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WILLYS JEEP CJ-2A

Currency:USD Category:Vehicles / Make - Jeep Start Price:1.00 USD
WILLYS JEEP CJ-2A
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WILLYS JEEP CJ-2A

THIS WAS AND IS A PROJECT VEHICLE! THE ENGINE WAS IN THE PROCESS OF BEING REBUILT WHEN THE OWNER DIED: HE DID HAVE THE HEAD OFF AND PROBABLY GOT NEW RINGS ON THE PISTONS WHEN HE PUT A NEW SEAL ON IT. THE FAMILY WOULD LOVE FOR SOMEONE TO TAKE THIS PROJECT ON AND FINISH THIS WONDERFUL PIECE OF HISTORY.
ENGINE CASTING NUMBER: 6 17 641087-L-W7 A Ni-CR-N2
ENGINE S/N J219793

THE CASTING NUMBERS ON THE ENGINE BLOCK TELL US IT IS A 4-CYLNDER L-HEAD NICKEL-CHROMIUM NITRIDE HARDENED BLOCK AND WAS CAST ON JUNE 17, 194X FOR A GEAR DRIVEN CJ-2A WILLYS JEEP. THE ENGINE SERIAL NUMBER INDICATES THAT IT WAS MOST LIKELY PRODUCED IN 1948.

THE SERIAL NUMBER TAGS OF THE JEEP ITSELF ARE MISSING, BUT THE BODY DOES LOOK LIKE A CJ-2A.

THERE IS MORE INFORMATION AT THE KAISER WILLYS WEBSITE AT: https://www.kaiserwillys.com/about_willys_jeep_cj2a_history_specs AND IN CJ2A FORUMS.

During World War II, Willys-Overland Motors, Inc. became famous for its jeeps. In 1940, the United States Army asked more than 130 automobile companies to submit designs for a lightweight vehicle that was capable of traversing most types of terrain. The companies only had forty-nine days to provide the government with a working prototype.


Only two companies, one of whom was Willys-Overland Motors, Inc. and the Bantam Car Company submitted designs. Bantam Car Company submitted its design first, and the U.S. Army chose this design. Fortunately for Willys-Overland, the Bantam Car Company faced difficult financial times, and its production facilities were too small to meet the Army's demand. The federal government supplied both the Willys-Overland and the Ford Motor Company with blueprints of Bantam's design. Both Ford and Willys-Overland modified the design. Willys-Overland provided the jeep with a larger engine. Because of Willys-Overland's superior vehicle, the U.S. Army awarded the government contract to the company. Willys-Overland also provided the Ford Motor Company with its specifications, so that the two firms could supply the U.S. Army with ample jeeps. Willys-Overland manufactured roughly 330,000 of the 700,000 jeeps used by the U.S. military between 1941 and 1945.
Willys-Overland remained in operation following World War II. The company produced a jeep, similar to the one used by the armed forces during World War II, for the civilian population and named it the CJ-2A. (https://ohiohistorycentral.org/w/Willys-Overland_Company)



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