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The Willys Americar was a line of automobiles produced by Willys-Overland Motors from 1937 to 1942, either as a sedan, coupe, station wagon or pickup truck. The coupe version is a very popular hot rod choice, [ 1 ] either as a donor car or as a fiberglass model.
Willys (pronounced / ˈ w ɪ l ɪ s /, "Willis" [2]) [5] [1] was a brand name used by Willys–Overland Motors, an American automobile company, founded by John North Willys.It was best known for its design and production of World War II–era military jeeps (MBs), Willys M38 and M38A1 military jeeps as well as civilian versions , and branding the 'jeep' military slang-word into the '(Universal ...
The Willys MB and the Ford GPW, both formally called the U.S. Army truck, 1 ⁄ 4 ‑ton, 4×4, command reconnaissance, [9] [10] commonly known as the Willys Jeep, [nb 5] Jeep, or jeep, [12] and sometimes referred to by its Standard Army vehicle supply nr. G-503, [nb 6] were highly successful American off-road capable, light military utility ...
During 1941, Ford, Willys and Bantam each received orders to build at least 1500 pre-production ¼-ton units (Willys MA pictured left); and in late 1941, Dodge had redesigned their WC series into the uprated, shorter, wider, and lower G-502 models (Command Car version pictured center).
1941 Willys A/G Chicken Coupe: Ray Moore: 1940 Willys B/GS City of Industry: Sam Parriott: 1953 & 1963 Kurtis: A/SP, AM/SP, AAM/SP Confusion: Courtney Lee Scott 1934 Ford B/GS Dark Horse: Stone-Woods-Finders (driven by Chuck Finders) 1933 Willys B/GS Dark Horse Too: Stone-Woods-Cook (driven by Doug Cook) 1966 Mustang AA/GS Dirty Thirty: Charlie ...
1941–1944 Willys MT "Super Jeep" — 6x6, 3⁄4-ton prototype — a small number were built in various configurations. [1] Although performance was excellent, the MT was deemed "surplus to requirements" and cancelled in favor of existing 3 ⁄ 4 -ton and 1 1 ⁄ 2 -ton trucks.
Fred Stone, Leonard Woods Jr. and Doug “Cookie” Cook had a car that dominated the NHRA “Gasser Wars” in the 1960s. Cook drove to over 400 drag race victories in the famed Stone, Woods & Cook 41 Willys Coupe cars. [9] What was especially noteworthy about the team was Cook was Caucasian, and Stone and Woods were African-American.
The word "Jeep" was first used to describe US Army "midget cars" in a January 1941 newspaper article, mentioning "Bantam" as the manufacturer. [22] At the time American Bantam was the only manufacturer that had actually fulfilled purchase orders to deliver Jeeps to the US Army. Rumors say "Jeep" is a phonetic pronunciation of the abbreviation GP.