Berg Truck & Parts Company Ads in Popular Mechanics

6 Comments

1. Mark S.July 20, 2020 at 4:45 PM

   Capstan winches for $25 as late as June 1959! That is some deal, but may not include everything needed. He change the ad from jeeps and trucks, to ideal for Boat and marine use. I wonder if these were mostly GPA surplus units. .
2. Allan J. KnepperJuly 20, 2020 at 4:54 PM

   In the June 1946 ad it states......"build your own race cars from Berg's new or used parts".......what kind of "race cars" would you build ??
3. BrianJuly 20, 2020 at 5:30 PM

   Possible “race car” idea: Since they were selling military surplus stuff, I wonder if they sold the tear drop shaped aircraft fuel tanks that hot rodders used to build aerodynamic “belly tank” salt lakes race cars?
4. Allan J. KnepperJuly 20, 2020 at 10:19 PM

   Brian......great thought......lots and lots of those surplus belly tanks were turned into very neat race cares for El Mirage and Bonneville. I also wonder whether some of the post war dirt track midget race car people were buying Willys engines for race car projects. I have had several post war midget race cars and you rarely see a Willys used as an engine........mostly Ford V8/60 flatheads or Offenhausers for the rich guys......but there were some odd and creative combinations out there.
5. BuzJuly 21, 2020 at 2:07 PM

   When did this place close up, and did another vendor buy the remaining parts stock ?

   1. David EilersJuly 22, 2020 at 5:02 PM

      Buz, I don't have any info on who bought out Bergs ... there's more info on this post and in the comments: http://www.ewillys.com/2012/07/19/the-king-of-jeeps-bergs-truck-and-parts-co-inc/ - Dave