UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay.
Here’s another refurbished jeep from Brigantine Beach. In regards to the seller’s answer to a buyer’s questions (see the ebay ad), while true the U.S. Air Force wasn’t formed until 1947, prior to that it was either the Army Air Corps (AAC) or the US Army Air Forces (USAAF). This jeep isn’t about accuracy. It’s about having some fun.
Then I got to thinking. As a point of discussion, is it a misuse of government intellectual property to paint on and resale something with USAF like this? I’m not that concerned about it, but I was just wondering if it’s technically legal. I might have to research that.
“U.S. AIR FORCE MILITARY STYLE JEEP
CJ-2A EARLY AIR FORCE FLIGHT LINE TYPE
ORIGINAL 6 VOLT SYSTEM WITH FLOOR START.HARD HALF TOP WITH DOORS AND WINDOWS,REAR CREW BENCHES,FRONT WINDSHIELD SWINGS OUT AND BRACES WORK.
U.S. AIR FORCE STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND JEEP
NEW :SEAT COVERS,STEERING WHEEL COVER,YELLOW LIGHTS,TOOL BAG,MIRROR,SHOVEL & AXE.
*NAVY SEABEE-MADE :REAR BENCH SEATS,ALL SEAT COVERS & HEADLIGHT GUARDS.”
Looks like a 3b to me?
yeah .. I got the wrong pic .. lol. Fixed.
The government is not in the intellectual property business. We paid for all their creative works so we own them. I’m sure there are exceptions, but I know that, for instance, toy manufacturers do not have to license the F-15 design to make a toy F-15 as you would a toy Chrysler. If it was illegal to dress up a jeep as an Army jeep there would be a lot of jeepers in jail!
using government and intellectual in the same sentence is a bit of an oxymoron, is it not?
U.S. Government intellectual property – I did a small amount of research on this several weeks ago for a project at work. My take was if you wanted to use the U.S. Marine Corp. emblem on your T-shirt or coffee cup for example, you are free to do that since public money paid for its design. However, if you wanted to use the emblem to manufacture T-shirts and mugs for profit, that’s a diffferent story.
I’m not expert by any means, that’s just what I gleaned from my small amount of searching.