Brian Ulrey, of Lima, owns this 1950 Willys-Overland Jeepster. The Jeepster was a vehicle that Willys-Overland Motors hoped would appeal to soldiers who recently returned stateside from World War II.

Jeep is mostly famous for its off-road-oriented vehicles and pickup trucks, but the company also built an automobile back in the day. Well, we could say it's the ancestor to the modern crossover, but ...

Crossovers are selling like hotcakes nowadays to the point where many automakers are dropping small cars to build crossovers of all shapes and sizes. This has been going on since the late 1990s, but ...

When Stam Zervanos was growing up during the 1950s on South Fourth Street in Reading, he was intrigued by a neighbor’s unusual-looking car. It was a Jeepster, a sporty version of the rugged Jeep that ...

In 1943, Willys Management rolled the dice on a bold idea. They bet that Ford, which shared the contract to supply military Jeeps, wouldn't want to build Jeeps after the war but that the public would ...

Carroll Winslow's 1948 Willys Jeepster phaeton convertible has undergone a complete restoration back to showroom-fresh condition, including the correct paint, a new top and a rebuilt 4-cylinder engine ...

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When World War II ended, Willys-Overland knew that all of the soldiers coming home had a taste of the Jeep and what it was capable of. There were already plans in the works to produce a CJ Jeep ...

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It's not a Land Rover, but in fact a Jeep. And not the normal frame-revealing box on wheels we recognize today, but something ... sportier. It's the Jeepster. The Jeepster proudly donned the vertical ...

American Motors Corporation built some iconic Jeeps -- from CJ-5s to Comanches -- before Chrysler stepped in. Here's the full lineup.