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11 unusual facts about Willys


Eva Coo

There, Eva allegedly hit him with a mallet and Martha ran over him with a car, a Willys-Knight.

Madge Kennedy

She owned a Willys-Knight Great Six which she drove avidly at the time she was touring in 1929 in the play, Lulu.

Multi-stop truck

Willys produced the Walk-In Willys Van from 1941 to 1942, which were based on the 441 trucks.

Phaeton body

In 1952, a year after Willys last offered the Jeepster, Chrysler built three Imperial Parade Phaetons for ceremonial use, one by New York City, one by Los Angeles, and one intended for the White House but ultimately used for events throughout the United States.

Sharknose

The name "sharknose" has also been given to streamlined automobiles of the 1930s and 1940s, because of their design, first introduced in 1936 on the 1937 Willys passenger cars.

Sugar Magnolia

Aside from obvious references to several types of plants (magnolia), the line "jump like a Willys in four wheel drive" refers to the Willys Jeep, which was actually "jumped" off the ground by some drivers.

Willys

Developed in parallel with the Renault 12, which it pre-dated, the car eventually saw light as the Ford Corcel.

The first documented use of the word "Jeep" was the name of a character Eugene the Jeep in the Popeye comic strip, known for his supernatural abilities (e.g., walking through walls).

Willys-Knight

Seven Willys-Knight vehicles including two large trucks and a touring car were used on the Martin and Osa Johnson photographic safari in the remotest areas of Africa.

Yulon

Yulon tried very hard across the world to find a foreign partner for building cars, but it wasn't until 1956 that an American company, Willys, agreed to share technology.

Zastava Trucks

From 1953, 162 off-road vehicles with the trademark Willys were produced.


Ed Belfour

The car on the back is a 1941 Willys, along with the words Carman Racing, which is the name of Belfour's car customization and restoration shop in Freeland, Michigan.

Joseph W. Frazer

He is notable as having been the chief executive of Willys when that company won the U.S. Government contract for design of the Jeep ("General Purpose" - ("G.P.") military utility vehicle, which began coming out in 1940-1941 after testing at Fort Hollibird, in East Baltimore, Maryland.

Kaiser Jeep

In 1962, Willys introduced the Jeep Wagoneer as a 1963 model to replace the 1940s-style Jeep station wagons.

M38

Willys M38, a light tactical vehicle, successor of the Willys MB

M40 recoilless rifle

It has also been mounted on Willys Jeep M 38A1 Land Rover Defenders, M113s, Mercedes-Benz G-Wagen, HMMWVs, Toyota Land Cruisers, AIL Storms and M274 Mechanical Mules.

Woodill Wildfire

The Woodill Wildfire was an American sports car built by Dodge and Willys dealer Blanchard Robert "Woody" Woodill from 1952 to 1958 in Downey, California.