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Length:\u00a0<\/strong>10Feet 10In The Willys Jeep was the Army\u2019s go to vehicle for transport during World War II. Designed in 1940 by the American Bantam Company, over 647,000 were produced by Willys\u2013Overland as the MB and Ford as the GPW. In addition to their American The popularity of the Jeep, along with its iconic grill and headlights, eventually led to the creation of the postwar automobile brand.\u00a0<\/p>\n The jeep on display, serial number 204386, is a civilian 1948 CJ-2A that has been converted to resemble a wartime model. It was acquired by the museum in 2007 from Art Mefford.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=”4.26.0″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_column type=”4_4″ _builder_version=”4.17.3″ _module_preset=”default” custom_padding=”0px||0px||true|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][et_pb_divider color=”#002E6D” divider_weight=”4px” _builder_version=”4.26.0″ _module_preset=”default” width=”100%” custom_margin=”40px||40px||true|false” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_button button_url=”@ET-DC@eyJkeW5hbWljIjp0cnVlLCJjb250ZW50IjoicG9zdF9saW5rX3VybF9wYWdlIiwic2V0dGluZ3MiOnsicG9zdF9pZCI6IjE0NjUwIn19@” button_text=”Back to WWII Vehicle Collection” button_alignment=”center” _builder_version=”4.26.0″ _dynamic_attributes=”button_url” _module_preset=”e1e583b1-96e4-4175-b252-8bd6594d4a73″ button_use_icon=”on” button_icon=”#||divi||400″ button_icon_placement=”left” button_on_hover=”off” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_button][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=”1″ _builder_version=”4.26.0″ _module_preset=”default” background_enable_color=”off” global_module=”8707″ saved_tabs=”all” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" WWII era vehicles at the Tri-State Warbird Museum<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":14650,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"Tribe__Tickets_Plus__Commerce__WooCommerce__Main","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"class_list":["post-16305","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"ticketed":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tri-statewarbirdmuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16305","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tri-statewarbirdmuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tri-statewarbirdmuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tri-statewarbirdmuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tri-statewarbirdmuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16305"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.tri-statewarbirdmuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16305\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16312,"href":"https:\/\/www.tri-statewarbirdmuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/16305\/revisions\/16312"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.tri-statewarbirdmuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/14650"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.tri-statewarbirdmuseum.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16305"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
<\/span>Width:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>4 Feet 11 In<\/span>
Height:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>5 Feet 9 In<\/span>
Weight:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>2,215 Pounds<\/span>
Top Speed:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>65MPH<\/span>
Range:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>210 Miles<\/span>
Fuel Capacity:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>10 1\/2 Gallons<\/span>
Crew:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Driver, 4 Passengers<\/span>
Engine:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>Willys L4-134 \u201cGo Devil\u201d 4 Clyinder Inline Engine<\/span>
Horsepower:\u00a0<\/span><\/strong>60<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\nHistory<\/span><\/h2>\n
service, Jeeps were supplied via lend-lease to many Allied countries \u2013 including just under 50,000 delivered to the Soviet Union. The vehicle was quickly given the name \u201cJeep\u201d \u2013 a generic term for any go-anywhere vehicle at the time. It was beloved by American soldiers for its four-wheel drive, which gave it the ability to conquer nearly any type of terrain. Its versatility meant that it served as aircraft tug, ambulance, armored car, reconnaissance vehicle and many other roles.<\/p>\n