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Importantly, the allure of buying a project jeep can be romantic. The reality of restoring a jeep can be quite different, expensive and overwhelming without the right tools and resources. So, tread carefully when purchasing a "project". If you have any concerns about buying a vintage jeep, or run across a scam, feel free to contact me for help, comments or concerns .
1955 Station Wagon brochure form W-221-5 (see W-221-4, predecessor to this brochure):
This 24 page brochure is labeled form W-992-5. An article about the brochure was published in May 1955 issue of the Willys Dealer News.
This 1954 brochure is form W-993-5.
Here’s a brochure (Form 471A10) that I missed on eBay last year (and that I’ve never seen).
Text from eBay ad: “This listing is for a Rare Vintage 1947 Universal Jeep Book titled Jeeps or Tractors in the Farm Plan. This booklet is 17 pages, measures 8×10, made in USA, form 471A10. This book compares using a tractor to a Jeep on the farm. The item “RARE Vintage 1947 Willys Jeep or Tractor Brochure Farm Plowing Comparison Book”” (from this page)
I’m not sure how much these signs run these days.
https://southjersey.craigslist.org/atq/d/paulsboro-willys-sign/7053326937.html
“From the 40s! 8 out of ten in quality! We have had this for decades! 675 dollars or best offer.”
These images of Form W-229-5 are from Troxel.
Here’s the complete newspaper for the December 1954 issue of the Kaiser Willys Booster News.
UPDATE: The early version of this brochure (form SD-203-4) can be found here.
This form W-203-5 was part of the 1954 family of brochures.
This 24 page brochure, W-1772, is a little large for my scanner, so I’d put off scanning it. A few days ago I was investigating various large format scanning strategies (bigger than 12″x9″). Below is a test of some free IOS software from Evernote. It’s not perfect, but it sure was quick and I could see using this software when going over old documents at a library, stuff where time is more important than performance.
I might also try one of those new overhead. portable book scanners, though some of these require your computer to provide Admin access, which is a little suspicious (especially since a couple users noted that the unit was causing communications to occur to China).
Anyway, once I get a large format scanner, I’ll get some better scans of this one.
