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Here are two different stories from two issues of Popular Mechanics comparing the size of a M-38A1 to the Mighty Mite.
1. Popular Mechanics May 1953 on Google Books | Purchase a copy of the magazine on eBay
2. Popular Mechanics March 1954 Page 140 on Google Books | Purchase a copy of the magazine on eBay
Here’s an interesting article published in the May 1953 issue of Popular Mechanics. I don’t remember running across one of these. Interesting that they chose to use a VEC CJ-2A rather than a later model jeep. This issue also includes an introduction and comparison between the M-38A1 and the Mighty Mite.
Popular Mechanics – May 1953 – Page 65
There is an issue for sale on eBay as well form only $5.25
The September 1947 issue of Popular Science has this cool picture of a truck powering a saw.
Popular Science – Sep 1947 – Page 111
The March 1944 issue of Popular Science has an article about the “Seagoing Jeep” and an article about the Tugg.
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You can also view this issue at Google books. This is the link to the Sea Going article:
This is the link to the Tugg article:
I like the motion in this illustration.
“Original illustration (painting) on board (not paper). See blue ruler and oatmeal container to estimate size. It’s LARGE, and in nice shape! Probably done for a 1960s or 1970s men’s magazine.”
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The August 1941 issue of The Ford Dealer News includes this image of a Ford Pygmy. There are a variety of articles and other photos also.
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I found this February 1944 article on fire-fight testing at Willys Overland. You can view the whole issue on Google.
After reading the Blitz Buggy article last night, I read through the remainder of the 1943 Liberty Magazine. I found one of the articles very interesting, though it has nothing to do with jeeps.
Called “Motoring in Germany”, the article describes how gas rationing led to the conversion of automobiles into “gazogenes”, or vehicles powered by wood, gas, charcoal, and coke-burning. The cars either towed trailers or had washing-machine sized attachments added to the back. Here’s the page below.
As promised, I’ve scanned and posted a 1943. I have updated the earlier post with the scans.
I received the June 19, 1943, issue of Liberty Magazine today. The magazine was published in Toronto, Canada from 1924 – 1950. My issue includes an article written by Willys Overland’s President at the time Joseph W. Frazer and titled “The Amazing Blitz Buggy”.
Having read the article, I’m still surprised he claimed the official name of the vehicle was “General Purpose Car”. You can see that claim in the highlighted portion of the article. That explain why the term “General Purpose” has been used in numerous historical descriptions about the jeep.
Click on the images below to get larger, readable versions of each page.
Looking for USDA jeeps I found these two different plows used for fire fighting in the late 1940s/early 1950s.
The “V-shape plow” was featured in the August 1949 issue of Popular Mechanics:
This plow was featured in the May 1951 issue of Popular Mechanics on page 151.
I received the June 19, 1943, issue of Liberty Magazine today. I bought it because it has an article titled “The Amazing Blitz Buggy”. I don’t have time to scan it tonight, but should have it read, scanned and posted in the next couple of days. But, I did want to make a quick comment about it.
Having glanced at the article, two things surprised me. One, it was written by the President of Willys Overland Joseph W. Frazer. Two, he claims the official name of the vehicle was “General Purpose Car”. You can see that claim in the highlighted portion of the article. That could be the reason the term “General Purpose” vehicle has been appeared numerous times.
UPDATE: Was on eBay.
This issue of New Liberty Magazine was published April 24, 1943. The colors still looks pretty vibrant.
UPDATE: **SOLD** Was on eBay.
This is the first I’ve heard of this magazine. It’s called SAGA: Adventure Stories for young Men. One of the articles in the magazine is about the Jeep.
“Saga Magazine from July 1960
Cover by Phil Ronfor
JOHN EISENHOWER’S DILEMMA Jack Harrison Pollack
MOONSHINE MILLIONS AI Silverman, art by Paul Webb
WE ARE IN THE HANDS OF GOD A. A. Hoehling, art by Ed Valigursky
GOING GOING GONE! Carl Winston, art by Paul Granger
THE INCOMPARABLE JEEP Jack Orr, art by Phil Ronfor and Bill Mauldin
THE NINE LIVES OF CHARLIE DRESSEN Charles Dexter
DODGE CITY Charles Hewes, art by Brendan Lynch
THE PURITANS RAISED A LITTLE HELL Jacquin Sanders, art by Charles Waterhouse
STORMING THE BEACHES
Barbara Valentine – Rosana Schifaffino, Nadja Regin, Isabel Sarli, Vanda Hudson
GET ME ED WILLIAMS! AI Toffler
TARGET – FORT FISHER Howard Goshorn, art by Ray Houlihan
Specifications
Approximate size is 8.25 x 11 inches”
I spotted this brief note about the four-wheel-steer Bantam BRC-40 on page 167 of the May 1946 issue of Popular Mechanics. Why it appeared five years after it was built seems a little strange. I can’t imagine the army keeping this model top secret for any reason. Maybe they needed some filler for the issue?
Here is a link to the Google page that shows the whole article
This “Topless Top” article appeared in the March 1966 issue of Four Wheeler Magazine. Given the top was made of plexiglass, I suspect it is unlikely there are many remaining (if any). I have bid on the issue, so I hope to have better images and more information if/when I win it.
From the April 1974 Issue of Popular Science comes this comparison of winches of the time. The analysis included the chart below coupled with three examples of creative winching.
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Creative solutions for winching:
Comparing mechanical and electrical winches:
Here’s a rare magazine that shows Hitler falling out of a jeep.
“JUNE 1943….MOTOR AGE MAGAZINE…FOR AUTOMOTIVE SERVICEMEN……GREAT COVER SHOWING HITLER FALLING OUT OF JEEP…..SOME SOILING AND WEAR AND A CREASE DOWN THE CENTER, BUT GREAT OLD MAG… PAGES ARE WHITE AND BINDING STILL TIGHT…LOTS OF GREAT OLD ADS….GREAT OLD AUTO MAGAZINE….”
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Steve alerted me to this magazine. Has anyone else seen other copies of this magazine?
“original factory magazine , 8.5 x 11 , 16 pages , this is the July August 1955 issue of Willys Globe Trotter factory magazine . It was printed by the Willys Jeep Export Division , it shows dozens of Jeep vehicles around the world and has an interesting 2 page article on the atomic test in Nevada in 1955 and the many Jeeps that were used after the test .”
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Popular Science published an article on September 25th about this 1962 Wagon, updated on the inside, but stock on the outside. Below is a picture of the same wagon with Gerald and his kids in front of it at this year’s Bantam Festival.
I searched for single issues of the Nov 1992 magazine on eBay, but didn’t have any luck.
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I’ve seen a variety of PTO items, but this is the first Corn Binder I’ve seen. This short reference was published in the January 1946 edition of Popular Mechanics.
These photographs of Border Jeeps come from a Septmeber 1949 article in Mechanix Magazine. You can read the entire article here.
In this picture you can clearly see this is a CJ-2A. It didn’t take them long to customize the bumper.
The first image below appears to show a MB. I’m a little surprised it doesn’t have a top for shade like the other border jeeps I’ve seen. The second picture is likely a CJ-2A based on the bas tank inlet.
In the January 1950 Issue, Modern Mechanix took the Jeepster and Station Wagon for test drives. Below is page 1. You can see all the pages at the Modern Mechanix Blog. In summary, the review isn’t all that flattering.
http://blog.modernmechanix.com/mi-tests-the-willys-jeepster-and-station-wagon/
Part II of the Don Prine ‘Old Man’ Story can be read in the September issue of JP Magazine. It has also been published online at this address: http://www.jpmagazine.com/featuredvehicles/154_1209_the_old_man_and_the_jeep_part_2/
Here’s a picture Marty took during the interview. Don Prine is on the left, Christain Hazel in the middle, and Herm Tilford (Herm the Overdrive Guy) on the right.
View more pictures of the meeting here: http://www.pnw4wda.org/forums/showthread.php?t=2630
You can view Part 1 of the Don Prine Story at JP Magazine
I purchased this small article about a Jeep Jamboree in 1957. The event was held on South Padre Island in the Gulf of Mexico off Texas. This two page spread has pictures and a bit of info on the action. As soon as I get my scanner working again, I’ll larger versions of this.
