Early Jeeps: National Museum of Military Vehicles Dubois Wyoming.
There are a lot of Jeeps depicted in this series of posts, with a fair number being World War Two Willys and Ford Jeeps. This museum, however, has a collection of the very early Jeeps that preceded the Willys MB patter standariation.
The request for a 1/4 ton truck came out just before World War Two and one of the company's that responded was Bantam, a vehicle manufacturer which specialized in small cars. Their introduction was very much like what the MB would become, except it was lighter.
Bantam always felt cheated by the military for not securing the contact, which they really couldn't fulfill. The company ceased to exist in 1956.
Willys Overland specialized in in "overland" vehicles to start with, and came up with what was really the best design for the competition, although it was submitted later than Bantam's.
Ford also competed, putting in an entry that was much like Willy's.
Last edition:
No comments:
Post a Comment