August 24, 2009

FUN JEEP (Mar, 1957)

Filed under: Automotive — @ 9:58 pm
Source: Mechanix Illustrated ( More articles from this issue )
Issue: Mar, 1957
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FUN JEEP, above, intended for beach use, touring, camping; seats seven. Farina-built, it features gas-stretching 4-cylinder mill.

6 Comments »

1. Seats seven, but only three people get to fight for the bench seat.

   Comment by Rick Auricchio — August 24, 2009 @ 11:55 pm

2. That’s -56 Fiat Multipla Marina by Pininfarina. That rear bench is wooden, btw

   Comment by Jari — August 25, 2009 @ 12:43 pm

3. Jari: Here is a better picture of it http://s3.amazonaws.com/data.t.....E1o6G4Q%3D

   And Rick, it looks like it seats more than 3

   Comment by Firebrand38 — August 25, 2009 @ 1:13 pm

4. Thanks Firebrand, that’s a nice picture. Here’s two more: http://www.carstyling.ru/cars......arine.html

   Comment by Jari — August 25, 2009 @ 1:30 pm

5. Thanks. It was a snap after you identified the model.

   Comment by Firebrand38 — August 25, 2009 @ 2:30 pm

6. It looks like it’s a cut-down van, but a van a generation more modern than the production Multipla.

   Comment by nlpnt — August 26, 2009 @ 8:48 pm

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