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L-Head engine is one of the main reasons why Willys won the contract with the War Department beating out the Bantam BRC40 and the Ford GP. The Willys GO Devil engine out-performed the engines used in the Ford and Bantam prototype jeeps. The L-Head engines uses a cast iron block and cylinder head with 3 main bearings and mechanical lifters. The engine is called an L-Head is because the valves for the intake and exhaust are in the block. (Most engines have the valves in the head). This design gave Willys the advantage of having a relatively lower profile than other engines. The first 25,808 MB's manufactured by Willys used a different grill than the stamped, pressed sheet metal grill one most people are familiar with. This "slat grill" grill was made out of flat steel stock welded together. This boss or pad is stamped with the serial number as "M B # # # # # #" (always 6 digits total after the MB). The Willys engine serial numbers do NOT match the jeep's data plate serial numbers nor the frame serial numbers, even if it is the original factory installed engine that is still in the vehicle. This is because Willys engines were taken out of the production line as needed and put into portable power generators, searchlight units, and welders.
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After the war, in 1945, a re-designed CJ-2A Universal Jeep went into civilian production at the Willys-Overland plant in Toledo, along with military vehicle production. In 1946, the first all-metal station wagon, the Wagoneer, designed by Brooks Stevens (1911-1995) debuted. In 1948, Stevens also designed a snazzy convertible version called the Jeepster. The Cherokee was produced by American Motors, which had just absorbed the Kaiser Jeep Corporation, which had previously acquired Willys. In 1982, AMC produced the last Jeep for the military, and in 1985, announced that production would stop on the civilian version. However, public outcry was so loud that they rescinded the decision.
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The Electric Auto-Lite Company was acquired by John Willys in 1914 and he changed its name to the Willys Corporation in 1917. This became the holding company for Willys-Overland and in 1919, acquired Duesenberg Motors Corporation. In 1936 Willis-Overland Motor Company was reorganized as Willys-Overland Motors. In 1953 Kaiser Motors purchased Willys-Overland and changed the name to Willys Motor Company. The company changed name again in 1963 to Kaiser-Jeep Corporation. The use of the Willys name was discontinued in 1965. The company was sold to American Motors Corporation (AMC) in 1970 when Kaiser Industries decided to leave the automobile business. Renault purchased a major stake in AMC in 1980 and took over operation of the company, producing the CJ series until 1986. Chrysler purchased AMC in 1987 after the CJ had been replaced with the Jeep Wrangler, which had little in common with the CJ series other than outward appearance.
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Army invited proposals for a new military vehicle to replace its aging fleet of motorcycles and Ford Model T trucks. Three companies eventually responded with prototypes: Ford Motor Company, Willys-Overland, and American Bantam Car Company. The production contract was awarded to Willys in July 1941. The Willys Jeep was powered by a four-cylinder engine that could run at 4,000 RPM for 100 hours straight. The transmission was a three-speed manual, with a four-wheel-drive transfer case with high and low gears. The vehicle featured a fold-up cloth roof. The Jeep could run 60 miles per hour, climb a forty degree slope, turn around in a 30 foot circle, and tilt up to 50 degrees to either side without tipping over. Over 350,000 Jeeps were built to fight in World War II. The Willys assembly line turned out one every 90 seconds. Following the war, public demand was so high that Willys continued producing the Jeep in tremendous numbers, re-designated as the "CJ-2A" ("CJ" for "civilian Jeep").
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