Jeep Willys
$15.00
Jeep is an American automobile brand, now owned by multi-national corporation Stellantis. Jeep has been part of Chrysler since 1987, when Chrysler acquired the Jeep brand from their previous owner American Motors Corporation.
When it became clear that the United States would be involved in the European theater of World War II, the Army contacted 135 companies to create working prototypes of a four-wheel drive reconnaissance car. Only two companies responded: the American Bantam Car Company and Willys-Overland.
The Army thought that the Bantam company lacked the production capacity to manufacture and deliver the required number of vehicles, so it supplied the Bantam design to Willys and Ford, and encouraged them to enhance the design.
The first Willys Jeeps were produced in 1941, making it the oldest off-road vehicle ever made, and the first civilian models were produced in 1945.
Approximate Size
L = 216
W = 115
H = 101
