UPDATE: The two post cards at the bottom of this post were on eBay several years ago. I recently came across some newspaper clippings that give background about the Winter Park Villager tram’s purpose. The service began November 28, 1966, but I could not find an end-date.
This first article discusses the jeep tram’s beginnings:
This next article notes that Monday, November 28th, as the launch date for the jeep tram service.
This short article from March of 1967 describes some of the tram’s stops:
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This Winter Park Villager shows a DJ-3A Surrey pulling a matching trailer in Winter Park, Florida. One of these postcards is currently on eBay.
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Here’s another view of the same combo. One of these postcards is currently on eBay
Great find!
Looks like the 1963 Surrey with babymoon hubcaps & 13″ wheels.
I feel for those “3 leaf” springs.
reminds me of the jeep seen at
http://i247.photobucket.com/albums/gg152/64_Surrey/Surrey%20Gala%20Scans/sur-1.jpg
it too is the 1963 Surrey W/13″ wheels & babymoon hubcaps
Nice shot, really!