys aeros ( falcon , eagle ) so i like the aero angle …