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MB Wrecker Garage Sully in Paris

• CATEGORIES: Features, Fire/Police/Industry Vehicles • TAGS: , This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

French site credits Serge Hiltenfinck with owning (and probably restoring) this 1943 MB “Garage Sully”-branded tow jeep. This photo was taken as part of vintage car meet in Ostheim, Germany.

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” Serge Hiltenfinck had released this amazing Jeep wrecker from 1943, alongside the Daimler truck firefighters Jebsheim, which also dates from 1943.”

These two photos were posted to Flickr by Tobias Hartmann.

 
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Buster Keaton Lessons In Living Jeep Commercials

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I didn’t realize the Buster Keaton had done multiple commercials for Jeep under the brand “Lessons In Living”. Here are three that I found:

1 At the end of this commercial Jeep highlights the Hong Kong and Maverick TV series:

2. This is the most common version I’ve seen on line: 

3. You can depend on a service station jeep owner:

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1944 Photo of Jeep at Versailles **SOLD**

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UPDATE: The press photo at the bottom of this post appeared in at least one newspaper, The Daily Banner out of Greencastle, Indiana, on September 4, 1944:

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Original Post August 2014: How’d you like to be the person that drove the jeep to this iconic place?

” 1944 American Jeep Palace Versailles France Press Photo”

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Year? Traveller Ad

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This ad appears to have been on eBay for sale, but has since been sold. It popped up during a google search. The quality is poor as it wasn’t a smaller image, but I suspect this is a full page ad.

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1959 Free Jeep Knife Brochure

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UPDATE: I’ve added pics of Blaine’s father’s knife set at the bottom of the post.

This brochure let recipients know that they’d get a free knife if they went for a demonstration ride at the local Ross Motors, INC, out of Rockland, Maine.

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Blaine’s father received a knife set when he bought his 1959 CJ-5. It still looks in good shape sixty years later.

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Ten Billion Kilometers Ad from the Willys Export Co.

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This 1956 ad touting ten billion kilometers of transportation service is a rare ad promoted by the Willys-Overland Export Corporation only (no mention of Willys Motors).

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“This is an original 1956 print ad for Jeep! It measures approximately 14″ x 10″ overall, has no stains or tears, comes from a dry, high-altitude, smoke-free environment, and is strictly graded”

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1975 CJ-5 Bitely, MI eBay

• CATEGORIES: CJ5, Features, Other 4x4s • TAGS: This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.

UPDATE: Back on eBay.

This odd duck looks like a combination of a CJ-5 and a Topeka Hiway Mower. It’s a no reserve auction with a starting price of $2695.

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It started life as a 1975 Jeep CJ5 Chassis. As near as we can tell, it was converted when new into a street-sweeper by the PB Loader company (which is still in existence today). Sometime later in life, someone got the bright idea to remove the street sweeper broom and replace it with a 62 inch quick attach skid-steer style snowblower (Ford 715 Model). We understand that the PB loader company made a similar model for airport tug use.

You Tube Videos of machine in operation:
(copy and paste the links below into address bar to view)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsC5w8bmCB4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NuNN8o2xC4U

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1956 Ad for the FC-150

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This ad was published on December 13, 1956, in the Healdsburg Tribune by local jeep dealer Leo Frediana and Son.

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The next month a similar FC-150 Ad was published in the Madera Tribune on January 11, 1957, by the Slavich Brothers:

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1955 8 Reasons Why Ad

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This ad appeared in the December 15, 1955, issue of the Healdsburg Tribune out of Healdsburg, California.

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Plastic Rocket Jeep Toy From Greece $60

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This odd plastic jeep sporting a rocket includes the original box. Seller is accepting offers.

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UP FOR SALE VINTAGE RARE GREEK HARD PLASTIC WIND-UP MILITARY JEEP AIRFORCE BY ELVIP EARLY 70s MIB IN MINT NEVER PLAY CONDITION SEE PHOTOS FOR DETAILS.SHIPPING AND HANDLING $ 8 FOR GREECE $ 15 EUROPE $ 18 WORLD REGISTER.

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