From “Wheels Magazine” (via eBay) comes this 1960 review of an Australian CJ-6.
1960 Review of the CJ-6
October 11, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Features, Magazine This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Heinz History Center Blog: Jeep as a Lady
October 10, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features, Magazine This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
Check out this article from the Heinz History Center. It’s even pretty accurate (I have my quibbles, but you can’t explain everything in a short blog article). Thanks to Mike for pointing me toward the article.
http://www.heinzhistorycenter.org/blog/western-pennsylvania-history/see-the-jeep-as-a-lady
Here’s a neat magazine cover that I hadn’t seen previously:
This one you may have seen. It was going around Facebook:
These two pages from a 1946 magazine ad are likely for sale, since it appears the image came from here: http://www.thejumpingfrog.com/?page=shop/flypage&product_id=1088408&keyword=tomboy&searchby=title&offset=0&fs=1
1950s Jeep-A-Drill Brochure
October 9, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
UPDATE: Heres a photo showing a CJ-3A with a Mobile Drill, before it was branded a “Jeep-A-Drill”:
A page from Dave Antram’s collection.
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Originally posted October 2017: Mobile Drilling, Inc., produced this brochure about their Jeep-A-Drill product. there were there models (100-A, 100-b, 200), two powered by hydraulics and the cheapest one, the 100-A, powered by a hand crank.
Unusual Ambulance Jeep
October 9, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Features, Fire/Police/Industry Vehicles, Unusual • TAGS: Nice, Odd Body. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
UPDATE II: It’s now red and for sale again: http://www.ewillys.com/2022/12/25/1950-modified-cj-3a-celestine-in-10000/
UPDATE: It appears this jeep has been re-themed into a resort vehicle.
This unusual ambulance jeep was shared on Facebook. I’ve tracked down an additional photo that shows it’s got a standard gas inlet on the side, so I think this may have been a CJ-3A.
This vehicle is located in Vincennes, Indiana (still there??). I’d really like some better photos of this. I’ll offer an Alaska Or Rust T-shirt and my everlasting gratitude if someone could get some more pics of this unusual rig.
Photos: 2017 Southeast Willys Jeep Get Together
Buz shared some photos from yesterday’s 2017 Southeast Willys Jeep Get Together. He estimated there were thirty jeeps in attendance. http://www.southeastwillysjeepgettogether.com
This first pic is actually from Merlin Hansen. It shows Rick Palchoski (Old Jeep Carbs) holding a clinic at the event.
Here are Buz’s photos:
1950ish Canfield Wrecker Brochure
October 8, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features • TAGS: Canfield, Tow. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
I like this brochure. It includes some nice visuals of the Canfield Wrecker stowed in the back of the truck and jeep.
1960s White Automotive Soft Top Brochures
October 7, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features • TAGS: Soft-Top. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
White Automotive was based out of Colorado Springs, Colorado. The company sold different types of soft tops for a wide range of jeeps. They also sold tire covers, half-doors, spare-tire carriers, and other items. The brochures below are currently on eBay. The company also used the brand name Whitco and/or White Mfg. at times.
1. This one page brochure includes a dealer’s note.
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2. White Automotive’s bikini top and half doors.
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3. This is an example of a brochure that uses the brand name “Whitco”.
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Traci Clark’s Stude-A-Willys Article
It you haven’t read it already, check out Traci Clark’s Stude-A-Willys article over at the Four Wheeler Network. It’s nice piece about a CJ-2A powered by a Model 6-170 Champion Studebaker engine. The roller-chain PTO is pretty interesting, too!
http://www.fourwheeler.com/features/1710-stude-a-willys/
PHOTO CREDIT: Traci Clark & Four Wheeler Network
Kayline Brochures **SOLD**
October 6, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features • TAGS: Soft-Top. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
1.. These hardtops were produced out of Colorado, but also marketed by Kelly Manufacturing east of the Mississippi.
More Early Worman Brochures
October 5, 2017 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features • TAGS: Half-Top, Hardtop. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
I stumbled upon some more Worman brochures in my archives. I’d meant to include these in my Dispatcher article, but my not so organized organizational methods thwarted my best intentions. These are from either 1947 or 1948. It’s possible that these tops still exist, but are easily mistaken for the later Sears tops (at least, i could have easily made the mistake).
