David EilersJanuary 25, 2025

1951 Farm Jeep & Jeep Tractor Brochure

UPDATE: I was surprised to recently see a 1953 ad for a Farm 'Jeep' in the Nevada State Journal (March 05, 1953, pg 9). Remember that the Farm 'Jeep', along with the 'Jeep' Tractor, were models produced mostly in 1951 and 1952, along with a line of jeep implements.

1953-03-05-pg-9-jeep-tractor-ad-Nevada-State_Journal-journal-excerpt

As you can see from this timeline reproduced below from the CJ-3A.info page, there were very few Farm 'Jeep's produced at all and none in 1953, though a handful of CJ-3B Farm 'Jeep's were made (see CJ-3B page for more info on the 3B version). So the use of the ad is curious.

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Originally Published May 12, 2020: Each of the brochures has consecutive form numbers, from FS-514100 to FS-514105. The brochure below included extra digits at the front: FS-4 FS-514102.

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3 Comments

Bob (real)January 27, 2025 at 2:01 PM
I always found the jeep tractor "odd" too. Seems likes lights and gauges and such made it stand out from other tractors of the day.
muleyJanuary 28, 2025 at 1:31 AM
I can't see giving up the versatility of being able to jump in and "go to town" with the jeep tractor. Unless the savings made it significantly less than a 8N ford it just dont add up.
Barry LJanuary 29, 2025 at 5:01 PM
We used a 50' -3A on the farm, but mostly for handling hay wagons and grain barges. Used for hay raking in an emergency but the turn radius was not good... but got by. Nicer to drive, as we did not have cab tractors. About as good as the 8N or TO-20. We did not have a PTO but can see where using as a stationary power unit for Auger or Elevator would have been handy.