With war clouds sweeping over Europe, it was reasonable to believe that America would eventually be at war with Hitler”s brutal Nazi juggernaut. As a result, America reinstated the draft in 1940, ...
When World War II ended, Willys-Overland knew that all of the soldiers coming home had a taste of the Jeep and what it was capable of. There were already plans in the works to produce a CJ Jeep ...
A few years back, while doing a story on 191 Rod and Custom, I noticed something in the garage. It was a bright yellow 1951 Willys Overland Jeep pickup. Dennis Finnerty, owner of 191 Rod and Custom, ...
Bill Stephens of Clinton, Missouri, searched many years for an early '50s Willys truck like the one he fell in love with as a kid-he found a few along the way, but none in good enough shape to start ...
The original hydraulic, non-powered brakes have never been a strong point of the flatfender Jeep. They were mainly intended for low-speed use, so the designers of the flatfenders could never have ...
As soon as World War 2 ended in 1945, Willys turned its military-spec Jeep MB into a civilian rig. In fact, the company began producing the CJ-2 in 1944, but the 40 units built weren't sold to the ...
Click above for live, high-res image gallery of the 1951 Willys Jeep Before this 1951 Willys Jeep went on the auction block, we thought it was little more than a curiosity among the more prestigious ...
Welcome to Down On The Street, where we admire old vehicles found parked on the streets of the Island That Rust Forgot: Alameda, California. Sure, we just saw an old Willys on the Alameda street. This ...
Take a look at this. Before we had high-riding 'crossovers' and lifestyle vehicles, there was the super-cool Willys Overland Station Wagon. A beautiful 1951 model was recently offered at the Shannons ...
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Bill Stephens of Clinton, Missouri, searched many years for an early '50s Willys truck like the one he fell in love with as a kid-he found a few along the way, but none in good enough shape to start ...