This is the Marx Stony Smith jeep. I had one of these when I was a young tyke, and even
though it was the same jeep, mine was made for Johnny West. Mine was red, and it had
a light blue horse trailer. I wasn't aware of Stony Smith at that time.
When I got this jeep it was in good shape, but the steering wheel was busted on two of the three spokes in the
steering wheel. It was sitting on top of a box in the back room, and a female cat I had apparently decided to
jump up on the box, I woke up one day to find it on the floor on its top. The steering wheel was completely
gone at that point.
I had a page on the bay bookmarked for a replacement made with a 3D printer. The original wheel was the same color as the jeep, I
decided I would get one in black so in the future a collector would know it was a reproduction. I put it in a day or so ago
after it arrived, after I gave it a rinse to get the dust off that had gathered.
The front of the jeep with the windshield up. One can get a 3D printed reproduction, but it doesn't have the glass or the wipers.
Luckily this one was still intact.
The back bed and tailgate. The square on the tailgate is where the spare tire is supposed to be
mounted. This one has the spare, but it's not attached. I'm guessing a pop rivet held it in place.
The inside of the gate is closed, I'm guessing I will need to carefully drill it on through, so I can
use a short nut and bolt to put it back on. Unless someone has a better idea?
I'm not aware of any kind of trailer to hook up to it, but it does have a trailer hitch. I'm sure this is for
the horse trailer from the Johnny West version, since it's the same jeep.
Stonewall "Stony" Smith stands next to the jeep, and in the driver seat.
Stony was Marx's version of Joe for a couple of years. He apparently didn't do as well as Joe in the boys market.
But there are some around on the bay. This is the second version of Stony, the third was called All American
Fighter, but has an Ideal style body and cloth clothes instead of the molded version like this one.