Jeep Cherokee
I and II
Other
- Varsity
Mechanical:
- Problems
- A.M.Garcia.
Jeep Parts
and Yards Directory
Jeep History:
- History page,
Willys MB,
Jeep Truck,
Wagoneer
Military Jeeps:
- Willys Overland Jeep MB
- Jeep Trailers - S.Weiser
- Amphibious Jeep (Seep)
- M151 Mutt Jeep
- Military Vehicles page
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The Jeep story starts with the
Bantam
car company which built
a couple of thousand light four wheel drives for the US army
before world war two. Ford and Willys-Overland made the big numbers
of Jeeps (700,000), and money, during the war.
They were called "General Purpose" or GP which soon became Jeep.
One of the rarer and more unusual 4x4 variants was the amphibious Jeep -
a miniature DUKW, a Jeep with a hull built around it
(see the Military vehicles page).
It is reported that they tended to be more submersible
than amphibious in anything but the calmest water.
Nevertheless, an Australian and his American wife
"drove" one called "Half Safe"
across the Atlantic in 1950.
Now after various owners, Jeep is part of Chrysler,
which in turn became part of Daimler Chrysler.
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