VINTAGE SHOTS FROM DAYS GONE BY! (Part 2)

Butler, PA gasoline stations

 

Butler, PA The old Troutman Department Store is now a motorcycle shop.

 

Karl Probst

was rightly called the "Father of the Jeep" and thanks to him Butler was duly given the celebrated nickname "Home of the Jeep". Probst designed the vehicle in just 18 hours in 1940, and it took our Bantam company 49 days to make the original, which was cloned for use by the U.S. Army​

 

Soapbox Derby, Butler, PA

 

Gee Wally it looks like a turd! Still better than anything Ward drives though

 

And unfortunately, Bantam only got contracts for 1/4 and 1/2 ton trailers, not Jeeps! Bantam was deemed to be too small to be able to produce large enough quantities, so Willys and Ford were the winners, however, since their proposals were submitted late and out of spec, the government turned over the Bantam design for them to build. Aw, the spoils of war (contracts)!

 

No worry about Wally getting speeding tickets or drag racing other guys

 

More Vintage Memories from the past!
Thanks for another Trip Down Memory Lane.
Jimbo

 

c.1928 - SE Union Ave. & Oak St.

 

1944 - N Kiska St. & N Foss Ave.

 

Wheeler, Oregon. Little more than a bump in the road on Hwy 101 it was once known for it's world famous cancer clinic.

 

Leave it to Beaver.

 

Gas Ronda .

 

Wally’s arranged marriage?

 

Isn’t that the kid on the go kart?