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These two items from the San Juan Scenic Jeep Trip business were on eBay, so I snagged them.
This postcards shows a FC Tour Jeep climbing a steep trail.
This tri-fold brochure is undated. It has some good photos and artwork. These first three images show the front side of the brochure.
This is the inside of the tri-fold:
Maury let me know that scans of a 1969 Jeep family brochure (Form 69-12) was posted to earlycj5.com page. There are three particularly interesting things to me about this brochure. Somehow, I never picked up a copy, so I found one on eBay.
1) The red CJ-5 shown with a couple “racing” it is a rare 462 model, perhaps it’s only appearance in a jeep-family-brochure;
2) the brochure doesn’t mentioned the model in the brochure; and
3) this jeep must have been part of a photo shoot (probably not really racing), because this brochure shows two photos of the same shoot and the 2018/2019 Dispatcher Magazine’s article on the 462 shows a third pic of the same jeep and couple.
Before the brochure, I’ll included the Dispatcher Magazine image:
Here is the full brochure as posted by Dave from the earlycj5.com website:
UPDATE II: Another carrier to add to the list thanks to Jim. This was a Husky-built tire and jerry can carrier.
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UPDATED October 31, 2019: More Tire and Gas Can carriers have been added to this post.
1. Con-Ferr offered various options in it’s 1970 catalog. A few of the mounts were made and sold by Con-Ferr. The pages also include a Bestop Tire Mount and another example of a Kayline tire mount:
2. This page from the 1970s Brian Chucha Catalog provides additional pics of the Kayline and the Con-Ferr carrier options:
3. Best Top Tire carrier from the late 1970s catalog:
Starting bid is $10. I’ve not listed another one of these, so I suspect they aren’t too common.
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“This is a vintage Wooden Nickel.
It’s from the Toledo Coin Club, Ohio.
1935-1960 Silver Anniversary
On the back is an advertisement for ‘Willys Motors, Inc’
Shows a topless Jeep in the center with ‘Beware of Imitations’ and ‘JEEP Universal’
It’s a real wood ‘coin’ .
It shows some color variation, either due to light staining or just the natural variations in the wood. (see photos)”
This (probably) rare matchbook comes from Porto Elegre in southern Brazil. It’s priced at $39, but seller is willing to consider offers.
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“Jeep Willys rare antique matchbook advertising vintage USA
Brazilian
Good condition
Very rare and collectible
Good condition
Shipping with tracking number and protected package”
This is priced at a ridiculous $275, so all I have are the pics from ebay.
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“RARE FIND, an original Kaiser-Willys News……Vol. 1, No. 3, published by the Kaiser-Willys Sales Division, Toledo, OH. Dated April 15, 1954 and featuring Kaiser-Willys automobiles of the era including Kaiser Darrin Sports Car, Kaiser Manhattan, Willys Aero, etc.”
Tom shared this sign for sale.
https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1776312639422359
“49 1/2″x 13 1/2″x 8″ 1 original Willys dealership flickering flashing sign”
I ran across these rare brochure on eBay. They aren’t in the best of shape, but better than nothing!
The first one became effective April 1, 1950, for The Willys Station Wagon and The Willys Jeepster. It is a simple four-page brochure with a choice of six palettes.
The second brochure does not include the Jeepster.This 1951 brochure gives a branding name to each color choice: Jamaica, Grand Canyon, and Caribbean. Note that this four-page brochure includes the Willys Makes Sense slogan from the Willys Makes Sense campaign the company implemented across it’s adverting in 1951:
UPDATE: It’s been almost nine years since I posted a series of Testimonials to the early jeeps that were part of a very rare early sales book. Most, but not all, included images. A friend of mine shared them with me. You can see them all here: http://www.ewillys.com/tag/1946-testimonials/
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Originally Posted September 16, 2013:
Here are several examples from Police Departments from the sales book:
And from New York City:
I can’t imagine there are many of these postcards left. It is 4″x6″
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