This article for sale on eBay comes from the October 9, 1949, issue of Railway Age. It shows four different pictures of a jeep doing different railroad related tasks.
Magazine Research Archives
Dec 1977 Issue of Willys World **SOLD**
Home Craft’s “Town & Country” Conversion
Robin just posted pictures from the June 1950 Issue of Home Craft’s “Town & Country” Jeep Conversion. This was a two issue project.
He posted high resolution versions of this transformation on FLICKR.
Here are some of the images:
What About the New Farm Jeep?
This article was published in a 1945 issue of the Country Gentleman Farmer. I can’t figure out which issue it was.
Feb 1948 Home Craft Magazine Wood Topped Jeep
I spotted the cover of the February 1948 issue of Home Craft Magazine here. I’d like to find an issue to more closely examine the article and the plans. I haven’t found an issue for sale yet.
Jeep Sling from the 881st Ordnance
I spotted this article about slinging a jeep on LoanSentry.com. Apparently, during WW2 the folks in the 881st Ordnance were slinging plenty of jeeps, enough that they created a system for it and published the results in
You can view a variety of the ordnance documents at vmpa.ordnanacereproductions.com. It looks like a cool resource.
June 1943 Popular Science “This Jeep Can Swim” Article
Popular Science published a January 1943 article with a variety of GPA / SEEP pictures, including a nice breakdown of the dashboard (handy for my description of a seep dashboard in my upcoming book).
Welders on the Battlefield from Popular Science
Here’s an interesting article in the May 1945 issue of Popular Science about welding on the battlefield that includes several references to using jeeps as portable welding units. There is a copy on eBay for only $5.99. Here are a couple images from the article:
The Last Chancer: A Jeep Train in Helena, MT
The Last Chancer, a wooden train built on a jeep platform, is documented at the Helena History Museum. You can view additional pictures at the Museum page. A Last Chance Train still exists, but has been upgraded.
In this early picture taken in 1954 you can see what appears to be a CJ-3B peering out from it’s enclosure.
Here is the Train as of 1957.
The Last Chancer made an appearance in the 1956 issue of Popular Science on page 104:
December 1943 Hit Magazine on eBay
Apparently, this issue of Hit Magazine includes Jeep Jokes. However, the price of $20 makes the issue less appealing. Anyone have this?


















