Vintage Willys pictures

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More from DPLA.

1. Roy Fisher's Willys Jeep dealership. Photo by Meyers Photo Shop, Oklahoma City, 1950, c/o Oklahoma Historical Society. (All I can say is "wow." Also, it looks to be later than 1950 based off the wagon the two gentlemen are leaning against.)






2. "Cross-Country Jeep Trip. Mr. and Mrs. Kutzner arrived in Minneapolis from Los Angeles to visit mother Dora Kutzner." 1946, emphasis added.

3. "New Jeep Wagon on Display. Unidentified woman in fur coat looks at the new Jeep wagon sedan on display at a Minneapolis dealership. The Willys-Overland vehicle will get 22 miles per gallon at 40 miles per hour with its 6-cylinder, 70 horsepower engine." February 23, 1948. Looks to me like a Station Sedan:

4. "Lunchtime on the Jeep trail in the Grave Creek range. Bill Moore enjoying a hot drink from the thermos. Maybe Woodman Saddle area, Lolo National Forest, Montana." November 1960.

5. "Old Willys Jeep driving on snow-covered dirt road with mountains in background." Photo by Myron Woods. Kremmling, Colorado, February 1960.

6. "Jeep on Ingram Road. A jeep is parked on Black Bear Road on Black Bear Pass in Ouray County, Colorado. Shows mountains and a valley." 1963.

7. "A woman identified as Veda stand next to a Jeep automobile in a road cut through a snow bank on Engineer Pass in Ouray or Hinsdale County (Colorado). The treeless top of the pass and patches of snow are in the distance." Photo by Al Bachman,1964:

 

[Joe B]

From Dan's post above:

6."Jeeps in snow on possibly on the old ski slope on Sweat Hill behind the Wrentham Elementary School, Massachusetts." 1970

8. "Jeeps in snow, possibly Sweat Hill on an old ski slope behind Wrentham Elementary School, Massachusetts." 1970:

Betcha DiggerG has some information to share on these two Wrentham images, or -- at the very least -- has some parts in his collection that came off these Jeeps!
(Actually Sweatt Hill, also known as Knuckup Hill.)

Dan,
Nice work, as usual. Fantastic collections of images.

 

[ndnile]

Who let the Toyota in the lineup? Weren’t many of those around in 1964!

That’s very cool. I have been thinking that my next trip would be to that area, it’s the backyard of where I grew up, beautiful country with lots of history.

Carter, I've been on Henness Pass road twice. If you want to camp one night visit White Lake (only time you need 4WD). Best camp spot is off the road that splits to the right side of the lake.

 

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Here are more great pics from DPLA:

1. "Murphy christens the Drag-N-Fly with working man's beverage while foreman, Swanson, drives. Created by Thompson of Minneapolis Vocational High School. Dec 1948."



2. "The Lawyer Jeep" A photograph of the jeep owned by Virgil and Lou Lawyer, faculty members at Ibaraki Christian Schools. This photo is part of a photo album given as a gift to E. W. McMillan upon his departure as president from Ibaraki Christian College."




3. "New Jeep station wagon with woman standing beside it at Redcliffe (Aiken County, S.C.); Oct. 1 - Nov. 12, 1949"



4. "New station wagon belonging to John and Frederica Billings on property of Redcliffe (Aiken County, S.C.); May 1950"


5. "G.K. Hardt Rambler Jeep sales, 701 Santa Rosa Ave, Santa Rosa, California, 1958."


And the back:
6. "Military surplus Jeep used by the Moore family for hunting and recreation. Seen here for carrying firewood back to camp. Story about kitchen cupboard that fit in the back of the Jeep." November 1960


7. "Father Liebler camping with a red jeep."

 

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8. "Willys jeep near La Puerta with Cerro Prieto in background" February 1962


9. "The Blue Knight, a Jeep owned by Thomas Cushing, parked in 1975 on Sumner Avenue, Avalon, California."


10. "The Blue Knight, a Jeep owned by Thomas Cushing, parked in 1977 for native plant gardening at Middle Ranch on Santa Catalina Island, California."

 

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More from DPLA:

1. Airplane on runway with dogsled and jeep, (Attu or Kiska?) Aleutian Islands, Alaska, between 1942 and 1944:

2. "A 10th Mountain Division soldier drives a jeep down a slope of deep powder snow:"




3. "Joe Woolfe and his grandson with a full-size Jeep and a miniature Jeep in front of the Seattle Art Museum [Seattle Asian Art Museum] in Volunteer Park, Seattle, 1947":

4. "Emily Osbourne works an eighty acre farm north of Albert Lea; she is shown here checking the oil in her Jeep." Minnesota, September, 1952:

5. "Horseshoe Properties - An even-age stand (12"-14" DBH) of shortleaf pine, on Five Oaks Ridge." Sequatchie County, Tennessee. March 1956:



6. Parkway Conversion in Korea, 1958:

7. "the Devil's Toll Gate in the Taum Sauk area; Jeep driving portion of an old Civil War military trail from the Arcadia Valley to Lesterville." March 1951:

8. "Uintah County Search and Rescue, Venal, Utah." August 1967:



9. "Sheriff Arden Stewart congratulates Harold Pope who won a jeep at the National Search and Rescue Convention. Harold's wife Rita and son Johnny are also pictured." June 1971:

10. (Okay, this one isn't Willys, but I liked the picture) "A technician closes the door of an AMC Jeep, the official car of the Blue Angels." January 1987:

 

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More from DPLA:

1. "Man driving a jeep, with tilling equipment attached, through a farm field at Invershiel (Hugh MacRae's farm in Pender County, NC). Jeep reads "Willys." North Carolina, 1948 or 1949:

2. "Unidentified child seated on hood of Jeep." Missouri, May 1949:

3. "Marshall Lambert in the Carter County Museum Jeep." Montana,

4. "Production still from "Fun In Acapulco" (1963):"

5. "Men sit in a horse-drawn wagon with cover hoops, on Black Bear Road probably near Black Bear Pass, in Ouray County, Colorado. A woman sits in a Jeep parked next to the wagon. A rugged bare ridge is in the distance." 1963:

6. "Jeep boarding a ferry to cross a river." October 1968:

7. "Jeeper's Jamboree, Georgetown to Lake Tahoe over Old Stagecoach Trail." 1958:

8. "Thomas Cushing stands in front of a Jeep wagon and red Catalina Beverage truck on Sumner Avenue in Avalon, California, 1974."

 

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More from DPLA:

1. "Tulelake, California." 1946:

2. Chester, California, 1947:

3. Chester, California, 1947:

4. Orville, California, 1948:

5. Mt. Shasta, California, 1950:

6. Happy Camp, California, 1956:

7. Happy Camp, California, 1956:

8. Sierraville, California, 1958:

9. "Jeeper's Jamboree, Georgetown to Lake Tahoe over Old Stagecoach Trail." 1958:

10. "Jeeper's Jamboree, Georgetown to Lake Tahoe over Old Stagecoach Trail." 1958:

 

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Even more from DPLA:

1. "New Jeepster on Display at Nicollet Hotel.

Grace Brusseau poses in the new variation on the war-time vehicle on display at the Nicollet Hotel. The convertible 'Jeepster,' from Willys-Overland, is weighs approximately 2,500 pounds on a 104-inch wheelbase. The war-time jeep engine's 63 horsepower includes overdrive and gets 29 miles to the gallon at 34 miles per hour. The vehicle seats 5 and costs $1,765." june 1948:

2. "New Yorker campaigns for Eisenhower, 1948"

3. "New commercial line, Willys 4-wheel drives." 1954:

4. "Ranchers Feeding Foster's Sheep, Near Sheridan Montana." 1958:

5. Wagon accident in Sacramento:

6. "Horse Creek Store, Horse Creek, California." 1956:

7. "Jeeper's Jamboree, Georgetown to Lake Tahoe over Old Stagecoach Trail." 1958:

8. " Grandfather Mountain, North Carolina." ~1959:

9. "Moore family house in Utah." April 1960:



10. "Bernie Byrnes of Soil Consultants, Inc., Brookings, South Dakota." 1976:

 

[lbpa18]

You've hit the Motherlode Dan!

 

[Davidgreen59]

That picture in malakoff totally brings back memories. I grew up around there, and visit as often as I can. I used to ride the Nugget Ride, a 50 mile horse race that starts and ends at the diggings. Lots of really good dirt roads to explore there. Great picture

 

[Broken Wagon]

I love the wheels on the soil consultant's CJ5. Need some in 6 lug that cost less than my entire project budget.[emoji848]

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[SlowRoller]

While not the most elegant of the Willys body styles this thing is certainly unique. I have seen Willys Fleet Vans before but cannot remember seeing one of these with the wagon/pickup style front end. Please excuse the quality of the photo as it is a picture of a picture from ebay.

 

[Lookout Ranch]

While not the most elegant of the Willys body styles this thing is certainly unique. I have seen Willys Fleet Vans before but cannot remember seeing one of these with the wagon/pickup style front end. Please excuse the quality of the photo as it is a picture of a picture from ebay.

Willys America has one a lot like like that in its collection.
https://www.oldwillysforum.com/foru...mendocino-coast.13983/#lg=post-142339&slide=3

 

[SlowRoller]

Willys America has one a lot like like that in its collection.
https://www.oldwillysforum.com/foru...mendocino-coast.13983/#lg=post-142339&slide=3

Wow, that Willys America sure has some great stuff. When I saw that 4 door railroad wagon in woodgrain & burgundy in the background my jaw dropped. What a wagon!

 

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Meanwhile, back on the H.A.M.B.:

Per Google translate: "
1955 was a very important year in Korean automobile history. It was the year in which the companies that became the mother of our automobile industry were founded.

The International Vehicle Factory was founded by Choi Moo-sung and his brothers. It was the first vehicle made in Korea, and the starting car familiar to us was born. It was made using jeep parts and drums that were scrapped from US troops. It was so bad that it used a tent house to produce tea."




Caption in Korean (per Google translate) says "hard trucks, 1946." Source.

"<Jeep Passenger Car> This is a lucky draw contest for the production of the 'Jeep Jeep Passenger Car' at the domestic product exhibition held on September 14, 1958 at the Chungcheong Square." Source.

 

[Blindmelon]

Meanwhile, back on the H.A.M.B.:

Caption in Korean (per Google translate) says "hard trucks, 1946."

 

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From the H.A.M.B., here's a wagon peeking through at a racetrack:

 

[SlowRoller]

Off to war, or coming home? Check out that unusual trailer.

 

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From DPLA:

1. "Bob Schaeffer, Chief Engineer at Western Toy Manufacturing Co. and Joe Woolfe sitting in a Jeep followed by a group of children sitting in toy Jeeps in front of the Seattle Art Museum." 1947:





2. "The Modoc Lava Flow." Jeep on road in foreground with rugged terrain and snowcapped mountains in background and clouds overhead. 1948:

3. "Dare County Library bookmobile at Wright Brothers Memorial." North Carolina, March 1950:

4. "Fire Station Lookout Mountain (Hiland), Silver Bow County, 1954:"

5. "Vernal-Manila Highway," Ashley National Forest, Utah:

6. "Footings for roadbed installed, South Nyack, NY." 1954: