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October 1950 Salesbuilder

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Sadly, I lost this auction, mostly because I was busy with Ann’s newest raised bed garden (almost finished). Anyway, it appears a bidding war boosted this rare issue to $40 and change. Thankfully, the seller published  photos of all the pages.

This issue contains a little mini brochure in the middle titled “Used Car Salesbuilder, a Common Sense Review”, which might have been related to the 1950 ongoing “Willys Makes Sense” ad campaign.

Note the ad for what looks-to-be an Al-toy wagon on the last page.

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May 1949 Salesbuilder

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This issue May 1949 Salesbuilder has seen some better days, but the info matters more to me than the condition. The cover boasts about “smooth” the new Jeepster is, but I never discovered what was so “smooth” about it, unless the company was referring to the new fabric top?

Most interesting to me was the pic on the last page, lower right. It shows the Palmer Dealership sitting right next to a Koenig sign, leading me to wonder if somehow the two businesses were related at some point? I knew both were out of Houston, but it never occurred to me that they might be connected.

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How to Sell Your 1950 Jeep Wagon

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Unsure what points to stress when you sell your 1950 Jeep Wagon? The March 1950 Sales Builder noted 49 different items you could advertise. Thanks to Pascal for sharing this document!

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Custom Made Hunting Jeep (Jeepster?)

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UPDATE: II: Thie Buick shown below was featured in the Jan 1950 issue of Popular Science (pg 99)

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http://books.google.com/books?id=vSwDAAAAMBAJ&printsec=frontcover&source=gbs_ge_summary_r&cad=0#v=onepage&q&f=false

UPDATE: Javier provided the following information. I guess there was some competition among the ranches? Below are two photos of other hunting vehicles.

He wrote, This is very similiar to one of the hunting cars used on the King Ranch. The Kenndy Ranch mentioned in the arcticle is adajcent to the King Ranch. Below is a picture of the car made for the King Ranch. (From this link to the University of Texas)

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Here’s the hunting wagon from Texas featured on eWillys a couple years ago (seems I’ve deleted the original post related to it:

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David Silberman forwarded this unusual photo from a rare April 1951 issue of Willys Salesbuilder. This one looks like it might have been build on a Jeepster platform.

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From this same issue are these two parade float photos:

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Salesbuilder Magazine from Willys Overland

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I spotted and purchased it on eBay today.  There were three other issues, but I got outbid with a few seconds to go on the rest.

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