Description
The Willys Jeep was an American off-road car from the Second World War and the post-war period. The first prototypes of the car were built in 1940, and serial production was carried out in 1940-1945, with nearly 650,000 produced. The weight was about 1.1 tons, with a length of 3.36 meters and a width of 1.57 meters. The drive was provided by a single engine with a power of 60 HP. The maximum speed was up to 105 km/h.
The Willys Jeep was developed to order and demanded by the US Army, which in 1940, faced with the war, asked for a completely new 4×4 passenger car with a load capacity of up to 250 kilograms, which could be mass-produced. It is worth adding that initially the American Bantam Car with the Bantam BRC was the clear favourite in the tender. However, the US Department of Defense, striving to ensure the best possible car design and trying to ensure trouble-free series production, handed over the plans for the Bantam BRC to the Willys and Ford plants. Based on these plans, Willys developed a Jeep that had a much better power unit than the original Bantam BRC, as well as being mechanically more perfect. Ultimately, it was this car, the Willys Jeep, that won the tender for the US Army, being mass-produced serving in almost all Allied forces in World War II, and thanks to the Lend-and-Lease program, also to the Soviet Union, taking part in hostilities in North Africa, Italy, Northwest Europe and the Pacific.
The sprues are all fully sealed in the original packaging and the box is in good condition.
