Vintage Willys pictures

From the H.A.M.B., here's a 1956 ice cream Jeep at Daytona Beach:





Here are a bunch from University of California (https://calisphere.org):

"Willys jeep near La Puerta with Cerro Prieto in background:"


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


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


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


"Horse Creek Store, Horse Creek, California"


Willys section at auto show:


"Pastor drives jeep"
'dated September 28, 1957 reads, "Susan Simmons and David Gerber, students at Village Christian School, 3216 W. Victory Blvd., Burbank, polish new jeep that was donated by students for a mission in Guatemala City. Henry Trist, school superintendent, talks over route of trip with the Rev. Phil H. Gibson, behind wheel, who will drive jeep to its destination."'


"New commercial line, Willys 4-wheel drives"
"...dated December 15, 1959 reads, "New commercial line. Now available at Jack Sheetz Studebaker in San Fernando and Ranchero Motors in North Hollywood is the new Willys 4-wheel drive line of commercial vehicles. Here a station wagon and two "jeeps" serve as background to the famous Studebaker President. The new commercial 4-wheel drive vehicles were introduced last week at the two Valley agencies and will be added to the Studebaker line." "


"Thomas Cushing and vehicles along Sumner Avenue in Avalon, California"


"Dated August 11, 1964 reads "Val B. B. West, left, and Calvin Strong are the men heading up the new four-wheel-drive center in the Valley, located at Frank Millard's new 15611 Ventura Blvd. facility in Encino. Strong heads up the dealership and West is assistant manager. Millard, 'The Man in Red,' says they will stock a complete line of the four-wheel-drives, including the Jeeps and Datsuns."

More from the University of California:

"Production still from "Fun In Acapulco" (1963)"


G.K. Hardt Rambler Jeep sales, Santa Rosa, California, 1958:



"dated February 13, 1965 partially reads, "Burbank physician Dr. Colin Hutchison was in Baja California today to start his search for two Valley youths missing on the desolate peninsula for more than seven months. Hutchison and his traveling companion, insurance salesman Jim Mooney, left their adjacent hillside homes yesterday. The jeep they took was packed to the roof. Its array of supplies and tools showed elaborate planning - the kind of forethought Harold Dean Slaght, 19, of Santa Susana, and Steven Bunch, then 17, of Canoga Park, displayed last June 21." The search for the missing young men was ended on April 19, 1965 - nine months after their disappearance. While their loaded red pickup truck was located on a lonely road in the Sierra Vizcaino Desert about 350 miles south of Tijuana, there was no trace of the vanished travelers. Consensus was that the boys developed motor trouble and went off into the desert to seek help, only to disappear without a trace."

Here’s a shot of one of the very first civilian Jeeps, the Agri-Jeep (from Instagram):

scramboleer said:

Here’s a shot of one of the very first civilian Jeeps, the Agri-Jeep (from Instagram):

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It's no wonder farming is Americas most dangerous profession.

But, they are getting the job done. It looks like the old farmer has all his fingers and toes. ........ I've used a very similar saw on the back of a tractor. It's noisy and scary for that reason alone, but most of the saw isn't visible in the picture. There is a sort of bed the log sits on to control the cut. The farmer is catching the cut log and isn't a close to the blade as it appears. This on is actually safer than most. The blade has a guard on it covering the teeth.

From the H.A.M.B.:




Rutland, Vermont:







Corner Brook, Newfoundland:

From eBay (none mine):





For what it's worth, the electroplate customer who bought the two Deliveries was 555 Washington Street in San Francisco. That location is now the Transamerica Pyramid.

This was the Willys (Willys-Nelson) dealer at 1240 Post, torn down in 1983:

From the Facebook group "Willys Jeep Trucks, Wagons, Jeepsters, CJ2A's, and FC's Gone Wild", here are a bunch of pictures posted by Walt Mikolajcik, founder of West Coast Willys:

My precious.....

This was posted on my antique motorcycle forum.

Dave

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View attachment 45770This was posted on my antique motorcylce forum.

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That's awesome. Wonder what the story is. Looks like a Parkway Conversion (barn doors, rounded wheelwells) but with regular wagon side windows (so not a Parkway Conversion).

scramboleer said:

From the Facebook group "Willys Jeep Trucks, Wagons, Jeepsters, CJ2A's, and FC's Gone Wild", here are a bunch of pictures posted by Walt Mikolajcik, founder of West Coast Willys:

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My friend who worked for the airlines for years told me what is happening in this picture. Any guesses?

commando_willys said:

My friend who worked for the airlines for years told me what is happening in this picture. Any guesses?

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Honey dipping.

Yep. Right away he said $h!t wagon when he saw the pic and went on to say he fueled planes for years - goes in the wings.

From the Instagram:

From the H.A.M.B.:

An early wagon:


Another FC:

Here are a bunch of great pictures and ads on eBay (none mine):

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Willys factory (among others) in Israel circa 1960:


1953 ad:


1957 ad:

This large framed photo is on the wall by the elevators in a hotel in New York. I'd walked by it several times in the last couple of days before it dawned on me that is a vintage Willys picture.

Willys was building Studebaker trucks in the Willys Plant? Awesome! Anyone have any history on this?