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John helped me locate this short video from 1963 showing one of Cornwall’s surf rescue teams. In it, these brave young men demonstrate how they utilize their specially modified jeep to perform rescues. Baywatch it aint!
View the video here: https://www.britishpathe.com/video/jeep-lifesavers-aka-lifesavers
This September 17, 1949, article in the Green Bay Press-Gazette states that the four-wheel-drive wagon evolved out of a military special order for four-wheel-drive-wagons. I’ve run across that fact previously, maybe on a brochure?
The 2021 Willys Reunion has confirmed it will take place May 21-22 in Aurora, Ohio, this year. My lovely bride and I won’t be able to make it, but hopefully we’ll be more settled in 2022 and can visit at that time. Maybe we can even bring one of our jeeps next time!
Charles shared this 1945 photo from Udem, Germany, showing a British and Canadian forces, along with a of couple jeeps, one with a permanent looking top. What’s the vehicle in the lower right?
Here are some military photos that appear in various library databases.
1. This first one shows a jeep that was dug out from an avalanche in the Grand Tetons:
“lack and white photo showing a Jeep vehicle after being extracted from an avalanche at Glory Bowl in the Teton Range, Wyoming.”
PHOTO CREDIT: Ted Majors and the University of Utah Digital Library Collections
2. Here’s a solider welding jeep fenders:
3. This 1947 photograph appears to be a Swedish family surrounding the family MB:
PHOTO CREDIT: https://jlm.kulturhotell.se/items/show/143021
4. This 1947 photo from Sweden shows the same jeep as above. It seems like some of the folks from the top photo also appear in this one?
PHOTO CREDIT: https://jlm.kulturhotell.se/items/show/142944
This is a great vintage ad for the Jeep Caravan ‘Free Show’. That’s a nice touch with the fire jeep shooting water up the side of the ad. This appeared in the November 6, 1947, issue of the News and Observer out of Raleigh, North Carolina.
This 1942 Americar Brochure includes a page that shows the Willys MA. I dropped out of the bidding at $30. I’ll keep my eye open for a cheaper version of this brochure.
Here’s the page with the MAs on it.
The following images might show the entire brochure in the correct order. Note the page showing the Americar’s “Willys Chassis” … anyone know how similar this was in size to the wagon chassis?
