Toledo Loves Its Jeep

The Blade is proud to be publishing a retrospective honoring the 77th Anniversary of Jeep and the town that started it all: Toledo!

Available this fall as an 8.5x11", glossy, full color coffee-table book, this commemorative keepsake is the second edition of the 75 th anniverssary book. Compiled and designed by Blade Staff, it includes stories and historic photos on:

The Willys-Overland origins
Jeep at war
Amazing Jeep models
Jeep’s local workforce
Keeping jeep in Toledo
Cataloging of Jeep makes and models produced in Toledo
A look at Jeep today…and more

SAMPLE PAGES

The following page previews show just a few of the amazing photographs and historical timelines produced from The Blade's extensive archives.

The first Jeep produced by Willys-Overland.

Chapter 3: World War II — Where the Jeep would introduce itself to the world out of necessity.

Full Historic Articles, Headlines and Pictures

Toledo Loves Its Jeep features the best articles and photos from The Blade's archives, extracted and reformatted with new life breathed into them. Readers will be able to see the full Jeep timeline as it has developed from 1940 to now!

John North Willys, a shrewd business man and Toledo visionary, historically profiled by The Blade.

Timelines, Summaries, & Today's Vantage

The book looks year by year at makes and models as well as company evolvement, all the way to today as new milestones are surpassed and surmised.

The 1,000,000th JK Wrangler rolling off the line in Toledo in 2013.

The Jeep model timeline shows Jeep's evolution from the turn of the century to today.