military testing willys jeep in the 40's
Curbside Classic: Five Revolutionary Vehicles – No. 5 – 1945 Willys Jeep MB - Truth About Cars December 08, 2009
Surplus Jeeps were cheap. Willy's tried to market the civilian CJ-2 as an agricultural tractor alternative. Eventually, off-shoots like the Willys Jeep
Jeep Creep Q&A Column - Off-Road.com December 18, 2009
Jeep Creep Q&A ColumnWe have a 1952 Willys Panel Truck with windows added to make it a station wagon. Would anyone know what ready-made car cover, such as SUV, would fit?
Under the hood - Detroit Free Press December 17, 2009
1927 LaSalle, 1931 Duesenberg, 1931 Bugatti Royale, 1931 Ford hot rod, 1933 Willys "Gasser," 1943 Willys Jeep, 1949 Volkswagen, 1956 Chrysler 300B,
It's a Jeepster thing - The Weekender December 16, 2009
It's a Jeepster thing known as the “Jeep,” or, GP, short for General Performance Vehicle in military talk. When the war ended, Willys wanted desperately wanted to manufacture
The Jeep Creep Answers Your Questions - Off-Road.com December 04, 2009
Just do a search for “early Willys information.” I have a 2001 Jeep Wrangler Sport model with a 4.0 and manual tranny. The Jeep has 96000 miles on it. and more »
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A: Beat at what? I can tell you first hand that when you go anyplace with 5-6 guys your packing alot of gear, the flat fenders did not have to put up with the amount of gear a GI has to have on person now, the sheer weight would turn the jeep into a death machine, thats for the people inside.
No up armor for the Jeep, the Jeep engines were very slow and have no guts when 5 guys in 1945 so why would you want it? Sure they fit between trees but now they use Combat Engineers to clear the way (much more fun).
The H1 can pull just about anything a duce can (i'm not talking 5 ton stuff here) it can be dressed up and down from firtruck to pickup truck can you do that with a flat fender? no
Also when you look at all the options you can have on one its just "better" in every way, CTIS to inflate and deflate tires, tho the WW2 amfip DUKS had them. The up armor, air pressure pumped into parts for under water fording.
The Jeep was great in WW2, small cheap, they fit on the Higgens boats, but now, they dont work, can you see an IED hitting our troops in a flat fender?
They also were gas, that explodes, Desiel kinda just burns. (answered by RAMairGTO72 on August 14, 2007)
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A: What he said - they're just the factory steel wheels (15 x 7) with the Willy's paint on them.
Here is everything that the Willy's edition included:
WILLYS EDITION GROUP
15 x 7.0 styled steel painted wheels, full metal door w/roll-up windows, fog lamps, camouflage premium cloth seats, green diamond plate sill guards, (7) speakers, (2) front/(1) rear tow hooks, deep tint sunscreen windows, light tint front door windows (N/A w/VK_ Hard Top, ACN Tire & Wheel Group, TRN All-Terrain Tires) *Affects Color Availability* *NO LONGER FACTORY ORDERABLE-SEE DEALER FOR CURRENT AVAILABILITY* (answered by g_tastyfish on August 01, 2007)
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A: I'll start out firstly by saying that it appears that you MAY have a CJ-2A, as the civilian CJ-2A was introduced on July 18, 1945. However, the CJ-2A's came out in only 2 colors - Pasture Green and Harvest Tan. Apparently, on the production line at that time, so many were painted green and then so many were painted tan; it is believed that if they needed green bodies, then they may have used up bodies with the old CJ-2 panels before finishing the run with bodies with the new panels. So, anything is possible - you may have a '46 CJ-2 or a CJ-2A!!!
Sorry, but I cannot locate any info on the color codes that were applicable. All I can add is that if your Jeep is a 1946 CJ-2A, then they initially only came in the colors of Pasture Green body with Autumn Yellow wheels and Pasture Green pinstriping of .25" wide positioned just past the roll centrepart of the wheel, or Harvest Tan body with Sunset Red (orange) wheels and Americar Black pinstriping.
If any color codes were available, then I doubt very much that anyone now would be able to ascertain what the colors were supposed to be. However, after all these years, maybe the above color combinations could be sufficient in order to repaint your Jeep, as not a lot of people would be around to determine if the shades were indeed 100% correct.
Anyway, best of luck with your project, and I hope your Jeep turns out a stunner! (answered by ironbark1 on April 16, 2007)
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