European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 21, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                A the Model they have dreamed up for the postwar Trade is fancier but it still looks like a jeep m my by James Oneill yank staff writer a farm in Hudson the Little Blitz buggy of world War the donned civilian clothes just like most looked a helluva lot better out of which is taking a com Mercial interest in helping the jeep to make the switchover from army to civilian put 30 of the new models through their before a Large crowd of soldiers and newspapermen the new jeep positively failed to whistle Lili Marlene in c Sharp but judging by what went on out Here in Mich the jeep May become As familiar around the farm As that Castoria and on the barn the jeep has seen and some other but according to its the farm is the place where it is chiefly going to keep itself Down on in this postwar government surveys have unearthed the fact that three fourths of the nations farms Lack mechanical the its manufacturers combines the Basic functions of a a Light a Mobile Power unit and a Utility they that it will be the answer to the Farmers at the Demon stration there was at least one Farmer who agreed with i wanted to buy one just outta he but after what Ive seen today i aint that Little cars Goin to be a the most significant change in the civilian jeep is the new Power Takeoff this Gad geared to the jeeps will drive any Type of farming with the Takeoff Here Are some of the things a jeep can do it can shred fill a operate a dig Post Drill water Bale Hay and operate a saw of the Aid of human on All of these operations it can deliver up to 30 geared to the Smission will operate a Buzz saw v the new jeep has the same engine As its brother in but the gear ratios in the trans Mission and axles have been with the new gear ratio the jeep can reputedly adapt it self to any Type of farming terrain and to any Speed that the Job May the jeep can slow Down to farm Pace of Miles an hour or go spinning Down the Highway at it positively cannot outdistanced the p80 shooting optimists estimate that the jeep can perform More than 45 different operations on the they say they can prove their Case on the basis of the records the civilian jeep has Hung up in tests at experimental farm stations in the and in Texas the jeep Rode the Range and checked rather the Man in it checked the jeep being unable to count As half an hour the chore required half a in a Rice Field in where the combination of Dykes and levees and Gumbo like with jeeps Tail Board is the Power milkshakes or Cut soil makes blowing extremely the jeep negotiated the narrow rows with no in contour blowing in upstate new York the jeep maintained its equilibrium thanks to the four wheel drive it never jammed the in a Western state the forestry service is using two jeeps As a team to fight one jeep car Ries a Crew of four men and the other jeep hauls the water Power pump and hand the uses of the postwar its sponsors wont be limited to farming and firefight with its Handy Power Takeoff and other attachments the jeep can be employed to operate Small electric move Railroad Yard freight and plow and it May possibly invade the trucking jeep will pull a trailer Load of pounds Over the Highway with adequate Reserve for Steep without a the in will be one of the biggest boons of All to the postwar cupid with a lovers can be assured of As one Wise apparently a Friend of a Farmers said at the Demon stration the jeep can take me and my girl so far out of this world that we will have to get Back by does not intend to use this particular plug in its postwar most of the innovations in the civilian jeep Are aimed at achieving Allaround a new combustion chamber has been designed to give increased and there is a new Radi Ator shroud that will provide better Cooling for Longstretch lows peed driving on the clutch is larger and has been reinforced and the gear shift now sits on the steering making the front seats much with linkage the jeep handles much More easily and takes a much sharper turn than the i All the the jeep looks much the same and you wont be mistaking it for a Mack there is one change you will like simply for its Labo saving when you want to fill up with Gas you dont have to get out of the car and lift up the Drivers seat to get at the Gas on the civilian jeep the Gas Cap is on the just behind the Drivers the jeep now has Standard 7inch head an automatic Windshield a Tail Willy Overland officials have got round to giving some thought to the posteriors of jeep Treyve finally taken cognizance of the terrific Wallop a jeep Bounce can pack and have installed better Shock absorbers and the seats on the civilian jeep Are padded with fat at the demonstration Here a i who had driven a jeep Over Italy rugged mountains for 18 months kept patting the cushions As if they were precious from Here on the i i can look at a jeep without getting a pain another asset of new jeep its pulling this one pulls a disc Harrow behind it in the like i used to get in two and Ford were responsible for the army jeeps that travelled Over 10 billion Miles during the Ford stopped military production in july and has no intention of making jeeps for civilian but civilian jeeps have been trickling off the Willy Overland production line in Toledo at the rate of eight a until the War in the Pacific was the company main Job was to furnish jeeps to the forces out before Vajday the company got War production Board permission to make civilian jeeps this next with the War civil Ian production should the Price of the civilian jeep will Surprise a lot of people who thought this midget would be an inexpensive postwar a jeep without accessories will Cost the Best things in life continue to require an awful lot of folding the will save Money on on the its sponsors it will get a mini mum of 20 Miles to a gallon of and in a farm test the jeep slowed 400 acres at an hourly rate of consuming Only two Gallons of Gas each officials asked the gis present at the Hudson county demonstration to squawk if they didst like anything about the new one i came through with a very constructive you dont have pm painted in enough he we have them in Blue and a Hurt company Man pointed dont these colors give enough variety they do said the paint pm purple and paint pm any color you like but get As far away from that Lousy of Shade As i want a Pink the manufacturers think the dough May have something How do you want your in Cerise or Violet