1956 Dispatcher Newspaper Ad’s
There were 2 versions of this advertisement that were fairly common, The Hard Top and Soft Top (Convertible Top), there will be more on the Tops at the end of this post.
1956 DISPATCHER
1956 DJ Advertisement Soft Top (Convertible Top)
1956 DJ Advertisement Hard Top
1956 DJ
DJ Top Options
There were 4 top options available, I guess 5 if you count No Top for the “Basic”
Here is an article from 10-9-1956, I clipped out of FL…
DJ Mailer Brochure
Dave had posted a really cool summary page here….
But I will summarize them here as well from the additional ad I have referenced.
DJ-3A Basic
No Top, looks to have a single seat and open passenger side and rear cargo area.
DJ-3A Full Top
This is the actual DJ sent over by Dave that looks really correct for a Full Top version.
This has side doors and rear access, also has side windows. The only thing different is the physical shape of the rear window in the Sales Brochures it shows the rear window more rectangle, and this has a more trapezoid look to it and matches the design of the side doors and probably provides better viewing out the back.
DJ-3A Hard Top
DJ-3A Half Top
Here is a clipping of a DJ-3A Half Top
DJ-3A Soft Top / Convertible Top
This ad refers to this as a “Soft Top” the Sales Brochures list it as the “Convertible Top”, Has the same description in the article clipped above for the function of the Convertible Top.
