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Here are a mix of photos thanks to Charles.
Dutch dealer Sieberg. Note the lack of a fuel inlet and the fact that there is a JEEP stamped on the hood, but the VEC 2A early windshield.
Nebraska Test
Colin swears this isn’t him, but that surrey looks suspiciously similar to his. In his defense, I will say I’ve never seen him wear that red outfit to any FC Roundups, though it would match his Jeepster’s color. (see his Jeepster and Surrey here)
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Bruce spotted this photo of a Ford convertible top on an MB/GPW. It seems to fit pretty well.
“Original Vintage Snapshot Photo Willys Jeep CJ Convertible Automobile Size is 3.5×3.5″ inches.”
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The October 26, 1943, Fox Movietone featured a one minute clip about a Toledo, Ohio, Fire Jeep. It appears to be built on a Willys MB Slat Grille. The clip appears at the 6:53 mark of the video. I managed to get a few still images:
http://digital.tcl.sc.edu/cdm/ref/collection/mvtnwarfilm/id/783
This is a classic.
“You are bidding on an original press photo of Toledo Farmers Using Vintage Willys Overland Jeep . If the listing shows thin red and/or green lines, they are the result of a bad scan & they are NOT on the actual photo. Photo measures 7 x 9 inches and is dated 7/10/1945.”
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This 1955 July Willys News article highlights the naming of a Navajo baby named Jeep Chee. My attempts to learn more about Jeep Chee weren’t very successful. I did find this odd movie script. There is a more extensive article about Gwen and Marvin Walter in the July 1958 issue of Desert Magazine.
I’ve never heard of a jeep tour through a sewer.
“1949 Press Photo Portland city commissioners went on a jeep tour Thursday
This is an original press photo. Portland city commissioners went on a jeep tour Thursday through new 1 1/2 mile sewer running undreground from Columbia slough to Oregon slough. In front, from left, are Commissioners Ormond Bean, William Bowes and Driver Chuck Odell, Commissioner Fred Peterson is at upper right.Photo measures 7.25 x 9.5inches. Photo is dated 12-30-1949.”
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That’s a happy hunter.
“Original 1959 Press Photo 2×2 Negative Muddy Jeep Hunting 12 Pt Elk Head”
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I found this interesting article from the St. Petersburg Times in 1994. Island Cruisers was a Clearwater, Florida, company that refurbished old right-hand drive postal jeeps for export to island countries where people drive on the right hand side.
Jan and Robin Stach started the company. By the time this article was written, the company had sold 35 jeeps to the Bahamas, Grenada, Aruba, the Cayman Islands and Cancun. They were generally used for rentals. The company had another 30 jeeps in process. The Stachs feel that demand was huge and they hoped to mature into a company capable of producing 500 jeeps a month.
Unfortunately, I didn’t find any additional information on how successful (or not) or for how long the company operated.
Note: Another company started about the same time on the west coast called Safari-Kars
