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1943 MB Totnes, England £13,000

July 17, 2022 • CATEGORIES: Features, MB, Sedan-jeep • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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This modified jeep has benign storage for about four decades. It’s supposedly a Metamet prototype, so, if true, this should be of interest to Metamet fans.

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/859266711715886

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“Its a ww2 jeep converted to a saloon , please study the pictures carefully, note the wings, the bonnet the grill the interior, floor pan, engine bay etc etc is a willys mb jeep chassis and running gear , the jeep was originally built in 1943 first registered for road use in 1958, when the conversion was done is aprox 1966 this is the only one in the world , converted by Metamet as a prototype just one of this style built and never went into production despite showing on the brochure as the metaplan, its the swb version so the chassis has not been lengthened. Continue reading →

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September 1954 Jeep Jaunts Article Out of Virginia

July 15, 2022 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images, Old Images Jeeping, Old News Articles This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Chris shared this article from September 09, 1954, about jeeping in Virginia. The article’s page was rolled a bit when scanned, so the title isn’t completely clear, but I believe the headline should be “Jeep Jaunts Over Rugged Mountain Trails is Now Popular Sport in Gap”.  Thankfully, better pics from this article were posted to Facebook.

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Jeepney Phase-Out Plan Illustration

July 15, 2022 • CATEGORIES: Artists/Drawings, Features • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Artist Roni Santiago created this illustration as a comment to the Philippine phase-out of the Jeepneys (posted by Mario to FB). It seems to be a riff off the Bill Mauldin illustration of the solider with a gun pointed at a tired old jeep.

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Bill Mauldin’s famous illustration (as reprinted on the cover of the Nov 1992 Smithsonian):

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And as seen in a sculpture at the Shidoni Gallery near Sante Fe:

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Virginia Chicken Coop Car Find Includes CJ-2A

July 14, 2022 • CATEGORIES: CJ-2A, Features, videos This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Bill shared this article about a Virginia chicken coop that housed a variety of vehicles, including a CJ-2A. Apparently, most of the vehicles (included the 2A?) are for sale.

https://www.hotcars.com/check-out-this-virginia-barn-find-with-ferraris-pontiac-gto-javelin-and-other-rare-cars/

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1963 Masonite Contest Jeep Wagoneer Prize

July 14, 2022 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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This 1963 ad by Masonite planned to award a 1963 Jeep Wagoneer as the grand prize as part of a drawing. To enter, contestants had to go to fill out an entry form describing five ways to use Masonite hardboard products. Unfortunately, I could not determine who won the jeep.

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This ad for the contest appeared in the July 04, 1963, issue of the Brockway Record out of Pennsylvania:

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Mike’s Work Fleetvan

July 13, 2022 • CATEGORIES: Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Mike shared a newspaper ad related to his job as a newspaper carrier. He purchased and drove a Jeep Fleetvan to deliver the newspapers.

He writes, “I drove this Jeep Fleetvan for many years, working for Suburban Newsdealers, Clifton NJ. Back then, (late 70’s early 80’s) there was “loose talk” about newspapers being delivered to your home by computer, nobody believed it.

This was a company I worked for in the late 60’s, in NJ common practice to have motor routes home delivering close to 1000 copies a day. The guy I worked for had 2 fleetvans, one for parts. Both eventually ended up in the junk yard up the street from where I worked. I wanted to drag it home but no place to store it, besides, my dad would of had a S__T fit.”

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2020 Fall Colors Tour Day 4

July 13, 2022 • CATEGORIES: Features, videos This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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This video highlights the Day 4 adventures from the Fall colors tour in Colorado.

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March 1962 Ad for Crescent Contest — Jeep Tow Truck Prize

July 13, 2022 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Here’s an unusual contest prize: a new jeep truck with a tow package that included a Canfield wrecker setup along with a Canfield push plate on the front. This grand prize was awarded to the person would created the best cartoon featuring “Wiry Joe”. The Crescent company was the maker of Wiry Joe automotive wire and cable products. It tried to find out more, but all I could unearth was that someone in Rhode Island won one of the cameras.

The ad is priced at $19.97, while the whole magazine can be purchased for $10.99 (or less).

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1955 & 1956 Willys Motors Ads Aimed at Dealers on eBay

July 13, 2022 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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UPDATE: Here’s another dealer-oriented ad, this time from 1953:

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Originally published May 27, 2022:  I’ve never seen these ads. They appear to be focused on dealers. It’s unclear where these were published. The seller has a variety of other more standard, consumer-oriented ads.

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1958 Cutlas Power-Lock Brochure

July 12, 2022 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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This brochure is from 1958, which might make it one of the earliest brochures. It was posted to Facebook by Richard Harper, which came from Sam Higginbotham.

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