David EilersDecember 12, 2014

1945 Photo of VEC CJ-2A Leaving Cargo Plane

UPDATE: These photos were on eBay. **SOLD**

The same press photo with the same caption that is marked differently was sold by same seller in January of 2014 (the pic and caption from that 2014 ebay sale is at the bottom of this post).

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Here are copies of the photo sold in January of 2014:

3 Comments

Bill NorrisDecember 12, 2014 at 12:09 PM
Dave, There is an interesting story behind this. That plane was originally reserved by Ford Motor company to bring out two of their cars from Dearborn, MI to L.A. They tried to load the Fords and they were too big to get through the cargo doors. I assume Charles Sorenson got wind of this somehow as I sure he still had ties with Ford. He had Harold Bell Willys sales manager arrange to have the plane ship five Jeeps out there instead. Willys west coast distributor August Johnson picked them up for a 'premier showing.' Bill
keithDecember 12, 2014 at 3:23 PM
Yes, they flew out of Willow Run Airport. One of those five vehicles is now in the Sacramento area. Unfortunately it now has a V8 and Power Steering and a 10K sticker price.
deilersDecember 12, 2014 at 6:01 PM
Thanks guys. Great info!