This beauty is the latest acquisition by my friend Paul. I think he said this only has 20,000 miles on the odometer (or was it 2,000?) and is in mint –what’s better than “mint”– condition.

I was a junior in high school with these first appeared and we’d never seen anything like them. Best music… best cars… lucky me.

“The Willys Jeep Station Wagon, Jeep Utility Wagon and Jeep Panel Delivery are automobiles produced by Willys and Kaiser Jeep in the United States from 1946 to 1964, with production in Argentina and Brazil continuing until 1970 and 1977, respectively. They were the first mass-market all-steel station wagons designed and built as a passenger vehicle. With over 300,000 wagons and its variants built in the U.S., it was one of Willys’ most successful post-World War II models. For some time after the 1949 introduction of a four-wheel drive option, the 2WD was sold as “Station Wagon”, while the 4WD was marketed as “Utility Wagon”. The 4WD Willys Jeep Wagon is often considered the first production sport utility vehicle.” (Wikipedia)