Who would want a jeep history?

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Remember this?

I wasn't expecting a large number of comments, but expected more than none.  I thought that by taking a humorous approach I might spark at least a little interest.  

One comment, from the "leader" of the local club was "Cool."  I'll take that.  The second was from a guy who said "Some old jeeps had 3 point lifts and PTO shafts."  That is OK too.

I think my approach of having them to click through to read the post was an error.  People don't want to waste time doing that, so I suspect many just past on by.  I may try to post the same info again, without the need to go anywhere - spoon feeding.

Barry

I'm sorry to hear that! My senior year in college I was lucky enough to have some free time, so I took an entire class on 1960's music. British invasion, Mowtown, acid rock. Absolutely loved it.

lhfarmbt wrote: I think my approach of having them to click through to read the post was an error.  People don't want to waste time doing that, so I suspect many just past on by.  I may try to post the same info again, without the need to go anywhere - spoon feeding.

This is exactly right. From a marketing standpoint, linking people to other websites is a bad idea (typically). You've suddenly lost them - they're no longer on Facebook to comment.

Also a lack of pictures. How many websites or magazines produce articles without accompanying pictures?

Its Obvious that Roo's was wrong in his comments.

Willys Jeeps became delivery vehicles, Service vehicles for everything from Autos to TV and Radio I know of two Photographers that used them to get to locations in the 1940's I spent 3 days with one of them on a College Ornithology Field trip riding shotgun in his Toyota Land cruiser (he was hired by the College to take photos for the Professors to use in classes) When he found out I had been driving CHUG all through High school he told me about how when he got started the only new vehicle that he could afford that suited his needs was a Willys Jeep He had one with a Canvas top he soon replaced with a Sears Hard top on it. Used by the Forest service, Airports, Fire Dept's, Police dept's, Resorts and Hotels, the Post office, Life Guards, SNOW PLOW, Ice Cream truck, All manner of in town people used Willys Jeeps. And I am sure the Jeep Clubs that started popping up in the early 50's would be very surprised to find out it would take decades for them to be considered a recreational vehicle. Just go cruising on eWillys to see dozens and dozens of in town and non farm uses for Willys jeeps.

You are correct.  In my reply to the comment, I pointed them to our ad page https://www.farmjeep.com/links/ads-and-brochures/ but again they had to click.  We do have a facebook page Willys Farm Jeep that just mirrors are blog posts.  It does get some hits.

I'm less worried about these guys following our site than I am about the success of the new historical museum.  But as I said in my post I think the developers have a better understanding of what the market will demand - a modern jeep experience, where history goes back to about 1984.

Barry

I believe brains are being re-programed with technology through the use of memes, emojis, snap chat and alike. Very fast information with a few words and an image. Sitting down to read an article or book just takes TOO LONG! Kids have less patience now then ever. Think about the time it took to write a letter to someone, now just a quick e-mail. Think about how long it took to dial a rotary phone, now just a simple voice command. Remember when you had all your friends/family telephone numbers memorized? I used to play with Legos, now my kids rather build virtual city's on a hand held device. Luckily we are still around to teach and set good examples....