On this page we now have over 130 covers that have appeared on The CJ3B Page during the website's first fifteen years on the web, 1996-2011. Below you'll find a tiny copy of each cover, with some comments from me about each year's highlights. At the bottom of the page you can also download a larger, printable copy of the covers, which could be assembled into a poster. -- Derek Redmond
| 1996-97: I started with only five pages on the website, and the ignition key for my 3B was at the top of the home page. Then the Jeep with the yellow wheels was from a Mitsubishi brochure. It was followed by an illustration from the Willys 1956 Parts List. |
| 1998: I changed the cover a little more often this year, including special versions for Christmas '97 and the 4th of July. The red Summer cover introduced Jon Paulsen's '58 3B which was the subject of several articles. |
| 1999: The 3B Santa cartoons for Christmas '98 and '99 were two of a total of five covers drawn by Roberto Flores. Other special occasions this year were Halloween, Fire Prevention Week and April Fool's Day (the "Kitchen Aid Model 3B"). The cover for Canada Day (1 July) featured a Canadian U.N. peacekeeping Jeep. |
| 2000: The covers just before and after New Year's 2000 poked fun at the whole millenium scare ("Y2K: Is that a carb?"). And for April Fool's Day I noted the growing commercialization of the Web, with "The CJ3B Page is now part of OffRoad.com's Jeep Web" (there had been offers.) |
| 2001: I began changing the covers on a regular basis this year, including owners' photos, illustrations from Willys literature, and original drawings. Roberto Flores' drawing Big North, showing me driving in the Canadian mountains, is still one of my favorites. On 11 September the cover went all black, followed soon by Bob Van Deusen's '61 CJ-3B carrying two American flags, and then Bob Christy's wedding photo. |
| 2002: The fiftieth anniversary of the CJ-3B was celebrated with a gold medallion on each cover, and some great owners' photos. The shot of my '59 in the driveway, which is now the little green icon which pops up here and there on the website, was the summer cover. The archival photo of the black and chrome Meyer snowplow Jeep with white canvas top is still a mystery (see Snow Jeeps.) |
| 2003: Special covers with black backgrounds honored Remembrance Day and the death of artist Bill Mauldin, and "The CJ3B Monster Page" for Halloween showed a Mitsubishi CJ-3B in a frame from Godzilla 2000. Another Mitsu was the CJ3B-J4C ambulance in Vietnam, which is still one of my favorite photos on the website (see A Soldier's View.) Bob Harris' black and white 1955 snapshot of his 3B pulling a disc harrow was a rare glimpse of an original Farm Jeep at work. And the Beck steel hardtop ad announced Bart McNeil's definitive series of articles on early Jeep hardtops. |
| 2004: A lot of sharp Jeeps on the cover this year, but mostly in olive drab. So the bright red and white Ansul Chemical crash truck was a nice surprise, and I liked the orange jack-o-lantern Jeep for Halloween. Christmas in the Maine Woods, 1958 was a unique and nostalgic set of archival photos. |
| 2005: The Royal Australian Air Force "Follow Me" Jeep photos were a great archival find this year, as was the Jeep Avia brochure from Spain. After years of mostly red and green Jeeps on the cover, some people actually complained about too many orange and yellow Jeeps this year. |
| 2006: A couple of fire Jeeps were on the cover during the tenth anniversary year. Also several of the best owners' photos yet, taken out on the trails, including the 1953 archival photo of the Shanks' 3B and trailer in Monument Valley. For April Fools I announced "Rusty Jeep Nets Record Price on eBay." A 1961 color photo of Clifton Clark's mother Janet driving their new '61 Jeep was a valuable piece of documentation and a nice Springtime cover. |
| 2007: This was maybe my favorite year so far for covers. Interesting archival finds included the Dutch Police Jeep, the first flight of the Caribou, and the 1953 newspaper ad. And Ros Woodham driving the "Beer Truck" on the beach was probably our most popular cover ever. |
| 2008: The cover showing Rich Mylar's shack in the woods was another popular one, introducing Jeep Stories From the Northwest. This year also had some great action shots, our visit to Spain, and special covers for Halloween and April Fools Day (the winner of the Dilapidated 3B Competition.) |
| 2009: As usual we featured some great CJ-3B restorations on the cover in 2009. The most work I ever put into a cover was the Operation Pineapple collage including a compass and a Boy Scout shoulder patch. I was also very pleased with the information we dug up on the mystery photo of the Conshohocken Fire Jeep and the 1957 Saturday Evening Post magazine cover. |
| 2010: This year I didn't have the time to post a lot of new articles, but there were several covers announcing some new pieces of historical research. We also had new trip reports from Lil Willy, and some beautiful Jeep restorations, including the U.S. Air Force Jeep, which was one of my favorite Photoshop cover photos. There were special covers for Christmas and July 4th. The April Fools Day cover (Abbey Road) isn't included here. |
| 2011: My CJ-3B has been on the cover a few times, and this year it showed up with its snowplow. But we also had the first two repeat appearances by other owners: Rusty Friesen and Chet Couvillon. Another first was the cover with the painting of the Surrey Gala; the first time (other than a couple of special 1-day covers) that we featured a non-high-hood Jeep. |
| 2012: The pink Jeep on the cover this year was the unique high-hood Surrey. We also had a number of archival photos, including the 1949 CJ-3B prototype and the colorized U.S. Mail Jeep. The photo from Croatia in 1955 is still a mystery. And for the second year in a row, we featured the impressive but vanishing fleet of Turkish Army CJ-3B's. |
You can download a larger, printable copy (1100K JPEG) of all the 1996-2006 covers.
And you can add the:
Thanks to Roberto Flores for the drawing at the top of this page. -- Derek Redmond
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