Still in the family since 1953

The owner of this superbly restored 1951 Jeepster is Dave Close. Dave’s father purchased it in 1953 as the family adventure vehicle, and as the family vehicle the Jeepster was driven by everyone in the family at some point in time.

Each of his three sisters drove it as their first car in high school, and when it was Dave’s turn it was also his first slick set of wheels. It had a lot of hard miles on it after a while, eventually going into disrepair and sitting in a field back in 1971.

Fast-forward 26 years to 1997, and Dave got the itch to get it back on the road. A restoration project soon followed that would take 10 years to complete.

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