LIFE Magazine 20 Jul 1942

[Luis]

Enjoy it!

[pecopfc]

luv them old jeep pics.

[Ben Dover]

]Note the front hub cap missing on the Jeep being tested in the sand.
Love that Lusterless OD finish. :wink:

[Greencom]

Is that a Marmon-Harrington in the right pic at the top?

[Fred Coldwell]

Is that a Marmon-Harrington in the right pic at the top?

Hi Greencom:

It's a 1940 Dodge VC-1, which is a 1/2 ton ton 4x4 command car. It does look quite similar to the Marmon-Herrington command car.

[Greencom]

Thanks Fred, I thought I had it pegged!

[gerrykan]

If you want to hear the three songs mentioned in the article, click on the titles below.

Jeep Jockey Jump by Glenn Miller

Six Jerks in a Jeep by the Andrews Sisters

Little Bo Peep Has Lost Her Jeep by Spike Jones & His City Slickers

Little Bo Peep Has Lost Her Jeep by Horace Heidt

[REG]

I have two copies of that edition of LIFE - simply the best 'Jeep' issue, thanks for posting.

[HunterL]

It kills me to see the slat wasting away....

[horrocks]

It kills me to see the slat wasting away....

It wasn't. It was parked there for the photo..

The MB in the first photo has appeared in other pictures, I seem to remember taken in the desert. It is missing the front hub covers and the pop-stud thingys around the door.

[Ben Dover]

Did they ever replace the cap on the right front wheel of the Jeep?