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After World War II American Bantam continued to make trailers for the consumer market. In 1943 American Bantam launched an Advertising campaign boasting that "Ivan got his first Jeep from Bantam" [26] in response to an application by Willys-Overland to the United States Patent and Trademark Office to trademark "JEEP" filed on February 13, 1943 ...
Although Willys was the low bidder, Willys was penalized for needing more days to make a prototype, and the dollars penalty per extra day put Willys' price above Bantam's – earning them the contract, as the only company committing to deliver a pilot model in 49 days and 70 more pre-production units in 75 days.
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 ...
Due to the stringent requirements and very short deadlines – 49 days to deliver the prototype and 75 days to build a series of 70 vehicles – only two out of 135 American car manufacturers expressed interest in participating: American Bantam and Willys-Overland. [1] American Bantam, based in Butler, Pennsylvania, was a small car manufacturer ...
American Bantam built some 75,000 of their T-3, and kept building jeep trailers after the war. [2] Willys-Overland also built more than 60,000 of their MBT units (Willys MB Trailers). Other manufacturers contributed only hundreds, or just a few thousand units.
World War II era jeep built by Ford, using the Willys-Overland design. 1940 Bantam Pilot—Prototype; 1940 Bantam BRC-60—Prototype; 1940 Willys Quad—Prototype; 1940 Ford Pygmy—Prototype; 1940 Budd Ford—Prototype; 1941 Ford GP; 1941 Willys MA; 1941 Bantam BRC-40
Willys' application initially met with years of opposition, primarily from Bantam, but also from Minneapolis-Moline. The Federal Trade Commission initially ruled in favor of Bantam in May 1943, largely ignoring Minneapolis-Moline's claim, and continued to scold Willys-Overland after the war for its advertising. [42]
American Bantam was the first to deliver a pilot vehicle to the Army on 23 September 1940. Willys-Overland followed with its Quad on 13 November. On 23 November, [1] Ford delivered two pilot vehicles to Camp Holabird, Maryland for testing: the Pygmy and a second vehicle with a body built by the Budd Company. The Budd-bodied vehicle more closely ...