Jeep emblem

[Jones]

I came up with this stamped brass emblem some years ago and just ran across it again in my hunt for something completely different. Anybody shed some light on it's original application?

 

[emr]

Its a key ring with out the ring, i bought a few from a magazine many years ago, still have one on my M38 key,
promotional thing, thats all but cool still the same, randy

 

[Jones]

Thanks for the response but mine came off of a 1950 Jeep Utility (station wagon) I used to own. Thought they all had them but mine is/was the only one I ever saw the emblem on.

 

[acetomatoco]

They were on the dog leg outside of some of the early wagons and pickups... sorta like the pentagonal star that chrysler used for years...ACE

 

[pa.rich]

You know, I never remember seing a Jeep emblem other than the letters stamped into the sheet metal.

 

[Jones]

Ace, that's where this one was; on the pass side down low by the rear tip of the fender. Musta be a short-lived thing. Can't be too many of them out there.

 

[carguy455]

As a kid my neighbor had an old Jeep wagon as his "yard buggy", I remember staring at that emblem because as far as I knew then a Jeep was a Jeep, made by the Jeep corp [ this was the 70's ] the Willys-Overland threw me, because being a fan of antique cars I thought an Overland was a car..no concept of corporate mergers and such being probably younger than 10 back then...

Pretty obvious to everyone even back then that I was gonna be a gear-head.

 

[NB1944]

I have no doubt that this emblem was modeled after the original ID tags attached to the inside frame rail on early MBs just behind the front bumper. It would seem that they kept the same idea, modified the ID badge a bit (to reflect the Jeep logo), and relocated the ID badge to a less obvious place (perhaps that was done to avoid losing the ID in the event of a front-end crash).

 

[carguy455]

Not sure why they did it, but I do know it looked cool as "heck".

I saw one in the junkyard a while back that had the outline of the emblem and the holes for it but the emblem was long gone.....

 

[emr]

Being a self proclaimed Jeeper, First thing i ever drove and will have till i die, i have to say my post makes me feel stupid, but i just was not thinking i guess, But i really do have a key chain like that ..and it is very nice and authentic too...Randy

 

[Jones]

Randy, You're right about the design being made into a keychain too. I just recently found one and got to pay a pretty penny for it. Still, it's a neat piece.
My first Jeep was an MB and it looked like it had been to war but ran great.

 

[ucfjeeper]

man, I'd love to have one of those! I"ll have to keep my eyes open.