10 Comments on “1961 Commercial Vehicle Sales Book on eBay”

1. Pascal December 6, 2015 at 3:16 pm

   It’s too late! I already bought one! ;-))
2. Dan December 14, 2015 at 7:56 am

   Dang, that went for nearly $300!

   Pascal, is there any info in your sales book on the Parkway Conversion or Traveller? I’d gladly send you some $ in exchange for some info. Dave E. has my email if that’s easier.
3. Pascal December 14, 2015 at 10:48 am

   Hi Dan, i will check it on lunch time. I will let you know.
4. Dan December 14, 2015 at 11:06 am

   Thanks Pascal. Much appreciated.
5. Pascal December 19, 2015 at 1:01 pm

   I did research it into a Jeep equipment catalog, into a Jeep approved special equipment, into a Product merchandising manual and into a Jeep commercial vehicles and i found nothing about the parkway conversion nor the traveller. That’s strange. Does it mean that it was strickly aftermarket and not coming from Willys?
6. Scramboleer December 19, 2015 at 11:40 pm

   Thanks Pascal. Very much appreciated.

   I wonder how Willys marketed the Parkway Comversion and Traveller then if they were excluded from those sales and marketing books.
7. David Eilers Post authorDecember 20, 2015 at 11:46 am

   I just checked for Parkway and Traveller in old newspaper ads, but didn’t have any luck finding ones using the google newspaper search. Apart from brochures, I’m not sure how they marketed them either.
8. Pascal December 23, 2015 at 11:31 am

   The main difference with a parkway and a normal wagon is the rear door, right? Does a parkway and a traveller is the same thing?
9. Pascal December 23, 2015 at 12:14 pm

   Ok, i didn’t really know what to look for and still….but i put pics of what i think is related to traveller on my Facebook page here;

   https://www.facebook.com/permalink.php?story_fbid=1192450510770006&id=464935890188142

   Is this interesting for you?
10. Dan B. (scramboleer) December 23, 2015 at 12:33 pm

    Thanks for posting the pics Pascal. Here’s a version of what I wrote over on OldWillysForum.com

    Parkway Conversions and the Traveller were both made from the regular Delivery and hence all the basic body/trim/etc. differences in the Delivery model over the years apply.

    Parkway Conversions were done at the factory or at the Willys dealer from the late 1940s to early 1960s to get around those delivery prohibitions that ban commercial vehicles. Basically the Willys factory or the dealer added fixed side windows to a slab-sided Delivery. I guess the thought was, if it has side windows, then it’s not a commercial vehicle and hence delivery restrictions don’t apply. Ha!

    The Travellers were just made in the 1960s In addition, the Parkways have fixed side glass (most Travellers have sliding side windows), and on the interior, the Parkway Conversions have the normal wagon rounded topped wheel wells (the Travellers have distinctive flat-topped wheel wells for the sideways jump seats).

    Parkways were largely purchased by small companies that did deliveries in restrictive suburban areas; many of the Travellers were purchased by the government, largely the US Forest Service or Border Patrol. Also, the 4×4 Traveller had an optional second tank behind the driver, a roof-mounted spare tire rack, and a diamond plate step between the rear bumper and the barn doors. I believe Paul Barry also said that the Traveller is the only one that has the decorative chrome side pieces.

    I may have missed something, but I think those are the basic differences between the Parkway Conversion and the Traveller.