A Contribution from Ed --Thank You!
The first SUV? The Willys Jeep 4x4 Station Wagon? Just ordered a newly released 1:16 scale model (see attached photos) of this vehicle (the 1955 version). Our rural West Virginia mail carrier whose name was "Punk" Mann drove one exactly like this one pictured. If one met him at one's mailbox he would sell you stamps and money orders.
Brings new meaning to "back in the day" and "Rural Free Delivery" (RFD). During my years as a newspaper boy delivering the small town Hinton Daily News, I also delivered The Grit (Williamsport, PA). Every Thursday, without fail, "Punk" would deliver my roll of The Grit to our mailbox. Punk's Jeep station wagon is fixed in my brain!
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