CJ1, CJ2, AgriJeep
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Early after production of the MB started Willys thought they should start development of a civilian model so sales after the war could be taken advantage of. After all with so many GIs running around in MBs they would be sure to be a sellable item after the war.
They developed all of the PYO tools for both farming and industry during the war years, brought the prototypes around to farms and demonstrated them and made plans for post war production. you can read in several books about these programs, Jeep CJ 1941 to 1986 has a large section with a lot of photos from the authors private collection he publishes in the book.
They must have been a lot of discussion about naming the vehicle. Seems they demonstrated quite a few Agrijeeps, but decided that name could pigeon hole the sales so they dropped that. CJ1 and CJ2 models were seen being demonstrated, however when the first civilian jeep was produced it was the CJ2a.
The Press was very impressed with the early prototypes, and when they showed up a stir was always around.
Surviving pictures are hard to find, and many were doctored to be in press releases.
They developed all of the PYO tools for both farming and industry during the war years, brought the prototypes around to farms and demonstrated them and made plans for post war production. you can read in several books about these programs, Jeep CJ 1941 to 1986 has a large section with a lot of photos from the authors private collection he publishes in the book.
They must have been a lot of discussion about naming the vehicle. Seems they demonstrated quite a few Agrijeeps, but decided that name could pigeon hole the sales so they dropped that. CJ1 and CJ2 models were seen being demonstrated, however when the first civilian jeep was produced it was the CJ2a.
The Press was very impressed with the early prototypes, and when they showed up a stir was always around.
Surviving pictures are hard to find, and many were doctored to be in press releases.