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CJ5. 360 3 speed. Also have doors.
Ground off Restoration
360 V8
Custom dash with Led Lights.
The name also has an interesting story to it.
The first coinage of the word JEEP, as applied to a motor vehicle, occurred during WWI. According to Major E.P. Hogan, who wrote a history of the development of the for the Army's Quartermaster review in 1941. The word , he wrote. is an old Army grease monkey term that dates back to WWI and was used by shop mechanics in referring to any new motor vehicle received for a test. was still used in Army motor pools well into the 1930's as general purpose or GP for short. Though in a 1941 Army manual it refers GP as Government 80 inches wheel base car .
Before then in 1936, the term was it introduced to the world by a Popeye comic strip character, Eugene the . The only words Eugene could say were , , and GP then became . Then the Willys Quarter Ton was 1st used by the U.S. military in WWII. When the WWII was issued during wartime, the term was here to stay.
In 1970 AMC American Motors Corp. bought from Kaiser.
AMC brought out the CJ 7 and put a V8 in the . They also went against the trend for this type of vehicle and offered a automatic transmission.
They also gave us the Sporty 2 door Full Size Cherokees and the family Wagoneer station wagon and to top that off they brought out the smaller 2nd generation Cherokees.
In 1984 the down sized Cherokees appeared. It received a great power increase in 1987 with the introduction of the inline 4 Liter engine.
This success story lasted until 1987 when AMC went out of business and the was
acquired by Chrysler Corp.
A further note to the history of the was provided by Rodney Hawk of Butler, Pa.
The American Bantam Car Works of Butler, Pa answered the call of the army and designed and successfully tested and demonstrated the jeep for the Army. Willy's Overland and Fords entries did not meet the Army's specs. American Bantam had a very limited production capacity so the army took Bantams entry and gave it to Willy's and Ford to produce. Unfortunately there was no recognition or compensation for American Bantam and the company shortly went bankrupt.
To read more about the American Bantam Car Works click on the link below.
Rodney also provided me with two web sites that tell the real story about the s beginnings.
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Price: 7800.00
Location: Jefferson, Oregon 97352
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