1955/6 CJ-5 Brochures

This brochure was part of the family of brochures described in this Kaiser/Willys ad post from a few days ago. Curiously, this brochure is labeled form W-239-6, suggesting it was printed for 1956, while the original version of this was form W-239-5.

After comparing the two different versions, I could only find some minor differences between the two. The 'biggest' difference was a slight repositioning of the text within the balloons on page 2 of the brochure. Form "5" had misplaced the text slightly, with a few letters extending above a couple balloons. Form "6" seems to have fixed that. It also appears that Form "6" uses a bolder font for the text in the balloons. There could also be some minor differences that I did not detect. Here's my comparison of the balloons:

1955-form-w-239-6-vs w-239-5

So, now I know I should have bought a W-239-5 version if I wanted the original! Another lesson learned the hard way :-) ... anyway, here's the scan of the W-239-6 version:

1955-form-w-239-6-cj5-new-jeep-brochure1-lores 1955-form-w-239-6-cj5-new-jeep-brochure2-lores 1955-form-w-239-6-cj5-new-jeep-brochure3-lores 1955-form-w-239-6-cj5-new-jeep-brochure4-lores

Compare those pics to the Form W-239-5 version from Autopaper:

1955-form-w-239-5-cj5-new-jeep-brochure-1-autopaper

1955-form-w-239-5-cj5-new-jeep-brochure-3-autopaper 1955-form-w-239-5-cj5-new-jeep-brochure-4-autopaper

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