This photo appeared in the 1955 Willys News. That’s an interesting bumper.
Jeep-Willys-News Research Archives
1955 Jeep Sales Success Stories
The December 1955 issue of Willys News shared their dealer success stories (you’ll have to click on the ‘continue’ button below to read them).
Eastern Flood Relief in the 1950s
This wagon was driven by American Red Cross worker Helen Corken. It was featured in the December 1955 issue of Willys News.
Santa Fireplace Display
This December 1955 Willys News article shows a jeep exiting a fireplace in a Florida Jeep dealership. It looks too big for Santa to bring down the chimney, but a flat fender would have fit 🙂
June 1958 Booster News **SOLD**
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was eBay.
This has some great information.
“Original 1958 Willys Newspaper “Booster News” With Expiermental Millitary Mule”
Bosemer Plumbing and Their Trenchers
This article from the December 1955 Jeep News shares the growth of Bosemer Plumbing and its use of two different Jeep-A-Trenches. Note the serial number of the very early trencher: 11C-915. I never would have guess that was one of the first ones ever built!
Carl Baklaar, Signalman w/ a Jeep
Carl Baklaar was a veteran signalman for Pere Marquette Railroad. He used a CJ-2A as his maintenance vehicle. Looks like a Kemco cab?
Circus Ice Cream Company’s CJ-5 Jeeps
This December 1955 Willys News article described the purchase of forty CJ-5s by the Circus Ice Cream Company of Houston, Texas. Do those hub caps look unusual?
Special Florida Hunting Jeep
This December 1955 article in Willys News shared the news of this specially equipped hunting jeep for “famous sportsman” F. Trubee Davison.
Eisenhower’s Jeep Horn at his Gettysburg Farm
No photos with this article, but it’s an odd bit of jeep news about former President Eisenhower. It was published i the December 1955 issue of Willys News.



















