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Solved - NEH 3778: Willys Overland do Brasil Jeep "Saci" prototype - 1960
« on: November 12, 2014, 08:48:06 AM »
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Re: NEH 3778
« Reply #1 on: November 26, 2014, 05:22:52 AM »
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Re: NEH 3778
« Reply #2 on: November 26, 2014, 08:27:27 AM »
1960 redesign of the Brooks Stevens Jeepster, sold in North America from 1948-1951. Stevens updated this version for Willys Overland do Brasil, and it was called the "Saci".
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Re: NEH 3778
« Reply #3 on: November 26, 2014, 08:58:08 AM »
Quote from: fyreline on November 26, 2014, 08:27:27 AM
1960 redesign of the Brooks Stevens Jeepster, sold in North America from 1948-1951. Stevens updated this version for Willys Overland do Brasil, and it was called the "Saci".

Indeed.  Where I found this it said it was designed by Kip Stevens, who was Brooks Stevens's son, but I believe Kip Stevens and Brooks Stevens are one and the same person!
Apparently "Saci" is a magical one-legged red cap-wearing pipe-smoking prankster in Brazilian folklore..
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Re: Solved - NEH 3778: Willys Overland do Brasil Jeep "Saci" prototype - 1960
« Reply #4 on: November 26, 2014, 09:45:45 AM »
Brooks Stevens and wife Alice did have three sons (Kipp, William and David), and a daughter Sandra . . . but I'm not sure if the son was the "re-designer" on this car or not. Kipp is currently the President of Brooks Stevens Design Associates in Milwaukee, so I guess it's possible if the time frame adds up - not sure how old Kipp would have been in 1958 when the "Saci" was first being designed.

Interesting also about the name "Saci" . . . certainly wasn't aware of that.
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