DAVID FETHERSTON
- The Sun Never Sets on the Mighty Jeep
- Post-World War II
- The Fifties
- The Sixties
- The Seventies
- The Eighties
- The Nineties
- The Future-plus some R&R
This US Army had been constantly looking for a fast all-terrain reconnaissance vehicle from as early as 1910: in June 1940, the need vecame so pressing that it demanded of the automobile manufactures a running prototype, according to strict specifications, in just 49 days! The Jeep as a dog, as strong as a mule and as agile as a goat" - all 640,000 of them. Victory, of course, didn´t mean the end: the station wagon, the Jeepster, the Cherokee, the RV and off-road revolution, Baja, enter Lee lacocca - what a gloriously varied history and contemporary success story. Within these pages you will find the best visual celebration of the 1940s ad-man´s claim: "The Sun Never Sets on the Mighty Jeep".
