David EilersMarch 3, 2022

The Commando "Farm Hand" jeep?

Barry shared this June 1971 Ad from "The Progressive Farmer". It touts the Jeepster Commando as a "Farm Hand" jeep, a term used as far back as the February 03, 1945, Willys-Overland Ad (at bottom). While off-road capable, I never pictured this model being used regularly as a Farm Jeep (maybe it was?).

From February, 1945:

1945-02-03-sat-evening-post-from-fighter-to-farm-hand-pg101-lores

1 Comment

JedMarch 3, 2022 at 6:21 PM
sure , why not ? i have a 70 commando on my farm ranch , theres a bird or a bat roosting in it -- i can see the guano -- the seat they show in the ad was made by the Bostrom company , the actual seat is the same as the CJ's of that era but not the lower supports -- my commando used to be owned by a friend in the sierra nevada mountains of california -- him and his wife and 7 children were living a dirt camp near the stanislaus river in the 70's , i remember seeing the commando sitting there with a big bag of potatos in the back , the potatos had long vines growing out of them -- BWAHAHA ?? THATS COUNTRY !!!??