Camel Cigarette's Jumpin Jeeps Ad

8 Comments

1. Idaho ToddMarch 20, 2015 at 11:29 AM

   Hey fellas, this is ewillys, not eletshavasmoke. Just kidding! I'm not that old either and remember one of my gradeschool teachers talking about Camel brand cigarettes. They were banned from using a Camel as there mascot because of how it was perceived by children. Pretty interesting and how times have changed. By the way, the last of four men that portrayed the marlboro man in their ads just past away in January of this year. He was 83. And yes, all the marlboro actors died from cigarette smoking related causes. Bummer. And now, back to healthier jeep stuff...
2. Roberto FloresMarch 20, 2015 at 1:21 PM

   I love the artwork! It´s fantastic!!!
3. SE Pennsylvania SteveMarch 20, 2015 at 2:34 PM

   No cigarette ashtrays in my CJ-2a, Dave. But I think I've seen pics of old coffee cans screwed onto dashboards here on eWillys! I guess most smokers flicked their ashes & butts out their topless jeeps as they drove along...
4. keithMarch 20, 2015 at 3:02 PM

   There was actually a CJ2A factory approved Ashtray installation kit. What I found interesting was the reference to the Willys Overland Scout Car Division... I actually have a surviving label from a Jeep brand Cigarette Pack.
5. Colin PeabodyMarch 20, 2015 at 7:25 PM

   The 1946-early 50 Jeep Station wagons and trucks had an ashtray in the dash above the speedometer cluster. The Jeepsters did not, but had an optional unit that mounted below the dash. In 1950, with the new dash, all of them could have ashtrays below the instruments. You could get optional round ashtrays for the rear passengers in the station wagons and Jeepsters from 1948 on. I have two of those mounted in my 48 Jeepster, but none in the front! It does have a factory cigarette lighter!
6. BuzMarch 21, 2015 at 3:20 AM

   In a similar line of thought about Jeeps and smoking, about 1985 I bought a decent running M38A1 from a long haired hippy type mechanic who worked at the same Ford dealership as I did, he had spun the jeep around on the road with his girl friend and hard 30 year old NDT tires. She would not ride with him in it anymore. I took the jeep out to the farm and it was about a month later that I noticed a large marijuana plant growing in the jeep between the front seats where there was plenty of dirt from driving off road. The seeds that sprouted the plant probable came from what he was smoking at the same time he was driving the jeep and spinning it around.
7. deilersMarch 21, 2015 at 6:05 AM

   Sounds like a Magic Mystery Jeep to me Buz.
8. MacWillyMarch 21, 2015 at 3:20 PM

   Hey Buz, you never mentioned what became of the plant you found?