1955 Willys Mail Truck

[THarrison351]

This will be short and sweet. Superbowl kind of interrupted my process. Hope the team you wanted to win won and if not, sorry, there's always next year. I had no dogs in the hunt. From Danbury Mint I present the 1955 Willys mail truck. Based the four-wheel drive civilian CJ series Jeep, the DJ (also known as the Dispatcher) was a two-wheel-drive variant. Produced by Willys Motors from 1955–1962,  Kaiser Jeep 1963–1970, American Motors 1970, and AM General 1971–1984, the Dispatcher was built with right hand drive to give access for the mail carrier to place mail in rural mailboxes without driving on the wrong side of the road. Power came from 4 cylinder inlines and 6 cylinder inlines depending who was manufacturing them. Later models were equipped with automatic transmissions. This Danbury mint model comes with a few features, Both side doors slide and the rear door is hinged. The drivers seat tilts forward. The engine is fully wires and plumbed. There are three bags of mail, and two sorting trays for letters to be displayed on and they can be and are stored inside. I was fortunate to come across this one at a really low buy it now with the paperwork and box and all that was wrong with it was one mirror face had come unglued off the arm, easy fix. Oddly enough the other one came off too. So, here it is.

Tomorrow 1936 Ford Deluxe Cabriolet

[Gramps46]

Oh I really do like this one.  It is amazing from the side view how little the profile has changed over the years.  I guess form really does follow function in this case.

[randyc]

Nice.  Thanks for sharing

[Anglia105E]

That's a really nice find, Tim..... and I haven't seen this Danbury Mint Willys Mail Truck before. All those special features, such as the letters in the trays and the mail sacks make this a very interesting scale model. Thanks for bringing this one to our attention!

David

[cobraman]

Neat little truck.

[Tom Geiger]

That's a very cool replica and one that I own myself.  As a stamp collector and postal historian I just had to have it!   

This is the Missing Link Resin US Mail Jeep.  This is the later model AM General Jeep.  It is a complete kit including an AMC 6 cylinder!

[ewetwo]

Love thi. Great build.

[Vietnam Vet67]

I like the date on the mail bags....................I was 9 years old then!