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In 1951 my father bought me a 1949 Jeepster pale yellow in color and it did not have the step plates on the rear fender. I was 16 years old then and dearly loved the car. I am trying to find a scale model of the Jeepster so I can display it along with my 1970 Volkswagen Bus scale model ,red body white top that I took my three sons camping here in the West Virginia Mountains. What wonderful memories I have of my Jeepster. Your Jeepster is the same color as mine and my wife claims that my Jeepster was a 1950, but I am quite certain it was a ’49 , 4 cyl motor with overdrive.
Hi Bob-
In 1949, a lot of things were optional on the Jeepsters that were standard equipment on the 48s. Step plates, the T-bar on the grille, beauty bar on the front, even overdrive, were in that list of optional equipment. Yours may never have had the step plates.
Colin WOJC #892