Of the three prototype jeep designs of 1940, the Willys-Overland fielded the most powerful engine, but that advantage was largely negated by it being in heaviest vehicle. Being well over the Army’s ...

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We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. I recently bought a 1948 Willys CJ-2A Jeep only to learn the transmission had been obliterated by severe corrosion. I was convinced that this ...