Pioneer Garage, Peabody, Massachusetts

<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" height=90 BGCOLOR="#003366" TEXT="#F7F7FF" bgproperties="fixed" background="008005a0dkcfqa.png"> <div> <A HREF="http://willysdealershipproject.com" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://willysdealershipproject.com"><U><B>home</B></U></A><B>     | </B><B> </B><B> </B><B>  </B><FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFCC66" FACE="Arial" ><B>Willys Dealership Project</B></FONT></div> <div> <B>             Back to: </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Massachusetts"><U><B>Massachusetts</B></U></A><B> </B></div> <bR> <div> <B>Use your browser's Back button for best results</B></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> Pioneer Garage</div> <div> 11-13 Washington Street</div> <div> Peabody, Massachusetts</div> <bR> <bR> <div> It's amazing what a web search can turn up.  <A HREF="http://www.wagoneers.com/FSJ/old-digests/april_97/FSJ-List-Digest-268.html#21" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.wagoneers.com/FSJ/old-digests"><U>According to a message in the archives of the Full Size Jeep mailing list</U></A>, Pioneer Garage sold Jeeps starting at an unspecified point during the Willys era.  While they stopped selling Jeeps when Chrysler took over, they were still in the service business as of 1997 when the message was posted.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div> Danny Hartling, the man behind the <A HREF="http://jeepfc.www5.50megs.com/index2.htm" TARGET="_blank" TITLE="http://jeepfc.www5.50megs.com/index2.htm"><U>Forward Control Page</U></A>, offered the following additional background:</div> <bR> <div> "I grew up in Peabody about two blocks from this Jeep dealership. In the 1960s, they always had Jeeps on display in the window and on the street. I was purchasing FC parts from them as recently as 1988 and believe they still keep some older Jeeps in the back lot. I think also they still have Willys Jeep parts available. A friend of my Dad's purchased a CJ-3A (from Pioneer, I think) many, many years ago and he told me that in the mid 80s, Pioneer offered him a new CJ-7 for the old Willys. He didn't make the swap. My Dad's friend had a small collection of CJs, Willys pick-ups and an MB which served in the Navy during WW-II. The newest Jeep he owned was an AMC CJ-5."</div> <bR> <bR> <div> Also see a reference on a 1962 invoice from nearby <A HREF="id1440.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bradford Motors, Inc., Newburyport, Mass"><U>Bradford Motors, Inc., in Newburyport, Mass.:</U></A></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id1440.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Bradford Motors, Inc., Newburyport, Mass"><U><IMG SRC="940c8310.jpg" border=0 width="200" height="49" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>