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1949 Sedan Delivery Brochure

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This sedan delivery brochure has the odd form number of PDCM1-3CM-949. It’s one of several early wagon brochures that had forgotten to post.

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1952 Photo of CJ-2A at Hobcaw Beach

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Nice shot of a CJ-2A at Hobcaw Beach in South Caroline.

https://cdm16016.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/collection/p163901coll005/id/454/rec/1

“In a 1952 photo two guests, one believed to be French artist Eugéne Blocaille (left), pose on Hobcaw Beach beside the Bellefield Plantation vehicle.”

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More on the Jeep vs. Peep Debate

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This January 15, 1942, article in the Amarillo Globe-Times highlights the continued debate concerning the jeep vs. the peep.

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August 1947 Ad From Canada

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This French-Canadian ad was published in the August 1947 issue of Le Bulletin des Agriculteurs.

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1944 Photo of Eisenhower in Jeep on eBay

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This press photo looks a bit staged, but still a goo photo of the General.

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“1944 Press Photo Allied Commander General Dwight Eisenhower in Military Jeep. This is an original press photo. General Dwight Eisenhower, supreme Allied Commander, sits at the wheel of his jeep as he prepares to drive to meet representatives of each Allied country to deliver his Christmas message to all Allied forces.Photo measures 9 x 7.25inches. Photo is dated 12-28-1944.”

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1950 Willys DeLuxe Station Wagon Brochure

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There’s no date or form number related to this colorful brochure. You’ll note that sometimes “Deluxe” with a small “l” is used and in other places “DeLuxe” is used. It may be the first brochure that highlighted the “DeLuxe” model (see a later one here).

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3 CJ-2A Photos From Pretoria, South Africa

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Mario posted these photo on Facebook. After using Google image search, I determined they may have originated on the website OMNIA, a site that aggregates digital collections (a site I’ve never seen before … looks like a useful resource for me).

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Painting of Coffee Plantation CJ-5 on eBay

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I’m not sure what this is worth. It is currently priced at a buy-it-now price of $92.

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“Wonderful artist rendering of CJ-5 Jeep. 1970s in a coffee plantation or cocoa plantation setting. (I’m thinking inspired by the popular TV icon Juan Valdez). Not sure if this was done for Ford Brazil or AMC given that Ford do Brasil built these for the South American market. In any event, this is a fantastic, original rendering on artist board of the era. You can see pencil lines underneath paint. I’m not an artist so I don’t know if it’s acrylic paint or watercolor or ???

Measures approx 16″ x 11″ and is in very good condition for its age. There Issa bit of very faint spotting in the yellow sky area but it’s barely noticeable; corners are bumped but framing will cover that. The blue strip at bottom of rendering appears to be painted tape.”

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1961 Photo of Jack Paar – Tux Park Window Display

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This is interesting, as this 1961 photo must have been part of the early introduction to the Tuxedo Park CJ-5 trim package concept.

https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1484597/

From the site: Photograph of a window display advertising for Jeep. A large sign in the middle says, “Newest PAAR star! New ‘Jeep’ Tuxedo Park, exciting new 4-wheel drive sports utility vehicle, see the new ‘Jeep’ Tuxedo Park in action on the Jack Paar show NBC-TV.” A small picture of Jack Paar is placed next to the sign in the window. Another smaller sign sits below the picture that says, “as advertised on WBAP-TV Channel 5.

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1949 Jeepster Brochure on eBay

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This hard-to-find April 1949 Jeepster brochure has a form number of VJ 3m-I-500M-4-49.

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“Original automobile literature, very good condition”

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