The colorful history of Willys-Overland Motor Company all began in the 1900s. John North Willys bought the Overland Automotive Division of Standard Wheel Company, which he renamed Willys-Overland Motor Company.
As war unfolded in Europe in the 1930s, the US Military hankered for a lightweight, four-wheel-drive, general-purpose vehicle. In the later part of 1940, Willys was one of the companies that obtained a contract to build "jeeps," and went on to produce hundreds of thousands of units from 1941 to 1945. The jeeps were reliable, rugged and robust. In 1949, Willys Wagons – the grand daddy of modern-day sport utility vehicles become available.
Willys-Overland registered for a trademark for the word jeep after World War II. Motors eventually bought out Willys-Overland and changed the name to Willys Motor Company. In 1963, Willys reverted back to Kaiser-jeep Corporation. The company became known as American Motors Corporation in 1970, and in 1987, the jeep trademark was acquired by Chrysler Corporation, which was passed on to DaimlerChrysler AG following the buyout of Chryslers in 1998.
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Willys : CJ2A CJ-2A Jeep 1947 Willys CJ-2A Jeep Original 4CYL DualmaticHubs CJ2A Price: 6,600.00 30 Bids End Time: 14h 3m |
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Other Makes : CJ2A 1945 Willys CJ2A Jeep Price: 800.00 21 Bids End Time: 12h 27m |
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Willys : willys WILLYS JEEP --RARE--2004--WILLYS--JEEP--WRANGLER--ONLY--1000-MADE Price: 16,000.00 End Time: 4d 23h 25m |
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Jeep NOT SURE 63 WILLYS Price: 860.00 22 Bids End Time: 3d 19h 33m |
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Willys : Wagon Jeep 1955 Jeep Willys Wagon Price: 6,800.00 20 Bids End Time: 3d 15h 36m |
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Willys Pickup 1949 Willy's Pickup 4x4 Unrestored Nice Price: 5,600.00 14 Bids End Time: 20h 55m |
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Jeep 1961 JEEP Willys NO RESERVE !!! Price: 960.00 13 Bids End Time: 2d 13h 40m |
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Willys Willys CJ3B CJ3B Jeep 1957 Price: 4,550.00 12 Bids End Time: 1d 14h 40m |
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Willys RARE *1952 Willys Wagon All Original 51k miles* NICE Price: 7,800.00 12 Bids End Time: 2d 10h 21m |
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Jeep : CJ Custom Truck Jeep Willys CJ 7 CJ7 Rock / Monster / Trail Crawler Price: 3,500.00 13 Bids End Time: 4d 19h 29m |









