That’s a lot of people!
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Photo of Jeep and Trailer Carrying Troops on eBay
October 19, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Jeep Sign Golden Gates, FL $75
October 19, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
Not perfect, but still a neat piece.
“JEEP dealer sign,1970’s.this is an original sign that was once illuminated from behind,It is missing the centre out of the ‘P’ but this can be fixed with paint or vinyl.approx 5’long and 3 ft height. Collectors item”
http://fortmyers.craigslist.org/col/clt/4720063767.html
‘Jouncing’ Pulltoy Jeep Plans
These pull toy jeep plans were published in the January 1944 issue of Popular Science by C.W. Bertsch.
10,000 Vets Seek to Buy 1,588 Jeeps
October 18, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old News Articles This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
In June of 1946, around 10,000 Veterans appeared at the Benicia armory in the hope of buying one of the 1,588 WWII jeeps for sale. The article was published in the June 25, 1946, issue of the Utica Daily Press (pg3).
DJ-3A Dispatcher Newspaper Ad
October 18, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, DJ-3A, Features, Old News Articles This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
Here’s a DJ-3A Dispatcher Ad from January 6,1956, published in the Herald Statesmen in Yonkers, NY. If you lived in Elmira, New York, you’d have seen the same ad, but with a price that was over $200 more ($1583)! Carmel, New York, had the best price at $1249.
This ad was published six years later in a 1962 issue of the Herald Statesman.
Louisiana Pharmacies Use DJs for Deliveries
October 17, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images, Old News Articles • TAGS: Jeep-Willys-News. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
DJ-3A Dispatchers were used by several pharmacies in Louisiana.
Another Pharmacy Uses a DJ Dispatcher
October 17, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images, Old News Articles • TAGS: Jeep-Willys-News. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
Here’s another pharmacy using DJs for drug deliveries.
1942 Photo of WAACS on a Jeep Ride
October 17, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images, Old News Articles, Women & Jeeps This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
This photo was published in the August 19, 1942, issue of the Courier-Express. The caption is interesting, in that the woman driver of the jeep had driven ambulances for the Chinese back in 1932!
1945 Photo of Jeeps near Marseille on ebay
October 17, 2014 • CATEGORIES: Features, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
The caption notes that both jeeps and men were readied in Marseille for trips to the Pacific Theatre.
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Kreisher Drug Store DJ-3A Dispatchers
October 16, 2014 • CATEGORIES: DJ-3A, Features, Old Images, Old News Articles • TAGS: Jeep-Willys-News. This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
The DJ’s ‘fleetness of get-away’ was one reason Kreisher purchased these dispatchers. There had to be faster vehicles than the DJ!
