Carson's "CarCraft" Hardtop

UPDATE: This post started out as a post about Koenig hardtops, but that lead to updates on the Car Craft and Blue Star hardtops. I should have the Koenig post done for Saturday morning.

This updated post provides more info on the CARCRAFT hardtop. An early Special Equipment catalog contained two different versions of the Carson Machine & Supply Company's Car Craft brochure. I've added a third brochure at the bottom which I'd found off of eBay years ago. Here are two real-world examples: one jeep and another jeep.

This brochure was published back in 2017. It features a CJ-2A and does not have the stylized CARCRAFT branding. Instead, it shows a plain "Car Craft" brand with a space added.

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This is the first time I've published this brochure. It includes the new CARCRAFT branding and used a CJ-3A jeep:

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This brochure was available on eBay in 2013.  It appears to be the company's signature brochure for the hardtop. I haven't tracked down another copy:

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5 Comments

  1. SE Pennsylvania Steve
    What are "bomber type reinforcements" ?
  2. doug
    I'll bet that company made aircraft components during WW2
  3. Don's auto and farm service
    Is that "Eugene the Jeep" in the brochure?
  4. David Eilers
    Don, it sure looks like Eugene to me.
  5. Chase
    I have one of these on my 46.

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