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The postwar civilian Jeep really did seem able to do it all, and Willys-Overland's public relations staff were eager to demonstrate that talking point as the company capitalized on the popularity of the MB military jeep during its transition to peacetime manufacturing. Perhaps too eager, as the press photo above shows.
The July 1945 photo comes to us via vintage trailer enthusiast Dal Smilie, who noted that the trailer is a circa 1946 27-foot tandem-axle Continental, a not-insignificant load to lug with a kitchen, a full-size bed, and all sorts of built-in storage. The Jeep, on the other hand, is a CJ-2, one of the 40 or 45 pre-production prototypes for the CJ-2A, the first civilian Jeep marketed to the public.
A car that could haul the family's vacation plans, and then go to work ranching the next week - that was the allure of original Jeeps.
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