Magazine Research Archives

Jeeps filled magazines in various ways. Some magazines reported on brand new ‘Blitz Buggy’ and other important develops about the jeep during WWII. Others reported on the changing models during its civilian life. Still others showcased how jeeps were used and the modifications done to them.

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Fred “Fritz/Snuffy” Rowland’s CJ-2A

February 10, 2016 • CATEGORIES: Features, Magazine, Old Images This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Former Idaho cowboy and restaurant owner Fred “Fritz” or “Snuffy” Rowland (he was known by both nicknames) moved from Idaho to Beatty, Nevada, late in life to try his hand at prospecting. Fritz found uranium and gold, but nothing amounting to a big strike. His story was shared in the July/Aug Westerner Magazine in an article titled “Death Valley Gold Digs.”
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Toys for Boys from Women’s Day Magazine

December 13, 2015 • CATEGORIES: Features, Magazine, toys This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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Robin bought this detailed article on how to build a toy jeep for kids. Many thanks to him for scanning and sharing it. Check out the other items he has scanned and shared here.

Go here for all the pages published in Women’s Day Magazine: https://www.flickr.com/photos/alturusphoto/albums/72157659881261054

Below are a couple of the pages:

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1962 National Geographic Trip in Canyonlands

August 20, 2015 • CATEGORIES: Features, Magazine, Old Images Jeeping • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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For five days in July of 1961, then-Interior Secretary Stewart Udall, Canyonland-legend Kent Frost, and a posse of government folks toured the Caynyonlands area by jeep, boat and helicopter. The huge tour was Udall’s idea, which probably explains why National Geographic was invited on the trip. Udall’s efforts paid off with Utah Democratic Senator Frank Moss proposing Canyonlands National Park (learn more here). The bill was signed on September 12, 1964. What an amazing trip that must have been.

The National Geographic published the story in the May 1962 issue under the title, Cities of Stone in Utah’s Canyonland. The magazine only published one jeep photo, but they did include a map with tiny jeeps showing the route taken.

View all the May 1962 National Geographics on ebay

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Sidewalk Jeep Design from Popular Mechanics (Jeep for Sale)

June 13, 2015 • CATEGORIES: Artists/Drawings, Features, Magazine, Models, toys, Wood bodies • TAGS: . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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UPDATE: Harry Warholak’s father built a Sidewalk Jeep from the plans in Popular Mechanics when he was a kid in Detroit. Ten years ago he restored it. It spent a year at the Chrysler Museum. Now he’s interested in selling it. You can contact him at 586-996-4103 if interested. He’s located in Georgia.

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PREVIOUS POST (February 2013): This kids jeep design was published in the January, 1948, issue of Popular Mechanics and available for free at Google. It is powered by an electronic motor.  It looks as difficult to build than a standard jeep!  The notes added to this particular issue are interesting, too.  The top note appears to reference a 1949 Christmas Handbook that might also include these drawings.

View issues of Popular Mechanics, January 1948, for sale on eBay

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Directions for Muller Custom Top

June 12, 2015 • CATEGORIES: Artists/Drawings, Features, How To, Magazine • TAGS: , , , . This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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UPDATE: Hard to believe it has been almost three years since I published this post!

I discovered these directions for the Muller Custom Top in the August 1965 issue of Four Wheeler Magazine that we’ve seen on nicely modified Fresno area Jeeps.  I’m considering building one of these for Biscuit and selling my Kayline.

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Jeeps Article from 1953 Cars Magazine

April 8, 2015 • CATEGORIES: Features, International, Magazine This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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These old car magazines are such fun to explore. The August 1953 issue of Cars Magazine had an article about jeeps. The magazine also contained a strange story from Idaho about the Brink and a Half Club, which seems to involve dunking your vehicle into the Clearwater River. While the article claims US95 hugs the Clearwater River for 150 miles, according to wikipedia the Clearwater is only 75 miles long. I think the author may have confused the Clearwater with the Salmon River.

Finally, I’ve also included an odds-n-ends page which includes a Ford automobile testimonial by noted criminal John Dillinger and the earliest example of a double-ender vehicle I’ve ever seen.

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This is the full two-page jeep article blended together. The text can be read in the image below.

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Page 1 of the article.

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Interestingly, no mention of any asian companies jeep efforts mentioned.

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No mention of Vic Hickey made in reference to the top photo. This article from Car Craft does a much better job of covering Hickey.

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1942 Seagrams Ad w/ Jeep

April 7, 2015 • CATEGORIES: Advertising & Brochures, Features, Magazine This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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An ad for Seagram’s Five Crow whiskey appeared in the December, 1942, issue of American Legion magazine. The illustration is kind of jeep-like.

The American Legion has turned all of its back issues into downloadable documents that are also searchable online. Pretty handy! You can view the entire December 1942 issue here: http://archive.legion.org/handle/123456789/3774

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November 1953 Call of the Wild Jeep Article

March 28, 2015 • CATEGORIES: Features, GPA (SEEP), Magazine, Old Images, Old News Articles This site contains affiliate links for which I may be compensated.
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The November 1953 issue of Cars Magazine contained this two page article. Note the jeep on the lower right of page 2. See the rear extension box. It’s got a matching cover that connects with  soft top.

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This issue of Cars Magazine had a few more jeep references. Below are short descriptions  of an electric seep, a photo of right hand CJ-3Bs used by the Post Office, and a look at the rolligon.

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This short article shows one way to float a Mighty Mite.

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