WILLYS JEEP

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HISTORY OF THE JEEP

The Bantam Car Company won the opening round of the contest to satisfy the US army's 1940 specification for a light four wheel drive but Willys Overland won the battle and, some would say, the war. To ensure supply in war-time the Army decided on a second supplier - Ford. Between 1941 and 1945 Willys and Ford built about 700,000 of the vehicle.

Easiest ways to tell a Ford GPW from a Willys MB:

The Willys chassis front Cross-member is tubular, whereas the Ford cross-member is an inverted U section. Other ways include looking at the tops of all the nuts and bolts, Fords should all be script F marked, though this is not reliable as some restorers replace all the nuts and bolts with new ones. Most of the panels on a Ford Jeep will be stamped with a script F somewhere or another. For example in the middle of the seat frames (back panel), top of the mud guards, on the bonnet hinge, on the rear foot rests, even on the reflectors for some models. I think that the Ford Motor Co. made sure that their stamp was on every sub-assembly of their vehicles.

Willys Overland Jeep MB : Specifications

soft-top, 2+2 seats, what doors?

loa: 132", 

width: 62", 

height: 52" (steering wheel) - 72" (soft top), 

weight: 2400 (unladen)

GVM: 3200lbs nominally

2199cc petrol 4-cyls, 2 valves/cyl, side-valve

bore: 79.4mm, stroke: 111mm, c.r.: 6.48:1

transmission: 3-speed, 2-speed transfer case, part-time 4WD

suspension: beam-leaf/beam-leaf, brakes: drum/drum

tyres: 6.00x16

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JEEP LINKS:

- The Postal Jeep Page
- 4x4 Jeep Web
- Jeeps Only
- Mikes Totally Free Jeep News
- California Jeeper
- I Love Jeeps
- 4-Wheeling America
- Big Jeep.com - Real Texas Fourwheeling
- The XJ Zone
- JeepMud
- Vintage Jeeps, Inc.
- 4x4.org
- Its a Jeep Thing
- Jeep.com
- 4-Wheeling How To
- The Jeep Resource
- 4x4 Review.com
- Jeeps.org
- UK Wrangler Page
- Jeepin.com
- JeEep.com
- The CJ2A Page
- Jeepforums.com
- Ultimate Jeep Site
- JeepsUnlimited
- Olive-Drab
- Jeep Links City 2001
- International Full Size Jeep (FSJ) Association
- Ruby Jeepin
- Southern Jeeps
- Project 4WD TJ
- Jeepz.com
- Brockville Area Jeep Addicts - BAJA
- Hogly Dogly
- Crazy Jeep Boards
- 4lo.com
- Scrambler CJ-8
- Marks 4WD Links dot Com
- Jeepz.co.uk
- JeepWire
- News Group Jeep
- The Jeep CJ3B Page

Clubs United States

- Central Illinois Jeep Club
- Great Lakes Jeep Thing
- Western Maine Mountain Jumpers - Bethel, Maine
- Virginia Four Wheel Drive Association
- Louisiana 4X4 Club - Baton Rouge, La.
- Black Hills 4 Wheelers - Rapid City, SD
- Last Frontier 4 Wheelers - Anchorage, AK
- Midcoast Maine Jeepers Association - Warren,...
- North Jersey Jeep Club
- Oregon BushHackers
- Overland Jeepers of Maine
- P.Y.T. (Pound Your Truck) Offroaders Associa...
- Pacific Northwest Four Wheel Drive Association
- Weld County 4 Wheelers - Kersey, CO
- Seattle Jeep Club
- Two Rivers Jeep Club
- The Midwest Jeep Thing Club - Fenton MO
- Jolly Jeepers - Gladstone, OR
- East Coast Four-Wheel Drive Association
- Trailriders 4x4 Club - Minneapolis, MN
- TrickNTraction 4x4 Club
- The Hobo1Jeepers Homepage
- Las Vegas Jeep Club
- Just Jeeps Club of Omaha
- Flatlanders Jeep Club - Manhattan, KS
- Eastern 4 Wheelers
- Nutmeg State 4X4 - CT
- Southwest Washington Jeep Association
- Southwest Four Wheel Drive Association
- Southern Jeeps Club
- Southern Four Wheel Drive Association SFWDA
- South Appalachian 4-Wheel Drive Assoc.
- Scenic City 4 Wheel Drive Club, Chattanooga, TN
- Quadrapaws
- Ohio 4X4 Trailriders - Pataskala, OH
- Midwest 4x4 Alliance

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