Robin Porter has bought a Jeep sim­i­lar to this one.

Robin Porter is proud of his new, old car (and with good reason):

“One day last Sep­tem­ber, walk­ing my dog­gies on Main Street, Wick­ford, I was star­tled to see an antique Navy gray Jeep go by. Star­tled, and excited, as I had long been search­ing for a Quon­set Navy Jeep, but unsuccessfully.

“Well, I began a period of nego­ti­a­tions with the owner-​​restorer and about Christ­mas time we closed the deal. Now every­body is con­vinced this is a good deal, and two grand­daugh­ters are enthu­si­as­tic and busy sort­ing out who will sit where for the Memo­r­ial Day Parade, to wave flags at the crowds.

And so thirty-​​five years after the clos­ing of Naval Air Sta­tion Quon­set Pt., North Kingstown has a Navy Jeep to remind us of our town’s dis­tin­guished Naval her­itage, and I have the fun of dri­ving an antique jeep around town.”