Vintage Willys pictures

Not sure if I have shared this. 1981 or 82, second incarnation of my first wagon. It was a '61 with a 292 Chevy, sm420 overdrive, Detroit Trutrac, 4.27 flanged rear dana 44, closed knuckle dana 30 front with disc brake conversion, swinging pedals, power boost, saginaw PS spring over, roll cage. I was 17, worked nights and weekends and spent every dime on that thing. It had a porcelain coated turkey pan riveted in for a firewall well to accommodate the long Chevy.

I am the dude in the middle, 50 pounds ago. We were about 300 miles from home in the Western Sierras east of Fresno Ca.

Duane
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This mid-1950's promotional film appeared in my Youtube "Recommended" this morning:
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A couple of screen captures from a youtube video slideshow of the work of Allan Grant, a Life magazine photographer, titled "46 Photos of Route 30 in 1948":
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and the same photo collection as separate hi-resolution images (left click on the images above, and then left click on the resulting images for hi resolution versions):

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From ebay (none mine).

A 1954 ad in Uruguay:
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James "Uncle Mac" MacKrell for governor of Arkansas, 1948:
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1946 Wagon:
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FC-150 press picture:
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1952 Willys 475 Ambulance:
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Early Wagon in Hungary:
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Jeep Mail Truck:
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Willys Station Wagon brochure:
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From the H.A.M.B.:

High school in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota, 1960:
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From the Old Motor.com, here's a shot of a California marina in the 1950s (judging by the yellow plates):

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Update. The comments sections includes this: " Sausalito, CA, taken from Bridgeway Ave. near the center of town and looking eastward to Belvedere Island with the Tiburon Peninsula just beyond. Pictured are the now lost and unhurried days and bare hilltops of circa 1957."

1953 St. Louis car show:
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Not really a Vintage Willys "picture" but more a "Vintage Willys" picture.

I found this Saturday in Yokohama, Japan.

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By the dust I would say she hasn't moved in awhile. Tires have to be close to original. Its a Mitsubishi contract cj-3 that has both the Mitsubishi logo above the grille and the Jeep logo on the sides of the hood.
 
FC working the border:
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1946 ad (from eBay, not mine):
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1959 Willys brochure (ditto):
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Really nice 1949 flat-nosed wagon (on eBay now, not mine):
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